Short Answer Study Packet

The relationship that European explorers had with the Native Americans was one of acquaintances. They were warm and friendly around each other. The explorers were optimistic to learn of the ways of the Native Americans. They even took part in the daily life of Native Americans by dressing as them and eating as them.


European colonizers used their narratives to mediate their relationships with authorities back in Europe by relying on ethos and pathos. They vividly described the lives of these Native American tribes so that the authority figures would feel pathos. They describe the life of Native Americans as being less fortunate than the lives of those back in Britain. Especially with the colonies constantly stealing land from the tribes. The colonizers rely on pathos throughout their narratives to get the authorities to stop the colonies from taking land from the tribes.

The Europeans envisioned the New World as being a place where they can star anew. They were surprised to see that the New World was not as advanced as Britain. They had to plow the land themselves and go hunting for food. These preconceptions affected their experiences in the Americas because they were not prepared for what they found when they got there. The Native Americans occupying the land before the Europeans were a definite surprise to them. They were not prepared to fight for land nor the new diseases that they came across.

I think the narrator suggests answer rather than providing it so that the reader analyzes the story more. The narrator wants the reader to get a latent meaning of the story; to think for themselves. When the reader finds the hidden message of the story, the plot comes together more and they begin to notice the writer’s style of constructing a story line.

Due to Chopin’s restraint on how Desiree and the baby died the reader learns of the deaths, not through her writing, but through their own analysis of the story. This affects the reader quite a bunch. Depending on the reader’s experience and knowledge they may come to the conclusion that Desiree and the baby died or that they made it through the willows to the other side of the bank.

Grammatical Comparison

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Two Page Lit Response: Of Our Spiritual Strivings

Siarra Williams
November 24, 2008
AP English III Period 11
Two Page Literary Response: Chapter 1, Souls of Black People

In the first chapter of the Souls of Black Folk by W.E. B. DuBois, he speaks of the slaves’ view of the status that they hold in the world. He speaks from a first person’s point of view of how he remembers the first time that he realized he was different from the other kids, in terms of his skin color. He also inferred that he was going to be like the white people when he gets older, when he began to talk about his future professions.
“It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others, of measuring one’s soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity.” (DuBois Page 45) Dubois uses great detail to describe the way a Negro slave looks at himself. He uses a various amount of metaphors and words to connect the same idea that a Negro man does not have a unique definition for himself. The slave does not know how to view himself in a society that condemns him for the color of his skin before he even speaks. He is already discriminated against without having the opportunity to prove that he is more than what you see.
“One ever feels his two-ness,—an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.” (DuBois Page 45) Dubois has a sassy tone when describing the American Negro slave. He starts off the statement by asking “One ever feels his two-ness.” It’s almost as though he states this already knowing you never have felt this man’s “two-ness.” It never occurred to you to see that he’s not just a slave, not just what you see. He continues by describing that this “two-ness” is hard to control and keep under way. For a man to have to decide which side of him he should allow to be seen by those surrounding him is time consuming if not aggravating at times. When a person has to conceal a piece of their identity, it becomes harder for them to find their true selves. It’s even harder when all society ever tells you is that you are worthless and you will never amount to anything. Not only does this “two-ness” pains him externally but internally is even worse. He has two thoughts and two ideas running through him and all he may ever get the chance to do is speak of one, if even allowed that.

Two Page Lit Response: The Atlanta Exposition Address

Siarra Williams
November 24, 2008
AP English III Period 11
Two Page Literary Response: Booker T. Washington

