• Zora Neale Huston was born in Noltasuga Alabama on January 7th, 1891. She past away in Florida on January 28, 1960. Zora was a civil rigth Activists.
• Zora was Utopian. Her father was a preacher, carpenter and a tenant farmer.
• When Zora was Three years old year moved to Eatonville, Florida, and the first incorpareted black community in America, in wich her father soon became mayor of.
• Zora attended Morgan Academy, wich was a high division of the Moargan college and she graduated from there in 1918.
• Zora soon became a novelist, anthropologist, and folklorist and she was the prototypical authority on black culture from the Harlem Renaissance. Now in the year of 1937 she publishe her famouse novel "Their Eyes Watching God." Zora did a autobiography "Dust Tracks on a Road" which was a commercial success in 1942 and then she did her final novel which was "Seraph on the Suwanee" published in 1948 but it was a critical failure. She later died in poverty and obscurity.Zora also pursed this by combining literature with anthropology. She gained peoples attention with her short stories such as "John Redding Goes To Sea" and "Spunk" which came up in black literary magazines. Z.N.H first novel was "Jonah's Gourd Vine" which was published in 1934 to critical success. In 1935, her nook "Mules and Men" investigated in voodoo practices in black communities in Florida. and N.O, they also brought her kudos.

"Those that dont got it, cant show it. Those that got it cant hide it" When Zora said this she ment like when people lie, you can see right of the back that their lying. I think that Zora is right when she says this, because in everyday life, when you have something you cant hide you have and thats it. Also when yoiu dont have it, but yet you lie to the world that you do thats when the ask you let me see it and thats when you cant show what you dont have.

1. What was the Apartheid? Apartheid means "separateness" in African language. Apartheid was a system of racial segregation in South Africa, from 1948 to 1994. The Apartheid had numerous of rules or laws that allowed ruling white minority Africa to segregate and in many cases terrorize. 
2. What is an Afrikaans? Are Africans-speaking people who have been established in Southern Africa since 17th century.
3. Why was there racial strife in South Africa? There was racial strife in South Africa because in South Africa the United states was trying to take over and they did not like this. In Africa the situation was a little more complicated. The arrests in the form of detentions raised the rate of the Apartheid protest, banning of political activists, and interracial conflict.
4. What was Nelson Mandela's personal history? Where/when was he born?What was education? Nelson Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa on July 18, 1918. Nelson went to Clarkebury Boarding School, and instead of doing three years to complete his junior certification Nelson was trough in two years. From there Nelson went to college, Healdtown in Fort Beaufort. 
5. Why was Nelson Mandela put in prison? Nelson Mandela was put in prison because he was plotting to overthrow the government in South Africa. He was convicted of sabotage- several bombs. A lot of people were killed so he was imprison for murder and sabotage.
6. What kind of prison was it? where was it located? It was located in Robben Island. He was isolated from no-political prisoners. It was a small cell, the floor was his bed, and he had a bucket for a toilet. While he was there he was forced to do hard labor work in a quarry. 
7. What happened to his family while he was in prison? Both of Mandela's daughters from his first marrige were named Makazawie. The eldest died at nine months and the next Makazawie was named in her honor. Madiba thembikile (Thembi) was killed in a car crash when he was 25 (1969) Nelson Mandela was in prison at the time and was not permitted to attend his child's funeral. Makgatho died of AIDS in 2005.
8. How long was he in prison? Nelson Mandela was in prison for 27 years. 
9. How did he become president of South Africa? 
10. What were his goals as President of South Africa? How did he accomplish these goals?

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Think Different

                                                            THINKING DIFFERENT

• People generally react discrateful to those who are willing to step outside the box and think different. In the film Glory Road, Don Haskins basketball coach of an all black team, received plenty of discrimination and abuse because he was coaching them, they even called him "Black Lover". This means that he was disrespected because he stood up to the abuse, ignore the ignorant and went on a coached his team. He though different, he had faith and believed that this five black baskeball players could go out there and play as good as anyother team full of white players.
• It was very important for Don Haskins to think different because if it was not for him thinking different this team probably would not had faith on them self and would of just walk away from the abuse. In the film Glory Road, while this player were out eating one of them got jumped by white mans, they rooms got trashed, and those rude people even trew trash to their faces. This means that if coach would of never though differ from other they would not had proven to the world that black man are able to do anything that anyother raice can aswell. This film reminds me of Martin Luther King Jr., because he fought for equal right he though everybody should be treated equaly, if it wasent for leaders like him thinking differently we would not have been living in the society we do now.

