Wounded Knee Essay

Just a few days after Christmas o f 1890 a horrible event broke out, this event, Wounded Knee was this very event. Wounded Knee illustrates one of the final events in a long series of violent conflicts motivated by racism, disrespect and lack of understanding. There have been various accounts having to deal with this event, like a video made of the monument to where hundreds of native Americans were killed by the U.S army. It shows where the massacre occurred and how little the native Americans' deaths were honored. There was also a documentary made about Wounded Knee, this showed how brutal the massacre was and it actually shows real people giving accounts passed on to them, which makes it seem more real. There was also a paragraph written on Wounded Knee, this talked about exactly what happened and gives real dates. Even though this happened many years ago the same issues, though less extreme, are still going on today.

Wounded Knee was an extremely brutal and violent event, at the end of many different acts discrimination. The documentary showed that after the first initial killings the children went into hiding, and the U.S army would call them out and tell them that if they came out they would be brought to safety. All that really happened once they got out was that the soldiers shot them like they did the rest of the people. In the video of the monument, it shows where the massacre took place. Although, the monument dedicated to the native Americans was not as elaborate as it should have been for what all those innocent people went through. It was written that the "battle" started when the U.S army had gotten drunk and decided to get back at the native Americans, who they believed were at fault for Custer's death. There wasn't any real justice to them harassing the native Americans, just the fact that they didn't like them. All of these details show just some of the extremes that the native Americans had to endure just because of their race and that the army simply didn't like them or understand them.

Wounded Knee was just one of the brutal ending attacks on the native Americans in the U.S. Taking in all of this information made me realize that even though those exact things aren't happening now, there are still traces of racism and has been throughout our history. I also noticed that being U.S citizens we have a past of extreme disliking of anyone who isn't exactly like us. It was noticeable that those soldiers really didn't understand exactly who these native Americans were or what their culture was all about. I personally think that our country should really look and see that we have done some really bad things and that in some aspects these issues are still going on today.

Wounded Knee Outline

I. Introduction

A. Thesis

B. Trip to monument shows where the massacre happened and the monument to honor those killed. (source 1)

C. The documentary shows how extreme the massacre was and makes it seem more real. (source 2)

D. The paragraph tells the hard facts and dates of the massacre. (source 3)

E. Even though this event happened years ago, the same issues are still going today.



II. Body

A. Wounded Knee was an extremely brutal and violent event, at the end of many different acts discrimination.

B. One video showed how soliders would call out little children from hiding and tell them they were safe, but really just got them to come out to kill them. (source 2)

C. Even though millions of native americans were killed severely bad, the white men didn't care that much. This was shown by the not so elaborate monument that they put up in honour of the native americans deaths. (source 1)

D. Some of the U.S 7th calvary got drunk one night and decided to harrass the native americans who killed their leader, Custer. There wasn't any real justice to this harsh harrassment other than that reason. (source 3)

E. All of these details show just some of the extremes that the native americans had to endure just becuase of their race and that the army simply didn't like them or understand them.


III. Conclusion

A. Wounded Knee was just one of the brutal ending attacks on the native americans in the U.S

B. This made me realize that although the same exact things aren't happening today, there are still traces of racism and has been all through history.

C. I learned that we U.S. citizens have had a past of extreme disliking of anyone who wasn't just like us.

D. The soliders of this time really didn't understand who the native americans really were or what they're culture was like.

E. Our country should really look and see that we have done some really bad things and that in some aspects these issues are still going on today.

Book Portfolio: Quarter 2

This non-fiction book, Hunger by Sharman A. Russell talks about where and what type of people hunger affects. Like the obvious, those who don't have food, those who do and how it effects both their bodies. It also hits on what makes people starve themselves and what being hungry does to a human body. One main theme in this book popped out at me that hunger affects many different types of people in lots of different ways. It really makes you think about what being hungry can do to the body and how it affects different types of people.