In the Atlanta Exposition Address by Booker T. Washington, he address the people at the expo and give a speech on his view of the coming together of the races of the South. He believed that the races would eventually come together and realize that they depend on one another for survival. He expresses in his speech his values and ideas for this new union of races.
“To those of my race who depend on bettering their condition in a foreign land or who underestimate the importance of cultivating friendly relations with the Southern white man, who is their next-door neighbour, I would say: ‘Cast down your bucket where you are’- cast it down in making friends in every manly way of the people of all races by whom we are surrounded.” (Washington Page 1) Washington includes this example of “Casting down your bucket” to show that every man should be open to help from others, even the people who you feel have betrayed you in the past. He wants the colored people to have an optimistic outlook on things because he believes that the way to get ahead is with the help from those who know more about the surroundings than them, no matter the past situations or the setbacks that they have experienced. He feels the only way to grow as one and move on is through unity.
“I think, though, that the opportunity to freely exercise such political rights will not come in any large degree through outside or artificial forcing, but will be accorded to the Negro by the Southern white people themselves, and that they will protect him in the exercise of those rights.” (Washington Page 7) Washington includes this opinion to show that he believes that the only way a colored man will be able to share in political rights is if it was offered to him. And not just offered to him by any white man, it must be a Southern white man, so that the white man will support this decision and protect the colored man as he is exercising these political rights which were presented to him. He believes at the end of the day that if the Southern white man agrees with the colored man taking part in political rights then everything will be ok. If the public requests that a colored man be offered any form of political rights, the Southern white man will feel obligated to consent. The obligation to give a colored man any type of rights is the most degrading thing a Southern white man could find himself doing. He feels this way because it pains him to see a man who was just beneath him, rise to a higher level in society. And it just pushes the knife in deeper when the rest of the country compels this man to give this Negro any sorts of rights, when just last week he was working the plantation. Washington was only stating that in order for the Negro to receive any sort of political rights, he must do so at the consenting of the Southern white man if he wishes to keep peace while doing so.
In conclusion Booker T. Washington’s address at the Atlanta Exposition gave a whole new view on the relationship between the Southern white man and the colored folks. He showed that colored people did not receive all their freedom at once. And although they were no longer property of the white man, they still depended on them mentally so that they may get ahead or even are on a leveled playing field with the white man. He brought to light that the colored man still needed the aid and approval of the white man.

Two Page Lit Response: The Yellow Wallpaper

Siarra Williams
November 17, 2008
AP English III Period 11
Two Page Literary Response: The Yellow Wallpaper

“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is an interesting short story. She wrote about herself during her depressive state, which was known to her husband and others as a “nervous condition” She and her husband, John, spent their summer in a far off estate so that she would get better. She spent most of her summer cooped up in a nursery turned temporary bedroom with the most disgusting yellow wallpaper. The author uses imagery and dialect to get across to the reader her feelings during her depressive state and how she felt cooped in that room.
The author spent a lot of time describing the wallpaper. It’s intriguing that her first feelings toward the wallpaper were that of disgust and dislike. She expressed to her husband her concerns but he just disregarded them. “It is dull enough to confuse the eye in following pronounced enough to constantly irritate and provoke study, and when you follow the lame uncertain curves for a little distance they suddenly commit suicide—plunge off at outrageous angles, destroy themselves in unheard of contradictions.” (Gilman Page 3) She describes the wallpaper with such imagery and dark words to get across her detestable feelings to the reader. She wants the reader to understand that it was the worst wallpaper she could have ever imagined. She describes it with such dark words to create an odious image of the wallpaper. “There’s one comfort, the baby is well and happy, and does not have to occupy this nursery with the horrid wall-paper.” (Gilman Page 7) The fact that her baby does not have to sleep in the nursery is a high point for the author. She’d rather she sleeps there than her child. Gilman finds the room to be so horrific that she wishes it upon herself rather than her child. Although she hates the room with a passion, she’d rather suffer than have her child see such wallpaper.
“He said we came here solely on my account, that I was to have perfect rest and all the air I could get.” (Gilman Page 2) The author includes this to display how her husband felt that her rest was a necessity. He wanted her to get better and he rented out the estate for her well-being. “John says if I don’t pick up faster he shall send me to Weir Mitchell in the fall.” (Gilman Page 6) The author includes this to show her husbands’ feelings toward her recovery process. If she were not to recover in the time that he allotted he had the control to send her off to another physician. She expressed in her story that she did not wish to see this physician because of the rumors that she heard about from her friends.
In conclusion “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is an interesting story. I love the entire concept of the story. She used so many descriptive words to get her point across. In reading this story I could imagine the yellow wallpaper with all of it s fungus and cracks along the wall. She brought the pages to life and I understood her depressive state more with the intensity in which she described the scene. Her feelings became my feelings, her words became my words. I just connected with her the whole time of the story and throughout her writing style.

