Wednesday, April 22, 2009

IBM and PC

IBM: According to Jeffrey Gettlemen in "The Perfect Weapon", ". . . Children like Beah are being swept into armed conflict, robbed of their childhoods, and used to fight for greed and power" (1).

PC ". . . Children like Beah are being swept into armed conflict, robbed of their childhoods, and used to fight for greed and power" (Gettleman 1).

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Paraphrasing Example

Paraphrase: The conflict between the Janjaweed and the Sudan Movement Army located in Darfur has been deemed by the U.N. as the "World's worst humanitarian crisis."
Within the last year this conflict has effected the country of Chad, causing hundreds of thousands of Chadian's lives to be devestated.

Direct Quote: "The war in Darfur had led to what the U.N. has called the 'world's worst humanitarian crusis' Over the past year, the conflict had spread into Chad, and hundreds of thousands of Chadians have become refugees in their own country" (Polgreen 19)

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Caesar Blog II

Antony's conjectural speech was a speech that contained some logical points, but for the most part played on the feeble minds and emotions of the crowd. While he tactfully insists that he is not a good orator, the truth is that he masterfully belittles Brutus and his claims, with the repeating phrase "Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man" (87). In one of the rare points in his speech he presents questionable examples such as "When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept" (88). This highly unlikely point demonstrates the devices that Antony realized he must have used in order to rile the crowds and have his revenge. He further goes on to recognize the event when Caesar denied the crown three times, which humorously enough originated as a plot to stir up the dimwitted Roman people. While contrasting Brutus' speech in not only in length, but in logical and truthful claims, Mark Antony's funeral speech should certainly be considered successful; for it had exactly the effect of rioting that was subversively aimed for.