It first starts off explaining how food goes through with digestive system. It starts with you seeing a commercial for food on TV. You get hungry seeing the food and your mouth starts to salivate. The brain sends a message to the stomach saying you are hungry. The food then goes down through your body, and gets broken down. The author goes through the process quite thoroughly here. This is to show you exactly how the body responds when normally, when you are just regularly hungry. She then tells us about people who have anorexia nervosa, they chose to starve themselves. In the book it says "the complexity of one woman's self-starvation might yet be a mix of chemistry, Vogue, Father's expectations and ancient imperatives." What Russell meant was that these people have many different reasons why they might chose to starve themselves. Such as she has a bad self-image, pressures from celebrities or expectations from her family. The body obviously is not used to this so it responds to not having any food for elongated periods of time. Some signs are emotional breakdowns and a big loss of weight. The body might even reject the food for not having it in there for so long. These were just a couple examples of what hunger does to the body, and what people it can effect. This isn't it though because hunger can effect people who eat every single day, but just don't feel satisfied. It doesn't matter who you are, you still become hungry.

After reading this book I realized that in the world today, hunger has become such a big issue. There are starving children in Africa who have barely any food and even in America there are many hungry people every single day. Yet there are some people who decide to starve themselves because they feel too fat. Even way back in the middle ages there were people starving themselves. Only, back then young women would starve themselves in order to get closer to their God. They believed that not eating would prove their holiness and loyalty to God. This just shows that hunger can be practiced for complete different reasons. Yet there was and still now extremely hungry people who could use the food these people has, which completely amazes me.

I think this book made lots of people think again about how many people really starve themselves everyday. It really opens your eyes to see why people decide to not eat and what it can do to them. She did a great job with explaining thoroughly what the body is like regularly when it is just a bit hungry. Then when it has been starved she showed us what it was like then. Sharman really made me not take for granted the food that is given to me. I also now understand there is more than just one reason why people will not eat. I have a new perspective on those people now and I am glad I have gained that.

Final Essay: Prompt #3

It is quite simple to compare Stalin to Mao when it comes to how they got to be in power. Both of them, in the end, led their countries revolutions. Mao started off as a soldier, as did Stalin. By being on the field they got to build their reputations up with the people. While growing up Stalin was in a poor family and he got pushed around by a lot of bullies. This could be why he grew up to be so strong and loyal to Russia. The same goes for Mao, all of his life he was extremely loyal to his country. This could be why he was so strict when it came to people going against his government. Both of these men were forced to piece back together their fallen country. Stalin decided to make his country into a strictly communist nation, while Mao made China into a democratic dictatorship.

In the beginning of Hitler and Mao's coming to power, they both began concentration camps or something like them. They gave people extremely poor living conditions and thousands of men, women and children were affected by this, simply because their leaders did not agree with a certain group of people. There were also extreme rules in both governments, for Mao it was the Little Red Book, which had many maxims in it. If a citizen didn't know what the correct thing to do in a situation, than they would consult this. He made everyone carry around one of these, which led some people to become even more loyal to him. Hitler didn't have his own book that everyone carried around, but he did have the Nuremberg Laws. This was a type of segregation, it stated that if you had 3 German grandparents than you were a true German. But if you had 3 Jewish grandparents you were pure Jewish, this was basically just another way for Hitler to separate people.

A dictatorship is a government where just one person controls the country. One way to tell when a possible person may become a dictator is when they try to get everyone to do what they think is right. All of these men tried to force their types of government, the Nazi party, Communism and Democratic Dictatorship. Another thing is when they start to do dramatic acts and movements. Such as when Hitler started his concentration camps, and they started to turn quickly into death camps. One last thing to look out for is when the leader makes new laws and tries to split people up into different groups. Like when the Nuremberg Laws were made, it split up the Germans and the Jews. These are are all important signs of a potential dictatorship building.

