Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Brave new world chapter 3

1. Children play naked. Their childhood goes away quickly because they make them do things teenagers do.
2. Is described as a world where a few get to controlled what others can or can not do.
3. The controllers control everything in society and because they don't want consumption to increase.
4. Strong emotions are seeing like old fashioned things that can make someone weak.
5. Sexuality is used like a tool to show that society has changed over time and has been more modernist.
6. Mustapha Mond is the world controller of western Europe. It seems like he wants to promote the ideas of the society described in the book.
7.  Both seem to be abnormal. Bernard doesn't have a good reputation because he thinks by himself. In the world state society Lenina is weird because she only focus on dating one man for months.
8. He doesn't concentrate on one scene for instants Mustapha is talking that Bernard and Henry, and Lenina and Fanny all this conversation occur in different places.
9. Soma is a drug the world state uses to control and basically keep their citizens enslaved. It distracts people and doesn't let them realize something is wrong.
10. People look young until they reach the age of sixty years old.

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Modern writing

Five years ago the way we wrote was similar to how we do it today. Each day things in the world change this can definitely affect the way we write. There are several factors that influence the way we write. Some examples could be news, articles, essays, and others.Today we have a lot of problems (police brutality, terrorism, economy, and education.) When we write i'ts a way of expressing how we feel about those problems, by writing we can criticize,like, and make suggestions about important things that affect us everyday.

Monday, April 13, 2015

My modernist

-Langston Hughes
He was probably the first rapper in america. I checked out some of his poems and they look nice. His poem "open letter to the south" is the one i liked more. In some way he was giving hope of having a better future.

Sunday, April 12, 2015

Spring break work

                Sorting multi-colored beads in a warehouse until my battery dies is something I can’t accept, because I’m a human.  As every other human I have something that proves I’m fully human and that’s my emotions, feelings, and intelligence. Every human wants opportunities to become successful or master certain skills or just be good at something. To achieve those things other humans and I need education, scholarships, and job opportunities.
                By nature like any other human I have feelings and emotions.  One of them is motivation I feel motivated to do something more than sort multi colored beads in a warehouse, motivation is what brings me hope of become someone important one day. Motivation played an important role in “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline. Just as Wade the main character of this story was motivated to find Halliday’s Easter egg. He wanted to find the egg because that meant and opportunity for him because finding the egg will give him Halliday’s fortune and hope for a better life. If we appeal to statistics rich people are eight times likelier to graduate than poor. That’s the reason why I feel motivated I want to change that, but without scholarships or job opportunities it will be impossible. Intelligence is something that can make us see a difference between humans and machines. Having good grades proves I’m intelligent it proves I’m worth something important.  Wade was also intelligent he was the first one who found a clue that could take him to Halliday’s Easter egg, for about five long years no one ever found a clue Wade was the first one who did it. He also watched 180 episodes of a popular series of the 1980’s (family ties) because he thought it could give him clues since it was one of Halliday’s favorites. When I’m homework or projects I do the same thing I do research.  
                Another interesting thing about Wade is that he questions the existence of god which means he doesn’t believe in any religion. If I would be a machine I wouldn’t care about religion. I’m different than Wade because I’m a religious person. If we appeal to popularity most humans have a religion and I fit in that group. Humans are friendly by nature we don’t like to feel lonely that’s why we do things like going to the movies with friends, play sports, videogames, study, go to school, etc. I am someone who likes to spend time with friends and get involved in activities that make me meet new people. Wade is a perfect example when we talk about friendship has a friend (Aech) although they don’t know each other in person they have become great friends because they spend a lot of time together searching for the Easter eeg. Every human has a hobby something the liked to do because they enjoy it. Personally I enjoy playing sports and listening to music. Robots and machines can do anything like that because they are assigned to do certain tasks.  If we appeal to the public I’m sure they will understand that I am a human, because I have gave proves that prove I’m human.

                The science fiction world of Ready Player can’t be compared with the world where we live today. However it gives us great examples of what makes someone human. Feelings, emotions, intelligence are things that make me worth something. Every human has the right to get a better education, scholarships, jobs and anything that will help them improve and be better persons. That’s why I have hope that I’ll be recognize as a fully human.

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Police brutality & fallacies

1." If the police told me to do something, I'd just do it that's why I'd still be alive." Whether or not you did what police officers told you to do or not, if you are white,  your more than likely do not have to fear for your life when interacting with the police.( Argument to to antiquity or tradition) I picked this one because is true it's like a tradition or something cops often do they act more violent when they see Hispanics or African Americans.

2." Let the police do their job." The job of the police is to serve and protect the people of the public- which include African American and other minorities. (Argument or appeal to the public) I picked this one  because is obvious that the job of the police is to protect everyone no matter what is their race or ethnicity. I'm sure most of the people will agree that the police has the duty to protect everyone.

3." Not all police are bad." It can also be argued that not all white people supported slavery or Jim Crow- many didn't. (Argument or appeal to numbers) A lot of people can argue that not all the cops are bad . However there are still cops who do mistakes in their job. Not because a lot of people argue that" not all police are bad" it doesn't mean there are not bad police out there.

4. "If you don't like the police, don't call them when you need help." In many black and minority communities, call for help from the police are often left unanswered. (Argument or appeal to pity) This matches good because if the police doesn't help minorities how can they expect a good relationship with them?

5. "Until we get both sides of the story we don,t know what really happened" One side of the story will forever be absent from the conversation surrounding police brutality: the side of the story from the victims who were murder. (Argument to logic) I think is true if you don't have all the information of what happened. The victim dies which means you won't have his version of what happened. Is logical to believe that that in order to know what happened you also need the version of the victim (person who was murder) however that's impossible.

Site where I got the info:
 http://www.clutchmagonline.com/2014/09/10-arguments-stupid-responses-police-brutality/

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Masterpiece sources (links)

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pasco-police-fired-17-times-rock-throwing-man-least-five-n313001

http://thedailycougar.com/2014/09/03/ferguson-shooting-exposes-racial-profiling-police-brutality/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/omer-aziz/the-system-didnt-fail-eri_b_6305172.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/21/schools-discrimination_n_5002954.html

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/12/football/samuel-etoo-racism/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/21/hispanics-face-most-discr_n_583538.html

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/21/mississippi.prom/

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/06/28/for-african-americans-discrimination-is-not-dead/

http://www.asian-nation.org/racism.shtml

http://archive.adl.org/learn/ext_us/kkk/default.html