2 Page Lit Response On The Biography of Kate Chopin

Siarra Williams
October 30, 2008
AP English III Period 11
2 Pages Literary Response: Biography of Kate Chopin

One of the greatest writers of the nineteenth century was Kate Chopin. Her stories had flair with that touch of reality that she shared so often with her audience. She wrote short stories and essays based on personal experiences and acquaintances. She made that connection with the audience that made them want to read more and become more educated of what’s going on in the world. She gave them information while still keeping their attention.
While reading some of Kate’s stories, you may have asked yourself is this real? Is this imaginative? Of course like most authors, the plots are based off of real life situations or experiences. So what real life experience has led Mrs. Chopin to write such a story as “The Story of An Hour?” You might consider the values and morals that society placed on marriages during that time period. For all those without previous knowledge of the 1800s, all women were treated as their husband’s property. They were without rights and opinions. So in “The Story of An Hour,” when Chopin writes “She said it over and over under her breath: ‘free, free, free!” Chopin is referring to the newfound independence that a widow feels after she is free of the oppression that her husband placed on her. Throughout a woman’s marriage she is her husband’s property and therefore she does whatever he gives her to do.
“The Story of An Hour” also refers to her father’s death. Chopin’s father was killed while riding a train that crossed a bridge and it collapsed under them. When Chopin writes about the husband in “The Story of An Hour,” he dies in a tragic train accident. She uses what she knows to write about a national issue such as the injustice between the male and female population. She throws in a personal experience as an example of how a woman may lose her husband and become a widow.
Kate Chopin was a great writer and like most authors, she uses personal experiences to get her point across to the reader. She also takes examples from her life because that is what she knows about more, therefore it’ll be easier to write based off of the simple details that she already knows.

Analysis of Disturbia Character Ashley

In Disturbia the character that caught my eye was the young lady Ashley. Her actions and words were eye catching. The fact that her mom’s ringtone was “Dunh duhn duhn” also known as Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony was quiet perturbing. It just makes you wonder what is her relationship with her mother? Will it affect her relationship with other authoritative women who come into her life? These questions were just a few that popped into my head. I figured the only way to answer them were to take a deeper look into her her actions and words throughout the movie. I noticed that she also spent a lot of time alone at home, or at least that is what the movie showed us. She was either swimming in her backyard pool, on her roof reading, or in her room doing yoga. The upside to all of these lonesome activities is that they were calming, relaxing, and constructive. This shows me that she is a bright young lady who likes to educate herself. When she finally goes over to Kale’s house, Shia LeBouf’s character, a different side of her is exposed. You can see that around other people she lightens up and is very outgoing. Although to some she may have seemed demanding when requesting coffee and doughnuts, I believe it was her way of being flirtatious. I mean that is a typical side of girls when they are in the company of the opposite sex.

Sojourner Truth Comparision

In the 50 essays book “Aren’t I a Woman” is so different from the article that was printed out titled “Ain’t I a Woman.” The differences go beyond the spelling and language used. In “Ain’t I a Woman,” Sojourner’s character is revealed. She speaks with such dialect and oomph that grabs the audience’s attention. This is relayed back to the reader through the words itself. The tone can easily be detected by the dialect and the words she use. She speaks to the audience with such boldness that you would not have expected out of a colored woman. In “Aren’t I a Woman,” her character is massed by the correction of the spelling of the words. In correctly spelling the words by today’s standard, you do not see the brazen way of her words as much in what she was saying and considering the time period in which she said the words that she did. By layering her speech with today’s spelling standard, it takes away the heart of the message and the character. It also takes away the realization of the time period and how daring of her it was for her to speak in public, let alone say what she did and direct her points to some of the people as she did such as the deacon.

Sojourner Truth Discussion Questions

Siarra Williams
October 24, 2008
AP English III Period 11
Sojourner Truth: Aren’t I a Woman? Discussion Questions Page 424


Sojourner Truth is responding to the white man’s community and their unfair treatments of the minorities, i.e. the women and the color folks.

Sojourner Truth uses personal examples such as that of her working on the plantation and the treatments that she does not receive on a regular basis although she sees that this privilege is received by other women. These points help to establish ethos and help her message of the injustice that she and other women like her receive.

If I were in the audience when Sojourner Truth said her speech, I would have looked at her with a closed mind. It would have been an automatic thought the she was unintelligent due to the way I imagine her looking, like a slave with torn clothing. However after hearing her moving and inspiring speech, I would have been very wrong. The points that she made was that of an intelligent woman and the way she spoke already said to me that she didn’t care what I think. So I would have been wrong right off the bat.

