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The narrative on TEWWG is taken place in West Florida and Eatonville, Florida in the early 1900s.

In the 1920s The Nineteenth Amendment gave the women the right to vote. 
Also the 18th Amendment, Prohibition of alcohol beverages in the United State, which made the production, transport and sale of alcohol illegal. It was a time where it was all about innovation as the United States moved to build cars as a quicker way of transportation and building smoother, hard roads to travel on and the invention of the radio and television giving people the ability to find out information and watch or listen to entertainment without even leaving there living rooms. The President of the time elected in 1913 serving his second term was Woodrow Wilson then Hoover until 1933.

Zora Neale Hurston

Hurston was the fifth of eight children. Her father was a preacher and mother was a school teacher. Hurston was born in Notasulga, Alabama on January 7, 1891. Her family also moved to Eatonville, Florida where were one of the first all black towns to be incorporated in the United States. Her father later became mayor of the town.
In 1918, Hurston began undergraduate studies at Howard University. She later became one of the earliest initiates of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and co-founded The Hilltop, the university's student newspaper. Hurston took many courses, Spanish, English, Greek and public speaking and earned an Associate's Degree in 1920. Hurston left Howard in 1924 and in 1925 was offered a scholarship to Barnard College. Hurston received her B.A. in anthropologyy in 1927.
When Hurston arrived in New York City in 1925. The mid-1930s, Hurston had published several short stories and the critically acclaimed Mules and Men. In the 1940s, Hurston's work was published in such periodicals as The American Mercury and The Saturday Evening Post. Also Her last published novel was Seraph on the Suwanee.

“Those that don't got it,

can't show it.

                                    

Those that got it,

can't hide it.”

What Zora mean by this quote is that if you have something its hard to show it off, but when you have it you cant hide it. Shes right because in any circumstance you can not show off what you do not have and when you do its impossible to hide it. This refers to my life and the life around me because everyone have something that they have that others don't and its hard to hide it from everyone, but when you have it, its to hard for anybody to hide it.

Invictus

What was the Apartheid?

What is an Afrikaans?

Why was there racial strife in South Africa?

What was Nelson Mandela's personal history?  Where/when was he born?  What was his education?  

Why was Nelson Mandela put in prison?

What kind of prison was it? Where was it located?

What happened to his family while he was in prison?

How long was he in prison?

How did he become President of South Africa?

What were his goals as President of South Africa?  How did he accomplish these goals?

1. Apartheid means separation between whites and blacks that live in South Africa from 1948 to the early 1994 it was made into international law but it was also a violation. Also when the law took place people were classified as whites, black/African or blacks of mixed cultured descent.  

2. A language of southern African, derived from the form of Dutch brought to the Cape by Protestant settlers in the 17th century

3. White people in South Africa did not want black people as ruler so they protested to be separated from the blacks and in later years the blacks held strikes because of inferior working conditions.

4. Mandela was born on July 18 1918 (age 94) in Mvezo, South Africa 

5. Nelson Mandela was arrested and jailed because he was accused of treason by the South African government.

6. Nelson Mandela was first imprisoned in Howick, then transferred to Marshall Square prison. Mandela and his co-accused were transferred from Pretoria to the prison on Robben Island where he remained for the next eighteen of his twenty-seven years in prison. In March 1982 Mandela was transferred from Robben Island to Pollsmoor Prison.

7. Mandela mother and son died and he was not allowed to attend their funeral. His wife and daughter did not want to have anything to do with him because he choose to stay in jail.

8. Mandela spend 27 years in prison.

9. After Mandela came out of prison. South Africa's first multi-racial elections began in which full enfranchisement was granted were held on April 27, 1994. The ANC won 62% of the votes in the election, and Mandela was the leader of the ANC, was inaugurated on May 10, 1994. and the country's first black President.

10. His goals as President wanted peace between white people and black people and wanted everyone to be treated equally and come together as one nation. he accomplished his goals by focusing on what white people and black people have in common and bring them together by that (Rugby).

Race and Racism

what young people know and understand about race.  Is there a difference between how genders experience race and racism?

Racism is very real for young people today. Young people know and understand about race and also do not know that every gender experience racism in different ways. This means that racism has had a major affect on everyones lives, even starting from birth as a young child. Whatever your color, gender, and cutural background is everyone experience racism in the world.

Many adults try to hide racism from their children but the problem is, little kids already know about racism. In the film "A Girl Like Me" young children that were African Americans were given a test on which doll they would like to play with. More than half of all the children would rather play with a white doll than a black doll. These children thought white dolls were prettier and nicer, and the black doll were hideous and evil. Racism is not taught, it's something they learned from expirence.

