FINAL EXAMINATION
U.S. History Events
The Age of Exploration: What made exploration of the New World possible?
Colonialism: What was life like for the early colonists?
Revolutionary War: What course of events led to America's Independence?
Making a Nation: What did it take to build our nation? (Dec. of Ind., AOC,Constitution)
Slavery: How did the institution of slavery begin and continue in early American history?
The Age of Jackson: What events allowed the US to continue to expand westward?
Mexican American War: What were the different perspectives invlolved in the MAW?
Civil War: What were some of the causes and effects of the Civil War?
Reconstruction: Why did reconstruction fail?
The Industrial Revolution: What were the triumphs/tragedies of the IndustrialRevolution?Imperialism: How did the US expand via Imperialism?
Progressive Era: What was progressive about the Progressive Era?
World War I: What were some of the causes and effects of WWI?
The Roaring 20’s: What made the Roaring 20's Roaring?
The Great Depression: How were various groups affected during the Great Depression?
World War II: What were the causes and effects of WWII?
1940's: What was happening in the United States during this time period?
Colonialism: What was life like for the early colonists?
Revolutionary War: What course of events led to America's Independence?
Making a Nation: What did it take to build our nation? (Dec. of Ind., AOC,Constitution)
Slavery: How did the institution of slavery begin and continue in early American history?
The Age of Jackson: What events allowed the US to continue to expand westward?
Mexican American War: What were the different perspectives invlolved in the MAW?
Civil War: What were some of the causes and effects of the Civil War?
Reconstruction: Why did reconstruction fail?
The Industrial Revolution: What were the triumphs/tragedies of the IndustrialRevolution?Imperialism: How did the US expand via Imperialism?
Progressive Era: What was progressive about the Progressive Era?
World War I: What were some of the causes and effects of WWI?
The Roaring 20’s: What made the Roaring 20's Roaring?
The Great Depression: How were various groups affected during the Great Depression?
World War II: What were the causes and effects of WWII?
1940's: What was happening in the United States during this time period?
Writing Development
"A Real World Series Of Unfortunate Events" vs. "Perfection VS. Imperfection"
Perfection VS. Imperfection
Does the stress and anxiety caused by the constant hunger to change outweigh the benefits of being perfect? Georgiana was willing to go through it all in order to please her husband. She and Aylmer moved into his laboratory and began experimenting with ways to remove the birthmark. The drastic trials that they ran did not push away Georgiana, for they only made her want to be flawless even more. Aylmer secretly doses his wife with a concoction that will fade the birthmark. He seems to be more obsessed with this woman’s perfection more than she herself could even dream imaginable. The birthmark begins to fade, but as it does, so does Georgiana’s life. They were willing to risk so much to reach perfection, but once they had, it was all taken away. By altering ourselves to “better” ourselves, are we rejecting “the best the earth has to offer,”?
Jungle Essay
Through tragedy and loss, Jurgis begins to see the beauty in life. Having lost both his wife and child in horrible deaths, Jurgis abandons his responsiblites and ventures out in to the country. He no longer has to worry about the well being of his family as he realizes that, “This is no world for women and children. Whatever Antanas might suffer where he was, he could suffer no more than he would have had he stayed upon the earth” (Sinclaire 207). Losing a single loved one, let alone an entire family is enough to end a man. Yet Jurgis realizes that the world in which they were living was a world unfit for his wife and child. “And now he felt like a bird lifted up and borne away upon a gale; he stopped and stared at each new sight of wonder-at a herd of cows, and a meadow full of daisies, at hedgerows set thick with June roses, at little birds singing in the trees” (Sinclaire 208). Jurgis no longer spends his days doing back breaking work in a factory, but rather swimming in serene lakes, exploring unseen landscapes, and absorbing the beauty of America that he was once forced to ignore. He does not have a plan, nor a desire to work, but he simply lives day by day. The adventurous spirit Jurgis once possessed returns and his desire to discover unkown possibilites emerges.
Perfection VS. Imperfection
Does the stress and anxiety caused by the constant hunger to change outweigh the benefits of being perfect? Georgiana was willing to go through it all in order to please her husband. She and Aylmer moved into his laboratory and began experimenting with ways to remove the birthmark. The drastic trials that they ran did not push away Georgiana, for they only made her want to be flawless even more. Aylmer secretly doses his wife with a concoction that will fade the birthmark. He seems to be more obsessed with this woman’s perfection more than she herself could even dream imaginable. The birthmark begins to fade, but as it does, so does Georgiana’s life. They were willing to risk so much to reach perfection, but once they had, it was all taken away. By altering ourselves to “better” ourselves, are we rejecting “the best the earth has to offer,”?
Jungle Essay
Through tragedy and loss, Jurgis begins to see the beauty in life. Having lost both his wife and child in horrible deaths, Jurgis abandons his responsiblites and ventures out in to the country. He no longer has to worry about the well being of his family as he realizes that, “This is no world for women and children. Whatever Antanas might suffer where he was, he could suffer no more than he would have had he stayed upon the earth” (Sinclaire 207). Losing a single loved one, let alone an entire family is enough to end a man. Yet Jurgis realizes that the world in which they were living was a world unfit for his wife and child. “And now he felt like a bird lifted up and borne away upon a gale; he stopped and stared at each new sight of wonder-at a herd of cows, and a meadow full of daisies, at hedgerows set thick with June roses, at little birds singing in the trees” (Sinclaire 208). Jurgis no longer spends his days doing back breaking work in a factory, but rather swimming in serene lakes, exploring unseen landscapes, and absorbing the beauty of America that he was once forced to ignore. He does not have a plan, nor a desire to work, but he simply lives day by day. The adventurous spirit Jurgis once possessed returns and his desire to discover unkown possibilites emerges.
I'm now able to...
- Distinguish my CDCDCC components
- Use direct quotes to support my claim
- Use more advanced word choice
- Distinguish my CDCDCC components
- Use direct quotes to support my claim
- Use more advanced word choice
American Literature
All My Sons - Perspective
All My Sons features a variety of characters, each having a different relationship with the theme of the story. From my understanding of the play, the underlying concept was deciding where to draw the line between right and wrong. A huge factor in deciding where that line belongs is perspective. For instance, the man who commits the crime may view his actions as necessary to provide for and protect his family, just as Joe did. The victim of the crime, views the actions as unnecessary and selfish just as Ann's father had. Another example of perspective arrises when the family learns that Joe was responsible for the defective plane parts. Ann took a hard line with her father and therefore suggests that Chris does the same. It is her perspective that murder crosses the line. However, Chris doesn't want to do anything about his father's crime as he feels that family is family and perhaps his father did have a reason for what he did. It is his perspective that it does not cross the line of his intentions were good. There always are and always will be different perspectives and those perspective are largely influenced by one's connection with the situation.
All My Sons features a variety of characters, each having a different relationship with the theme of the story. From my understanding of the play, the underlying concept was deciding where to draw the line between right and wrong. A huge factor in deciding where that line belongs is perspective. For instance, the man who commits the crime may view his actions as necessary to provide for and protect his family, just as Joe did. The victim of the crime, views the actions as unnecessary and selfish just as Ann's father had. Another example of perspective arrises when the family learns that Joe was responsible for the defective plane parts. Ann took a hard line with her father and therefore suggests that Chris does the same. It is her perspective that murder crosses the line. However, Chris doesn't want to do anything about his father's crime as he feels that family is family and perhaps his father did have a reason for what he did. It is his perspective that it does not cross the line of his intentions were good. There always are and always will be different perspectives and those perspective are largely influenced by one's connection with the situation.