Modernism

I picked the Harlem Renaissnace because I was most interested in this topic. I thought it was interesting how things changed over time and how the culture and people change. Also how music played a big factor in that change too. The mainstream of the new culture and the new ways of the african americans was enjoying it and taking it all in. It was right after war and families was getting back together and settle down. It was all a realy big movement that change the lives of african americans forever. It was a time that plays a really big role in the history of blacks.

The story Sweat Is about How she grow up in the a small town and how it was for her as a child. She lost her mother as a baby. Went to school and got her first look on racism. She started working at the age of 14 because she could finsh school because of her family problems. Then she stared writing and a man named Charles Spurgeon Johnson saw her work and brought her to New York where she was first introduction to the Harlem Renaissance. She was taken back by how different the North was from the South. The town also preserved its African-American culture and history

Realism

In the A Story of an Hour... Mrs. Mallard started to see the spring and all the new things that spring time brings with it and the smells of the rain was still fresh in the air. The songs of the sparrows was moving through the air like waves and made the day that more peaceful. The sky was full of white big clouds that sat of a clear blue sky that she just looked at from her window. Evidence I found in this story helped me to get a good image in my head of how the setting, place, and when the story took place. This is all a example of realism because of the how detail the story was. Like we she hear from herself a whispered that came from her lips and she would repeat it over and over again to herself. Her heart beat faster and her blood weared her body which made he relaxed. All the details in this story help read to see the real and see a image of how real things are. This story tells you how she charcter felt about her husband and it is a very good way to show the meaning of realism.

In the story The battle with Mr Covey... When Mr. Covey took the broad and hit gave him a big blow to the head and gave him a big wound and made him blood and then told him to get up. That seen that realism wanted people to see how things really happen in slavery and to put yourself in the place of the man getting beat all the time and blooding and still having to work and stuffer. You can feel the emotions and the pain of the people who went through this all the time. I like the way this story pointed out things. The story pointed out how slaves were beaten for such little things and for most of the time no reason. It was so curl and so harsh the you just couldn't believe someone could do these things.

Hotel Rwanda to me is a good movie that shows realism. Its showed the way people had to work hard, firght, and lose their lives for there rights. They had to leave their home lands for freedom because their homeland was being take over by another race. It was sad everything was in such details the showed how people was killed and how people was trying to hind and escape. It was so sad when if your married to someone in the was that was being killed off you had to let them go. I felt for them people I could really see myself there on the run trying to protect my life. this story was in such great detail and the realism of saving your own life was what this movie was about it was based all on realism.

Dark Romanticism

I feel like I would be closer to Transcendentalist instead of Dark Romanticism. Transcendentlist people seem more intrun with themselves and Dark Romanticism time the people seem lonely and sad and depress. Dark Romanticism the people seem like their life is painful and they have nothing to live for. At least Transcendtalist people believed in things and saw a reason for life and and so what of a good reason for why they beleive things was the way they where in their world. Transcendetalist people just seem more like me then Dark Romanticism because its way more postive and also becuase I try to find a reason for things that happen in life also.

As I was reading the story the part I was most intested in was the plan use to kill the man. If people didnt wonder so much about it know nobody would have found out about who killed the man and it would have been a big secret for a long time. It shows the man was not in his right mind but knew what he wanted done in the killing of the old man.

As i was listen to The Masque of Red Death. I didnt understand much of it but what i did understand was how they understand and there reasoning of evil. It also did explain the not every can be just pure good and have no evil in them. So i did understand now the difference from transcendentalist who believe everyone should be pure good from now reading that everyone cant live pure good.

Reading The Raven I can believe in the bird and I see why the port is against transcendentalist. The raven was able to do something wrong, but was forgiven and I see what message the poet is trying to point out that even when you do something wrong do mean your an evil person and dont mean you should give up on life because for every wrong thing you go you should make it up by doing the right thing and not letting that evil thing happen again.

The Transcendentalism

The story of Nature it seem to me it was trying to say how men and the earth help each other out and work together. It also seemed like they felt work is the only way to keep the earth moving.

The story Self-Reliance the story to me is talking about how work is the way a boy grow up to be a men. Working to them is a way to show their stength and menhood.

The story Resistance is a civil government that they feel is not all that good. I dont really understand the point of this story i guess its saying how the peoples minds are set in to their ways even if its bad or good right or wrong.

