masterpiece academy paper

Master Piece Academy Question

Self-determination theory

My master piece topic is about racism. The way I can apply SDT is in two different ways. The first way is that some people feel motivated to be racist. An example of this is the Ku Kux Klan group they promote racist ideology. By motivating people to be racist we just create a huge problem that shouldn't exist. Another way is that people feel motivated to promote anti-racism ideology. This is something that will bring a positive outcome. We are free to choose in which side we want to be we can be part of something negative that only brings problems or we can part of a change that looks for respect and tolerance towards others. It doesn't matter what's your race or ethnicity, the language you speak, your traditions, what it matters is that we are all equal.

Brave New World essay (topic exile)

In the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley we can find interesting characters. Such characters are Bernard Marx and John the savage. These two characters experience exile and they have alienating and enriching experiences. These two guys are different from every single person in the World State.

In the World State humans don’t know how it feels to have feelings like love, sadness, happiness and many others. Humans consume a drug called soma this drug is use by the government to control its population. Soma sedates, calms, and most importantly distracts people form realizing that something is wrong in the world they live in.  Also reading books and self thinking are prohibited. People in the World State don’t know what having a family means. The government is behind everything they basically have their citizens enslaved.  Fortunately not everyone in the world state lives enslaved there are a few people who are different. Those different people are Bernard Marx and John the savage.

Bernard Marx belongs to the group of the alphas. Many others we think he is different just because of his inferior physical structure. There are a few things that make him different from everyone else. Bernard doesn’t consume soma because he wants to be able to feel. He also spends most of his time self thinking by himself. These actions put him at risk of losing his job. Not only that also a bigger risk which is being exiled to Iceland. However he is trap in the middle at some point he wants to be different but on the other side society pressures him. By being different he is not accepted by others, he is also seeing as someone weird by everybody. He has an internal conflict with himself that makes him feel exiled from the rest of the people, but also with himself because he knows he can’t be the person he wants to be.

                John the savage was born in the savage reservation of New Mexico. He is the son of the director and Linda and he grew up in the reservation.  When he meets Lenina and John they offer him the opportunity of returning to society. He seems excited because he will have the opportunity of integrating to society.  When he is in London he sees that the society is not what he expected.  Quickly he discovers he doesn’t fit in the World State.  He was also rejected by the Indians in the savage reserve. We know this because he wasn’t allowed to participate in the ritual the Indians were doing when Lenina and Bernard were at the reserve. John is tremendously influenced by William Shakespeare he read some of his literature this will cause him trouble in the World State. John was exiled twice the first time was when he lived in the reservation the Indians rejected him. The second occurs when he returns to society he and is not accepted for not obeying the World State laws.

                Both Bernard and John have something in common they experienced what being exiled feels. Both were not accepted by society for being different.  John was not going to change his beliefs he was going to defend them. Bernard was in the middle he was confused he didn’t know if was going to be himself, or just like everyone else just to fit in. 

Modernist author project (1)

A:

Langston Hughes wrote in several literary genres. However even though he wrote plays, novels, and stories he is best known for his poems. When it comes to poetry Hughes is someone who everyone knows for his great poems. Some his poems have freedom and race as the central theme.

Hughes was one of the earliest innovators of the then new literary art form jazz poetry. He was also known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance. Hoping to escape racism Hughes father moved to Cuba and later on Mexico.  During the 1800’s and 1900’s is known that African American suffered discrimination. This might had influenced Hughes when he wrote some of his poems. We all can agree that he felt proud of being African American. One of his popular poems that present racism and pride is “You and your whole race”. Probably Hughes used this poem to criticized society for being ignorant and being racist towards other humans. Langston Hughes definitely wanted freedom for his people that is the message you can find in his poems.        

There is a connection between racism and freedom. When someone is discriminated they don’t feel free. That’s why freedom was an important thing that motivated Hughes to write poems. One of the poems where Hughes talks about freedom is “Democracy”. In this poem Hughes gives us the message that we need freedom because freedom is something necessary for humans. He concludes saying “I want freedom just as you.” This proves he wasn’t someone selfish who only thought in himself he wanted good things for everyone.

Langston Hughes is definitely someone who left us a legacy of poetry. Using his poems as social critics he showed he was against racism. He also used them to tell his readers that freedom is necessary in their lives. His poems will motivate us to give something positive to our society and express our ideas and thoughts.

B: 

"Freedom is a strong seed planted in a great need."  Hughes compares freedom with a seed planted a great need, This means that freedom is something essential that we must have.

"I want freedom just as you." Hughes is not being selfish. He talks directly to the readers and lets them know that everyone wants freedom.

"Life is for the living death is for the dead." Hughes tells us to enjoy life when we are alive. He also lets us know that once we are dead we are only dead.

"The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow. That must not be true of tomorrow." This is a perfect example of how the words rhyme. His message is to prevent negative things that can affect our future.

"I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's  bread." In this quote he argues that freedom is essential. He does it by saying that freedom is necessary when you are alive not when you are dead.

Modernist author project (1)

1.Biography identity of the author:
A: -I am African American -I am a poet-I am part of the Harlem Renaissance-I am someone humble-I am someone who has overcome obstacles.
B: Langston Hughes  was an amazing poet he was also probably the first rapper in america. When he was a child his life wasn't easy. His parents separated and he had to move to live with her grandma he live in a lot of cities until they settle in Cleveland ,Ohio.  This shows he was someone who had a  hard time through out his life. He is seeing as someone humble, his poetry was admired by many people. He is seeing as a contributor of the Harlem Renaissance.
C: 1. Living in different cities.
     2. He came form a humble family.
     3. Freedom.
     4. Race.
     5. His dreams and expectations.
D: "An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he must choose."
"I, too, am American."
" I guess being colored doesn't make me not like the same things other folks like who are other races."

Brave new world chapter 5

Henry and Lenina fly in a helicopter over a crematorium where phosphorus is collected from burning bodies and then used as fertilizer. Then both of them start to consume a lot of soma. Bernard is at the Fordson community Singery. Everyone in that place starts to comsume soma and start doing things that make Bernard feel isolated.

Brave new world chapter 4 notes

Lenina tells Bernard that she accepts his invitation to go to the savage reserve, which makes Bernard feel embarrassed because she told him in front of coworkers. Bernard betrays his insecurity about his size. The lower castes associate larger size with higher status so he has trouble getting others to follow his orders. Bernard goes to visit his friend Helmholtz Watson who works as a lecturer at the college of emotional engineering.