nypd

I agree with everything this guy is saying. i think its a bad thing to stop someone of a different race just because they think different races look threatening. its horrible that he has to worry about the cops stopping and searching him. he has to worry about this all the time that is why he has to be scared. the cops wont leave him alone.cops are supposed to make us feel safe, not nervous and scared. i have to say, after reading this I've lost all respect for all of the cops that have randomly and violently stopped him

NYPD

I thought that this was very interesting. I would looked back at the crucible before this and think to myself that it is a good thing that in the modern world this does not exist. But after reading this my mindset completely changed. In the crucible and in this story, officials judge a person before a trial, then have a trial, which at the end of the day was useless. In both this and the crucible the judges or officials judge the person before the trial even though it is illegal and immoral to do so.

Killer Angels Intro

1) title and author? date published?

Killer Angels by Michael Shaara 1974

2) general purpose of this book?

The general purpose of this book is to educate us about the civil war and also give the reader a picture of what it was like to fight during the civil war

3) narrative hook? quote it.

Yes, the narrative hook was the author telling us that a huge army is comming to attack the Union
4) define five key words from the opening chapter.

Premise - a judgement as a conclusion

Prefix - to attach at the beginning

salvage - any act of saving property

stultify - to give an appearance of foolishness to

buffoon - a clown

5) is your book any good?

My first expression of this book was that it went really slow, but i was wrong the plot quickly rose and got me more and more interesed

Killer Angels Update

The confederate army just crossed the North-South border, the Union Army quickly received word due to the amount of spies they had waiting there. They had to do something quickly so they sent out some troops to slow them down, it was immoral of General Lee to do that because he knew they would all die. Days later and the confederate army kept marching towards the Union Army's main base. The Union Army met them at Gettysburg, PA; where the great battle would take place.

discolor - to stain

ire - wrath

Invoke - to call on for assistance or protection

meticulous - over cautious

mettle - courage

Turning Point of Killer Angels

The turning point of this book happens almost right away. In the first chapter the Union Army finds out that the Confederate Army is coming to attack; However, that is not the turning point happens later on in the book. The turning point is very obvious, it happens when the Confederate Army crosses the North-South border, right when they cross it, everything else changes.

Diligent - serious or a serious person

Vex - annoying

Abase - to lower in position

abdicate - to give up

forgo - to deny oneself

NYPD

I don’t think there is such thing as witches today. Some people will say there are for attention but I do not think there are any witches. In the witch trials in Salem, a lot of people died for being witch. I don’t know why the man was being chased around for no reason. I think it is more of a racist issue if anything because it was an offense everything on a black person.

the murder in the rue morgue

the first part of the story, dupin follows his friend's minds and guessing what he is exactly thinking. i was very impressed by this logical power. i felt his profound knowledge of myths science and of course literature. and then the mystery solving parts it was very impressing too. two women (mother and daughter) were murdered brutally in their house in the rue morgue. however, the police have difficulties finding the murderer, due to special circumstances which is the locked room.

so dupin with his special brain solves the problem and finds the murderer.

the murder in the rue morgue

The room was on the fourth floor, and the door was locked - with the key on the inside. The windows were closed and fastened on the inside. The chimney was too narrow for a cat to get through. So how did the murderer escape? And whose were the two angry voices heard by the neighbours as they ran up the stairs? Nobody in Paris could find any answers to this mystery.
Except Auguste Dupin, who could see further and think more clearly than other people. The answers to the mystery were all there, but only a clever man could see them.

i really like this kind of story. i realize that not only human being can be a murder

Pit and the Pendulum

There are two trials. The first on is a pit and basically is a hole filled with darkness not letting the accused man know if he will die or not. The second trial is a pendulum, it is like a giant round ax swinging on top of him getting closer and closer. The pendulum was worse because you know your gonna die and when, The author uses the pendulum to his advantage because a pendulum will become more and more dangerous depending on how close it gets to you. "Upon my recovery, too, I felt very -- oh, inexpressibly sick and weak, as if though long inanition." I like this because I like the location it is in compassion to the story and i think it is very well written. Out of all the Edgar Allan Poe stories we read, i liked Tell Tale Heart better because it was most interesting to me.

Turning Point in Pompeii

In this book, the turning point is definitely when Atillius goes to Pliny and asks for the ships that will take him to Vesuvius to inspect the aqueduct. They all theorize together, and figure out where the place must be where the damage was caused. They plan the expedition and plan on leaving for Vesuvius in the morning.

Ny Times Article

I think comparing this article to the crucible is very easy. The cops are acting as Abigail and not understand or treating the man fairly. Also i think how they stopped the man three times is stupid. Just because they assumed he did something doesn't mean you can arrest him. They could have suspicions but just because he did some things that could have been related doesn't mean they can just assume.

Modern Day Witch Hunt?

I think that this man does have a point. He is making a hefty claim that the police were picking on him for no other reason than that he was an African American. I feel bad for the man and what really got me was when he said that he always wanted to be a police officer as a child. But when he grew up and became a man, he saw how the police abused their power and pulled him over and patted him down and searched him without a warrant, and for no other reason than probably because he is African American. It gave me a totally different outlook on the police after reading this article. It doesn't mean that every police man does this and is like this, but I still lost some respect, and I believe that the police should only search someone if they have an actual reason, not just because of somebody's race.