Rosen 2

Left out of John Lewis's Walking with the Wind was a disclosure of exactly how women were treated within SNCC. Lewis did discuss sex, drugs, and briefly discussed women's roles but made little issue of it. Rosen's take on the sex was more articulate. According to Rosen sex within the organization was very layered. For some interracial sex occurred for the thrill, some were interested for just crossing the taboo grounds. Other times, northern white women were told to keep sex quite as it would ruin the reputations of the black men within SNCC. There were other women who were told to be successful organizers they needed to sleep with the men in SNCC to show their devotion. This was a very common sexual occurrence. Unlike men women had to validate themselves sexually to prove their loyalty to the organization. I wonder why this never made Lewis's book?

Rosen 1

Women during the 1950's had different sexual roles than men. Women were supposed to have the meeker role while men were the acceptable aggressor. There was a standard that women were supposed to follow. The order went from men giving the pen, to the class ring, to the Varsity jacket, to the fraternity letters, then engagement..or something like that. This signified the steps of the relationship. During these stages physical activity went from holding hands, to kissing , to necking, and ended with "heavy petting." Each physical stage correlated with each symbolic gift that was received by the female. All this was a supposed LIE, but nonetheless the standard in which women were held to. Thank God, times have changed I never made varsity, never had a class ring, and never considered a fraternity.

Lewis 4

A sad ending to a fantastic book. It was disappointing to find that Lewis left SNCC, or more so SNCC had no more use of him. A man who was there from the beginning at sit-ins in local coffee shops to signing contracts with Rosa Parks, Dr. MLK Jr., and President Johnson, became an inconvenience for the organization which he helped found. His legacy he leaves behind is that any one can start a revolution. At any time, or any place it merely takes a small group of individuals to unite and over come injustice and despite the size of the obstacle, there is no barrier to high. And, it can all start with one.

Lewis 3

The genuine nature of Lewis character becomes clouded as the chapters progress. Certainly, he is a man worthy of great respect and admiration, but as with notoriety and power, a certain of amount of ego takes hold of Lewis. The day of Lewis gives his speech in DC was a very momentous time for him. As he had been stating in previous chapters he was merely observing, remaining silent until his time to speak. He did speak, and gives a very empowering speech, the best speech of the day as he recalls. Dr. King follows. Lewis refers to King's speech that day as mediocre and only salvaged it by the "I have a Dream" portion which as Lewis was recalls not even one of his greatest speeches. He later states Malcolm X condemned the peaceful resisters and curtailing their actions and words for white society. Lewis claims X was referring to Lewis himself. There are many ways to look at all these events and many opinions that can be gathered; however as Lewis conveys he would like nothing for himself in return, after years of service at this point he maybe demanding more respect than what he has been getting, from more than just the white society.

Lewis 2

In response to Q#6
The protesters do not respond press charges against their attackers for the same reason they do not strike back. There is a broader message that is attempting to be conveyed, and responding to this force with force puts the movement on a personal level. As when Lewis is struck he viewed the blood from his lip was not from he himself, it was blood for the movement. Nor did Lewis put blame on the attacker, it was the system that was blame. Unless the authorities were willing to arrest the system, Lewis was content on continuing on his way spreading his message. The importance of the movement was to make the travesty of black suffrage known on a broad of scale as possible, and as peaceful as possible.

Lewis 1

Lewis' love and devotion towards his family is one of his most admirable characteristics. As a young adult Lewis was introduced to Dr. MLK Jr upon the desegregation of Troy State. King offered to assist Lewis in his protest along with the help of the NAACP. As proud of Lewis as his parents were, more so they were afraid. Like many blacks during this time, those who spoke out were often persecuted by vigilante justice. Lewis viewed this as a risk worth taking, but after much contemplation he could not feasibly place his family in such harms way.

**I really could not think of much to write about however, next to The Autobiography of Malcolm X, this has to be the best autobiography I've ever read and only 100 pages in.

Douglass 2

As a fugitive slave Douglass experiences a new life within the "freedom" of the north. Once in Baltimore Douglass attends a church service in New Bedford, Ma where he hopes to be united brother to brother with all man. Whether he is once again naive to the ways of the world or sets the reader up to believe he would be joined arm and arm with mankind in the north is uncertain. Nevertheless, he along with other "colored" men are ostracized within the church congregation, where he is treated as a subordinate creed under the eyes of God. Douglass leaves and vows not to return. Douglass learns here, that equality is far from a right of passage simply by escaping the chains of the plantation.

Capt Audt

Douglass view of religion is naive. He strongly perceives that once Audt finds religion, Douglass days of hardship will end. He trust that church will save him, and he his humbled. Yet when his the Capt finds religion, he almost naively assumes the Capt will repent for his ways. However, Douglass is still in his adolescence at this point and although exposed to much inhumanity still is immature in some regards.

