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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.

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.

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