LAM Chap 8 blog

Why do the apprentices dislike Eustace so much? Would you want to work for him?

I think the main reason why the apprentices dislike Eustace is that Eustace dosen't want anything to be messed up in Turtle island. Eustace wants them to be perfect and precise in what they do. He wants Turtle island to be perfect like his dream so he has to nagg the apprentices. If Turlte Island isn't supervised the correct way and if things are sloppy he wouldve wasted money.I Earlier, in the book Eustace gets angry because Donna didn't know how to cut a squirrel correctly. Eustace is stressed out, so he wants everything to be done perfect. It was rude of Eustace to tell his apprentices that they should pay him since they messed. He needs to understand how he treats people that work for him.
I would in a way want to work be in his apprenticeship program but not necessarily. The reason I would want to work for him is so I can reach perfection and by being nagged I will get things right; I would know what I was doing wrong. Last, I wouldnt want to work for him because Im taking my time helping him out to make his Island look good, and everything that comes out of his mouth is negative.

LAM chap 7

Why does Eustace want to ride his horse around country? What is a significant thing that happen on the trip?

I think there is a couple reasons why Eustace wants to ride a horse. Eustace first starts off talking about that he has ten horses, and I think he is use to horses living with him. He buys a young draft horse name Bonnie and learns how to command them. One Eustace thought that it would interesting to ride a horse he thought it would be really fun and a adventure. He thought it would be a adventure to see how far he could go with a horse. Also, it probally seemed he was more of a nature man if he rode a horse instead of a car. If he was in a car it would seem boring and not really nature like, like he was. One thing that happend. A important thing that happend on the trip was when Eustace met a guy in Georgia who told him a story of his life. It reminded Eustace of his earlier life when he was a child.

LAM Chap 6

Blog – How does the increased pressure of running Turtle Island effect Eustace? How is he relating to the people around him?

Turtle Island puts alot of pressure on Nick in many ways. It starts off by him have to get the money in order to build Turlte Island, he has to worry about people selling him land that dont want to, super vising the land, and hiring workers to work for the land. When he hires the staff they have to be perfect or he gets mad at them for not doing things the right way he wants. He realtes to his dad by going to see him and spending time with him. He gets stressed out by a question, then turns his attitude from positive to negative. In conclusion, his attitude changes from all this stress he needs to chill.

LAM Chap 5 blog

Starting Turtle island helps Eustace in many ways. Turtle Island brings people to a place where they can figure out what it is to be an American, and it shows them what it feels like to live in the woods and hunt. Eustace through Turltle island can show people why he lives in the woods and that we as Americans dont't need material things. But, by making turlte island it was a big challenge 80,000 dollars and 180 acres. At first Eustace didn't find anyway to get the money. He thought of one person that could possibly help him, his father. His father gave him a loan to help with Turle Island. With his money and his father he could finish the island but it would be alot of work. In conclusion, this island gave Eustace a chance to speak to his father, and change kids lives by telling them what material things are and what a real American is.

Chapter 4 of Emersons Nature

In this chapter he talks about how Language is very similiar to nature. He states that there are three reasons why they connect: 1. Words are signs of natural facts, 2. Particular facts are symbols of spirtual facts, 3. Nature is the symbol of spirt. When he states that words are natural facts he means every word that people use are roots from another word. That makes them natural facts. Next, he says facts are symbols of spirtual facts- he trying to say that every fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact. Last Emerson talks about how nature is a symbol of spirt because we as humans are assisted by natural objects in nature who tell us many meanings.

Pick a passage to comment on.

I want to comment on his chapter 1 and 3 beauty passage. In this passage he talks about how the world is made with beauty. He says the earth had beautiful nature''But besides this general grace diffused over nature, almost all the individual forms are agreeable to the eye, as is proved by our endless imitations of some of them, as the acorn, the grape, the pine-cone, the wheat-ear, the egg, the wings and forms of most birds, the lion's claw, the serpent, the butterfly, sea-shells, flames, clouds, buds, leaves, and the forms of many trees, as the palm". Also he says that most of the individual forms are agreeable top the eye. In this passage he says the power of the eye is shaper of reality. He means that the human eye can see everything, and creates a picture for the human. In conclusion, he talks about the relationship of humans and nature.

Minority Organization group

What are your preliminary paper ideas? What groups do you feel should be aided or empowered?

My idea for my paper is a organization called CLD. It helps young African Americans that are in highschool become leaders. There are many programs that CLD offers for students. Some programs help communication, SAT strategies, learning skills, and presentation skills. I feel that many groups should be aided like homeless groups, African American groups, other minority nationality groups, and women social group. The group I feel that should be aided the most would be the poor and homeless. They need the most help because they are struggling in the world today.

Frederick Douglass

What does Frederick Douglass think of the Fourth of July?
Frederick had a strong opinion on the Fourth of July. He felt when the white man rejoiced and the slave thought of it as a sham. The slave thought of a sham because America is suppose to be celebrating independence and equal rights when things aren't equal. The holiday is for the white males of the United States instead of everyone. He states that America isn't a equal place, one of his examples he gives is " if a black male commits a crime he is subject to death; while only two of these same crimes will subject to like punishment". I think he try's to say that black males are likely to get in more trouble than white males are even with the same crime. In conclusion, the fourth of july is a day looked at as a awful day due to all the lies it tells.

The New Master and Mistress

I think this passage is one of most horrific shown parts of slavery. It shows a everyday promblem that happened in slavery. Alot of slaves that were women couldn't have any choice in sleeping with their masters, like Linda. In this chapter a new slave master comes in and takes over named Mr.Flint. Mr.Flint had property of Linda in the sexual way but was owned by his daughter. I would feel like a animal not worth anything because I would be owned by a little girl. Slaves get putdown so much and don't have self confidence, being hated cause of skin color. In conclusion, in this passage Mr.Flint treats Linda like she is worth less than every white person, and he trys to take her virginity away but dosen't.

End of book comment.

• Blog – How does Linda finally attain her freedom? Why does she have mixed emotions about this at the end of the book?
Linda attains her freedom by getting freedom as a slave from the new Mrs. Bruce. Mrs.Bruce signed a paper stating that Linda was free. She has many mixed emotions from being a slave to being free. When Linda first goes to the north she feels that she is free but treated the same. She has to pay for a ride to get to New york and realizes that it cost alot of money. Linda is free as a slave but doesn't actually feel free, she is not use to being free. After she becomes free, she ends up writing her book as a slave.

My comment in chapter 13, Church and Slavery.

In this chapter, Linda talks about how the slavemasters try to get the slaves to obey them and why they want them to obey. She states, the masters send the slaves to church so they can obey them and don't try to kill their masters. When Linda goes to church the only thing really that the reverend talks about is obeying masters. Rev. Mr. Pike says if you don't obey your master God will see you and it offends him.
I think the master and reverend are very ignorant and wrong for teaching slaves what they believe. Jesus and God don't want slavery in the first place but put slavery in the world for a reason. It doesn't say anywhere in the bible that you should obey your slave masters! In conclusion, the slave masters were wrong for teaching them that.