Douglass 1

From what Douglass has learned of being enslaved is that those who are whipped, are those who allow themselves to be whipped. A slave who defends themselves against the slave master may suffer immediately but in the end will be left alone. One who allows themselves to beat without reaction, will continue to be beat. Douglass later learns from this. For six months Douglass' slave master, Covey beat and tortured him without remorse. Douglass has a breaking point and battles Covey for several hours in a one on one fight. After that day and for the next 6 months Covey lays not a finger on Douglass. This is Douglass' not only greatest step into manhood, but also in establishing himself as an independent free man.

Lincoln 1

Lincoln is strongly opposed to slavery being permitted in the Kansas-Nebraska territory. Lincoln views the nation is being hypocritical. Under the Declaration of Independence America established itself as a free country, yet there are provisions for slavery. If America established itself as the new world leader of independence, what country would value the sincerity of the U.S. by allowance of slavery. Lincoln recognizes the text in the Constitution which allows a “ PERSON HELD TO SERVICE OR LABOR” yet feels this has been taken to an extreme, and has been far removed from its context. According to Lincoln, the framers were adamantly opposed to using the word SLAVE in the Constitution. A small reference was included to reference established slaves, and as technology would advance slavery would then end.

Experience

In Experience Emerson delivers the statement "Dream delivers us to dream, and there is no end to illusion" (228). By this Emerson means one's future has endless possibilities. Yet man does not not believe this. Instead he recognizes some of the possibilities and acts with in few of them. Emerson could also mean that man may also recognize his possibilities and and chose to be content where he is. Emerson strays away from his Self Reliance where he empowers man to stray from societal norms. In Experience he trust that mas has already found independence from social construction, he now crticizes on how one perceives the world and questions man contentment within it.

Self Relience

As a person who has been to over 41 states, 35 countries and 5 continents I really enjoyed Self Reliance. One of the greatest passages in Emerson's Self Reliance are his thoughts on traveling. “Traveling is a fool's paradise.” The average person feels often feels entitled to a vacation. Emerson combats this expressing that the greatest vacation one can take is right where he lives. The vacationer often travels to escape sadness or to find relief. Emerson points that this only enables a man to find sadness in two places, home and now where he has traveled. A person of true character can work to resolve these differences where they are rooted, saving time and money and still getting to dream about where ever they want to go.

Federal Farmer

The Federal Farmer cites a difference between a federal and consolatory government. The Farmer encourages citizens to support the federal style government and be weary of a consiladated one. Under a Federation, each state would govern themselves independently yet belong to the same government. A consolidated government is similar, also known as a Republic, would govern themselves independently, yet would fall jurisdiction to the federal government; this is to include money, commerce, laws and taxation. This is unlike a confederation where there is no central government, essentially all players belong to the same team without a coach, and all positions are equal.
Federal Farmer has quite disdain for framers of the Constitution for valid reasons, primarily so easily handing over natural rights to the government. The Anti-Federalist do leave out an important concept where the federalist set a strong precedent. The future of America. In Federal farmer's letter he strongly encourages America to stay "13 strong, " and question the ways of the Federalist. His major flaws is he does not offer enough solutions. The intent of the letter was to make the public aware. Possibly if propositions were stated to a greater degree, supporting the Anti-Federalist movement, America could have been a different nation.

Federalist #51

In Federalist 51, Madison states it is his vision to keep each branch of government nearly independent of one another. Madison first contends the majority of positions should be elected, except for the judiciary. The judicial offices are appointed by the president, and consented by the senate. These offices are considered "life" terms, therefore should not fall influence of the other 2 branches. To avoid corruption, each branch should also not be dependent on the other for salary. Additionally, Madison states in a Republic, the legislative branch is always the strongest. In order to break down the power within this body, Madison proposed to divide this house into 2, and create separate elections for both houses, this is to include term limits.
Madison's major purpose of this essay was convincing the public there would be no tyranny. There was a new strategy of governance, within the separation of powers and people could now govern themselves. This was possible without any legislative body becoming to large and possibly ruling the other 2. A very radical and powerful ideology.

Federalist #2

It is empowering to read John Jay's approach to Federalist Paper #2 and how it compares to Alexander Hamilton in Federalist #1. Hamilton's use of wording is eloquent and sets the precedent for the Federalist papers; however it appeals ideally to the educated man, where words have been chosen carefully and meticulously. Jay follows this, by instead, focusing on content and pleas to the hearts of the common man. Jay's proposal speaks of national sovereignty and state unity. The idea of #2, was for every man to recognize, much like Thomas Paine's philosophy, that society would work better together, unitarily. In addition, Jay asks, that men decide for themselves, why the drafting of a Constitution would be "the right thing to do," vs., having a group of aristocrats telling them this was a good idea, much like Hamilton's approach.