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Am I a Humanist?

September 27, 2024 / / 0 Comments

I feel like I am a humanist because humanists learn humanities (get education), does not rely mainly on religion, and believe in individualism (just like me!).

But first and foremost, defining a humanist is really essential. A humanist is a person that promotes humanities subjects and believe in human values, dignity, and confidence, basically a person that practices humanism. The concept of humanism is hard to understand, but if I were a person living during the Renaissance, it would be easier to visualize myself as a person in the Middle Ages with around the same values, status I have.

Alright, so let’s say that “I” was born in a family little bit more rich than most people, and have started to study at a school. “I” would have studied a lot more than people would have in the Dark Ages, since more people have started to practice subjects related to humanities. For example: grammar, rhetoric, history, poetry, and ethics. “I” am still connected to, probably Christianity as my religion (this is untrue for “me” in 2024), but “I” do not let my religion change the person “I” am and influence too much of me. “I” have started to think for myself and have seen people around me improving both their own lives and the communities’ life. “I” have learned history in newly developed universities and have begun to look back into literature and architectures developed by ancient civilization like the Romans and the Greeks, which are uninfluenced by religion. “I” have found so many values and key points that make people humans and am still unraveling more important advancements that either we have forgotten, or the Catholic Church had hidden. “I” have found that “I” am earning a lot of money and am getting paid better. “I” am slowly rising in rankings! Who said if we were born peasants, we stay as peasants?

Summarizing all these points, I (from 2024) do believe that I am a humanist! I study humanities, know that my status would not impact who I am and how much power I have. I understand core values and ethics that make up a “civilized” person, and I am receiving really good education and am not influenced by any religion, and I know that being an individual person is crucial. In conclusion, I am proud to say that I am a humanist.

 

Works Cited for the Infographic:

  1. Kids Britannica
  2. Italian Renaissance Snapshot Reading
  3. Chapter 28 Humanism

(my apologies for the very blurry picture)

Lamb to the Slaughter Conflict Analysis

August 23, 2024 / / 0 Comments

Lamb to the Slaughter Poem

In the short story, Lamb to the Slaughter, by the famous author Roald Dahl, features a wife and a husband, named Mary Maloney and Patrick Maloney, respectively. Throughout the entire story, a main external conflict was shown and emphasized by the author: man vs man. Mary Maloney and Patrick started arguing over if Patrick (the husband) should eat dinner or not, beginning the escalating man vs man conflict. In my poem, I started off with Patrick telling Mary that he was going to earn more money but leaving her on her own with enough money and resources to survive. In the story, Roald Dahl wrote, “Sit down…[l]isten…I’ve got something to tell you…[a]nd he told her”, showing that something bad had happened even though the author did not specifically write what Patrick had actually said to his wife. But the “rising action” part of the conflict was when Mary still went to make dinner for Patrick, and had been “dazed”, had the “desire to vomit”, and had “a slight nausea”. This led to the murder of Patrick later on in the story, since the wife had been confused with so many thoughts and had not taken in the new information. “Everything was automatic now”, I put this in the poem show that Mary was following her muscle memory now, but to make dinner. I wanted to make the poem more suspenseful, so I connected the quote with events that happened later on: “Everything was automatic now… she lifted it out and look at it… a leg of lamb”, hinting that Mary was looking at the leg of lamb in a different way than usual and was up to something. The trigger that made Mary kill Patrick was when Patrick said he did not want to eat dinner and wanted to leave their house, Mary was filled with rage and slammed the leg of lamb onto her husband’s neck/spine. “She might just as well have hit him with a steel club”, this is the main evidence showing the man vs man external conflict. They had yelled and fought verbally, had used the silent treatment, but nothing was more impactful than the leg of lamb strike on the neck. In conclusion, it is evident that the short story had the man vs man external conflict, and I had added all the quotes that could describe this conflict into my poem.

 

Welcome to Your New Blog!

August 29, 2022 / / 0 Comments

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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