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Team Edgar Allan Poe!!!

Ever since we read "Tell-Tale Heart" in eighth grade, I've been really intrigued by Poe's sinister writing style. Once we started learning more about his lifestyle and all the tragedies that happened to all the people he loved, I started to grow more of an understanding of why Poe wrote the way he did. I've never really been into books, stories, or movies that involve the Devil in a literal way. It's always creeped me out. What I like about Poe's writing is that he uses such great descriptions that literally give me goosebumps.Poe's Gothic style of writing definitely impacted me more that Irving.

Where I got the picture

Romantic Poem Reflection

One of the poems we read this week called "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" was a really interesting poem for me to read. The symbolism that the author used was very intriguing. The fact that he repeated the phrase "The tide rises, the tide falls" let me know that that was the main message of the poem. I liked how he used repetition to get his point across. I also enjoyed the message that the author gave to his readers. The message that no matter what, life goes on, and we need to keep moving!

Political Climate of the 1950s

One of the main things that frightened civilians of the 1950s was communism. McCarthy started pointing fingers and accusing people of being communists, and the media was hugely involved in these court hearings. Because of the fear of communism, all politics in the 1950s had something to do with communism, either supporting it or disapproving it.

Crucible Reflection for Act One

So far, I find the Crucible to be a very interesting play. I am going to reflect about the views of black people in Puritan American society. I found it interesting that everyone was so quick to point the blame on Tituba, Parris' black slave from Barbados. These girls Abigail and Betty are not taking responsibility of their actions because they are afraid of their punishment, so they blame the easiest target. I am also perplexed by the worry that is coming across the town of Salem over a couple of girls dancing.

Puritan Plain Style

Today I saw a spider outside my window, spinning her web. The web was so delicate, I could easily destroy it with my little finger. As I was observing this marvel of God's creation, I found a very important lesson about life. I, the spider, make my own choices. I weave my web, or my life, in my own way to provide for what I need. But if i weave my web in a way that displeased the Good Lord, He can easily destroy it. Everyone needs to live their life everyday for the Lord, or he will damn you to hell.

William Brewster

William Brewster was a Pilgrim that went on the Mayflower voyage. Brewster joined the Pilgrims in 1620 to go to America. He was one of the three people that really helped raise money to get a patent to make a settlement in America.When the Pilgrims got to America, they made Brewster their senior elder. William Brewster was one of the only educated people in the new Plymouth colony. He was also made the religious leader of the colony. Religion was very important to the Pilgrims, and their religion is what motivated the colonists to survive. The Pilgrims looked to God for guidance and deliverance from their perils, and they needed a strong leader to set a religious example. Without William Brewster as their religious leader for the first winter in America, the Pilgrims might have lost hope and given up on their beliefs. There is no known portrait of William Brewster, but here is a painting of what he might have looked like.

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Journals of Discovery

We have been spending a lot of time in class this week looking at the Jamestown settlement in present-day Virginia.One of the options was to find a picture that related to one of the journeys and this is a painting I found of the actual settlement:

 There are a few things I found wrong with this picture:
 1) Look at the big fancy houses in the back-round...I'm pretty sure that's not what the bunkers looked like.
2) There is no wall anywhere signifying that all of Jamestown was surrounded by a fort.
3) The Native Americans look pretty friendly with the Jamestown settlers in this painting. That was the complete opposite of the truth, the Native Americans were on of Jamestown's main threats. Many people died in Jamestown due to Native American arrows.

It does look like someone in the middle though is suffering of something, because he's laying on the ground. Maybe this whole painting is a symbol of the sick person in the middle spreading his disease to the other colonists and the Native Americans.


this is where i got my picture:
http://www.boisestate.edu/socwork/dhuff/us/chapters/chapter%202.htm

Native American Chant Blog

This is a Native American Chant called "Yeha-Noha". This chant sounds really cool and has some cool pictures of some animals that the Native American cherished. They were called "totem animals"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9frmZcFUgdA

..hopefully that worked.

I also took a quiz to find what my Spirit Guide was, and according to this quiz, my Spirit Guide is the Crow. This was the description that was given to me:
"As a Crow, you are analytical, adaptable, and exceedingly clever. You like solving problems, sharing a hearty laugh with friends, and most of all, enjoying a good meal. Your inquisitive, philosophical nature leads you to constantly question authority and the status quo, sometimes just for the sake of asking, "Why?"

That kindof sounds like me, but I will need to do more soul-searching when I go on my Spirit Quest to really know who my guide is :)
I think it is really interesting how the Native Americans consider all living creatures as brothers and sisters, as equals. I wish more people thought that way!
I'll post the link to the quiz I took if anyone wants to check it out!
http://www.jerismithready.com/quiz/

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