Decades many people have been discriminating against African American people and bring their self esteem down also. When someone thinks about African American people they see kinky hair, dark skin, ugly and bad. Truth is not all people with dark skin is evil. Trevon Martin was followed and killed for being African American and wearing a hoodie. Trevon was killed by a white man who thought Trevon was a threat to him. The police department did not react quickly to this because he was a "white man". If the story was the opposite and Trevon was white and the killer was black, the man would have done life in prison without hesitating.

In conclusion, 

Glory Road Open Ended

When people generally react to those who are willing to step outside the box many other people find their actions unacceptable because many people do not think it is okay for them to let people do what they want in their own way. From the movie "Glory Road" Bobby Jo scene he mentions how he have a great love for basketball but no body do not want to see him play on any teams because of the color of his skin. What Bobby Jo means is he is judged by the color of his skin and African Americans can not play on the same team as white players because everyone think of African Americans differently. Its very important for Don Haskins to think differently because its unbelievable that a White coach would ever put all black players on a team. In the movie it explains how Don Haskins looking for many African American players to play for his team, he mentions "im not looking at the color i look at quick and skill". Don Haskins wanted to make a difference in the basketball world, he wanted people to know that African American should play with white players and their very good at the sport and to do not judge players by their skin. Don Haskins reminds me of how coaches act towards their players today, many coaches do not look for a certain skin color they only look for skills.

Valentine was a holy priest from Rome. We celebrate his honor on February 14th every year in which day he have past. We celebrate his day because in his time there was a Roman king that wanted men to join the army and but all the men wanted was to marry and have families, so the king made it illegal to marry. Valentine believed the men should not be forced to not marry the ones they love so he would marry couples in secret until the king have found out and put Valentine in prison. He wrote his family and friends and ask for their prayers and not to forget their Valentines. The king have murdered Valentine on the day February 14th.

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By the graph i can say that around the times people have the most fun and excitement is around spring break and 2 weeks before Christmas.For people who have a hard time struggling family and relationships around this time people should take time to relax and think about there actions that will effect there loved ones.
Spring break is a time for freedom and fun and many people do not want to be in a relationship around that time, to survive a spring break relationship you have to set time for your partner and cause less tension on the relationship.  
People on Monday's are mostly moody and stubborn so that explains why many people would break up. To avoid a Monday break up try not to be so moody try going to sleep earlier and have a good attitude so you can not start off your day terrible. 
April fools day is full of jokes and being rude, to prevent a April fools break up and you wanna play jokes on your partner try not to make the prank so harsh and mean.
Many people also break up around Valentines Day so they would not have to spend a whole lot of money on presents so many people do not like to be in a relationship around that time of the year. If you wanna stay in a relationship around Valentines day you do not have to spend thousands of dollars try to do  something from the heart you do not have to spend money to make some one happy. Your presence should be good enough.
Summer holidays are very calm and relaxing usually people do not break up around that time and if they do its usually the start of summer. In the summer relationships should be the time you and your partner should spend the most time with each other hang out everyday 

Figurative Language!

Personification is giving an non-living thing or nature human characteristics.

Monday is dull and boring. Monday is terrible no energy, no joy just like an old cat.

Tuesday is more hyper than Monday. Tuesday is like an Middle aged man. Tuesday is not as dull like Monday.

Wednesday is like a moody girl. Sometimes happy and calm and but also very stressful and aggravating.

Thursday is the coolest you can ever meet. Very chilled like Friday but Thursday is a day of relaxation.

Friday is the life of the party! Excited and happy and spoiled. Friday is like the youngest child in the family.

Saturday! Everyone loves Saturday very fun and more energized then Friday. Saturday is the best you can be around, always can make you happy and stressfree

Sunday, is like an old angry lady. No body likes Sunday because when Sunday comes you will have to get ready for Monday.

MLK

From the people that have died for wanting the life that i am experiencing today, i am taking advantage of because life is different compared to what Dr.King went through. "I may not get there with you, but i want you to know tonight that we as people will get to the promised land." What Dr. King was hoping for was equality and everyone to live a better future without chaos. If Dr.King walked into my class today, i think he would be satisfied of many things but also disappointed by many others. My school is a mixed school and i am taking advantage of the education i am receiving that young black students would not have been taught years ago.

