Blog number nine

http://www.civilwarhome.com/civilwarindustry.htm

Here is an article I found on the civil war.
"One major economic result of the war was that it helped change the U.S. from a country with an essentially agrarian society to one dependent on mechanization and a national market system." I forgot a lot about the civil war but reading this quote helped me refresh what I learned before about how because of the civil war it was more industrialized.

Along with the civil rights the US is now a really high industrialized place which now these days is great to have because it's more advance. This article was good but I feel like I would know more about the civil war if we discussed this in class which I'm pretty sure we will. haha.

Respond to Hobbs

After watching that video I learned about how Hobbs wanted to create the perfect government by using the three laws of nature. I see how they could work however I feel like it wouldn't last because the government would fail to follow them. I really liked how they guy from the video brought up the points that it could be good but then when he said the examples I thought he was saying how they could also be bad so he did a good job seeing it both ways.

Theme

To me theme is an idea or message the author is trying to share to the reader. I think the author's message is normally something of importance or a lesson. In class we read The House on Mango Street. In my opinion I thought the theme of the story was maturing and Woman's influence. I think Esperanza's mother influenced her because on pg.6 The story "Hairs" she describes her mother's hair like little rosettes so she is observes her very well and is very descriptive another example would be on pg. 90 called "A smart Cookie" her mother tells Esperanza how much she regretted quitting school because she was very smart and could of have gotten so far but decided to quit because she didn't have nice clothes. Esperanza's mother was a very great influence, but another girl I thought had an impact on her was her friend Sally. Sally talks to her about being abused by her father, Esperanza learns about adult dilemmas. I think through out the whole story she matures and has strong woman influencing her and how they change her life.

Indirect vs. Direct Characterization

The vignette that I read was called "Papa who wake up tired in the dark" Which is found on pg. 56. I chose "Because I'm the oldest, my father has told me first." as my direct because the narrator is telling the the readers that shes the oldest without giving any clues. This one didn't struck me as much as the indirect sentences because I felt like it was a plain sentence however it did share a lot about her.
For the indirect one I chose "He crumples like a coat and cries." Which is also found on pg.56 This one stood out to me because I really liked how the narrator compared a human being to a crumpled coat, the author gave me a good picture in my head and I also thought of coat being a rain coat because he also cried. It was very effective because it let me knew that her dad was devastated to tell her daughter that her grandpa died.

A Proud Moment

This is a picture of my friend and I graduating from the 8th grade. ( I'm on the right)
I decided to post this picture for my proud moment because I felt like I accomplished a lot that year and I made it to high school.