Last American Man Chapter 8 response

The reason why the apprentices dislike Eustace so much revolve around a few key things. The first is that Eustace is a hard worker so he naturally demands that his workers do the same, or even more. And second is that Eustace has extremely high standards and hates it when any of his apprentices make such a big screw up that costs him a lot of money, that when he tells them they should pay him back for the costs they get extremely offended by why Eustace cares more about a possession then them. I would definitely not like to work for him because of all that he demands, and the amount of money I might owe if something goes wrong and I mess up. I can see why anyone would want to for him, they would learn intense skills that only a person like Eustace could teach, but at the price that Eustace makes anyone pay, price as in physical and mental pain and only money if you screw up and break something, is just too big, I could not stand one week out with Eustace, I would probably go insane.

Last American Man Chapter 7 response

The reason why Eustace wants to ride across the country on his horse is an interesting tale indeed. Eustace has always devised plans on breaking down walls and enter the consciousness of every kind of American. He had traveled across America on foot but never experienced the intimacy as traveling by horse, the horse was the ultimate icebreaker and was also the one way he could break down these walls easily. One significant thing that happens to Eustace, his brother, and Susan on their trip is the incident of Peter Rabbit the mule. Peter, like all mules, was intelligent to the point that he made some decisions that caused Eustace to go literally ape on Peter. It was after Peter had kicked Judson that Eustace and Peter faced off each attacking the other until Eustace got Peter tied up and did some things that to a person just walking by, would seem like Eustace was beating this animal to death. This event was important because it showed how Eustace’s relationship with nature is so strong that he can tango with a mule and win.

Last American Man Chapter 6 response

It’s been a rocky road for Eustace as he continues to run Turtle Island. But as he continues to run the island, things start happening, he starts losing his control on things and starts stressing out to the point that it is affecting other people. The pressure is affecting Eustace in many ways, but mainly it’s affecting his ability to operate Turtle Island. To others though, the increased pressure that is affecting Eustace is starting spread and is making other people hesitant and unwilling to come. With these things occurring due to Eustace’s increased stress, only more stress comes from it.

Last American Man chapter 5 response

When Eustace starts Turtle Island, he has a rough time before he actually gets anyone to come, but even a harder time getting the money to buy up the acres that made Turtle Island. But what Eustace accomplished through building Turtle Island was amazing. He first talked to his dad for the first time in a while for giving him a loan to buy the acres, and succeeded. Second is that Eustace worked so hard to build up his land, and his promotion to the public so that he could get people to come to Turtle Island. In the end Turtle Island made Eustace a much stronger and confident person, even though he was extremely confident to begin with. The building of Turtle Island also allows him to teach the multitudes of Americans about what being a true American is all about. In one passage he tells a child when he was teaching a group how to set up traps to get food that no animal is harmless, unlike some humans I know of. All of these things help Eustace solidify his dream, and his purpose in life.

Emerson First Response

After I finished reading from Ralph Emerson’s Nature, I found that Chapter 1 was very intriguing to me. I must confess that this was some of the most mind wrenching literature I have ever read, and I found Shakespear to be somewhat difficult, but what made me so fascinated were the quotes that Emerson wrote.“Man beholds somewhat as beautiful as his own nature.” This quote truly spoke to me as when translated, it means that man holds the glory of nature within all of us, even though we can’t touch it, we still all have it. Another quote that just jumped right out at me was,” The sky is less grand as it shuts down over less worth in the population.” This quote when translated means that as we humans grow and our technology advances to new levels, we stop paying attention to the wonder that sparked the inventions, only the inventions matter now. With all of the splendors of nature around us, when did a blooming rose become less interesting then a new iPod? Time will only tell.

Minority group thoughts and responses

While I began thinking of ideas for the minority empowerment paper and what kind of group I would choose to write about, I needed to get a good idea of what kind of groups were actually in Indianapolis, and the rest of Indiana. My first thought was about the downtown area of Indianapolis, and the condition it is in for the people who live there, so I thought about choosing a group that would empower the minorities there so that they could get aid and someday grow beyond that point. A good group that I considered choosing, and is very possible my actual choice, is the Indianapolis urban league, which is about making a change for the minorities in the downtown area.

Fourth of July response

After reading What the A Slave is the Fourth of July, I came to understand what Douglous meant during his passage. Douglous believes that The Fourth of July to a slave is a figurative slap in the face because when the colonies gained independence from Britain, only the colonists obtained their freedom, while the slaves went from slaves to Britain and then to the colonists, to just being slaves to the colonists, they gained absolutely no independence. With this thought, The Fourth of July is a day to hate for the slaves and when making a slave bear through a day that celebrates someone else’s independence while you are still shackled to the oppression of slavery, while you are expected to smile and celebrate in a very limited fashion. That is what Douglous thinks about the Fourth of July.

Personal Slave response

The passage that I feel most represented slavery in the book was when Linda met Luke. Luke was another slave but with a terrible master who beat him for the most moronic and superfluous reasons. And when Luke’s master started to get weak from sickness and barely had any energy to do anything at all but to survive, he still, still found some energy to beat Luke for stupid and moronic reasons, or calling someone else to do it for him. After Linda saw this she was extremely appalled by this act, especially all the beatings when this old sick man was on his deathbed. That is what I feel is the passage that represents slavery most in the book.

Final Slave response

Finally at the end of Incidents in the life of a Slave Girl, Linda gets her freedom, but in a interesting way. Linda finds out that she was sold for $300 and that she was now free and would not be hunted again. Which would make one think,” I am finally free! Nothing can go wrong from here on out!” But instead Linda has some conflicting and mixed up feelings over the matter. The reason why she has these mixed feelings is because she doesn’t know what to do with her life, she is now free, when the only thing she has know was slavery and running away from being enslaved again, what is there to do now that this thing that was ruling her life is now gone? And that is why Linda has some mixed up feeling at the end of the book.