Homework #8 Fav Literary Work

One of my favorite literary works would be considered "The City of Ember", by Jeanne DuPrau. The story is about a city, which is built underground, where it is dark all the time. There is no sun, moon, and stars. The only light they have is due to electricity, but that is running low. Imagine living in a city where the only available light is flood lights mounted to the top of giant poles and buildings. Everything in the city of Ember is old, which causes the lights to go out in the middle of the day. Darkness then begins to take over the town during mid day. It takes two brave pre-teen charcters, to go down into the city's basement, the sewer, to investigate on why the town is always dark. They soon solve the mystery of the cities opaqueness. The author of this story is Jeanne DuPrau, because she wrote the book. Another author would be myself, because I had my own insight, which may differ from Jeanne DuPrau's interpretation. I may have felt different feelings from DuPrau when reading parts of this story.

Paper Topic

http://http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-lockner-plea-20100922,0,2290373.story

Two Questions About Race

Alan Goodman vs. Armand Leroi

Throughout this article, the entire piece sounds like a debate between the two. They refuse to agree on a topic, and have diferent ideas on everything. Goodman believes that race is not genetic, because people rarely share genetic traits. Human variation is another reason contributing to Goodman's beliefs of that race is not genetic based. Leroi, on the other hand, approached race as a "social construction," and he researched that biological evidence and racial differences are "genetically indentifable." I believe Goodman's point of view about race would lead to a division of races, where Leroi's point of view is that race is scientific based which attributes to racial differences.

Homework #3

I chose to write about number 8, because I believe that this "white supremacy" is still practiced today. This problem has dramatically changed over time, but the fact that "white" equals power is a terrible mindset to have. In history, all non-whites were forced to believe that they could never have the same power as a white person could, but today we have a African American President. However, President Obama is still being criticized by racists and prejudice people. We claim that the world we live in today, has matured and set aside the "white superior" rule, but it is still the standard mindset some people have.

My Blog Design

I chose to have raindrops and nature be the main background of my blog page, becasue these pictures cause an automatic soothing and relaxing feeling. And that's what I want my page to show to viewers. I want to welcome them and keep them interested in my blogs. Also, It is very simple, but can have a complex meaning. I like nature and it is one magnificent creation that I think about alot. Peace and Blessings

-Chili