A Colonial Chronicle of American Independence

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This story takes place in the American Revolution from 1767 to 1783. Embark on John Anderson’s journey from a merchant to an American soldier as you go through the era of the American revolution. He evolves from a humble businessmen into a courageous patriot fighting for liberty. His narrative provides a perspective of an ordinary man navigating through the changes in the early America.

The American Revolution had significant global impacts, despite their continuity and changes within the United States. While power still remained concentrated on wealthy white men, there were still slavery in the south. Also the separation of churches and states stayed the same. The revolution still brought notable changes, including the allowance for land expansion, and the fact that sons and daughters had the right to inherit property.

 

From County Rebellion to National Revolution: The American Journey.

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The American Revolution, which took place approximately 250 years ago, was an uprising of the 13 colonies against British rule, leading to the declaration of independence. Following the loss in the Seven Years’ War, the British faced economic challenges and decided to impose taxes on the American colonists without having a representation. The revolution was marked by conflicts until the Treaty of Paris finally recognized America as an independent nation. However, despite the triumph in the declaration of independence, issues were still persisted. Slavery remained prevalent in the southern states, the reliance on enslaved laborers in the South and the unfair treatment of women eventually led to the civil war.

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The Borden Murders: Unsolved Mystery

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“The weight of suspicion settles upon my shoulders like an iron shroud, suffocating any hope of justice.”

– Sarah Miller

“ The borden murders: Lizzie borden & the trial of the century” by Sarah Miller explains the connections of the transformation of prejudice to society. The novel is about the brutal murder of the borden family that occurred in the late 18th century. It started with a flashback to the scene of Andrew Borden and Abby Borden being killed, and one topped the list of suspects: Lizzie Borden, the daughter of Andrew Borden. It arouses readers speculation of whether lizzie deserved her acquittal, or should spend the rest of her life in prison. This novel was created with period phots, newspaper clippings, and images from the crime scene that drags readers back to the time of the murder, the trial of the century.

 

The first page of my notebook states the central idea : People should only look at others with verified information, not instinct. Bias, assumptions occurs many times throughout the book based on multiple factors. Lizzie was the murderer in all perspectives, but it was just the speculation about her guilt. Through the spread of rumors, this matter gradually became a fact in the eyes of others. But despite the fact that there were no direct evidence that could prove that lizzie was the murderer, this leads to the impact and consequence of this “misunderstanding” situation.

Throughout the book, I found the hidden main ideas that explains the conflicts of family dynamics,  and societal expectations. The conflicting traits of Lizzie not acting like a female further explains the external and internal conflicts– Person vs person, person vs society, and person vs self– and shows how the motivations are based on the systems of power. The motivations of lizzie is related with her fathers worth, of how he didn’t satisfy lizzie with money but gave property to others.

Furthermore, the themes that developed over the course of the text is the ones that connects with modern society, it played a role in the Borden murders as the prevailing attitudes of the time influenced the perception of Lizzie Borden, the accused. The case primarily revolved around the social and economic status of the Borden family. This explains how implicit bias controls and influence all situations that happens around the world.

Last but not least, the cause and affect chart, this illustrates how one cause could influence or affect the life of others. In this novel, Lizzie was accused for being the murderer since she was the only suspect for killing her parents,  this leads to the destruction of her reputation and career and how she was arrested when she was never proved in guilty.

Overall, I strongly recommend this “crime novel” to the readers and encourages them to discover the depths in this book.

Are you a Renaissance humanist?

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Humanism is a philosophical position that emphasizes individual and social potential and the agency of the human being, which sees the human being as the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry.

According to the infographic, I identify myself as 97.98 percent humanists. To start off, I have rated Individualism 99 percent. Humanists during the Renaissance believed that all human beings should have the right to control their own lives instead of being restricted to liberty by beliefs. I agree with this and believe that individualism was one of the main causes for people during the Renaissance to find their true inner self. In modern society, this belief is widespread all over the world which made a positive impact, people have the opportunity and right to choose their own future paths. In contrast, during the time period before the renaissance, people often get brainwashed by the information society transfers
. Personally, I would prefer to have the right to choose what I want. For example, choosing an enrichment or elective at school, I wouldn’t choose a specific course that the gods like, but I won’t be labeled as “sinful” because of breaking the gods’ rules.)  

 I have rated Individual achievement 97 percent; I agree with the statement that people can’t identify others with colored glasses because of their class or the status they were born in. But I believe that this is still occurring in our modern world, some communities are still facing problems like microaggression and discriminations because of their Identity and race. The feudal hierarchy exists but, in another form, and way.  

For me, secularism, curiosity, and valued educations are basically the same. It’s the elements that contributed to life before now and probably the future. Overall, I am a humanist because of the endorsement of their beliefs.  

Bloody Mary

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I chose the short story Lamb To The Slaughter by Roald Dahl for my found poem. This book includes two conflicts that takes place between the  protagonist Mary Maloney and her husband which is the antagonist.  It represents Mary struggling with both internal (person verses person) conflicts and external conflict  (person verses person) and builds suspense through the use of dramatic irony and different points of views. In the exposition the author sets up a scene of Mary eagerly waiting for her husband to return home. As the story arises when Mary’s husband arrives and the conflict starts to show up , the internal conflict is when they had a conversation, her husband’s actions and response became motionless and tells her he intends to leave her. This revelation creates a conflict between the two of them. Mary’s initial response was to disbelieve because of her desperate desires, and while it means her predicable imagination life was about to crumble. The external conflict is stated in the climax, when Mary’s shock shifted to anger, she caused physical harm, used a lamb leg and “strikes” it on her husbands head killing him instantly.

My poem depicts the scene of when the internal conflict occurred by describing the inner activities and mental health of Marys. The word “dazed horror” illustrates her fear towards her husband leaving her. “surprised, ridiculous” shows when she realized the whole marriage was a joke.” a relief” represents that she was trapped in this for the whole time.

In my design we can see a dead men in the middle of the poem, according to this we see that Mary’s life is surrounded by her husband . And the small pictures around shows the imagination of Mary’s, for example a pregnant women and a warm family of three. Ironic and pathetic.

Mary Maloney wasn’t prepared to take a chance.

Welcome to Your New Blog!

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When you blog you create posts and posts are categorised according to your subject. Some categories have already been set up for you. If you need more categories you can add them as needed. It’s important that your posts have the following:

  • An engaging title – this should not include the name of the subject since this is referenced in the category.
  • Body – this is where you share your learning. This can include text, images, embedded videos from Dragons’ Tube or elsewhere. You should always consider how your post looks to your audience. Is it engaging? Do they want to keep reading?
  • Category – select one that has been set for you or add a new category. Posts can have more than one category e.g. Humanities and Myself as a Learner

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