Evaluation.

My favorite blog this year was the one on the Great Gatsby about music of the 1920s. If I could just do a music blog and have people read it, I totally would. But I'm pretty sure I'm gonna be shutting this blog down, it's kind of a pain in the butt. I think I put some thought into my blogs, the ones that interested me anyway. As easy of points as these blogs are, I never really thought it was a good idea for a class grade. If you continue to do it, that's cool too :)
My top 3 stories were:
1. All Quiet on the Western Front
2. Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town
3. The Crucible

Farwell Blogger!
 Love Always,
Emma.

Middle Passage Artwork.

http://www.juneteenth.com/mp3a.htm

This artwork says a lot about the slave trade. On the site it talks about how Newton, the slave trader, became born again and saw the error of his ways. I think Sadie and Bessie would've liked Newton, for turning his life around of course.

A Walk Through Harlem

It was pretty cool getting to see exactly what Bessie and Sadie would've seen back in their time. Getting to learn about all the buildings they would've seen and been through was exciting. There were so many spots that were just everything you would ever need, doctors, lawyers, you name it.

20s playlist.

1. Down Hearted Blues- Bessie Smith. Because it's like how Gatsby feels about Daisy, he's down because he has to admire her from afar, and with another man none the less.
2. Breezin' Along With the Breeze- Johnny Marvin. Because it reminds me of the character Tom. He's cheating on his wife and even shows Nick where he has his affair. He's just breezing along like he wont get caught.
3. Look For the Silver Lining- Marrion Harris. Because it's basically all Nick is doing. Realizing that this place is so wrong but he's sticking around anyway, hoping for the best.
4. Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye- Al Johnson. Because it's like when Myrtle was killed. Though very sad for her husband and Tom, how can Daisy not just be a bit relieved?
5. Ain't We Got Fun?- Van. Because although everyone is cheating or pining for a person they seemingly can't have, they put on a front. They party and smile and just have a good time anyway.

Stephen Crane.

In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said: "Is it good, friend?"
"It is bitter - bitter," he answered;
"But I like it
Because it is bitter,
And because it is my heart."

I like this poem because at the end you're kind of like woah, that was a lot to say for such a little poem. This man knows his heart is bitter, but he knows that's just the way he is.

How 'Bout Some Mark Twain.

A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read. -Mark Twain

People are dumb. Some people are given all the advantages in the world, given everything on a silver platter and still do nothing with their lives. It's just like the old saying that one child walks ten miles to school while another has just dropped out. God has given you many gifts, and some people just flat out refuse to use them while others would kill to be in their shoes.

Civil Right Movement Story.

http://www.crmvet.org/info/marryone.htm

This story really connects with all the stories we have read. About the struggle that people have with the changing of the tide when it came to segregation of the races. Asking someone "would you marry one" was just a joke. But the fact of the matter was this, times were changing and it scared those it effected.