A Raisin in the Sun Review

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A Raisin in the Sun is about an African American family living in South Side of Chicago. Through out the play it shows the struggles the family has to go to. One of the main parts to the play is when the family receives a $10,000 life check because of the death of "Mama's" husband. They choose to live in an all white neighborhood in Chicago called Clybourne Park.

Revision

A Raisin in the Sun is about an African American family living in South side slums of Chicago. The family has relieved a $10,000 life insurance check from the deceased Mr. Younger. Throughout the play, it shows the struggles the family has to go to on a day to day basis. One of the main parts to the play is when the family receives a $10,000 life check because of the death of "Mama's" husband. Mama has to decide what the money will go to. Mama wants to buy a new house for the family, Ruth wants the money to go to whatever Mama wants the money to go to, Beneatha wants the money to go to her schooling to become a doctor, and Walter wants the money to go to a new liquor store. In the end, the Youngers choose to live in an all-white neighborhood in Chicago called Clybourne Park. 

Through out the play all the family seems to care about is that $10,000 check. But, towards the end of the play they learn that life is not all about money. They realize that life is about standing up for what you believe in. Doing things that you want to do, even if people don't agree with you. And most importantly sticking with your family.

Revision

Throughout the play, all the family seems to care about is that $10,000 check. Towards the end of the play, they learn that life is not all about money. They realize that life is about standing up for what you believe in. Doing things that you want to do, even if people don't agree with you. And most importantly sticking with your family. The Youngers learn this when a member from the “welcoming committee”, Mr. Lindner offers them a check so they will stay out of the all-white neighborhood.   

Suffragette

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Suffragette shows the true story behind how hard women had to fight for their right to vote. It shows how they were treated in the work force and how even their husbands would abandoned them. This film has a true meaning and a powerful story behind it that people need to be aware of.

I really enjoyed this film. The film was pretty gruesome and very sad at parts. I really enjoyed it because it brings awareness to people who don't know what women had to go through just to be able to vote. I think this film is very eyeopening and very real to what it may have been like for suffragettes back in the early 20th century.  

Selma Blog Post

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1. Give a concise (two or three sentence) description of the film and state what you think the film is about beyond just the plot (meaning(s), major themes).

       The movie "Selma" gives an obvious description of how the Civil Rights movement began, and how it ended. It showed the relationship of the African Americans and the Whites.  

2. Briefly state whether or not you liked the film and why.   

        I really enjoyed this film. It was my first time ever watching the film, and I really enjoyed it overall. 

3. Discuss how your prior knowledge, personal interests, experiences, biases, or preconceptions inform or shape your evaluation of the film.      

        Like I said before, I really enjoyed this film. I was already pretty knowledgable on the Civil Rights movement but I believe the movie just really opened my eyes 10x more on the movement. I normally really enjoy historical films so, I knew I would enjoy "Selma" as well. I enjoy historical movies because it really puts you in  each side of the stories shoes and you get to really feel how people may have felt back when the event actually happened. I also really enjoyed how the film makers of "Selma" included the actually footage of the walking across the bridge. I thought it really added to the film. Overall, the film was amazing and very eye opening and also very informative.

WHERES STEVIE????

We started our journey to find Stevie on the third floor browsing for some CDs. We stumped upon a collection of great CDs. We were so excited because we haven't seen CDs in such a long time. We came across the letter “V”. We were very confused. So we thought, “Hey!! let’s take a photo!!, maybe this is some kind of clue to find Stevie!!!!”

We ventured up to the 4th floor to look for some more clues. The smart students we are, we decided to look in the PN section. Being extremely lucky we came across the call number PN 2287 C5 and we found another clue! We were super duper excited and came across the letter “A”. To keep all of this great evidence we took another photo, so we could remember our clue and find stevie!!