Racism

Racism only exist because of our past generation has grown with that hate towards one another inside their hearts. Young people in this generation take racism as a joke, they even refer to them self as "Ni**as" meaning "homie". Racism is different between genders. Boys may feel it worse than girls or girls may feel it worse than boys. In books, in articles, in movies and in everyday life I have seen racism in different ways depending on your gender. Racism is different depending your gender because of stereo types like girls are easier or weaker then boys, also boys supposedly smarter then girls but girls are more behave and mature so the people that are raises and hurt people may take this to there advantage.

Young people know about racism everywhere, but they take them as a joke. Teenagers don't know how serious and horrible racism has been. We have had cases of people killing them self because of this reason or murdering somebody because of their race. Racism not only exist towards black people but toward other people like Hispanic, White, African and so on. One big problem the feeds the racism of this world is, the words spoken by our ancestor, it passes on and it just feeds racism because kids grow with these words in there head and even in their hearts such as "I hate these .... people, they are so ..." kids grow hearing this things sense the moment they where born.


When it comes to racism there is a lot of stereo types, all you hear is white boys are smart and rich and white girls are dumb Blonds, black girls have big butty, Nappy hair, and are ghetto, black boys are gang members, do drugs and are failures, i have a black boy friend he is not ghetto nor does drugs or is a failure. Hispanic are easy to nice, punks, and are always pregnant with different baby's father, I'm a Hispanic girl and I'm 17 and not pregnant, I'm not easy and I'm not all that nice. when it comes to Hispanic boys they are punks alcoholic, and rapes and people from the middle east are terrorist. Its different for boys and girls.

When it comes to girls being insulted or a Victim of racism, they generally take it more serious about it, and are more affected by it, I know I do. They are not only insulted because of the color of their skin, they get insulted for who they really are also. When people are raises to girls, they insult them call them names such as female dogs, or easy. They don't talk about not only what color they are but about what they do because of their color. In the movie "A Girl Like Me" the girls talk about how black girls are suppose to have bigger botties than any other raise that's a stereo type, or how they have uglier hair or that they are ugly because of their skin color.

Love day

Saint Valentines day, is know as the love day or just Valentine's day. This day is a feast of Saint Valentines on the February 14 each year. Its a holiday celebrateded worldwide not just America, it is not a day to take of. St. Valentine's day began by a religious celebration of a few Christian saints named Valentinus. This holiday began with Saint Valentine becaused he imprison for Marring soldiers who were not allowed to marry he also was arrested for talking about the Christian Religion to people that were persecuted under the Roman Empire. Saint Valentine while he was in prison he claim that he can cure the doughter of his jailer Asterius. Legend says the Saint Valentine before his execution he wrote "From your Valentines" as his final Goodbye to her.

The best advise I can probably give a couple is to love each other as much as you can shoe some affection. Don't ever lie to your partener it dose not matter if you don't want to hurt them, keep communication open talk about each other, if you guys have a problem then solve it, dont ever go to sleep with out talking about whats really wrong and what bothering you. When you get hurt talk have a mature conversation and don't ever leave out anything and make it feel better. You dont want to go to sleep mad at each other, and when you guys are mad don't say its okay when its actually not. Don't talk about your ex or compare your past relationship to your current relationship. Don't have pride, just forget about the word "PRIDE" , if you got to be the bigger person then do so even if your not at foult. Always say what you mean like when you say "SORRY" or "I LOVE YOU". Always worrie about each other feelings and opinion don't hold anything in, and be their for each other. Also dont you ever forget to be sweet. Stay sweet don't ever forget that sweet Goodmorning and Goodnigh kiss or text. Don't ever be to jelouse with your partener show them that you can trust them by given them their own space to hang out with their friends or go out, let them have fun with out you, blasting their phone you can't always be on their case it can suffucate them and drive them crazy and if you can't do all of this then just LEAVE because a relationship is not real if you dont have communication, trust, patient, tolarence, affection and plenty of love ;)

Personification - Is giving a non living thing a living quality.

