Sonia

1. Why didn’t Beneatha want to be a doctor anymore?

Because she believes that she wont be able to help people because she cant help her family first.

2. How did Asagai define “idealists” and “realists”?

Idealist and Realists that was define meant that Beneatha was had a lot of ideas and didnt do any thing about it. She was a realist about her fathers money.

3. What does Asagai ask Beneatha to do?

To come to Africa with and they can get married.

4. What fault does Mama find with herself?

She had given half the money to Walter, which Walter gave it to his business partners, whcih one of them stole and took the money and ran away.

5. What solution does Walter have?

To take the money so they wont move into the house.

6. Why didn’t Walter take the money Lindner offered?

Because he changed his mind about taking the money from Mr. Lindner offered. His speech builds in power. He tells Mr. Lindner that the Youngers are proud and hardworking and intend to move into their new house.

7.  What metaphorical significance does the small plant have for the Youngers?

In the apartment the plant didnt have any light which meant that the Youngers were so crammed together that they got mad at everybody. But when they are going to move which would give them space, the plant would have a place it can be planted.

OMG! OMG! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I am in the back seat and looking around, everybody is spaced out seems like they dont know what just happended. I am scared. mmmmmmhhmhmhmhmhmhmhmh. help!!! what should i do. Whoof! Whoof! thsally isnth waking up. Whoof! Whoof! ewww whaths that thaste, is that blooooooooood. ewwwww.    ah i see lighths and i can hear ambulances. Were saved.

1. Why did Walter ask Ruth what was wrong with her?
Walter asks Ruth what’s wrong with her because she was acting all in a hurry and she wanted their son hurry up to get ready for school.

2. Why was Ruth upset when Walter gave Travis the money?
Ruth was upset at Walter because she didn’t want Travis to spend money on useless things and they were also running out of money.

3. Who are Willy and Bobo?
Willy and Bobo are businessmen and also friends of Walter.

4. Walter said, “Damn my eggs . . . damn all the eggs that ever was!” Why?
He said that because he was upset and he thinks that nobody listens to him anymore.

5. Who is Beneatha?
Beneatha is Walters’s sister who is working to get an education to become a doctor.

6. Why was Mama getting a check for $10,000?
Mama was getting a check of $10,000 because her husband died by working hard labor and the insurance are paying her life support, that was his insurance money that goes to her.

7. Why did Beneatha say she wouldn’t marry George?
Because she said she wouldn’t marry George because she thinks that George is shallow.

8. What was Beneatha’s attitude towards God?
Because she thinks that God doesn’t help her or her family when they have little money left.

9. What happened to Ruth at the end of Act I Scene One?
At the end of Act 1 Scene One, Ruth faints and she goes to the doctors.

  1. Why did the author think the U of Chicago test revealed that he was racist? Is he right?
The author thought that he was racist because he shot more black people and fast even it they were armed or disarmed.
2. Do these tests measure “unconscious” racism? Why do you think so?
No I think that this only shows that how fast you would react if the person is black armed or disarmed or the person was white armed or disarmed. Because these tests should as how fast would you react to a person with a gun or a beer bottle?
3. Why does the author think that sexism may be harder to fight than racism? What research suggests this?
Sexism may be harder to fight racism because men to be more suspicious and more violent if they have a gun or a beer bottle than woman’s who are armed or with a beer bottle.
4. Paraphrase this quote: The challenge for women competing in politics or business is less misogyny than unconscious sexism: Americans don’t hate women, but they do frequently stereotype them as warm and friendly, creating a mismatch with the stereotype we hold of leaders as tough and strong.
I think that in different countries women are mostly abused rather than being hated. But in the U.S. women are more known as an independent rather than being controlled by men. The author says that women are “hard-wired desire to control and impregnate them.”
5. What is the real problem women face according to the author? What do you think?
I think that people would think as women as a warm and friendly. But I think that men attend to put women as a weaker sex, they also think that women would be under control by men.
6. How can this problem be confronted according to the author? What do you think?
Research subjects who were asked to think of a strong woman then showed less implicit bias about men and women. And students exposed to a large number of female professors also experienced a reduction in gender stereotypes. I think that students have a lot of women teacher because way back women would rather be a teacher or a nurse

HW:  Choose 3 characters in the movie and explain what the character wants and what obstacles that character faces. In the end, does the character get what he/she wants? If so, how? If not, is that a good thing? What does the ending on the movie seem to be suggesting about the possibilities of people to get ahead?

The movie “A Raisin in the Sun” deals with many conflicts and many other obstacles that they have to face. The Younger family deal with family problem, poverty and racism in the their house and in the community. The Grandma has the biggest obstacle first it was his son, who was getting crazy about starting a liquor business and he wanted the money which she would give him and he was treating his wife wrong, and the last was about the racism she got when she bought the house. The second character was the Walter Younger who had the problem about the obsession for money, drinking habits and also he didn’t cooperate with his wife, because he thought that she would never listen to him. The last person was Walter’s sister, she faced some difficulty problem like the guy form back home, Africa, he wanted her to come with her even though, she also had a obstacle that included her brother which was having some money for her education to becoming a doctor. At the end it suggests that the character will get want they wanted for themselves.