Sojourner Truth 2 page Lit Response

Siarra Williams
October 24, 2008
AP English III Period 11
2-page Literary Response Sojourner Truth

“Aren’t I a Woman?” by Sojourner Truth is truly a work of art. She expresses herself so vividly and she did it in a tone of a woman who has been scorn. In the short speech she expresses her opinion on woman’s rights and Negroes’ rights. Her tone of a respected woman with an attitude is revealed all through the speech. It’s intriguing to read this passage and imagine the way that she captivated the audience’s attention as an African American slave.
Truth uses syntax and punctuation to show how intense she felt about woman’s rights and Negroes’ rights. The reader is then drawn to the page by pathos. When she says “Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud puddles or gives me any best place, and aren’t I a woman? Look at me!” (Truth page 423) The way the sentence is structured to first show what privileges she does not receive, and then ends with the question “aren’t I a woman?” is just so powerful. It almost suggests that she may have said that statement with an attitude. She then goes on to say “look at me!” She commands the audience’s attention at this point, she was no longer asking politely. This suggests that she wanted the audience to know her point of view, did not really matter to her if they understood or not as long as they knew how she felt about the rights of women and the rights of Negroes.
“I have plowed, and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me- and aren’t I a woman?” (Truth page 423) She establishes ethos when she credits the work she has done as a slave, even though she is a woman. It is seemed by me that she uses this line to establish the injustice given to women of color. African American women were sent to work just as the men of Caucasian descent and African American descent were. Female slaves, although they are women, did not receive any of the privileges of Caucasian women. As stated before she was less than likely to be helped into carriages or given the best place all because of her status in the world. It’s upsetting that her status was put before her gender, but, like the age old question: which came first the chicken or the egg, which was Sojourner born into first her gender or her status as the world perceives her.
Truth was a moving and powerful speaker. She was well-known for getting her points across to the audience. It is inspiring to me that a woman of color during her time period was so sassy and shameless with her feelings and speaking on them. Truth established her audacious tone through her use of pathos and ethos. She made sure the audience knew of her past experiences and feelings.

Siarra Williams
October 22, 2008
AP English III Period 11
Frederick Douglas Two-Page Literary Response

Frederick Douglas was an intelligent African American. He learned to read and write at a time when it was illegal. During the time when he was learning all of these skills, he realized that as a slave he was being treated unfairly. His newfound knowledge changed his opinion of the world around him. Throughout the passage Learning to Read and Write his attitude towards slavery is revealed.
Douglas’ mistress was a nice woman who began to teach him to read. “Mistress, in teaching me the alphabet, had given me the inch, and no precaution could prevent me from taking the ell.” (Douglas pg. 101) By Douglas’ mistress teaching him to read, he was a step above the rest. He knew more than most slaves and was geared up to continue his knowledge. There was no way that the mistress could just stop him from crossing over the threshold once the door was open and he was invited in. So he found a way to still learn after his mistress had a change of heart.
“As I writhed under it, I would at times feel that learning to read had been a curse rather than a blessing. It had given me a view of my wretched condition, without the remedy.” (Douglas pg. 103) After learning to read, Douglas was put into an awkward situation. He knew a lot more about slavery and learned how it was unethical yet he did not learn about how to abolish it. He was not too keen on reading anymore after realizing this. Douglas felt frustrated with learning so much about the situation going on but not having the answer to solve the situation. Reading was his rise and downfall. He was stuck between a rock and a hard place.
“I often found myself regretting my own existence, and wishing myself dead; and but for the hope of being free, I have no doubt but that I should have killed myself, or done something for which I should have been killed.” (Douglas pg. 103) After Douglas realized that he was stuck between a rock and a hard place, he regretted his life. He felt no need to live since he was stuck doing something he hated; and even though he knew the answer to get out of slavery, he did not know the way to get out. He felt hopeless, like there was no way to escape slavery; it was going to be a part of him for life. These realities began to boil over in his mind and he had thoughts of being dead and killing himself. These thoughts appeared because he felt defenseless like there was no solution to his predicament.
Douglas was a bright man. He acquired more knowledge than most slaves during his time. The best part about Douglas’ knowledge was that he used it to help other slaves. He created the paper the North Star as a guide for slaves to escape north. Although at that time he was unsure of what to do with his newfound awareness and he wanted to die, he stuck it out and devised a plan that would help other slaves in the same predicament.

Frederick Douglas Discussion Questions.... AP PD. 11. DO NOT POST THIS TO BLOGGER.

