Re: November Blog # 3

Well, after a week in your class I thought it was going to be very difficult to pass your class. However, now that I've been in your class for 4 months, I still think your class is complex, but I will try my hardest to pass your class. My weakest point is the timed writes because I only manage to write 2-3 paragraphs which I don't think are very well written. With some more time, I'm sure I'll be able to master your timed writes, hopefully. What I seemed to understand well is the vocabulary, the power verbs, and the tone words. Currently, I'm having the hardest time on writing the definition essay you assigned. I understand what we have to do it's just I don't understand how to construct and turn it into a full, lengthy essay. I hope that possibly you'd be willing to go over the essay some more in class.

Re: November Blog # 2

The beliefs of liberalism tend to be more tolerable of different views or standards of behavior that people may have. Liberals in politics favor gradual reform, they believe in distributing wealth evenly amongst the people, and they have the belief that the freedom of an individual should be protected.

A conservative person has no will to accept change, they are in favor in remaining the same, also known as preserving the status quo, and traditional customs. They are usually against sudden change.

In an online article about the Gay Marriage Law repealed in Maine by Voters on fox news.com a combination of liberal and conservative views are illustrated.

Conservative: "The institution of marriage has been preserved in Maine and across the nation," declared Frank Schubert, chief organizer for the winning side.

Liberal: "For next week, and next month, and next year -- until all Maine families are treated equally. Because in the end, this has always been about about love and family, and that will always be something worth fighting for," said by Jesse Connolly, manager of the pro-gay marriage campaign.

I, myself identify more as a liberal because I believe in equal opportunity for everyone no matter what race, color, or sexual orientation you are. In the issue of the current health system, I think that everyone should have the chance to receive health care because not just one group of people deserve to have health care they are not the only ones who suffer. My position in the gay marriage debate is that I'm in favor of people being able to marry anyone they choose. My definition of marriage is being bind with someone you are in love with whether it being a woman or a man, you have the right to choose who you want to be with.

Re: November Blog #1

Shirley Jackson's argument in "The Lottery" is that everything is not what it seems.

"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe is similar to "The Lottery" because each have unique ways of telling the story through point of views that build suspense for the audience while reading it.

I think the theme of the "The Lottery" relates to the real world because people do not always get what they expect. For example, when someone walks into a store, and a shirt is on sale for $15.00 when the original price was $25.00, but they end up paying the original price.

If Shirley Jackson had decided to write this as an expository piece of rhetoric rather than as a fictional story, it would have caused the audience to be less engaged in the reader. A story draws a person in because it's fictional, an essay too literal.