Beats free write

School is ending which means spring lacrosse is ending. Saying good bye to the seniors graduating and going to college is the worst part. But now it is on to the summer league, which is traveling across the midwest to play teams from many different states. Going all the way to Pennsylvania is going to be the most memorable. This summer is going to be one to remember.

Segregation

A stereotype is a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. For example, "All muslims are terrorists". Unfortuantley stereotypes bring races down and seperate races even further apart. Although my personal experiences aren't as bad as most people in the world, there are still stereotyoes for eveyone. For me i'm a white catholic boy, a well known stereotype is that white people don't know how to discipline their children. This makes me upset because my parents have disiplined me well, the same goes with my uncles and aunts with my cousins. Another stereotype that isn't true is that "all asians are good at math". An asain boy in my math class dropped out because it was too difficult for him. One stereotype that is true about me is that i can't dance, which i dont believe doesn't effect me because i don't plan on finding a career in dancing. 

     The american dream is thats every American has an equal opportunity to achieve success by working hard and putting in hard work. For many African Americans during the 1960s their dreams were "deferred". Which ment that they were not given the same respect and chance that the average white person got to pursue their dreams, and living the true American dream. The phrase "dream deferred" became known around 1955. It was not the same for white Americans and African Americans. African Americans did not believe in the American dream because for some it was not possible to achieve their dream. Their only chance for them to have a dream was to end the segergation laws and give them an opprotunity the same as white Americans have it.

     I agree with Mama's decision to buy a new house, but i do not agree with the family's decision to turn down the offer the neighborhood gave them. Walter's dream like many other african americans during this time was "to buy a house and have the money to put diamonds on my wifes neck."  They had an opprotunity to mak this dream come true, they would've had more money than what Walters father had left them, and they also had a chance to move out of an unwelcoming neighborhood and into a safer place. I would've liked to see how it could have turned out for them if they chose to take the money and move into a new home. 

What If the United States lost the revolutionary war?

If the U.S lost the revolutionary war the world today would be very different. For example, the land would be geographically smaller because mexico and the native americans would keep the land. Population would be less because there is less land, and it wouldn't be as mixed (no mass immigration). Slavery would have been abolished sooner. Great Britain would soon become the strongest nation in the world.

Night Blog Assessment

From the beginning of the war the till the very end Jews were being harassed by everyone. "Here and there, the police were lashing out with their clubs: "Faster!" I had no strength left. The journey had just begun and I already felt so weak... "Faster! Faster! Move, you lazy-good-for-nothing!" the Hungarianazs police were screaming. That was when I began to hate them, my hatred remains our only link today. They were our first oppressors. They were the first faces of hell and death." (Wiesel, 19). When they were being relocated jews had to run for many miles. Sometime up to 40 miles with no break, food, or water. When they were fed they were only given bread and soup. “Bread, soup - these were my whole life. I was a body. Perhaps less than that even: a starved stomach. The stomach alone was aware of the passage of time.” (Wiesel, ch 4). Starvation was a popluar way to die. Being served a small portion of bread and soup twice a day is not enough to live, espically if you are forced to work everyday with no breaks. The living conditions didnt help their situation either. They wore a very thin jumpsuit, slept on a wooden shelf, and had a thin blanket that was sometimes too short for some. Some were so desperate to eat they would eat anything that wouldnt kill them. "The snow began to form a thick layer over our blankets. They brought us bread- the usual ration. We threw ouselves upon it. Someone had the idea of appeasing his thirst by eating the snow. As we were not allowed to bend down, everyone took out his spoon and ate the accumulated snow off his neighbor's back. A mouthful of bread and a spoonful of snow. The SS who were watching laughed at the spectacle" (Wiesel, 92). If eating snow was able to keep you alive the prisoners didnt hesitate to eat it. They would eat enything just to survive. Many would also die in their sleep because their body is just too weak. This would happen usually after they run for a long period of time.

Ellie Wiesel Passage

"Here and there, the police were lashing out with their clubs: "Faster!" I had no strength left. The journey had just begun and I already felt so weak... "Faster! Faster! Move, you lazy-good-for-nothing!" the Hungarian police were screaming. That was when I began to hate them, my hatred remains our only link today. They were our first oppressors. They were the first faces of hell and death." (Wiesel, 19)
The significance of this paragraph Elie has grown to know how to hate because of what the police have done to him. He feels like this because they enabled for him and his family to go through this tragedy that they are hugely to blame. His first glimpse of the treatment he'd receive because of his belief started with them and he still only feels connected to them through hatred. This is very relatable because most people would feel hate towards those who have greatly wronged them like the Hungarian police have.

What was life like in Germany if you were not in an army or sent to a camp?