Siarra Williams
October 22, 2008
AP English III Period 11
Discussion Questions Page 105

1) Frederick Douglas taught himself to read and write by sneaking around and deceiving the neighborhood poor white boys into teaching him the alphabet. He also used to copy-write the books of the young master of the house in which he was enslaved. By learning to read and write, he also learned of the injustice that was happening to him.

2) In my opinion the other person who undergoes a learning process would be Douglas’ mistress. She goes from being a tender- hearted woman who teaches him how to read to being very mean spirited and a disciplinarian for the slightest infraction.

4) Something that I have learned that has proven to have a positive side and a negative side to it would be being independent. As you get older you are glad to have freedom and to be on your own. The positive side to that would be making your own rules and doing what you want to do. The negative side would be taking responsibility for your own actions; no longer can you blame anyone else for your mistakes nor lean on someone else when life gets tough. You must learn to stand on your own two feet.

Slave Narrative Rhetorical Devices

Siarra Williams
October 20, 2008
AP English III Period 11
Comparing Rhetorical Devices

The lives of slaves were unknown before African American Slave Narratives were published. People of that time period refuse to see the negative sides to slavery until the stories of the slaves’ experiences were told. Soon the free men and women began to sympathize with the slaves and became supporters of anti slavery.
Before reading a narrative, you would usually read an introduction from the editor. Of course this editor was of Caucasian descent. The introduction’s sole purpose was to rely on ethos to get the message across to the reader. Without the editor’s appeal to character, most people would have looked over the narrative as if it were just a Negro complaining over their place in society. The introduction helps to appeal to the audience that it was directed to, the free white men that live in the North. Ethos attracted the audience necessary to make a change in society and create equality among all of mankind.
The editor’s introduction uses ethos to catch the audience’s attention. Well then who is the audience you might find yourself asking and why? The audience is free white men living in the North. This is the primary audience because of the standing that they have in society. They are ranked higher than African American slaves who live in the South. Not only that, but their opinions are heard and valued by those around them. They can easily influence others into what they want them to believe without being treated as though they are inferior.
After answering the question of whom the audience is. Next question that may come to mind is does ethos work better on men or women? Ethos appeal better to men than women because men rely more on reputation to be won over on something. A reputation matters more to them than anything else. This is proven to be true because most men base their decisions on impulses and on what they know will grab someone’s attention rather than emotion or logic. For example, if a man were to buy a car he would want to buy a Cadillac because of its reputation. They know that a Cadillac will grab someone’s attention rather than a Suzuki. They aren’t buying a car based on price value or miles per gallon which refers to logic nor are they putting their emotions first relating to pathos.
In the essay, ethos was used to grab the right audience’s attention. The audience that can help get your point across was the focus of the paper. Without ethos it is possible that the paper would not have caught the eye of persons with such high status in society.

Self Reliance Lit Response

Siarra Williams
October 16, 2008
AP English III Period 11
Self Reliance Literary Response

Most people are naturally dependent on others. They even follow what psychologist like to call “social norms.” Social norms are things that you do that are considered normal by society; for example never standing too close to a stranger. People do what others do; they follow because they are too afraid to stand out. And that is exactly the author’s message in Self Reliance.
“…No kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till.” In this quote the author is explaining that in order for a man to get things done right and the way that he likes, he must work for those things himself. The man has to become independent and work alone in order to achieve his goal that only he can achieve. He must realize that he can only rely on himself and should not wait on others to achieve his goals or to get things done. The author wants to get across to the reader the idea of self reliance. He wants the reader to understand that sometimes you may just need to stand alone and work hard to achieve your own mission. You can not expect what you want to just come to you; everything in life that is deserved is worked for.
“Society is a joint-stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater.” The author uses this quote to also support his message of self reliance. He wants the reader to understand that most people are in it for themselves and so they will put their needs and interest before others. The author is comparing society to a joint-stock company as his way of saying that society as a whole thinks of what’s best for the majority and does not care about the minority or the economy. Society just benefits those with the bigger voice that can easily be heard. And by that statement I mean the upper-class non minority people get heard more often than a middle-class minority. Some may relate this idea to racism or the average cost of living for each person of these groups.
“What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think.” The author also uses this quote to support his message of self reliance. He wants the reader to understand that at the end of the day you must do what concerns you, and not what other people think. Society is very judgmental of those who are unique and individualistic, those who are creative and free-thinkers. So why at the end of the day be concerned with just yourself? It is because at the end of the day it is best to be self-satisfied than the pleasing of others and miserable on the inside. Society often chooses what is best for the majority of its population and so you should do the same and choose what is best for you. Letting others think for you is not helpful to the growth of you as a person.
The author’s message of self reliance is to help the reader understand that you should rely on yourself more than those around you. Relying on yourself can help you to reach your own goals in your own time. No longer are you waiting on others to complete their task so that you may complete yours. You should also put yourself before others so that you are self-satisfied. Although this may seem backwards and mean, it is easier to help others once you have helped yourself.

