Animal Farm Feedback

Tyranny can be defined as a harsh act. The animals in the farm took over the farm by literally kicking Mr. Jones out. The one day the animals were underfed, and snuck into the food supply, they were about to be kicked out by Jones' men. But the hungry animals had had enough and they literally started to kick Jones and his men out of the farm and down the road. Injustice could be defined as unfair to others. In this case, it would be with the animals and the humans. The animals would be doing all the work in the farm, working from dawn. Some would only love a few years to work, then be killed to eat. Or just sold to other owners. It wasnt fair, the humans controlled everything on the farm, to their liking, for profit. The animals on the farm, especially the major, disliked all this and then established that "Anything on four legs is a friend, Anything on two legs is an enemy." It was because of this that the animals decided to overthrow Jones. Self determination can be defined as deciding on your own, or with a group, and then be determined to do an act. In this case, it would be with the animals all determined to kick out Mr. Jones, together. After the meeting late at night, about Majors dream, the farm animals had decided to take over the farm, and the farm would be ruled by them someday, but they didnt know when or how to do it exactly. And it all happened, randomly one day when the animals couldnt take enough. They didnt realise it until Jones had gone down the end of the road that they had done what they were all determined to do.

Stuck, trapped in the midst of war
Everywhere I turn,
Rifles fire, bullets blaze
Through a sky turned into a sheet of black
My mind is lost
And I cant get out.

The choking black smoke clouding the air,
That once was full of blue,
Soldiers crouched on the ground,
Like tigers waiting to attack.
I’m stuck here,
I can’t get out.

The mud-filled trenches
The gashing blood red wounds.
The horrified yells that are hidden
By echoes of shots
Blasts and
Bangs.

It’s my duty to serve,
Serve my country,
My countries allies
Respect my countries decisions
No matter what fate lies ahead.
Death, Destruction, Fear



















I must obey my duty.
To fight or die.

Military Feedback

It is the hardest way to become an American citizen: fighting for a country that is not yet yours, and in some cases dying for it.

In America, joining the military is not madatory like in other places. Its optional. Though, almost every american citizen is required to sign uo for a selective service because if there ever was a war, they would have options to call other people to the battle ground. In the war in Afghanistan, almost 73 non american citizens have lost their lives fighting for their 'soon-to-be' country. The only time I would actually join the army was if I was drafted to, for a small war.

Overall, joining the military is not going to be something i'm going to do in my future, but for quite a lot of people, joining the military is either mandatory, or a sign that your on your way of becoming a 'true' citizen for your country. Other times, people are forced in because the government needs more troops up front, and people must to serve their country.

Alliances Cartoon Analysis

The main visual elements are the two kings in the middle trading valuables with the people from different countries around them. Italy, Russia, Turkey the UK are the distinct countries circling around the men from Germany and the Austro Hungarian Empire. Also, on the side you see the girl on the side crying, and it doesn’t look like the man from turkey is trading anything either, but instead, just sitting out. The issue this political cartoon is about is how not all countries are wealthy enough to trade or even become alliances with other countries. It seems like the one crying on the sidelines isn’t from a very powerful country, and so she doesn’t have anything to trade. I think the cartoonists opinion about the issue is that not all countries in the world have a fair chance with the trading, regardless of being allies or not. The evidence the cartoonist has given is that all the strong countries are the ones trading with the other powerful countries. Austro Hungary, the UK, Russia, and Italy are all trading with each other, but Turkey is out. It also seems like the girl crying on the side is not from a powerful country. The cartoonist could have added in a few more countries there to show the powerful and non powerful countries, also maybe said which country was which more clearly.
This cartoon is a lot like the great powers game because powerful countries made allies with other strong countries, and traded and made negotiations with those strong countries too. Also, if the country was weak, not many people would want to be allies with them either, because if they didn’t have enough wealth to buy industries they wouldn’t be any help in a war.

Great Powers Game Debrief

1) I was the Austro Hungarian Empire with Petr. We didnt buy too many industries too show off our 'power' but went along with more armies. Countries like the U.K and U.S had more of an advantage because they had greater power and alliances to begin with. Our empire's power was said to be 'great'.
2) I think it was important to have a balance of both armies and industries, but in the long run probably armies. If a country has only industries, but no armies, they're not going to win an unexpected war that might come their way. Which was what happened to Russia.
3) I think we had a pretty good balance of the industries and armies. One 'year' we would either buy more armies, then the next year more industries or colonies.
4) Our empire never really needed any help until the end, but there was quite a lot of betrayal going on with the other countries. We were alliances with the Ottomans, the U.K and Japan throughout. (They never attacked us, but didnt exactly help in the end either). But we were all betrayed by the U.S who took sides with the others when things were looking bad for us. In the end, the Austro Hungarians, were defeated in an unexpected war with Germany, with no help from our alliances. :\
5) Three specific things I learned:
You never know who you can really trust
When it comes to power, people will betray you, even if they were alliances
The more power you try to show off, more likely you'll be attacked.

Reflection and Quarter 3 goals

Last quarter my two goals in humanities were to:
1) Get at least an A- in humanities that quarter
2) Participate more in class

I couldn't achieve my first goal, because my grade was still in the B range. My second grade didn't go all that well either because most of the time we were in our Africa groups to finish up research papers or Power points.

This quarter my new goals are:
1) Read more books for AR
2) Be more organized with my work. (Homework and Classwork)
3) To get more than a B grade

If i organize my work more, it should help me get homework and class work done on time and be more thorough. Which should help my grade rise too.