Pg. 8
"So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise."
This, just like Henry David Thoreau who said if you believe in something you better make a change, or else you are just like the people whom you despise. You have to make noise, or else nothing is going to change. He wanted equal rights with everyone no matter what your race. So early he knew that he had to make a change or maybe now racism would still be a huge problem in our nation.
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Malcolm X DJ 4
Pg. 9
"When something is about to happen, I can feel something, sense something. I never have known something to catch me completely off guard-except once. And that was when....facts I couldn't believe
about a man....who I would've given my life for."
He can always tell when something is going wrong, he thought this, right before his father was brutally murdered. I also believe this is foreshadowing to Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad's falling out. He once trusted this man, then he turned his back on him.
"When something is about to happen, I can feel something, sense something. I never have known something to catch me completely off guard-except once. And that was when....facts I couldn't believe
about a man....who I would've given my life for."
He can always tell when something is going wrong, he thought this, right before his father was brutally murdered. I also believe this is foreshadowing to Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad's falling out. He once trusted this man, then he turned his back on him.
Malcolm X DJ 3
Pg. 4
"I actually believe that as anti-white my father was, he was subconsciously so afflicted with the white mans brain washing of Negroes that be inclined to favor the light ones, and I was the lightest child."
Being associated with the whites, gave you a "higher" rank in society. You had to treat the white people with respect or you got in a lot of trouble. Malcolm's father probably treated him with more respect and favorites him, so that he would be thought of as a high class, african american. Where as his mother looked at him and thought of her white rapist father.
"I actually believe that as anti-white my father was, he was subconsciously so afflicted with the white mans brain washing of Negroes that be inclined to favor the light ones, and I was the lightest child."
Being associated with the whites, gave you a "higher" rank in society. You had to treat the white people with respect or you got in a lot of trouble. Malcolm's father probably treated him with more respect and favorites him, so that he would be thought of as a high class, african american. Where as his mother looked at him and thought of her white rapist father.
Malcolm X DJ 2
Pg. 5
"To be a janitor at some downtown store was to be highly respected."
Then, being a "successful negro', was to be a waiter at a country club, a janitor at a downtown store. If you were rich, that probably meant you were a gambling house owner. Now it is completely different, to be a janitor at any establishment is a very low class job. This shows how African Americans were treated, and how they weren't able to get the same rights and job opportunities as the whites.
"To be a janitor at some downtown store was to be highly respected."
Then, being a "successful negro', was to be a waiter at a country club, a janitor at a downtown store. If you were rich, that probably meant you were a gambling house owner. Now it is completely different, to be a janitor at any establishment is a very low class job. This shows how African Americans were treated, and how they weren't able to get the same rights and job opportunities as the whites.
Malcolm X DJ 1
Pg. 2
"It has always been my belief that I, too, will die by violence"
This foreshadow shows that Malcolm new that he was going to die a bad death. He knew, like his father he was going to die by a whites mans hand. Spreading what he thought was right, in the long run was a great step for the future of no racism. But in the end, he died doing what he believed was right.
"It has always been my belief that I, too, will die by violence"
This foreshadow shows that Malcolm new that he was going to die a bad death. He knew, like his father he was going to die by a whites mans hand. Spreading what he thought was right, in the long run was a great step for the future of no racism. But in the end, he died doing what he believed was right.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
The Ballot or the Bullet - Malcolm X Speech
1) List at least one example of the following: Malcolm's use of ethos, logos, pathos.
Ethos- His opening remarks relate to the audience
Logos- Talking about the other Nations
Pathos- He brings up slavery. "Crackers" = White People
2) What is the purpose of the speech? How does Malcolm obtain that purpose?
To get people to understand what is going on, and they have power, if they cast their vote in the right direction.
3) Who is his audience? How do you know this?
The black people of America.
He is speaking to them to let them know they have power. He wouldn't say some of the things he says if "crackers" were around.
4) List at least one example of the following types of proof:
a) analogy/narration to back up his main idea
Kennedy and Khrushchev. They can get along so african americans and white people should be able to get along.
b) statistics
In the senate there are 67 senators who are democrats and only 33 republicans.
c) facts
d) expert witnesses
5) Does he have refutation of the opposing side? If so, what is it?
The korean war. It could end in a war.
6) List so structural devices and discuss their effect:
a) parallelism
A lot of his speech is made up of parallelism.
b) short sentences
"The ballot or the bullet"
c.long sentences (types of long sentences)
Doesn't have very many. He wants to keep everyones attention.
7) What other things does Malcolm X use for effect?
Scare tactics. He tries to scare the "crackers."
Ethos- His opening remarks relate to the audience
Logos- Talking about the other Nations
Pathos- He brings up slavery. "Crackers" = White People
2) What is the purpose of the speech? How does Malcolm obtain that purpose?
To get people to understand what is going on, and they have power, if they cast their vote in the right direction.
3) Who is his audience? How do you know this?
The black people of America.
He is speaking to them to let them know they have power. He wouldn't say some of the things he says if "crackers" were around.
4) List at least one example of the following types of proof:
a) analogy/narration to back up his main idea
Kennedy and Khrushchev. They can get along so african americans and white people should be able to get along.
b) statistics
In the senate there are 67 senators who are democrats and only 33 republicans.
c) facts
d) expert witnesses
5) Does he have refutation of the opposing side? If so, what is it?
The korean war. It could end in a war.
6) List so structural devices and discuss their effect:
a) parallelism
A lot of his speech is made up of parallelism.
b) short sentences
"The ballot or the bullet"
c.long sentences (types of long sentences)
Doesn't have very many. He wants to keep everyones attention.
7) What other things does Malcolm X use for effect?
Scare tactics. He tries to scare the "crackers."
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Vocabulary 3
Rote - Noun, a routine
Manifest - Noun, a list or invoice of goods
Bequest - Noun, a legacy
Moras - Noun, the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable
Brouhaha - Noun, excited public interest, hullabaloo
Slake - Verb, to cool or refresh
Zenith - Noun, a highest point or state
Pacifist - Noun, a person who is opposed to war or any kind of violence
Manifest - Noun, a list or invoice of goods
Bequest - Noun, a legacy
Moras - Noun, the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable
Brouhaha - Noun, excited public interest, hullabaloo
Slake - Verb, to cool or refresh
Zenith - Noun, a highest point or state
Pacifist - Noun, a person who is opposed to war or any kind of violence
Bedlam - Noun, a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion; an insane asylum or madhouse
Prehensile - Adjective, adapted for seizing, grasping, or taking hold of something
Prehensile - Adjective, adapted for seizing, grasping, or taking hold of something
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