Analysis Of The Slave's Dream

Siarra Williams
October 15, 2008
AP English III Period 11
The Slave’s Dream

The Slave’s Dream is an incredible, deep poem about the dream of a slave. The writing components used to create a tone of injustice was presented in a creative way. They produced a deeper meaning to the simple sentences said throughout the poem. It makes the reader grasp for a deeper understanding.
The author is understood through his writing style by using diction, imagery, and personification to get across his tone to the reader. “Wide through the landscape of his dreams the lordly Niger flowed.” (Lines 7-8) This line is an example of the diction that he uses. The way the sentence is worded brings many questions to mind. Why is the Niger lordly? Why is the “N” in Niger capitalized? Just to ask a few. When the poet was writing he used lordly to contrast what the reader already knows about slavery. Common knowledge of slavery is that all slaves were treated badly and inhumane. Lordly, though usually intended to mean something worthy, is used in context to get across to the reader the way the slave viewed himself in his dream. He considered himself to be worthy and noble. He is admirable of himself in his dream and so he walks around his imaginative Africa as though he is of royalty; his way of escaping from reality and all of its pain. “He saw once more his dark-eyed queen among her children stand; they clasped his neck, they kissed his cheeks, they held him by the hand!” (Lines 13-16) The writer uses imagery in this statement. The way he describes the children’s affection for the father after they see him, is just so vibrant. You can tell by the affection that they show, it as though they do not see their father often and spend quality time with him. This statement also helps acknowledge the facts of slavery and how most blacks were separated from their families. The man dreams of this affection because it is something that he desires but does not posses. He is showing what basic affection he is lacking due to his rank on the social ladder. “The forests, with their myriad tongues, shouted of liberty.” (Lines 37-38) The writer uses personification to bring the forest to life. He wants the reader to see that they did rally for freedom, in a variety of ways, but they were still denied this luxury. These writing style components gave the poem more of a creative and inquisitive outlook. The way the writer wrote about every aspect of the dream, he gave deeper meaning to wanting something that you can’t have. The author’s tone is injustice throughout the poem. Injustice is shown when the dream is everything that the black man desires but lacks due to his powerless state. His rights were taken away from him due to the inequality and unfairness going on during that time period. The tone shows the authors’ annoyed attitude toward slavery. The author is annoyed with the unjust treatment of slavery. He feels the rights of slaves were unreasonably taken away.

Link To Desiree's Baby

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The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne

What is the primary purpose for the Custom House introduction?
The primary purpose for the Custom House introduction is to explain how Hawthorne came upon this journal by Surveyor Pue. It gives support to the reason for why he was where he was at that point during his life. He was the new Surveyor because he did not have a great background in politics; he was mostly known for being an author. It's interesting how a different lifestyle choice led him right back to his destiny of being a writer. Although he was contemplating on rather he should publish the journal entries and turn them into a story, it's quite clear that he made the choice of following his love interest of writing.

What significant change does Hawthorne admit to making in telling the story contained in the diary?
Hawthorne admits to changing the story a bit. He believes it will add a dramatic effect and help his writing career. He helps the story by adding intense interesting fictional parts. He feels the fictional parts will keep the audience's attention. In keeping the audience's attention it may just bring his writing fame to a whole new level.

What potential impact will this change have on the story?
This change's potential impact could change the way the reader sees the character in the original setting. In one chapter Hawthorne may switch the details of Hester's clothing just to add a dramatic effect and that could change the overall view that the reader has. That one detail may have been the only thing that links the reader with the first half of the book. Or in another sense that detail that Hawthorne switches may be the detail needed to keep the reader's attention and interest.