• MONDAY - Monday is such a lazy a**, she is so much like a hobo person. Its always hard to get her up for school, get ready and make her do her class work. Monday can be grumpy and very ignorant when it comes to her days.
• TUESDAY  is just like Monday always lazy just laying down and when she goes home she goes straight to bed laying down, hearing her music. Tuesday is hard headed just like her older sister Monday they both never listens. Tuesday may not be as ignorant as Monday but they both can be hard to handle.  
• Now WEDNESDAY,  She is the most annoying person but in a good kind of way. She's always busy and always trying to get everything done before her younger sister Thursday comes and ruins everything. She is very active with her jobs she dose them quick and perfect. She an outgoing person.
• THURSDAY is annoyingly happy and hyper and very officious. She likes to be in everybody business always  trying to help everybody. In reality what she is really doing is ruining everything for everybody, while she is supposedly helping. The bad thing about it is that she dose it all on purpose.
• FRIDAY the youngest of the weekly's family, is full of joy always laughing and always looking forward to her day. Friday is a very athletic, outstanding and she is the only one that loves to clean, cook and do all the motherly job around the house. She is the good annoying, know it all daughter. 
• Her parents SATURDAY and Sunday are very proud of their child. Saturday the father is a very busy man, on his days he  dose his business jobs, and on his day  he runs the family's business and helping his wife.
• SUNDAY his wife do everything around the house. Sunday is a stay home mother doing all the cleaning along with Friday and cook. She has very energetic This is a small description of the unorganized Weekly's family.

Bob Merley

“The world is a dangerous place not because of the people that are evil, but because of the people that let it happen” Albert Einstein said.  This is true many people let people do anything in this world just because there are afraid that they might do it to them.  The things we see in the street and yet we never do anything cause being honest I have seen many wrong thing and never said anything not a word but is not just because I was afraid, I think it was just can’t I did not want to be part of anything I wasn’t afraid. But I think that makes me evil?

I think Bobs Merely way of thinking was right and i can agree with him. I Also can relate him to what Albert said just because Bob merley made a big change to many people through his music. I think he was a great model to many people. In the movie the legend play by will smith when he says "Bob Merley had this I deal he can cure raises and hate" i think he right but in a way you just can’t cure people opinion of others is more of a if you teach the kids to not grow with hate then he can accomplished. honestly i think music plays a big role in this world and bob merle’s is just one of so many songs that help us with everyday life.

 

MLK

We today take for granted the rights that many people like Martin Luther King fought for. In the speech DR. King gave right before he was killed he said "And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land." Dr.King wanted equality hoped that one day everybody would join together as one nation. He dreamed that all men, woman and children come together get along with out looking at each others gender, raise, color or religion. If Martin Luther king were to come in class tomorrow he will be okay with what he sees but not as proud.

If Martin Luther King were still a live and see what he has accomplished he would be satisfy. He will see that in our class we are one nation and that we are getting along. 40 years ago colored people was not allowed to learn or even go to the same school as white people. today in our class we see all type of different raised and cultures all mixed together and we are from different  places. through the years we have learned to put our difference aside to get along we are even having kids in this generation from two different raise.

Although Dr. King will be satisfy with what he see he will not be proud of what goes on within our lives. Its true we are all together living within each other but there's so many wrong things with life's now and days and that's what plenty people mean for how we take for granted  many things that people 40 years ago fought for. In our generation you will see many people fighting, making raises comments. We live with many violence within our streets. things in the street are so bad that in the news you will always see black people killing black people Spanish people killing Spanish people, and sometimes you might even see people killing people for either being a certain raise or from a certain country even homosexual. its very sad what you see now in days in the news and even with your own eyes. Dr. King did not want this.

One big thing Dr. King will not be proud if he were to walk in our class is too see many teens take for granted that most of this world did not have the privileged of having education. right now going to school is mandatory thing for every kid. 40 years ago plenty of us did not have the privileged to go to school maybe because you was a specific color or from a country or as many would say immigrant. in my school they are many kids that do not  take education serious. all they do is fool around thinking they cool and when is to late or they at risk they want to worry. education was one thing Martin Luther King fought for everybody can do it with out paying a lot amount of money.

If Martin Luther King were to walk in my class first thing I would personalty give him thank you because he was one became the change that he wanted to see. Because of him many people were inspired and now we have our first African american president and he has been a great president. He wont be as proud but he will be satisfy that his dream of becoming one nation and seeing that many of us have put our differences aside to make a more peaceful future with our flaws. 