Local History Paper

Life Of Del Flood

Brittany Hopkins
Miss. Lind & Mr. Viles
English 10/ World Studies III
December 18, 2007





Outline
I. Introduction
II. Early Childhood
A. Birth place and Parents
B. Schooling
C. Young Adult
III. Midlife
A. Business’ he started
B. Wife and Children
IV. Late Life
A. Retirement
B. Organizations and Groups he was a part of
V. Death & Family
A. Date of death & how
B. Family left behind
VI. National Farmers Organization
A. Origins
B. Founders
C. Important movements
VII. Conclusion




Brittany Hopkins
Miss. Lind & Mr. Viles
English 10/ World Studies III
December 18, 2007
Life of Del Flood
The little town of Plymouth was discovered in 1826, and there is not much that has happened here. There is one store, a post office, a church and a grange hall. Although there is not much going on there are some very interesting people and places here. One of these people is a man named Del Flood. He has been my next door neighbor ever since I was born, and he is one of the most interesting people that has been in my life.

Del was born in Forest Hills, Massachusetts on October 10, 1915. His parents were Frank D and Miriam L Flood; Del was their only child. While spending most of his childhood in Massachusetts, he attended high school at Richmond Maine High school. When Del was a young man he worked in a shipyard during World War II in Portland, Maine. He did so well at being overseer he moved up to supervisor. After he was done at the shipyard he made the move to Plymouth.

Right after he moved to Plymouth, he started his own dairy farm; which went very well. Along with the farm he also started his own refrigeration business, which, like the farm, was successful. Del ended up marrying Joan Lewis in Plymouth on October 1, 1955. Then in 1968 he lost his barn to a fire, and he sort of retired, yet still kept open his refrigeration business. Yet another attainment of his was that him, his wife Joan and their son Alan build and ran Flood’s General Store in Newport. But in 1990 Del and Joan finally retired.

During their retirement they did what they always loved to do, travel. They traveled to all 50 states, Canada, Guatemala, Mexico and all the way up to the Texas line. Del belonged to the Meridian Splendor Masonic Lodge in Newport for over 50 years. He was also very active in the affairs of Plymouth, this was showed by him being a first selectman and the first director from Plymouth on the Nokomis School Board. He was a member of the Plymouth Grange and was in the National Farmers Organization.

When Del died on March 22, 2007 of a prolonged illness, he left behind his wife Joan, his son Alan and one grandson, Stacy and his wife Tamara Flood of Hudson, Massachusetts. He also had four great-granddaughters, Regina, Natasha, Gabrella, and Carra. As you can see Del was an amazingly hard worker and had lots of family whom cared about him.
As mentioned above, Del was a member of the National Farmers Organization. This is a group of farmers and other people in the farm business, gathering together. It originally started when two men, a farmer named Wayne Jackson and a feed salesman named Jay Loghry started to talk in 1953. Then, in 1955 at a grain sale presentation Jay made a point that the farmers that were at the meeting should begin a new farmers group. They all like the idea, so they started to invite more farmers and salesmen and there eventually became a strong interest among the common, everyday farmers. When the group had just started to get out there, as a protest group, the number of people in it was about 149,000. The man who became the first president of the NFO was named Oren Lee Staley. He is the man who is recognized for bringing the NFO throughout the country. One of the most famous events the group took part in was the Holding Action in 1967. What happened was the farmers decided to withhold their milk their cows
produced from their customers. This went on for a total of 15 days, before the court got a restraining order on them. But when the restraining order had expired the government and the NFO agreed on a solution that would make them both happy.

Del was like another grandfather for me, and his wife was like another grandmother. Since we live right next to each other I used to spend a lot of time with them. I also used to just walk down to go hang out with them, I will never forget those times that we spent together. Del was a very hard worker and he loved to be around his family and friends, and even meeting new people. This is why I chose Del Flood for this paper, he had such a wonderful, full life and he made sure he never wasted one moment of it.






Bibliography
The Daily ME Obituaries." The Daily ME. 23 Mar. 2007. 29 Nov. 2007 .

"National Farmers Organization." Wikipedia. NFO.Org. 29 Dec. 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Farmers_Organization.

Personal Interview. Joan Flood. 30 Dec. 2007.