punishments(blog 5)

Slavery is a person who is a legal property of another who is forced to obey the person. slavery was very common in the united states and it continued on for many years.slavery for African Americans began in the 1600s. blacks were not free during this time they were controlled my their masters. Men, women, and even young children were slaves. they were kidnapped and sold to white owners. these slaves were treated very badly and their punishments were even worse. these slaves worked on plantations and they had to do whatever their master instructed.most of these slaves were punished everyday. the masters punishments were very cruel. slaves were given beatings with wips, chains, and with sticks, sometimes their ears were cut off, they were beaten so badly that  their limbs were broken. they even smoked slaves in Virgina the masters would cause a fire to be made of tobacco and smoke them. the masters even branded the slaves.These type of punishments put a lot of fear into the slaves so that the slaves would cooperate with the master and do everything that he instructed. these punishments were awful and their was no law of protection that could protect the slaves from anything or anyone.

blog 4

There were a few blog entries that were discussed in our blogs. One blog entry I am proud of is the Variation of the Word Sleep by Margret Atwood, This poem is rather difficult to break down to discuss because it requires a lot of thinking and you have to put your whole mind into the poem to figure out what it really is about. I was proud to write this poem because this poem was very hard to explain however it is a very interesting poem to talk about. it makes you want to think more and open your mind to new poetry. This poem is a sonnet poem which has four stanzas and its about a person who wants to watch his or her lover sleep. the person wants to be with their lover every step of the way and never leave their side.
 Many different activities were taking place to help us out with breaking down poems, knowing the meaning of them, the style. we even did quizzes to test yourself on our knowledge of poetry. From all the activities that have taken place what i learned most was how to get it touch with poetry to actually describe what is going on in the poems and figure out  what the author is trying to say, and the story behind it. This was a very challenging step for me because i never did this with poems before and it actually brings new knowledge to my mind and i am able to break down poems with all the practice that i had.
Working with my group was fun. i am in the Emily Dickison group. I did not get the chance to do I felt a funeral, but I did get the opportunity to see how working with a group is. Usually I like to be independent and figure out things on my own and not have to depend on others to give me the answer but working with a group gives you the opportunity to express your ideas and incorporate it with others. sometimes two minds are better than one. the ideas that are being spoken can be used in a future essay or blog and then your entries could get better each time. I like the fact that i can share my ideas with others and i do not have a problem with anyone using them because I know that I did a good job and I expressed myself very well and my classmates seem to agree too.
From reading my house mates blogs i think that they express themselves very well when they write their blogs. They put a lot of time and effort into their blogs. the way they express themselves in their blogs you can tell that they thought it through and poured all of their ideas out on paper. Not to mention their is a lot of emotion and passion when they write, some of the other blogs could have been better, some of them need more time to think about their ideas, I think that some other blogs need more work, however not every blog is going to be good that is why I think we all need more practice.