Blog #2

Twilight(~ p.218) - Over the Difference


Difference can make people get together or bring together, because of their difference, they feel that they have no common or feel hard to approach. But this chapter in 'Twilight' shows us the reactions of two different character, Bella and Edward about their difference. Bella said, "Well, look at me. I'm absolutely ordinary - well, except for bad things like all the near-death experiences and being so clumsy that I'm almost disabled. And look at you."(210) In front of the differences, she compares herself to Edward whom she thinks so perfect. Otherwise, Edward has positive attitude about their difference. He said, "Trust me just this once - you are the opposite of ordinary."(210) He tries to make that difference smaller by making partner feel similar with him. Throughout his positive attitude about the obvious difference between him and Bella and their efforts, I predict they will come over that differences between them and make their love work.

* Poem - So Much Depends...

*Chocolate


So much depends
upon...

A shiny twinkle twinkle
pink wrapper

A beautiful voice of chocolate
calling me

Smell like sweet
candy

Yummy taste
melting on my tongue...



*Sound of Spring


So much depends
upon

The clear, fresh air
toughing my nose

The birds
making sounds of spring

Green everything
green trees, green grounds...

Warm sun lights
cool winds
saying it's spring

Blog #1

Twilight (P.195) - FATE

Sometimes in the world, people have to follow their fates no matter which conditions or situations they are in, even though it seems not right. Also, every characters have their fate in the novels. Like in this book, 'Twilight', Edward Bella think it's not right to fall in love to each other, because they both know that it's hard to make love between vampire and human. But though they felt it's wrong, they fall in love each other unconditionally. Because it was their fate. For example, Edward said, "This is wrong(190)", "Don't you see, Bella? It's one thing for me to make myself miserable, but a wholly other thing for you to be so involved.(190)" This was right after Bella confessed her feeling about Edward. Edward and Bella both noticed their exact feeling about love each other, but Edward felt wrong and he reminds her that their love cannot be possible. Even thought they got confused and try to refuse it, it's not possible, it's their fate. So it says fate is fate. It happens no matter which conditions or situations they are in, even though it seems wrong as common sense.

#15 - Someone overcoming odds - Helen Keller

Helen Keller is the represent of this topic, 'someone overcoming odds', for me. She was a deaf, mute, and blind, since she was 4 years old because of the serious illness. She could just give up her life easily, because she was almost seperated from the world with education. It was hard for her at first time to learn for contacting with the world, but she finally did it and became a educator. She could make it, because she understood the patience. she said, "We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world." It shows that she overcame her disadvantage by being patient and brave. There's also another famous quote from her. "Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. " She overcame her suffering, but it wasn't all. She spoke to people and spread her encourage, idea, and experience to people who are in hard circumstance like her. She succeed to contact with the world, and she showed the whole world that she who is a deaf, blind, and mute became educator and ecourage many others. I admire her patience to overcome her odds.

MLA : Helen Keller. The story of my life . New York: John Albert Macy, 19o5.

Reserch Sources #2

British Imperialism over Africa

Between 1870 and 1900, British imperialism expanded so rapidly. There's no simply answer for this event, but only combination of the many factors. One of those factors was the economic motivation with desires to gain economic benefits by establishing company in Africa, for example, Goldie's United Africa company, Rhodes, and the British South Africa company. Also they wanted new markets in Africa for British goods and resources of cheap raw materials. Another fact is that this imperialism was aided by the Industrial Revolution. It provided them Gatling Gun, the railway, and the steamship. Industrial Revolution caused technological advantage and the serching for new markets, especially in the depression. These two are the main causes to colonize Africa for British. But there's another fact about the participation of British in the scramble for Africa. After British started to colonize Africa, many other European countries started notice the importance of colonizing Africa. By many countries joined to colonize Africa, it was getting competitive. So British had to increase colonial involvement and the official control and maintain order in profitable. There was no special plan for expanding in British. They just motivated by competition, economic benifits with raw materials, and technological advances.

MLA : Lara J. Barton. "Why did the British Empire expand so rapidly between 1870 and 1900. " Adams Grammar school, Newport, Shropshire, United Kingdom. April 5th 2002 <http://www.victorianweb.org/history/empire/ljb2.html>

Reserch Sources #1

British Imperialism in Africa (Cause)

In the early 1800s, British colonized Africa for many reasons like religion, economics, technical developement, medical improvement, nationalism, and racism. One of the important reason was for their economic benefits. They wanted bigger market over the seas to sell their products they made. Also, they wanted improve their industrial economies by getting the raw materials from the Africa countries. The event called "Scramble for Africa" began in the 1800s and led a lot of European interests to colonize Africa for digging the raw materials like gold, diamonds, copper, and tin. Their Technical improvement also cause their colonization over the Africa. Steam engines, telegraphs, and railroads helped British to colonize deeper part of Africa being able to contact with their home country, while machine guns gave them a power to colonize the Africa. British's medical improvement like discovery of quinine gave them a chance to colonize Africa. Some of their ideas were the reason for imperialism. Nationalism made them proud of theirselves by gaining lots of colonies and Racism which is the idea that White is better than blck encouraged their colonization too. Religion was the another reason. Christian missionaries thought their religon and European rules might help stopping slave trade. There are many reasons for British to colonize Africa.



MLA :
McDougal-Littell. "Imperialists Divide Africa. " TELESCOPING THE TIMES: The Age of Imperialism, 1850-1914. 1999 <http://mclane.fresno.k12.ca.us/wilson98/Assigments/ImpCH11.html>

Thinking map - Group project.

Our group reserch thinking map (Cause and Effect)

"British Imperialism in Africa"

British colonized Africa because of their technical advances, economics for new markets and raw materials, geopolitics, nationalism, religion, and racism. Their imperialism caused civil war, infrastructure improvement, education for public, new religion, exploitation of natural resources, human torture, and jingoism in Africa.