James Thurber
Thurber's experience of college wasn't what he had expected it to be. He thought he would understand what he was being taught, but that just wasn't the case. Like for example, in botany class when every one else in the class was looking through a microscope and seeing something, he saw nothing. That frustrated him and his teacher as well. He thought maybe if he took a year off and came back he would be able to understand better and see into the microscope like the teacher wanted. But the same thing that happened the year before happened again. He still couldn't see what was inside the microscope. Also the college's expectation of him wasn't met. like his teacher in botany class thinking that he could see the cell but he just wasn't trying hard enough. James experience wasn't what he expected. his expectation where so high that when he actually experience it, it wasn't what he expected.
"An Account of an Experience with Discrimination"
Sojourner Truth
the idea of the old slave holding spirit with the idea of community shaping a person and their beliefs are very similar because from what i know slave holding spirit is when someone thinks they are better than someone else like an owner thinks that he is way better than is slave. the idea that ones community can shape ones beliefs is that what ever we learn from our community what ever happens in our community has an influence on the people in the community. the reason i feel they are similar is because just like the idea of the community the same thing happens with the idea of the old slaving spirit, when an owner feels they are better than their slave , then another owner feels the same way, the words going to get around its going to affect the people in the community and it just might change the way they see things they too might start to think that they are better than the slave. the spirit and the community affects people that are around it and that are around it. A primary source is different from reporters and short story's because a primary source is an account of something that really happened from the view of the eye wittiness. A primary source is from the author from what they saw, experience or encountered its not just a story it is an account of what really happen. while a reporter or short story is a secondary source going off what a primary source has said or its just fiction.
I think that Thurber's expectations not being met, like you said, was the result of his expectations being too high. Its also might have been because he was not doing well; he couldn't meet his own expectations of himself.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your analysis of the "slave-holding spirit". One's opinions can create a ripple effect that changes the perspective of other people in the community. In this case, discrimination gradually spread and created the idea of a "slave-holding spirit". Great post.
ReplyDeleteI liked your perception in your response to "An Account of an Experience with Discrimination". Your take on racial discrimination being sprouted from racial superiority was highly original. I only suggest that you proof read your blog. (lol) You had a few lowercased I's and a sentence that didn't start with a capitalized letter. Other than those slight inaccuracies you wrote an excellent response.
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