• Simile is a way of speacking when comparing two different things using "as" or "like" .
• Simile is very important part of writing because, it can help creat pictures in your head of whats going on. Also, sometimes it can creates the mood of the sorry like whe somebody use ( .. felt "like" I was about to die).

Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond    

Find light in the beautiful sea
I choose to be happy
You and I, you and I
We’re like diamonds in the sky
You’re a shooting star I see
A vision of ecstasy
When you hold me, I’m aliveWe’re like diamonds in the skyI knew that we’d become one right away
Oh, right away
At first sight I left the energy of sun rays
I saw the life inside your eyes   

So shine bright, tonight you and IWe’re beautiful like diamonds in the skyEye to eye, so aliveWe’re beautiful like diamonds in the sky
Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond
Shining bright like a diamond
We’re beautiful like diamonds in the sky
Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond
Shining bright like a diamond
We’re beautiful like diamonds in the skyPalms rise to the universe
As we moonshine and molly
Feel the warmth, we’ll never dieWe’re like diamonds in the skyYou’re a shooting star I see
A vision of ecstasy
When you hold me, I’m aliveWe’re like diamonds in the skyAt first sight I felt the energy of sun rays
I saw the life inside your eyes
So shine bright, tonight you and IWe’re beautiful like diamonds in the skyEye to eye, so aliveWe’re beautiful like diamonds in the sky
Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamondShining bright like a diamond
We’re beautiful like diamonds in the skyShine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond
Shining bright like a diamondWe’re beautiful like diamonds in the skyShine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamondSo shine bright, tonight you and I
We’re beautiful like diamonds in the sky
Eye to eye, so alive
We’re beautiful like diamonds in the sky
Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond

Tone: The tone of rihanna in this song is happy and inlove with her love.
Mood: The mood of this song is happy and makes me want to kiss my love.
Meaning: The meaning  if this song is that rihanna fell inlove with her boyfriend and she thinks that there relarionship is perfect.

• Metaphor - its a way of speacking, when you compare somthing with out using "like" or "as" . its like being use to compare or symbolize something.

Metaphor is very imbortant in writting because it can extend the readers imagination. Also, it can make them wonder what the reader is trying to symbolize.

• Give me a second, I
  I need to get my story straight
  My friends are in the bathroom
  Getting higher than the Empire State
  My lover she is waiting for me
  Just across the bar,
  My seat's been taken by some sunglasses
  Asking 'bout a scar
  I know I gave it to you months ago
  I know you're trying to forget
  But between the drinks and subtle things
  And the holes in my apologies
  You know I'm trying hard to take it back
  So if by the time the bar closes
  And you feel like falling down
  I'll carry you home
  
  Tonight,
  We are young
  So let's set the world on fire
  We can burn brighter
  Than the sun
  
  Tonight,
  We are young
  So let's set the world on fire
  We can burn brighter
  Than the sun
  
  Now I know that I'm not
  All that you got
  I guess that I,
  I just thought,
  Maybe we could find new ways to fall apart
  But our friends are back
  So let's raise the cup
  'Cause I found someone to carry me home
  
  Tonight,
  We are young
  So let's the set the world on fire
  We can burn brighter
  Than the sun
  
  Tonight,
  We are young
  So let's set the world on fire
  We can burn brighter
  Than the sun
  
  Carry me home tonight
  (La la la la la la)
  Just carry me home tonight
  (La la, la la la la la la)
  Carry me home tonight
  (La la la la la la)
  Just carry me home tonight
  (The world is on my side, )
  Carry me home tonight
  (I have no reason to run, )
  Just carry me home tonight
  (So will someone come and carry me home tonight?)
  The angels never arrived,
  But I can hear the choir
  So will someone come and carry me home
  
  Tonight,
  We are young
  So let's set the world on fire
  We can burn brighter
  Than the sun
  
  Tonight,
  We are young
  So let's set the world on fire
  We can burn brighter
  Than the sun
  
  So if by the time the bar closes
  And you feel like falling down
  I'll carry you home,
  Tonight.

 

•  Hyperbole is a noun and it means an exageration in a way of someone speacking.
• I think that Hyperbole is very important part of writting because, it can be part of the mood and tone of the story, text or any lyrics your hearing. Hyperbole can create a tone for example when some one is surprised they usually exagerates on how they speak and also when the mood and tone of the author is mad, most of then time the author exagerates about the reason he or she is mad about.

