I must be sure to write my notes down consistently. Jotting down things isn’t always the best way to go about that. Using other things around me to describe what I feel at the time would also help me in my note-taking. I must show how people lived and what they thought. That goes for … More English 1 Lesson 165 – What I Must Do In My Note-Taking To Describe What Is Going On Around Me

Douglass was a slave who was fortunate enough to live on a plantation with an owner who was a lot more nicer than most. She was willing to help him start to learn how to read, and she did so until her husband told her to stop. Her husband said that if she taught Douglass … More English 1 Lesson 160 – Has Any Event In Your Life Had The Same Impact That Learning How To Read Had On Douglass’s Life? If Not, Why Not?

Thoreau is known for making long, drawn out descriptions. He likes to spend way too much time writing about uninteresting and unimportant topics, and less time on the ones which are actually interesting and beneficial to the reader. His book is mainly focused around his short time in the woods, and there are lots of … More English 1 Lesson 150 – As A Writer Of About A Life In The Woods, Would You Spend More Time Describing An Ant War Or Loons

Thoreau is very inconsistent in his autobiography. Hes very hypocritical with everything he says or does. He says things in one chapter and then directly will contradict himself in the one after. He does this over and over again with a bunch of different things. He will hardly stay consistent on a single point about … More English 1 Lesson 145 – Importance To Summarize Philosophy Of Life In An Early Chapter Of An Autobiography

I haven’t really enjoyed Walden’s autobiography much so far. Most of the things that he says make no sense, and he doesn’t explain a lot of his ideas. A lot of the time, he just makes himself sound like a fool. He tries to explain why he’s against the division of labor, but at the … More English 1 Lesson 140 – Would Walden Have Been A Better Book If Thoreau Had Supplied More Background Information On His Life

Thoreau tries to convince people that he was completely independent on the division of labor, and that he was self sustaining. He acted as if he was opposed to the division of labor, yet he actually relied on it. He spent a good portion of his time in the town with his friends, which really … More English 1 Lesson 135 – Was Thoreau Dependent On The Division Of Labor While He Was Living On Walden Pond

Northup always used contrasts in his autobiography. Throughout the time that he described his life in slavery, he was comparing different owners, plantations, and events. Sometimes this comparison was subtle, and sometimes it was a bit more obvious. Northup is constantly comparing the different overseers and plantation owners, such as Epps and Ford. He makes … More English 1 Lesson 130 – How Could I Adopt Northup’s Technique Of Using Contrasts

Solomon Northup was a free black man living in New York. He was a hardworking man, but had a gift that was used against him, “the art of making music with a violin.” Because he could play the violin, he was deceived, kidnapped, and forcibly separated from his family to become a slave. The separation … More English 1 Lesson 120 – Differences Between Northup’s & Eliza’s Response To Separation From Their Children

In his autobiography, John Thompson provided more than enough evidence to completely prove that the South’s slave system was morally evil. There was the mere fact that many slaves preferred death than to withstand living in that system. He exposed stories that proved that some owners were not just tyrants, but sadistic. Like the story were a … More English 1 Lesson 115 – Did Thompson Provide Evidence The South’s Slave System Was Morally Evil

Thompson believed that slavery led to negative sanctions in a really bad way. Since most slaves didn’t have rights of their own, they couldn’t be protected from the tyranny of any of their owners. These plantation owners would get a sense of power and would use that on the slaves. The punishment rarely fit the … More English 1 Lesson 110 – What Was Thompson’s Theory Of The Relationship Between Sanctions & Slavery