When there racism going on, people do something about and also people would get offended really fast and they wont ignore it but they would fight the person. I just think that it has been over 100 years and people didn’t doo anything about it or said something. Some people did something about it and they were honored by taking an action. My personal experience was that this some guy called me a terrorist in a joking way but it really offended me because if I just left it alone they would have said something else that would be really offending. This tells me that there are some people who have nothing else to say and nothing else to just forget about the whole racism because we are all human. I think that this might get worse because of the situation that is going around it the world and it would affect different ethnic groups.

One of the DSP that was engaging was the lego and the tolo because it was a lot of hard work and people wanted to see how it turned out. The most provoking was the group that did the gambling and had to bet. The funniest and the well made was the group that had the ninja. It was also a good idea for having a subtitle and the basically the same words every time that had a close up on a certain character.

For my Digital storytelling project. I was thinking to talk about teens who are eager to get something, or get something done. My group are thinking to use voicethread which would allow us to get pictures and record our voices. We might tell a story about teen struggles and desires and the consequences that could happen to them if they choose the easy way instead the hard way.

Questions Macbeth Act 2.

Scene 1:

1. What “cursed thoughts” does Banquo have? His dreams about the witches and their prophesies.
2. What lie does Macbeth tell Banquo? That he hasn’t been thinking about the witches.
3. What is the meaning of Banquo’s answer to Macbeth’s comment that ends in “it shall make favour for you”? It will be worth it to kill the king.
4. What causes Macbeth to think he sees a dagger? His feverish excitement about killing the king.
5. At the end of scene 1, a bell rings. What do you think is the significance of this? Because the king died.

Scene 2:

1. What reason does Lady Macbeth give for not committing the murder herself? Because Lady Macbeth thought the king looked like her father when he was asleep.
2. What words about himself does Macbeth belive he hears? (lines 47-48 & 54-56) He hears someone cry “Macbeth murders sleep!”
3. How did Macbeth mismanage the murder? He brought the daggers back to their own bedroom.
4. Both Macbeth and his lady comment on the effectiveness of water in cleansing away their involvement in the deed. How do they differ? Macbeth believes that even Neptune’s sea couldn’t wash the blood away, while Lady Macbeth thinks it will merely wash off.

Scene 3:

1. Why has Macduff come to Macbeth’s castle? He went to the castle to see the king.

2. What unusual things happened to Macduff and Lennox during the night? They don’t get let in by the porter guy, he denies entrance. And they see Macbeth kill the guards.
3. Why does Macbeth say he killed the king’s men? What possible reason may he actually had? Because they were smeared with blood and they killed the king so it was justified with witnesses.
4. Why does Lady Macbeth faint? To distract them from  questioning Macbeth about killing the guards.
5. In lines 159-171, what actions do Malcolm and Donalbain take? What reasons do they give for a hasty escape? They run away to Ireland and England because they both fear they are going to be murdered next.

Scene 4:

1. In lines 5-25, Ross and the Old Man discuss the strange unnatural events that have occurred. What are they? It has been dark even if “the clock says it’s day”
2. Who do the public believe are responsible for the murder of King Duncan?The guards.
3. Who has been named king? Macbeth has been named king.
4. What reason does Macduff imply is his for not attending Macbeth’s coronation? Because he suspects Macbeth as being the killer.

HW: Write or expand your earlier blog post on ambition.  Tell me a story about a man/woman/other who wants something so bad that he/she/it is willing to do anything to get it.

There is this girl is really spoiled. She is the only child in the household. She will get anything she wants. She is so spoiled she barely gets in trouble. She is a type of girl that would fake cry and her parents would believe her that she is really in pain or wants something. But one day she was a invited to this party that only cool people went to. She wanted to get this dress form Nordstorm that cost about $500 for a pink dress that was really nice looking and looked like a real celebrity dress that would wear to a famous movie premiere. So she asked her mom but she said NO! So she started to cry and went to her dad and asked if he could buy the dress for her but he said “Sorry Honey its too much” she started to cry, but this time her parents werent falling for her act so they just ignored her. Now she realized that her parents know her trick. So that day she went to the nordstorm to get the dress. She had a plan that she would pretend that she is trying it on in the dressing room, but she is going to put in her bag. When she got into the dressing room, she took of the price tag. She walked out and started walking towards the door but when she got into the metal detector, she forgot that she forgot to take off the metal part off her dress. She was in a lot of trouble with the police, and her parents. She didnt know that her parent already bought her the dress form before and was about to give to her. But it turned out to get returned.