• Notorious B.I.G.

When I die, fuck it I wanna go to hell, Cause I'm a piece of shit, it ain't hard to fuckin' tell
 It don't make sense, goin' to heaven with the goodie-goodies
 Dressed in white, I like black Tims and black hoodies, God'll prolly have me on some real strict shit, No sleepin' all day, no gettin' my dick licked, Hangin' with the goodie-goodies loungin' in paradise, Fuck that shit, I wanna tote guns and shoot dice, All my life I been considered as the worst, Lyin' to my mother, even stealin' out her purse
 Crime after crime, from drugs to extortion
 I know my mother wished she got a fucking abortion
 She don't even love me like she did when I was younger, Suckin' on her chest just to stop my fuckin' hunger, I wonder if I died, would tears come to her eyes, Forgive me for my disrespect, forgive me for my lies, My baby mother's eight months, her little sister's two, Who's to blame for both of them, (naw nigga, not you),  I swear to God I want to just slit my wrists and end this bullshit
 Throw the Magnum to my head, threaten to pull shit And squeeze, until the bed's completely red, I'm glad I'm dead, a worthless fuckin' buddah head, The stress is building up, I can't, I can't believe suicide's on my fucking mind, I wanna leave, I swear to God I feel like death is fucking calling me,  Naw you wouldn't understand, Nigga, talk to me please, You see it's kinda like the crack did to Pookie, in New Jack, Except when I cross over, there ain't no comin' back
 Should I die on the train track, like Ramo in Beatstreet,  People at the funeral fronting like they miss me,  My baby momma kissed me but she glad I'm gone, She knew me and her sister had somethin' goin' on, I reach my peak, I can't speak, Call my nigga Chic, tell him that my will is weak, I'm sick of niggas lying, I'm sick of bitches hawkin' Matter of fact, I'm sick of talkin'

Tone : the tone of Notorious B.I.G. in his lyrics in his song is very mad, and sad at the same point. he is practacly regreating all the thing he has done. he writtes more of how he dissapointet his mom and his baby mama. and how they al regreat even meeting him cause he has lest scraes in everybody.
Mood : The mood of this lyrics is quite dissapointment and sad. how he mad he hurt his mom so much to wish she had an abortion, or evn think that his mom dose not love him like she did when he was younger. i dont think a mom never stops loving his son no matter what is more like she feel left down and dissapointment to see what he has turned too. also, this lyrics more depresing because he cheated on his baby mama with her sister, and she was eight month pergnant, what kind of father was his suppose to have and kind of aunt. thats sad.
Meaning : The meaning of this lyrics is more of a sorry, and regreat song because he's kinda saying he regreats what and how much he hurt his babymama and his mother. he even know people is going to his funeral frouting that they miss him when mostly all are happy for him being gone. what this just means that he know what he has done wrong and he knows were it has standing at this point of his life

• LIL WAYNE ,

I got ice in my veins, blood in my eyes
Hate in my heart, love in my mind
I seen nights full of pain, days of the same
You keep the sunshine, save me the rain
I search but never find, hurt but never cry
I work and forever try, but I'm cursed so never mind
And it's worse but better times seem further and beyond
The top gets higher, the more that I climb
The spot gets smaller and I get bigger
Tryna get into where I fit in, no room for a nigga
But soon for a nigga it be on motherfucker
Cause all this bullshit, it made me strong motherfucker
So I pick the world up and I'm a drop it on your fuckin' head, yeahh!
Bitch, I'm a pick the world up and I'm a drop it on your fuckin' head
(YEAH) And I could die now rebirth mother fucker
Hop up in my spaceship and leave Earth
Motherfucker I'm gone.





Tone: The tone of lil Wayne’s voices in this song it’s kind of an angry tone. In this song lil Wayne is mad because he’s practically tired of people hurting over and over again. He is exaggerating in this song when he says his going to pick the world up and drop it on ahead because you can’t really pick the world up and throw it or have a rebirth after you die. Also the way lil Wayne and Eminem express them self is kind of in an exaggerated way with all the cursing.
Mood: the mood on this song is kind of depressing mood because its kinda sad that he keeps getting hurt when all he trying to do is fit in the world, his so angry he actually think he can pick the world up and drop it on a head.

Meaning: the meaning of this song is that all lil Wayne and also Eminem are trying to do is fit in a world full of different people and that they don’t want to get hurt anymore.