Assertion Analysis #19

This poem shows how transcendentalists believed in natures beauty. The author uses the spider to represent the 5 I's. the representation of individualism, inspiration and idealism as the spider is isolated surrounded by nature it can appreciate the natural beauty of which it is surrounded by. the discription of what is around the spider shows the authors imagination and creativity.

Assertion Analysis #22

Lincoln's use of Pathos gets the audience emotionally involved into what he is saying. He continuously talks about how they need to finish the war in honor of the fallen soldiers that they are standing upon. That those who continue to live should fight in honor of those who have fallen and support the war until it ends up the way they want in favor of the Union. The need to unite the nation was something very important to Lincoln.

Assertion Analysis #21

Oh, could I raise the darken'd veil
Which hides my future life from me,
Could unborn ages slowly sail
Before my view -- and could I see
My every action painted there,
To cast one look I would not dare.
There poverty and grief might stand,
And dark Despair's corroding hand,
Would make me seek the lonely tomb
To slumber in its endless gloom.
Then let me never cast a look,
Within Fate's fix'd mysterious book.

     This poem represents Gothic literature as it shows the inner feelings of one person. As everything the character describes is about the corruption of what he feels inside himself and what is stuck inside of him that he needs to get out. He is showing the world that Transcendentalism and Romanticism is all nice but every person carries evil within them and evil is something everyone needs to be aware of. 

Assertion Analysis #20

Society today is just as corrupt as it was during the time of christopher McCandles. I feel like i have been affected by the negativity of the world very profoundly. Living in todays society people focus on the bad more so than the good. No matter what accomplishments you make in life there is always someone who is going to continue to "hate" on you and your success. Its sad, but thats the world we live in today. As christopher McCandless left the corrupt world to be among the wild, the idea of such is so radical to the people that its honestly something i would be interested in doing, just to escape the worlds negativity and corruptness.

Assertion Analysis #25

Slave owners in the South used the salves ignorance to continue to oppress them. Based on my knowledge of slavery, it wouldn't matter if you were educated or ignorant you would continue to be treated like less than a human. As the ignorance of the slaves was the greatest hold they had, the thing they most feared was an educated slave. Treating something like less than what it actually is and then having it be better educated than you is something anyone would fear. If others know something you don't, you are automatically going to believe them as they have the knowledge you don't. The south had instilled both the fear of death and lack of education to continue to control slaves.

Assertion Analysis #24

I believe the Captain is innocent as he did what was necessary to be able to have survivors to tell what happened during this tragic accident. As the captain was making an executive decision to make sure we as the people had people to tell the story of the fallen boat. Many of you will say that the captain is a murderer, but he is actually a hero who saved the lives of people to be able to tell an important story and under the circumstances it was acceptable for him to take such measures.

Assertion Analysis #15

Emerson is saying that going against a group of people or laws that are trying to make you be a certain way is the best. The words represents a corruption in the American Government which was the church. A lot of people wanted to get away from the corrupt church and start different lifestyles for themselves. It wasn't easy for those who wanted to step out because they were surrounded by hypocritical people that still believed in the church. They would soon be called multiple names that degraded them.

Assertion Analysis #23

Frederick Douglass is saying that he is overwhelmed with mourning and negative vibes as he thinks about the death that over took America. He is also saying that he is tired of seeing the death of his people in defense of a country that is not trying to treat them equal. As he cries for his brothers that are just forgotten about once dead. He uses Pathos to portray his feelings toward this situation. The use of 1st person point of view adds an inclusive sense for the reader. Douglass said his feelings with deep negative connotation but in an educated sense that let's you know he is a lerned man but is directly affected by the damage done to his country.

Assertion Analysis #17

"These pussy ass niggas tryna hold on to they credits, So I tell 'em use a debit watch they image start to lessen" - The Weeknd

The weeknd is telling us that the people in the world are trying so hard to be up to date with everyone that they're using their credit cards instead of actual money(Debit). This is how society is now-a-days as everyone wants the latest stuff - Versace, Bugatti's, Louis Vuitton, Jordans, Ralph Lauren etc.- and they don't have the money to purchase it. Which is why they use their credit cards, because if they used their actual physical money they wouldn't be able to afford anything. 

Assertion Analysis #16

"We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds...A nation of men will for the first time exist, because each believes himself inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

These words are related to transcendentalism as they reveal the individuality in ones self. Being able to do the work for yourself is basically helping the universe. The idea of Oversoul and Unity are present within his quote. An individuals virtue and happiness depends upon self realization I.E working for ones self to better ones surroundings. 

Assertion Analysis #12

"Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them."

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

I think he was trying to say that those who can speak well & combine words to an educated level has the power over all. As they can say the right things at the right moments to convey their audience to further convince them. For example Abigail knew exactly what words to use to make the Rev.'s mad and further want to get to the bottom of this problem. Just as McCarthy wanted to win the campaign & continue to have followers he used key words to spark & keep the fear alive so they would continue to follow him. 

Assertion Analysis #13

Man, remember, until an hour before the Devil fell, God thought him beautiful in Heaven."

- Arthur Miller, through Rev. Hale, The Crucible, Act 2

Rev. Hale said this as he has gone absolutely no where in his research. Maybe he is trying to send a subliminal to the other Rev.'s that although the accusations around Salem might be out of fear the doing of so was just in creation of something beautiful wanting to come out of it. 

Assertion Analysis #14

McCarthy
- Americans feared the rising communism powers, this fear of being over come & surrounded by communism bred paranoia.

Crucible
- Salemites feared the forest surrounding their community housed the devil

McCarthy
- Americans accused of communism were assumed guilty, put on trial & expected to give names of others

Crucible
- Salemites accused of witchary were guilty unless they confessed

McCarthy
- Senator McCarthy uses nations fear of communism to condemn 200 gov. employees w/o proof, to promte his own campaign

Crucible
- Abigail used salems fear of the devil to condemn 19 to death

McCarthy
- Corrupt priests gave the idea of accusing communism

Crucible
- Corrupt priests listened to Abigail's accusations

McCarthy
- Used fear of Americans

Crucible
- Used fear of Salem

McCarthy
-Accused people & those who defended were too accused

Crucible
- Abigail accused people of Salem & those who defended were guilty too