Telephone Conversation

Q1

The poem starts with an African probably wanting to buy a house or to rent it for a place to stay. But when the African told the landlady he was an African, the attitude of the landlady turned and did not want to sell the house to him anymore. The poem shows colours of the skin. Beside the colour of the skin, the colour also signify racism.

The poem starts with the African who liked the conditions of the house or apartment and that he is willing to buy or rent. But after he told the landlady he loved the house, he made a confession that he was an African. The word "confession" made it seems like the skin colour of the African was something he had done wrong. This shows that the colour signify racism.

Besides that after the speaker had confess, the landlady asked the question "how dark?". This clearly shows that the colour shows racism. From the first stanza of the landlady wanting to rent or sell the house or apartment to the speaker now turns the attitude of the woman in the second stanza. The lady was silence when the African "confess" that he was an African. This shows that the landlady was stunned was she heard that the buyer was a black and the attitude of her quickly changed and that she is not that willing to sell the house to the African. This shows colour of racism.

After the first question, the speaker did not answered. The speaker started to be angry been she is judging his skin colour and probably because of that, she is not willing to sell the house to him. The landlady asked again the same question. This time it made the speaker more angry and the speaker gave her tthe answer of "West African sepia". The lady did not understand and asked back a question of "Is it black?". This shows that the landlady thinks that Africans are always black and this shows that colour of racism.

In conclusion, the colour in the poem not just signify skin colour but also racism , that is owned by the landlady.

Q2

The dialogue in the poem shows different characteristic in both the African and the landlady. It shows the landlady of being racism and not polite, but it shows good characteristic of intelligence and polite in the African.

In the first stanza of the poem, we can see that the African is polite and intelligence. After the African "confessed" that he was an African. The African still described the reply of the landlady as good as possible with "Pressurized good-breeding", "Lipstick coated, long gold rolled". This shows that the African is polite and intelligence as the African used complex words like "Pressurized". This all shows that the African is polite and intelligence.

In the second and third stanza, its shows the landlady's "unpoliteness" and "unpolite" and also the Africans intelligence. After the confession, the landlady replied with a "how black". This clearly shows that the landlady is racism and also not polite to the African. It shows an irony of the conversation. If the African was going to buy the house, he and the landlady shoulkd be discussing about the price, but instead they are discussing the colour of the skin which clearly shows the that the landlady is racism. The second stanza also shows difficult words used by the African to described the surrounding of the African during the conversation. This clearly shows that the African is well-educated and intelligence.

In the last stanza, it show the intelligence of the African. In the end of the poem the African describes the colour of him that he had "blonde palm and sole", "brunette facial" and a "black raven bottom" to the landlady because the landlady asked. And after that the African end the conversation with a "would you rather see for your self?" to the landlady and this shows that the African is intelligence.

In conclusion, the whole poem shows that the the African is intelligence with the difficult words used by the African and the landlady in racism from the attitude changed after the African confessed about his skin colour.

3Q

The poem starts with a conversation of an African and a landlady discussing about the house that the African is interested. But after the confession, the landlady probably decided not to sell the house to the speaker. But after the conversation, the African in the end won the conversation.

In the end of the poem after the confession, the landlady asked "how black" is the African twice and this made the African mad and gave the reply of "West African Sepia". The landlady did not understand and though that all Africans were black. This can be seen by the reply made by the landlady of "that's dark, isn't it?" But after the African describes the colour of him. He ended the conversation with a "wouldn't you rather see for yourself?" . This sentences shows sarcastic behind the meaning of it.

In conclusion, the way the African reacted showed that the African was well-educated and that the African won the conversation in the end.

Harper Lee

a. Born in 1926

b. Pursued a law of degree at the University of Alabama but did't complete it

Devoted herself to writing in 1958

c. To Kill a Mocking Bird

d. Pulitzer Prize in1961

Voted "Best Novel of the Century" by Library Journal in 1999

Made a movie in 1962

e. TKAM is a significant novel to her as it is her only novel and it is known by the world.

Trials of a true Southern Belle and Southern Gentlemen

a. The Southern Belle must know how to cook, do needle work and must also know ball dance skill, while the southern gentlemen must be polite, honest, kind and also repect a lady.

b. Southern Belle would do nothing.

c.

d. Calpurnia is a southern belle as she has good culinary skills and Atticus is a southern gentleman as he respect not just Anut Alexandra but also everyone around him. Bob Ewell is not a southern gentlemen as he raped woman and disrespected Atticus by spitting on him.

Montgomery Bus Boycott and Scottsboro trials

a) 1. It stared with a African woman not willing to give up her sit to a White. The woman was arrested. In the end, the civil right movement won and it was significant because it was the first victory of the US Civil Right Movement.

2. The first trail caused all but Roy Wright to be sentenced to death, the second trail caused 4 out of 9 to drop out of charge. All but 2 served prison. The rested were killed. It is significant as it is widely considered to be a miscarriage of justice that led to the end of all-white juries in the south.

b) The novel also shows trails and that the black was in the end dead.

c) All of them are about racism and racial discrimination.

