The short story “No Renewal”, by Spider Robinson, depicts a dystopian version of Earth in the future of 2049. It indicates the outcomes of our actions due to mass production of resources causing a decrease in natural resources. Humans have become so dependable on technology that they are blinded in terms of consequences and implications it causes. The author in the story describes the setting,“From here Douglas can see the bay, when the wind is right and the smoke from the industrial park does not come in between. Even then he can no longer see the far shores of New Brunswick, for the air is thicker then when Douglas was a child”
A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink discusses the shift of our generation's needs for different types of thinkers. According to the book, there are two types of thinking. Left-directed or left-brained and right-directed or right-brained thinking. L-directed thinkers are much more analytical and factual than R-directed thinkers, who are artistic, sympathetic, and more emotional. In the past, the industrial age required physical laborers, mostly for factory work; however, as the informational age crept in, the need for l-brained people expanded.
Introduction The book that I selected is called “Getting Life” by Michael Morton, who is a man that was wrongfully convicted of killing his wife in Texas in 1986. This book takes us from a happy young couple to the day of the murder, through the investigation into his wife’s murder, Michael’s trial and conviction, 25 years in prison, appeals, release from prison, and reintegration into society. One unique fact about this case is that is the first case where the prosecutor in a wrongful conviction case was subsequently convicted of prosecutorial misconduct, stripped of their law license and sentenced to serve time in jail.
Will Miller Challenge 1 February 17, 2023 Mrs. Arevalo The Decision “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.” -Romans 8:28 In the book Born Again, Chuck Colson, a cut-throat politician, is confronted with the tough decision of whether to stay as President Richard Nixon’s White House counsel for his second-term. Chuck decides to be loyal to Nixon and his candidacy like a golden retriever to its master.
In the poem, “Becoming and Going: An Oldsmobile Story” by Gerald Hill the speaker is traveling down a road in the Fort Qu’appelle Valley. He notices his father and his son are also driving down this road. The speaker then begins to list the two men’s characteristics. As he lists them we see that the father and the son have both similarities and differences in their personalities.
Hugh Richardson was the presiding magistrate at Louis Riel’s trial. The government had appointed him out of satisfaction. What was unjust about appointing him was his lack of independence and the fact that he was part of the Orange Order Protestants of which were the individuals who wanted to see Riel dead. Richardson did not speak French and lacked experience in trials such as Riel’s. When it came time to for him to make his judgement, it was “less than a dozen words” and he had given no reasons whatsoever as to why he made the ruling he did.
The merchants often showed a stunning disregard for the physical and mental well-being of those who attempted to hinder their operations in any way. The case of George Spencer is an extreme example of this pattern of behavior. Following an attempt to report the illegal trading of a group of merchants, Spencer found himself paraded about town by an angry mob before being thown in debtors prison for more than two years. At every point in this ordeal Spencer found himself without aid, as both the law officer whom he reported the crime to and his defense attorney were on the side of the smugglers(Truxes 10-18). Those who opposed the merchants could expect no less merciful of a response.
What I believe Blight wants us to see that he takes from this book. Is the way he looked at how presidents engaged the civil war and how slaves and ex-soldiers reacted to certain situations. Blights will analysis the Civil War as reconciliationists, white supremacist, and emancipationist. We will know that all of these ideas will combine over time. How he describes reconciliationist is how the war caused a lot of damage and death.
The issue in this case is whether the imposition of the sentence of death for the crime of murder under the law of Georgia violated the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Gregg argued that the sentencing procedure allows for arbitrary grants of mercy that reflects a misinterpretation and ignores the reviewing authority of the Georgia Supreme Court to determine whether each death sentence is proportional to other sentencing for similar crimes. Gregg was pleading for a life sentence instead of death. Georgia argued that the statute did not constitute a cruel and unusual punishment and did not violate the Eighth and Fourteenth amendments. Georgia also argued and proved that there must be specific jury findings as to the circumstances of the crime to determine whether the death sentence was fair for the case.
Many complications arise when proving the slave conspiracy in Winthrop D. Jordan 's Tumult and Silence at Second Creek. In Mississippi during the spring and summer of 1861, slaves from Adams County plotted to gain freedom from their owners. Following the unveiling of the conspiracy to the slave-owners, the so-called court proceedings show reason to believe that something went awry. The way the slave-owners arrived at the information of the conspiracy and the way they proceeded in court lead to questions about the legitimacy of the conspiracy. Also, each reply from the slaves resemble each other with uncanny similarity.
Throughout Mary Rowlandson’s “A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration,” Rowlandson repeatedly makes mention to the idea of Puritan dominance over Native Americans. Rowlandson exemplifies this through the use of harsh diction, imagery, and biblical allusions. Rowlandson employs these methods in order to create a chasm between her people, the Puritans, and her captors, the Native Americans. Throughout the text, Rowlandson paints the Puritan community as “God’s chosen people,” justifying their forceful taking of Native land that lead to the onset of King Philip’s war. Ironically, many of Rowlandson’s techniques unintentionally portray her as more savage and immoral than her Native captors.
Octavia Butler uses symbolism to highlight how the irregular occurrence of time travel forces Dana to accept slavery and how her past will “live” in her presence. Dana is forced to assimilate to the past because she has no control over her fate, and her life in the past revolves around slavery. The fact that Dana quickly transitions from the past to the present shows that she is quick to accept this time of slavery even though she is not mentally prepared for it. After Dana is disturbed by the inhumanity that the children show by playing an auction game, she says, “The ease. Us, the children… I never realized how easily people could be trained to accept slavery” (Butler 101).
In this case “former Detroit Lion Luther Elliss was frequently involved in charity events and invested heavily in local businesses. For his relatives, Elliss paid for things like landscaping and a wedding.” as this was out of the kindness of his heart it also ended up coming to backfire on him. But also he is one of the very few that began to start changing his life around he went back to school and also is helping coach a high school football team. As its nice to hand out and help family and friends it's
As people began to make new of something they have killed it as well. It was in the 1800’s after the Civil War when reconstruction started to form reconstruction. With grant as the president of the United States, reconstruction was formed to help transition after the civil war to reconnect the states and help freedmen into society. There was an opposing terrorist group known as the KKK. Their goal was to end reconstruction and belittle freedman.
The Ending of Reconstruction It was the one hundredth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and people were expecting great things. Reconstruction was off to a great start and people were welcoming the freedmen into the North. Reconstruction was a period after the Civil War where the North was helping build the South back up to what it was before the war. Blacks were even becoming senators just five years after the Civil war. Unfortunately the great Reconstruction era was coming to an end.
