Letter To Theodore's Writing Report

In paragraph two of “ Learning to Read and Write”, Fredrick Douglass wrote “education and slavery were incompatible with each other.” Fredrick Douglass explained through his writing of his past three reasons why education and slavery do not mix well together. Through storytelling Douglass tells about everyday life with the mistress. First Douglass tells the story on how punishment came with learning from the master’s wife. He talks about how when he was a child that he would sit and read a book. That he would read a book until the master’s wife caught him. When caught by the mistress, she would beat him for reading without permission. Douglass second reason why slavery and education don’t mix is through his tellings about being segregated

The Vietnam War was undeniably huge loss for the United States. This is confirmed by the tens of thousands loss of American men, the excessive period of time it occurred, and it being seemingly unwarranted. The general public protested against the United States’ participation in the Vietnam War. A multitude of people, even those who had participated had frowned upon their involvement. People indicated their antiwar sentiments through different means of expression including music, art, writing. A particularly successful example of said antiwar sentiment includes the letter written by Sandy Kempner. Through the use of sarcasm, Kempner is able to effectively convey his particularly negative view of the war.

Theodore Roethke was born in Saginaw, Michigan on May 25, 1908 to Otto Roethke and Helen Huebner. Along with uncle, his mother and father owned a local greenhouse, where Roethke spent a lot of his childhood days working and playing. He referred to the greenhouse as “my symbol for the whole of life, a womb, a heaven-on-earth” ( ). The greenhouse played a huge role in his poetry. Roethke implies that only after death of the self can people come to realize the true purpose of life, love. Roethke always had stored in the back of his mind “the idea that personal selves were not the focus of time on earth”( ). Therefore, people must experience the death of their selves before they can truly live.

"Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much." Luke 16:10 (NIV)

In “Learning to Read and Write” Frederick Douglass reminisces on his experiences acquiring literacy as he attempts to gain autonomy. He speculates that literacy could also foreshadow danger for him but also that knowledge might hold danger for everyone. Concerning literacy, Douglass writes “Nothing seemed to make her more angry than to see me with a newspaper. She seemed to think that here lay danger”. He uses “seemed” which implies a subjective interpretation of the mistress’s behavior. Later in the essay, Douglass switches to an objective view of her behavior as he proclaims that she “is an apt woman”. The transition between these perspectives of the mistress mirrors his transformation from illiterate to literate. He stops relying on

Throughout much of my life I was a slave to the white man. I was, however, luckier than most. I was able to become a freeman, and have since dedicated my life to the abolition of slavery and oppression in this country. This oppression lives on because of the hypocritical nature in which this country's founding fathers, including you, outlined their independence. Many times throughout your most patriotic document, The Declaration of Independence, you contradict yourself and the ideas that are presented. It appears that the ideals you present are only for those with a white skin such as yours. All other people, for example the American Negro, are not even

1) From these letters to FDR, what can you assume about the effects of the Great Depression on ordinary American families? Be specific.

How can the red man understands the white man’s “dreams” and “visions” when according to Chief Seattle in " Letter to President Pierce," the white man thinks of them as “savages”; therefore, the white man's dreams are hidden from them? The red man do not understand why the white man is expanding into his territory. They do not understand why they are killing the buffaloes that the red man uses for survival. In the essay, Seattle describe how the value of the land is seen differently among both the Indians and the white. Whereas, the red man sees the land to be sacred place that is to be lived on and cherished, the white man just sees it as being the same land wherever he goes; where he can used it and leave it like is nothing of

In “Learning to read and write” Frederick Douglass shares his story about his challenges since he was a child and how he learned to read and write while he was a slave. His enslavers did not want Douglass to lean anything because they didn't want him to know things and didn't want him to become someone valuable. His enslavers thought that slavery and education were not acceptable. Even though Douglass was not permitted to learn to read he did not give up and any opportunity he had to learn he would take it.

took the oath and he brought his excitement into his office. He controlled trusts so small

Theodore Roosevelt is many things; a soldier, nature lover, politician, and author.After watching the videos on Theodore Roosevelt, I found it intriguing on how he was one of the only few presidents to have ever received the Medal of Honor and the Nobel Prize during his lifetime. During which, he had written 35 books and was able to communicate in 6 different languages. Even for a multi-linguist like myself, having the ability to communicate and to maintain the level of knowledge and comprehension needed to be able to speak in those languages fluently gives me a clear picture on Theodore Roosevelt 's capacity as a person. Many viewed him as an Imperialist during his time in office. Since the assassination of President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt felt the need for a great leader in America. Pushed to become a Vice President by fate, granting him limited power-- it seems that Theodore Roosevelt was pushed again to take up the presidency. Theodore Roosevelt 's views on the black man were quite progressive to some extent, I find it interesting how he considered that African-Americans be segregated, but that they would be treated equally. Compared to the South where slavery is law, the North saw that the segregation of the black man was beneficial to society as it made everyone more cooperative with each other. Theodore Roosevelt had once invited Booker T. Washington-- the most popular and most respected African-American in America -- for dinner. This had spurred quite a number

Reading the first letter from Jourdan Anderson, one of the meanings of freedom one can take away from the tone of Anderson’s diction is the freedom to throw shade. Seriously, Anderson is now a free man and thus free to write smugly to his former master, and eloquently so. His letter essentially tells the Colonel there is no chance in hell that he and his family will return to live with the man who previously enslaved them. Anderson also expressed he knew he was already a free man in response to the Colonel promising his freedom upon his return. Anderson states, “there is nothing to be gained on that score, as I got my free papers in 1864 from the Provost-Marshal-General of the Department of Nashville.” That line asserts to the Colonel that going returning to Big Spring would not be advantageous because he can already live freely with his family. He does not need, nor want to return to the Colonel’s home.

The primary source that I chose to document was on Professor Karl’s suggested list of primary sources. The article was titled Theodore Roosevelt on Conservation and can be found on the website http://www.sageamericanhistory.net/progressive/docs/TRonConserv.htm . It is President Theodore Roosevelt’s address to the Seventh Annual Message to Congress which took place on December 3, 1907.

Frederick Douglass is one of the most famous abolitionists of his time. He is an intelligent and strong man, which is represented in his essay, “Learning to Read and Write”. He illustrates how he successfully overcomes tremendous difficulties to become literate in the essay. He believes that education is the key to freedom for slaves. Similarly, non-English speaking immigrants regard education as the essential to get rid of struggles in English in the United States.

Theodore Simon, a French psychologist, was born in Dijon, Burgundy, France on July 10th 1872. He worked alongside Alfred Binet in developing the Binet-Simon scale that has the capability of determining an individual’s intelligence. Particularly, the revision of the Binet-Simon scale was done between 1908 and 1911 and it served as a development template of other new scales. Theodore worked in a number of hospitals in France, such as Dury-les-Amiens and Sainte-Anne hospitals. In addition, he served at St. Yon hospital as the head psychiatrist and worked at Perray-Vaucluse as a medical director until he retired in 1936. Thus, this paper will give an analysis about Theodore Simon, his early life, education, career, and publications.