Dr.King would be very proud that the United States have there first African American president. Obama is trying to give children a better look on education and tries to get every child the best to succeed in life. I am glad i have an African American in my generation. African Americans came a long way from not being eligible to vote to now being able to become a president. Obama is standing up for the black community and offering the best he can do to make everyone lives of American better.

Mixed School and the education system is still very similar to Dr.King time. There is all white schools but African American students can attend. In a white community there education system is better than an African American community. Usually some schools in the white community is ahead of other schools. The environment and also a different feeling. Dr.King would not be proud of that, mainly because the African American community made it this way. Our community is ignorant and inappropriate, its not all of the community but mainly the people that do not care give a bad reputation for all of African Americans. When one looks bad it makes the whole African American population.

This is important to remember where we come from and how far we came. Dr.King would be relieved on many African Americans because they are going forward in life and making a better future for themselves. Also for all the people that do not take advantage of the life where living they are going to be stuck in the past and be judged. We as people should always be equal and treated all the same. No time for ignorance and hatred.

Love is as painful as a
stab in the chest.
Love is as beautiful as a
mountain full of snow.
Love is as emotional as the
rain clouds in the sky
crying over whatever it has
on its mind.
Love is as joyous as a
baby's first laughter.
Love is as stressful as the
dreadful tax day.
Love can be as carefree as
a student starting summer vacation.

A simile is comparing things using the words 'like' or 'as'. Simile is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind.

Similes are important part of writing because you can use similes in order to make something "real" that is unreal.

Tone: The tone of this poem is explaining how love can be compared to human nature and also human acts.
Mood: The mood of this poem and the feeling of love, and the feeling it expresses.
Meaning: The meaning of this poem is to realise how love and make someone feel.

My dog is like a cheetah.When someone leaves the door open,
she springs out the door and runs down the street so fast, no one can catch her without a helicopter and a tranquilizer gun.

A Metaphor is an expression that is used to denote something, not to be taken literally but a figurative meaning. It is using symbols in place of reality. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action.

Tone: The tone of this poem is curious.

Mood: the mood of this poem is shocking about how my dog can run so fat

Meaning: The meaning of this poem is showing how fast my dog can disappear by a blink of an eye as soon as you open the door.

Hyperbole

Hyperbole is a type of figurative language. Hyperbole is an exaggerated statements or not meant to be taken literally. Hyperbole is important to any part of writing because it may be used to raise strong feelings or to create a stronger impression.

Bruno Mars - Grenade

[Chorus:]
I'd catch a grenade for you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Throw my hand on a blade for you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'd jump in front of a train for you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
You know I'd do anything for you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Oh, I would go through all this pain
Take a bullet straight through my brain
Yes, I would die for you, baby
But you won't do the same

The tone that Bruno Mars states in his song, he tells how much pain and suffering for the one that he love. The mood of the song is sad and depressing because Bruno Mars made it seem that the women he loves do not love him back. The meaning of this song explains how Bruno Mars would go there anything for someone that he loves and how much pain he is going threw.

Sean Kingston - Fire Burning

Somebody call 911!
Shawty fire burning on the dance floor, whoa
I gotta cool her down
She wan' bring the roof to ground
On the dance floor, whoa

The tone is this song is that Sean is telling how good the girl was dancing on the dance floor. The mood of the song is very hyper and at a party. The meaning of this song is that Sean thinks the female is a very good dancer that she is bringing the roof down.

Katy Perry - Fireworks

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag

Drifting through the wind wanting to start again?Do you ever feel, feel so paper thinLike a house of cards one blow from caving in?
Do you ever feel already buried deep six feet under?Scream but no one seems to hear a thingDo you know that there's still a chance for you'Cause there's a spark in you?

The tone that Katy Perry states in her song is that she ask how do someone feel about there self and how bad they might have felt. The mood of the song is helpful. Katy Perry tells how amazing you are and you should let it show. The meaning of this song explains how Katy Perry would be helpful for a person's feelings and show how bright the person is.

ASAP Rocky - F*cking Problem 

[Verse 3: Kendrick Lamar]
Yeah hoe this the finale
My pep talk turn into a pep rally
Say she's from the hood but she live inside the valley now
Vacate in Atlanta, then she going back to Cali
Got your girl on my line, world on my line
The irony I fuck 'em at the same damn time.

The tone of this rap is that Kendrick Lamar is exaggerating how he talks to people and how he feel the center of attention. The mood of this rap how he have a problem and compares it to other things in his life. The meaning of this rap is how you can exaggerate in a rap to make it sound funny and catchy to other .