Disturbia

A character in the movie Disturbia that is like a realistic human being is the Spanish teacher. One thing the teacher uses is sarcasm. A lot of teachers love to use sarcasm to be funny; sometimes, it actually works like it does in the movie. When the Spanish teacher started walking toward Shia Lebolf’s character, you can feel a sense of intimidation. The teacher asked questions to make Lebolf’s character start stuttering. Some teachers have that intimidation atmosphere around them. Sometimes when they comment or ask questions on why some students don’t get that subject they’re trying to teach, it makes the students feel dumb. After that confrontation, that same student and others may never ask the teacher another question.

Ain't I a Woman

The original copy of “Ain’t I a Woman” gives Soujner Truth more character than the edited version. Even though the edited version tells the crowd’s reaction during the speech, it doesn’t give their reaction before and after the speech like the original does. In the original, it shows the transition of the crowd from rejection to acceptance. At first the people didn’t even want Truth to go on stage to speak. One even said, “Every newspaper in the land will have our cause mixed up with abolition and niggers, and we shall be utterly denounced.” Every though Truth was an ex-slave and an African American, she was still a woman and wanted rights like any other white woman. Some people were throwing insults such as, “darkey.” The fact that she stood on stage with no fear and her head up straight, looking at directly at the audience, shows that she is a woman of strength, who has high self-esteem and doesn’t care what others think. After the speech, the women realized that she is a golden individual to the women’s rights movement and should be respected as one.

Response

“Aren’t I a Woman?”

Sexism and the struggle for women’s rights have been around for centuries; it still exists today. Sojouner Truth took a big step when she gave her “Aren’t I a Woman” speech, not only as an African American ex-slave, but as a woman. Even though it was short, “Aren’t I a Woman” still reveals the struggle for women as they are always counted as second best next men.

The one thing that Sojouner Truth used a lot was rhetorical questions, specifically “aren’t I a woman?” The repetition of that question was used to make her point. She stated, “I have plowed, and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me- aren’t I a woman?” You could hear her sarcasm in that one repeated word. Men have always thought that, by nature, women were weaker than them. However, Truth was there to say that she has done all these things that relied on physical strength without the help of any man. Women could work just as hard as any man and probably could do it better. Truth goes on to say, “…he says women can’t have as much rights as men, ‘cause Christ wasn’t a woman. Where did your Christ come from?” Truth is saying that even though Christ wasn’t a woman, he came from one. The woman had to be powerful to give birth to a powerful Jesus. That was a technique used to lower a man’s ego. “If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down…together, ought t be able to turn it back and get it right side up again…” (Truth, pg.424) Since men aren’t willing enough to change things, women have to do it themselves. To prove themselves, women are determined to fight for their rights and identity as a lady. Even in this so-called “man’s world,” women are prepared to rise up and take a stand without the help of men.

“Aren’t I a Woman” Questions

“Aren’t I a Woman” Questions

1.Truth is responding to the government’s law and the minister at the end. She is responding to the notion that woman is weak and don’t need rights.

2.The examples she used was basically saying that women are weak. Truth is saying that women like her are strong enough to handle things on their own and they could do anything a man could do.

4.If I was there in person, I would have thought of Truth as a strong individual. The fact that she’s delivering this speech makes her a role-model to women across the land. The rhetorical questions popped out to me. I felt the sarcasm and strength in her voice as if I was there myself.

Verse to "Let My People Go"

I’m tired of staying in on the weekend
Please let me go
I wish your strict ways would bend
Please let me go
Why can’t I go out, ma?
Please let me go
I wish you would loosen up like pa
Please let me go
I’m tired of watching my little brother
Please let me go
I need luck like a three-leaf clover
Please let me go
(Sorry, I didn’t know I had to post it)

Jacobs & Douglass

Reading about the treatment of slaves from their white slave masters is about as hard as actually going through it. What makes this possible is the author’s use of techniques that conveys the type of the emotions and pain the slaves went through. The pieces written by Harriet Jacobs and Frederick Douglass both use pathos to appeal to the reader.
On the subject of slavery alone, people may feel sympathetic on the whole idea and how it developed to become part of American history. When Jacobs and Douglass actually write about some of these horrific experiences, readers could feel how they felt at that time. One thing that stood out in Jacobs’s piece is that she didn’t even know she was a slave until she was about six years old. Could you imagine living the life you thought you had but finds out you are property of another human being? Even though a child may not understand the full concept of slavery, they’re going to realize that their life is different than the white children. In the Frederick Douglass’s narrative, his parents wasn’t in his life. His father was an unknown white male, who was rumored to be his master. His mother was living with her master about twelve miles away. It’s sad that when she died, Douglass felt like he was mourning over a stranger. As depressing as it may be, some people can relate to that. This particular event can appeal to the reader’s emotions because they can recall about their own personal experiences and understand Douglass’s hardships a little better. Another passage in Douglass’s piece describes the punishment his Aunt Hester and other slaves had to face. From the whips striking on their bare backs to the constant name-calling, the slaves were obviously being degraded and dishonored. The louder they screamed, the more the whips smack their backs. The way Douglass describes the scene makes people angry at the injustice; it makes them feel compassionate toward the slaves.
When the hardships of slavery are articulated, whether it’s through art, literature, or film, it is bound to appeal to the audience’s emotions.

links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_architecture
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761552472/realism_(art_and_literature).html

the gettysburg address

Question #1
Stay unified
Don’t give up on your mission
Keep your rights in mind

Question #2
Abraham Lincoln’s main points and the reason for this speech is basically piled up in one long sentence. The amazing thing is that it still makes sense. I think it makes his audience more motivated to complete their mission.
It is best for us to stay focus at the task ahead of us-that from the honored dead we take their devotion and increased it-under God, we shall have victory-and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not die.

Question #3
The Gettysburg Address was written for the people to stay dedicated to the war for that their liberties and rights are threatened. The Declaration Of Independence was written to explain why the colonies rebelled against Britain and Parliament.
The Declaration of Independence actually listed the things Parliament has done to the colonists. The Gettysburg Address mentions the people who died from the civil war and how they stayed devoted to the end.

Question #4
Although the speeches I heard were a little longer, they still got straight to the point and motivate you to take action.