I think the theme of this book is work as hard as u can. You never know what can happen.
March 2008
March 19, 2008
March 19, 2008
1. we were not regularly allowanced. our food was coarse corn meal boiled. This was called mush. It was put into a large wooden tray or trough, and set doewn upon the ground. The children were then called, like so many pigs, and like so many pigs they would come and devour the mush; some with oyster-shells, others with pieces of shingle, some with naked hands , and none with spoons. He that ate fastest got most; he that was strongest secured the best place; and few left trough satisfied. This is an important passage because it shows that the slaves really didn’t have any food. It shows that the slaves were treated as pigs. 2. Going to live at Baltimore laid the foundation, and opened the gateway, to all my subsequent prosperity. I have ever regarded it as the first plain manifestation of that kind providence which has ever since attended me, and marked my life with so many favors. This is an important passage because it shows that he thought Baltimore was going to change his life. And it did.3.My new mistress proved to be all she appeared when I first met her at the door,- a women of the kindest heart and finest feelings. She had never had a slave under her control previously to myself, and prior to her marriage she had been dependent upon her own industry for living. This is an important passage because it shows who the new mistress was.
March 19, 2008
pg.20 His master was known to be his father. This is important because Frederick could be really related to his Master. But, even if he was related to his master but he could not love him.
pg.23 He watched his aunt get whipped. This is important because it changed Fredericks life.
pg.39 The slave gets shot. This is important because it really tells the reader that slavery is very important and brutal.
Pg.47 Frederick moved to Baltimore. This is important because this is when he starts to learn how to read.
pg.52 The mistress starts to be mean. This is important because frederick doesnt really know why she starts to be mean. He has no idea.
pg.51 He learns to read. This is important because it changes his life all together
March 7, 2008
Rape has become one of the biggest crimes against women in
Darfur. It has given another way for the Janjaweed military to attack darfurians again. The janjaweed has already taken people out of their homes. The Women in
Darfur must keep collecting fire wood, water or working from the fields. While doing this, the women in
Darfur and also the children are in jeopardy of getting raped, beat or death. Hundreds of Rapes have been reported and are still increasing. Yet there are still more then hundreds of women and children that have and can get raped but won’t have a chance to report it. In a place where rape is a big place, their own families and town often dislike them. These ungrateful women have been forced to leave their town and also get punished for prohibited pregnancy as a consequence of being raped. A story of Mrs.Mariam Musa Mariam Musa is among the many other women in
Darfur who have been raped. Mariam Musa is a different kind of victim. One day, Ms. Musa walked into the deep forest, collecting the best firewood for her family, humming her favorite tune. Back at her village, everything was on fire and even some of her family members were killed. The vicious Janjaweed, who also destroyed their water supply and all their things, attacked them. As Mariam was walking back to her village she noticed smoke and wonder what had happened. As she got closer she realized her village had been attacked, she wondered where he family had spread to. Suddenly she was wrestled to the ground. Before she knew it several lashes had hit her. She was also tied and sent to a place she was not familiar with. Apparently she had become a prisoner of the militia. She was put to work for eight days and repeatedly raped by the militia men until she couldn’t take it anymore. She was going to escape. For the next six days she walked towards a refugee camp in
Chad called Djabal camp. “I was so petrified. I didn’t know what to do. My conscience told me to run away but I pictured myself being shot dead by the mean-looking men,” she says. “But at the same time I could not take their harsh treatment anymore and decided to rubbish their threats to kill me if attempted an escape. I did not care about what would happen to me. All I wanted was freedom. So I escaped.”
March 2, 2008
China is under international pressure to help end the Darfur killings. China made a very rare call to Sudan to allow foreign peacekeepers to deploy to their reigon. China went to Darfur and realized how bad the situation really is. They are urging Sudan to make a peace keeping. “Rolling out the hybrid peacekeeping operation and resolving the Darfur issue require the joint efforts of all sides,” Liu Guijin told China’s official Xinhua new agency. “First, the Sudan government should cooperate better with the international community and demonstrate greater flexibility on some technical issues. Next anti-government organisations in the Darfur region should return to the negotiationg table.”
March 2, 2008
China is trying to encourage the rebels in Darfur to come to a peace talk with the Sudanese Government. China is the largest buyer of Sudanese oil. And is also the biggest weapons supplier to Sudan. Some people have argued that China is the biggest reason that the Sudanese government have not stopped the Darfur killings.