I like the video it gave be a better understand on the philosphy why men believe going out to the wilderness is a better place of work. I got why he spend so much time out there. He spent time with the wildlife and was able to build things to help him live and he hunted for food to help him live too. I feel like he liked it out there becuase he did a good job at it. he made the video about his all that had happen and am glad that he got out ok and did good for himself out there in the wild

American Romanticism

The story of Rip Van Winkle I found that the part about him falling asleep for nearly 18 years and then comming back home and notice the big changes that have happen is romanticism part of the story. He was confused and all the new changes and why people didnt know who he was and that there was so many new things to just had him at odds. I feel that this is romanticism because of the fact that he was dealing with a promble with emphasizes intuiton over logic. Which means he is not understand why things or the way that they are and why he is not sure if he is in the right spot. He still things he is dream and dont believe he was a sleep for almost 18 years. When he was walking into the new town he once knew as his home the people liked him when at one point in time they didnt like him. He was seeing all the new names in the town and how much it grown. He just change so much over the years he didn't get how that could all happen when he was sleep.

In the Poem Thanatopis to me it seems that its saying to people that you should be scared to die its natrual but that you should be scared of it happen to you. When they talk about morther nature I understand that to. Its saying that everyone dies and everyone dies equal you leave with what you came into this world with nothing but yourself.

I can put the image of the two fair maidens in a swing. Because I can seen that image real clear and i understand it the most. Its saying when you pass away you have to angles watching over you to help you rest peacefully.

To me its a picture of someone thinking about what rual areas look like because when romanticism started people lived in cities and didnt really know what the rual areas looked like. The mood to me seem like the person was paceful and letting off stress. If sets the tone of calm and on chill mood and just thinking about life and things that go on in life.

The Rationalists

Rationalists believe that everything could explained thourgh science where Purtains believe things like that should be left up to god's saying. Some people believe that god created the earth, but scientist believe that is was the Big bang thoery. So i took it that Purtains believe that god created everything that is here on earth and the Rationalists believe that everything was created by science. Benjamin Franklin said “men should be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown propos’d as thing forgot” I feel that what he is saying true to about the rationalists, because things they cant explain they just dont know why they wont believe that it was all because of God.

1. Always listen to be listen to.

2. Dont make pre-jugdements.

3. Treat someone the way you wish to be treated

4. If you dont have nothing nice to say dont say nothing at all

5. Give respect to others to get respect back.

6. Love/Respect yourself be love others.

7. dont make everyone happy before your happy.

8. You can do whatever you wish to if you try

9. Never give up or say never.

10. Set goals for yourself

11. Achieve high and reach for the best.

12. Never think less of youeself.

13 Always think postive and beleive in yourself and let god help you.'

I feel that you can always do whatever you set your mind to doing. Nobody is perfect, but theirs always close to it but there's goign to be things or people to try and knock you down, but you have to set your mind to the goals you set for yourself and over come them bad things in your life. Theirs many people who are perfectist and have to have everything perfect and just right. To those who are looking at that person we see no wrong. But i feel that person is life is hard and alot of work to make their life so perfect.

The Puritans

Puritans believe that god's intentions are used in human actions. They also believe that because of Adam and Eva's down falls that everyone is born sinful. They also believe that god only saves and do for the people he want or wishes to save and help. They believe that god died for certain people not for everyone. Mostly they believe that god is not for everyone he is someone with high power and people have to earn the power he has to help.

i feel that the people who talked highly and greatly of the sinners was just trying to scare people into doing the right things. I dont at all think god picks the people who he wants to be punished and the ones he wants to save. i feel god lets people choose their own path and what path they choose is what say if their going to heaven or hell. because people have to go thur life and make changes better their life or make it worst or bad either way i just dont think god picks before they even have a change to live life to the fullest.

I feel god someone we look up to and he is the only thing that can judge people. I also feel god looks at people and help them make right chooses and make up for their mistakes or wrong doings. the way edward is talking about god i feel is wrong and he has no right to talk about and make people believe something so wrong just so scare people into doing the right thing. He makes god sound almost as someone evil instead of high good power and a guideness of good.

About the Mayflower story. when they got off the boat they was thanking god for letting them get there safe. Then they notice there was nothing very but land full of trees no houses or roads or markets. Then they stated asking god to help them get started and find away to make a new life on the new land they found. They felt if god help them get to the new land safe that god cause surely help them get a start a make a living there too.

When I think about how the Puritans lived I think like someone who used things around in order to get by and make a living. They took new things and learn from them and learned to use them in their life. Their out look on god to me is very bad. Honestly listen to this makes me think what is god's real meaning behind life. If he gave us all life why would he start us out sinful. The prutians have a strong out look on the reaso of life and when it is taken from you where do you go.

I think that the sermon Edward read to the people did not work because if it did then i think that the poeple would not even want to move and do things because they would be to scared to. i just dont see god letting people fall into hell for trying to do the right thing.

Limited Atonement - Jesus died for the chosen only, not for everyone. Irresistible Grace – God’s grace is freely given, it cannot be earned or denied. Sinners in the hands of an angry God also says that only a certain few are chosen to go into heaven and everyone else is going to hell and that you cannot earn Gods grace.

Total Depravity – through Adam and Eve’s fall, every person is born sinful – concept of Original sin. Sinners in the hands of an angry God also tells us that we are born with sin because of Adam and Eve.