When people look into the Holocaust they usually learn about the labor camps, or what happend during the physical fighting. But noone thinks about the people trying to live in Germany during this time. Life in Germany as a civilian was rough, obviously not as rough as a soldier or a prisoner. But some never saw their friends again. Those who lived near ghettos had their homes and buildings burned down. Most tried to continue on with their daily lives by going to work or school. 

In the beginning of the war German civilians were living great. The economy was very strong, the people were being fed healthy and delicious food. But shortly it began to get very bad for civilians. Many families struggled to pay the house bills because the men were sent off to the war. Women and children had to work in order to keep the house. Many children starved to death or died of a disease that was related to starving. Germany as a whole didnt start living well until East and West Germany united. 

Works Cited

Lyons, Scott. "World War Two’s Effect on the German Home Front." World War 2 Diaries. W.W. Norton & Company, 17 June 2012. Web. 13 Apr. 2015. <http://wwiidiaries.com/2012/06/17/world-war-twos-effect-on-the-german-home-front/>.

Pre-Reading

I agree that money does buy happiness. You have the ability to buy what ever you want. Also the more money you have the power you are capable of having. Although there are some disadvantages to having lots of money, like ruining relationships with loved ones. If you had the money then it wouldn't be a problem. For many families money is always in issue, it brings lots of stress on their lives. It makes them miss time with their family because they are working to be able to live in their house. On the other hand everyone that doesnt have to worry about that is spending time with their family which then brings happiness into their lives.

World War 1 Propaganda in America

     Propaganda was used sometimes to persuade americans into joining or helping the U.S army. 

These posters encouraged people at home to save food so that it would be sent to the soldiers. People in the U.S would eat or not eat specific foods on certain days so that the troops would be able to eat more. This would have been effective because it makes the people at home think that they would have a better chance to win if they save food. Because America is so "fat", if the poster was created today it would say "the soldiers could use a couple of your pounds." 

These posters would try and persuade men to join the army. The more people that joined the stronger the army would be. This would be an effective poster because it makes men feel like they owe something to the U.S and that something would be joining the war. If the poster was made now it would say something like "We've been fighting for your safety now come fight fight for your loved ones."

How the Other Half Lives

Dances With Wolves

Anthony Johlie

                                                    Dances With Wolves Final

     The film Dances With Wolves was historically accurate. It showed how the Americans drove the Native Americans slowly westward and into reservations by killing millions of buffalo, just to sell their fur and tongs for money. This was a huge loss for Native Americans food and clothing supply. It also shows how friendly some tribes can be when they come across someone by themselves.

     First, the americans would kill all of the buffalo in the area that the native americans live near so that the United States Army could take over that land without any trouble. They would kill the buffalo for their tongs, and fur. Once they are done with the buffalo the N.A's cannot do anything with them because it is just the carcass left. For example, "In 1872-73 three million buffalo perished and by 1874 the hunters moved so far south that the Treaty of Medicine Lodge Creek was a dead letter" (Smallbone). The N.A's depend so much on the buffalo that they cannot stay on the land without any buffalo in the are. Once they leave the U.S can take over their old land because it was free land. In D.W.W Kevin Costner and some sioux members were hunting and found a field full of dead, and skinned buffalo. The Sioux tribe was then forced to relocate their village, just like what had happened in 1873.

    Second, N.A were more understandable and respectful towards lost or lonely travelers. Like in D.W.W Kevin Costner is alone at his post. When he first sees the Natives they were afraid of each other,  but eventually he became good friends with the leader of one Sioux tribe. They made a couple trades, then eventually he was living in the tribe and married one of the native americans. The Sioux tribe show great human compassion for one others, For example, "He lived on the meat of dead animals and rattle snakes until he regained enough strength to walk and was befriended by some Sioux Indians, who had great respect for anyone who survived a bear attack" (Dary). Even though this traveler had just killed a few Indians before he met the Sioux, they still cared and treated him as if he was one of them. Instead of the Indians killing Costner when they first met they gave him a chance and it worked out well for both of them. They were able to defeat the pawnee in battle, with the help of Costner and his rifles. If they didn't become friends, the Sioux could've lost that battle.

     In conclusion, the movie Dances With Wolves was an accurate film. It showed that not all Indians are as aggressive as people tend to think. It also showed how the U.S secretly moved the Native Americans into reserves by killing off millions of buffalo. The buffalo provided many resources for the Native Americans, such as clothing, food, and it helped build their huts.

                                                          Works Cited

Smallbone, Chris. "How The West Was Lost." History Today 56.4 (2006): 42. MAS Ultra - School Edition. Web. 12 Jan. 2015.

Dary, David. "Mountain Man, Heal Thyself." American History 43.5 (2008): 56. MAS Ultra - School Edition. Web. 12 Jan. 2015.