Hortensia's Protest
2. Research a nineteenth- or twentieth-century example of refusal to pay a tax as a form of political protest. What was being protested? was the goal of protest achieved?
I am obviously going to choose Henry David Thoreau. He is a transcendentalist of the 19th century, and one of the most famous tax protester. He was protesting the Mexican American War, because he felt that it was spreading slavery. He didn't feel like he should pay for, nor support a cause he didn't believe in. As a result, he was jailed, and in jail is where he wrote Civil Disobedience. The goal of the protest wasn't exactly achieved because the war still went on, but as a result of his essay, his message was spread, and it influenced many of the great leaders today.
Sources
1. Urban, Christopher, English
2. Cox, Kathryn, APUSH
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Limerick
Well, that was not surprising in the least.
1. I think the people that are mad about Frank McCourt's memoir are fair in their judgement. I mean, nobody wants their dirty laundry aired out. It's fine when only the people who live in the town, and maybe a few towns over know of your poor conditions, but when the whole entire world knows, its embarrassing. I think they are completely fair. The people in the novel aren't fair because they are just being prejudice
2. Well, I don't think my neighbors would be mad because I live in a fairly quite neighborhood. The people surrounding me wouldn't be too upset because for one, Fayetteville isn't a dump, and two, my memoir wouldn't really include anyone but my immediate family
1. I think the people that are mad about Frank McCourt's memoir are fair in their judgement. I mean, nobody wants their dirty laundry aired out. It's fine when only the people who live in the town, and maybe a few towns over know of your poor conditions, but when the whole entire world knows, its embarrassing. I think they are completely fair. The people in the novel aren't fair because they are just being prejudice
2. Well, I don't think my neighbors would be mad because I live in a fairly quite neighborhood. The people surrounding me wouldn't be too upset because for one, Fayetteville isn't a dump, and two, my memoir wouldn't really include anyone but my immediate family
Sunday, November 6, 2011
"Knavery's plain face is never seen till used."
There are some people in this world that are truthful and will follow whatever the leader says to do. These people will always say what they mean and mean what they, and will get nowhere in life. I am not one of these people. I am the type of person to smile in your face to get what I want. I will do whatever is necessary to advance myself. I have a hidden agenda, and am not what I appear , and I feelbad for whoever is in my way. I will hide my true intentions and those who don't are fools. I am not who I appear to be.
His reasons would be the fact that he thinks Othello slept with his wife, the fact that he gave Cassio the job he felt he deserved, and that his reputation could be potentially ruined. There are no true evidence about Othello sleeping with his wife. He says things like,And it is thought abroad that ’twixt my sheets, he’s done my office. I know not if ’t be true, but I, for mere suspicion in that kind, will do as if for surety. Which means he's heard rumors, doesn't know if they're true, but suspicion and his gut feeling is enough.
His reasons would be the fact that he thinks Othello slept with his wife, the fact that he gave Cassio the job he felt he deserved, and that his reputation could be potentially ruined. There are no true evidence about Othello sleeping with his wife. He says things like,And it is thought abroad that ’twixt my sheets, he’s done my office. I know not if ’t be true, but I, for mere suspicion in that kind, will do as if for surety. Which means he's heard rumors, doesn't know if they're true, but suspicion and his gut feeling is enough.
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