Cabeze De Vaca Picture

This picture relates to the Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca story because it is a picture of observing people the way he observed the Native American tribe that held him as prisoner. Cabeze De Vaca studied and learned the behavior of the tribe from the structure of the family tree to the way they reacted when they lost a family member. In his letter to Emperor Charles V, he stated that when a person dies the family grieves all day and night for a year, not doing any hard labor. The rest of the tribe provides the family with food during their time of grief. At the end of the year, a ceremony is held for that person. This picture symbolizes people's behavior in a certain environment being observed as De Vaca did with the Native Americans.

Biography of Anne Bradstreet

Anne Dudley was born in Northampton, England, in the year 1612 to Dorothy Yorke and Thomas Dudley. At the age of 16, Anne was married to Simon Bradstreet, a 25 year old assistant in the Massachusetts Bay Company. Anne and her family immigrated to America in 1630 on the Arabella, one of the first ships to bring Puritans to New England in hopes of setting up plantation colonies. It was hard for Anne to adapt to the colony life. Her paralysis did not limit her passion for life and she and her husband still managed to make a home for themselves, and raise a family. Simon’s job kept him traveling a lot and to keep herself busy, Anne would educate herself as well as her kids with her father’s collection of books. From these books, she learned a lot about religion, science, history, and poetry. She secretly began to write poetry for herself as well as a close circle of family and friends. Her brother-in-law, John Woodbridge, had secretly copied Anne's work, and would later bring it to England to have it published in 1650. Her poetry was habitually based on her life experience, and her love for her husband and family. She died on September 16, 1672, in Andover, Massachusetts, at the age 60.


URL Link: http://www.annebradstreet.com/anne_bradstreet_bio_002.htm

To My Dear and Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet

Siarra Williams
September 15, 2008
AP English III Period 11
To My Dear and Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet

Anne Bradstreet is well known for being the first colonial poet to be published back around the 17th century. Her poetry consisted mostly of family, home, and religion. One of her poems that captured my mind and soul was To My Dear and Loving Husband. This poem uses such vivid imagery and emotions when explaining the love for her husband. Throughout reading this poem it is clear that her audience is people who are in love and that they are the type of person to cherish their partner’s love.
“If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.” (Line 2) The diction and the structure of this sentence are used to add more emotion to the word “loved.” She wants to get across to the reader her love for her husband. She wants them to understand that if any man’s wife had love for their husbands it could never be as deep and significant as hers for her husband. The word “ever” used in this sentence also stands out. The poet uses this word to include all times, i.e. past, present, and future tenses to show that any woman who were to love their husband, it is her husband with the most love because she adores him more than anything and especially more than any other woman’s love for their husband. Why does Mrs. Bradstreet starts off this statement with a question? “If ever man were loved…” (Line 2) She does this to show that there is only one answer to this question; her husband is the man that is loved. She asks the question so that she may answer with the answer that she sees fit and that she believes is right.
“I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold or all the riches that the East doth hold.” (Lines 5, 6) The author uses figurative language to give you an idea about how much she cherishes her husband’s love. She values his love more than gold and more than all the riches in the East. She compares his love to objects that most Americans consider to be rare treasures. She really believes that his love is the rare treasure. She also uses figurative language to clarify how much she appreciates and take pleasures in her husband’s love. The poet uses diction when she says “I prize.” She uses the word prize to show how much she takes pride in and is grateful for his love. She wants the reader to understand that a love like his is a rare treasure and it is something to be thankful for.
“Then while we live, in love let’s so preserve that when we live no more, we may live forever.” (Lines 11, 12) The poet uses this sentence to bring her poem to a close. She wants to end the poem by saying that even when they die, their love will live on. She wants to preserve the love they share so that when they die their love still exists and they are still connected to each other through it. By saying that she wants their love to live on, the author wants the reader to understand that she cherishes the love her and her husband share. The way she structures the sentence puts emphasizes on how she the love to live on. “…In love let’s so preserve that when we live no more, we may live forever.” I like the way she constructs the last half of this sentence to get across to the reader that even when they die, their love will live on. Almost as though she is saying that is how powerful their love is.
Ann Bradstreet uses pathos to get across to her reader the power behind the love her and her spouse shared. She plays on the reader’s emotions so that they may identify with her opinion on love and understand how a husband’s love is so potent and gratifying. The word “love” strikes me as important because she uses it repeatedly throughout her poem. Every time in describing the emotions she felt for her husband she used the word “love.” Love is a strong emotion that two people feel for each other and is a word used to describe how much someone means to you. This word also strikes me as important because it is a word with meaning that is not used to describe every emotion of the heart. When writing this poem you could tell that Mrs. Bradstreet’s husband means a lot to her. Her tone is one of adoration. She really adored her husband and you were able to see that in lines 5 and 6.