Next we ventured up to the fifth floor and all of a sudden we saw a pet otter in the zoology section. WHAT A COINCIDENCE?! So, we petted the otter because otters are cool. And since the otter was on a bookshelf we thought omg, an otter should not be on a bookshelf. So, we saved the otter and brought him to a nice body of water with all of his other friends. The otter gave us the letter clue of “R”

Since we were on a roll we headed up to the sixth floor. The six floor was filled with many very important government documentations. The sixth floor proved to be bigger than we had expected but we narrowed it down to the U.S. Publications sections which was on the south west wing of the 6th floor. We learned about the SuDocs call numbers on a poster. This quickly lead us to making the connection of SI for Smithsonian Institution and then moments later we came across the letter “SI” and knew we had yet 2 more pieces to our mystery.

When we heard there was a shark hanging around in the library it got us interested. A shark in the library was certainly a first for all of us. As we made our way down the stairs sure enough we all simultaneously spotted what appeared to be a life sized shark. As we approached it with caution we spotted the letter “H” on its fin. It was a relief to have found the 5th clue but more so a surprise to find a shark in the library.  

Well still on the first floor we decided to crack down on our next clue which was stated to be on the first floor as well. We found ourself heading to the reference section conveniently running across an encyclopedia on dogs. Since in today's day and age if we needed to know something we simply googled it, it was new for most of us to actually use an encyclopedia but it was actually beneficial because we ended up finding a picture of the pointer dog along with the Letter “E” our 2nd to last clue!!!

After being on the first floor for 2 clues we knew it was to good to be true to finish off our scavenger hunt there. And sure enough our final clue indicated that we had to go to the student newspaper and Stevie beginning with the letter S, and looking for current newspapers we knew we were headed all the way up a set of stairs past our friend the shark from earlier in the scavenger hunt. As a group we narrowed in on the final letter to our clue to finding our beloved mascot. When we spotted the “C” in the current issues location we knew we had the final piece to the puzzle and it was only a matter of time before we unscrambled it and saved our mascot before it was too late.

Personal Response to- "Throwing like a Girl"

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"throwing like a girl" is a big statement. And unfortunately it is quite an offensive comment to make... Which, if I may say so my self should be a complement.  Because women are strong and can throw just as hard and or harder than men.

Revsions 

"throwing like a girl" is a big statement. And unfortunately it is quite an offensive comment to make... Which, if I may say so myself should be a complement.  Because women are strong, and can throw just as hard and or harder than any other man.  

As for my response to the essay, I was most definitely confused and yes, a little bit offended at the start of the essay. Being a good student, I continued to read the article and came to find out the article was more about how to throw and why women may throw differently than men. and it is not because women are weaker and cannot learn to throw. But, it's more of how we were all taught how to throw. Not because men are just stronger. It was also stated in the article that EVERYONE can learn how to throw the ball correctly. Which is a very true statement.

Revsions
 As for my response to the essay, I was most definitely confused and yes, a little bit offended at the start of the essay. Being a good student, I continued to read the article and came to find out the article was more about how to throw and why women may throw differently than men. (This made me breathe a little lighter. I was scared that I would have to read through an article on how and why women can’t throw as hard as men do) It is not because women are weaker and cannot learn to throw. But, it's more of how we were all taught how to throw. Not because men are just stronger. It was also stated in the article that EVERYONE can learn how to throw the ball correctly. Which is a very true statement. The article stated the fact that in the end, women can throw just as hard as men do.

As for the layout of the article, I thought it was quite confusing and that it kind of just skipped around a lot. So, I got a couple of mixed feelings as for is this siding with women or just explaining why women "throw like a girl". Even though it was quite confusing at some parts and skipped around alot..... I like how he added the mechanics of throwing and that it's just how people were taught how to throw. And if taught right, everyone INCLUDING women CAN throw correctly and can even throw harder than men. Which is why the term "throwing like a girl" should be looked at like a complement instead of an insult.

Revisions

As for the layout of the article, I thought it was quite confusing and that it kind of just skipped around a lot. I got a couple of mixed feelings as for is this siding with women…. or just explaining on why women "throw like a girl". Even though it was quite confusing at some parts of the article and skipped around a lot..... I like how the author added the mechanics of throwing, and that it's just how people were taught how to throw. And if taught right, everyone INCLUDING women CAN throw correctly and can even throw harder than men. Which is why the term "throwing like a girl" should be looked at as a complement instead of an insult. Remember… Girls are strong, and powerful and can do everything boys can do... even in high heels.