The Civil Rights Movement

a)Took place from 1950s - 1980s

b)The civil rights movement was a worldwide political movement for equality before the law.

c) 1. The civil rights movement in United States aimed to to abolish public and private acts of racial discrimination.

2. The civil rights movement in Northern Ireland settle the tensions between the Catholic and Protestant community.

d) John F.Kennedy

e)In the end, African-American can now have more rights and can hold office to good jobs.

f)In To Kill a Mocking Bird it shows a white who is trying to prove a black's innocent and helping him to prove the things he did not done.

Research on Slavery, The Civil War and Jim Crow's Laws

Slavery

a. When and how did slavery begin the southern state?

During 1600's, the southern states had large plantation that grew cotton and other crops. These plantation needed many people to take care of. Thus, Africans began to be shipped to the southern states to work in the plantation.

b.Which country were the slaves brought from?

The slaves were brought from Africa.

c.Who traditionally bought and owned the slaves?

The North Americans traditionally bought and owned the slaves.

d.Were there laws/rules that the slaves had to abide by? If yes what were they?

Yes. The slaves could not read and write because the owner did not want them to think of escaping. The slaves did could not have a weapon because they were scare that the slaves shoot their owners. If the slaves were caught escaping, the owner will beat and slash the slaves. In conclusion the rules and laws that the slaves needed to abide was to prevent them from escaping and shows that the whites wanted control over the slaves.

e.How does the notion of slavery relate to the novel? Does the study of slavery help you to understand the novel better?

Because of the incident of slavery, the white took control of the black and these effect the point of the view of the white to the black. The white look down on the blacks. In the novel, slavery started the whole case where a white accused a black man for doing something he did not do. This shows the white look down at the black and though he can do anything the the black.

The Civil War

a.Identify the southern states.

Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas.

b.Who was the US president who proclaimed war against the South?

Abraham Lincoln was the US president who proclaimed war against the South.

c.Why was the Civil War fought?

The war was fought over the freedom of the slaves in the south.

d.When was the Civil War fought?

The Civil War was fought in 1861.

e.What was the outcome of the war?

The south surrender and the slavery was abolished.

f.How does the Civil Rights movement relate to the novel?

The Civil War is related to the novel as in the novel, Jem and Scout are fighting for a black, which is similar to the North fighting for the blacks slaves in the South.

Jim Crow's Laws

a.What/Who is Jim Crow?

Jim Crow was the name of the racial caste system.

b.What were Jim Crow Laws?

Jim Crow Laws was a set of rules targeted towards the black, making them look like they are second class.

c.What was the response of the slaves and the Blacks to these laws?

The blacks felt unfair and tried to break the law but failed.

d.Do we see the Jim Crow laws surface in the novel? If so then in which part of the novel?

Yes. The black and whites go to different churches.

Theme of Comic

- Why did you choose the different pictures or background(s)?I choose the background of the Earth (normal streets) and outer space (Mars) to show that we must not litter anywhere even outer space.- How do they contribute to the elements (plot, setting, characterization) of your narrative?It shows that we could not litter anywhere and there are people who don't like litter, even the aliens don't like litter!
- How did you make use of the different elements to contribute to the theme you have chosen?I use the alien and the cute cartoon to combine with the nice background to make a nice blend on the comic which shows that the place is clean and with the eaten apple. There are also a person and an alien there telling him "Don't Litter!".

Thoughts on Messy Room by Shel Silverstein

What do you think about this poem? Don't you think that we, humans are always pushing the blame to others even though that was WE that committed it? Why can't we just admit it?

I am going to share with you a true story that happened in my middle school . . . . . . .

My school was an ordinary school and my class is also an ordinary class, with ordinary teacher, and ordinary students and ordinary tables, chairs . . . . . . you must get the point. Anyway, my school was a plain and boring school. And in any ordinary class, there would always be people that bully the little ones and that's was what happened in my class. One morning when we all went for P.E. , one of the naughty student stayed in class and played with his basketball. When I was walking to the track, I found out that I had left my wallet in the classroom. I quickly ran upstairs to get my wallet.

Suddenly, I heard a sound of glass breaking. And guess what, when I went upstairs, it was the naughty student who did it. The naughty student saw me and quickly grabbed me. He said if I told anyone, he would kill me. I was so scared that I almost peed in my own pants. We went down for P.E. and after an enjoyable time in P.E. , all the students heard the news of the broken glass. I wanted to tell someone, but I was so scared. When the teacher came in and asked who did it, the naughty student blame my best friend. I was so mad, so upset and also so scared.

And the naughty succeeded in blaming my best friend and my best friend had to pay the broken glass plus a detention.

After listening to that story, you might be thinking that how human being had the heart to do all this kinds of things, hurting others and also hurting himself. Well this must be one way of the human being, whenever something goes wrong, they will always point to others and blame them.

But not all human being are like that. Some of them have a kind heart and they have integrity.

In conclusion, I agree with Shel Silverstein that most of the human being will blame others for doing bad stuff and this might have became a habit to US !!!

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