Picture Relates To Christopher Columbus Essay

This picture relates to the Christopher Columbus story in the fact that he experienced hardships. One way is that the picture resembles the actual shipwreck that Columbus experienced in the early 1500s on his fourth voyage. Columbus was stranded for some time in Jamaica. Another way this picture relates is that it symbolizes hard times and obstacles that someone must overcome. Columbus had some challenges on his journeys. He had to try to keep peace with the Taino Indians when he first arrived to Hispaniola and when he returned after the settlers he left behind tarnished the agreement. The ship also symbolizes to me Columbus’ honor being “turned over” or ceasing to exist. For example after being charged numerous times and sent back to Spain twice his reputation was tainted. Some of the settlers also rebelled and did not care for his authority.

Diction

Consider: A rowan like a lipsticked girl.
- Seamus Heaney, "Song," Field Work

Discuss:
1. Other than the color, what comes to mind when you think of a lipsticked girl?
Stuck-up, sidity, always beautifying themselves i.e. make-up and hottest trends in fashion, and glamorous appereance.

2. How would it change the meaning and feeling of the line if, instead of lipsticked girl, the author wrote girl with lipstick on?
I would have used the context clues to assume rowan meant a color. A sort of white and orange color. The change would also make the quote lose description.

Apply:
Write a simile comparing a tree with a domesticated animal. In your simile, use a word that is normally used as a noun (like lipstick) as an adjective (like lipsticked). Share your simile with the class.
The apple tree as diamonded as a white rabbit.

Nightly Essay: Christopher Columbus 1451-1506

Siarra Williams
September 7, 2008
AP English III Period 11
Nightly Essay: Christopher Columbus: 1451-1506

We all have heard the story numerous times. In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue and found the New World. He made it possible for new items to be traded among the countries. In the New World they found gold, silver, tobacco, corn, and beans to trade among Spain, Europe, and Asia. Although this discovery was accidental it gave people an option to more land. His discovery also made it possible for people to migrant to the New World and start life anew.
As stated before we all have heard the story numerous times. But what we have not heard were the obstacles Columbus went through on his voyages. It was not all rainbows and unicorns on his search for a shorter passage to the Indies. The first obstacle he encountered occurred with the Taino Indians on the island of Hispaniola (Present day Haiti) in 1492. “… Settlers Columbus left behind demanded gold and sexual partners from their host; on his return there in 1494, none of the Europeans were alive.” (Christopher Columbus: 1451-1506) The writer uses this example to support the idea that Columbus had to deal with complex situations. Columbus struggled to keep everything in order and to keep peace between the Native Americans and the settlers. On the third voyage he encountered Spanish settlers, who fought back against his authority. The only truce he was able to come to was at the expense of the Taino Indians. After that he was sent back to Spain, yet again, to stake his innocence.
Columbus’ fourth and last voyage was more hectic and difficult than the first three. “His last voyage, intended to recoup his tarnished reputation, resulted in a long period of suffering in Panama and shipwreck in Jamaica…” (Christopher Columbus: 1451-1506) The writer uses this event in time to show the climax from the first voyage which was bad to the fourth voyage which was worse. Not only did he suffer but he was stranded in Jamaica due to his ship breaking down. He even wrote a memorandum back to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain while he was stranded in Jamaica. “I did not sail upon this voyage to gain honor or wealth; this is certain, for already all hope of that was dead.” (Christopher Columbus: 1451-1506) Christopher Columbus says this to let the royal family know that the purpose of his last voyage was not intended for his own self- interest. He did it out of servitude for his country’s king and queen.
In conclusion Christopher Columbus made one of the world’s most wonderful discoveries in 1492. He opened so many doors for future generations and allowed for more goods to be traded amongst the nations. One of the difficult challenges he went through was being charged several times and sent back to Spain twice on those charges to clear his name. In the end Columbus wrote to the royal family about his servitude and his dishonor after all of his voyages because he did not receive any of the fruits of his labor nor did his family. In the early 1500s he returned to Europe and soon afterwards died.