Annotated bibliography part 2

           Annotated  bibliography

         Casey Riland

English 1A

Bancroft, Hubert Howe. History of the Life of Leland Stanford, a Character Study. Oakland, CA: Bio, 1952. Price

                               In the book History of The Life of Leland Stanford,a Character Study the book discusses on page 35 the difficulties that were experienced by the people who where building the Central Pacific Railroad

Tutorow, Norman E. Leland Stanford: Man of Many Careers. Menlo Park, CA: Pacific Coast, 1971.

My paper  will be about Leland Stanford’s many accomplishments contributing to the history of California.

On  page 67 in the book The Man of Many Careers the author describes The Great

Train Race I will discuss Leland Stanfords reputation as a “Robber Barron” The focus

will be to show the darker side of a great man and the way men of power in this time

would do almost anything to make money and meet deadlines.

Clark, George Thomas. Leland Stanford: War Governor of California, Railroad Builder and Founder of Stanford University. Stanford: Univ., 1931. Print.

       In the book Leland Stanford: War Governor of California, Railroad Builder and Founder of Stanford Universityn page 88 this book studies the harshness of working conditions while the construction of the Central Pacific Railroiad were for the immagrants.

Annotated bibliography

Casey Riland          Annotated bibliography

English 1A

Bancroft, Hubert Howe. History of the Life of Leland Stanford, a Character Study. Oakland, CA: Bio, 1952. Price

Tutorow, Norman E. Leland Stanford: Man of Many Careers. Menlo Park, CA: Pacific Coast, 1971.

My paper  will be about Leland Stanford’s many accomplishments contributing to the history of California.

On  page 67 in the book The Man of Many Careers the author describes The Great Train Race I will discuss Leland Stanfords reputation as a “Robber Barron” The focus will be to show the darker side of a great man and the way men of power in this time would do almost anything to make money and meet deadlines.

MY FAVORITE SONG

Casey Riland

English 1A                                      Music and Culture

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj_ZznMMRic&feature=player_detailpage

    The song that touches my heart is by Faith Hill and it is called “It Matters to me” it is of the country genre. The song is about how men and women communicate and the pain that it can cause deep in your heart. I am currently in a relationship that has or was assaulted on many levels from infidelity to addiction. This song has a very special place in my heart because my partner and I have stayed the course of our love and fought to keep together a loving union that we had never experienced before...

    We were both married to other people and experienced very different types of dysfunction in our previous situations. In our relationship I believe we found in each other a new way to experience love from another person. Though our love that was assaulted many times. We have discovered through many sad and troubled times even a long separation that love can conquer all things and through learning to communicate and loving each other unconditionally we have and are building a union that cannot be broken again.

         In the song she says “Where did you learn to fight with no words” explains how men can withhold and not show their feelings. This is a common problem I had and silence can be more hurtful than words when someone is so in love that they cannot break through the walls that created when hurtful things happen that are not always deliberate or even when they are such as infidelity. Sometimes people do things because of their behavior or fear of being hurt. In my experience the other relationships were an escape from allowing me to be truly loved.

        I had never met someone as outgoing and dynamic as my girlfriend was and instead of embracing what I now know was a true love that makes me a better person. I could not trust that this relationship was going to be what it has become .In another part of the song he sings “Maybe I still don’t understand ,The distance between a woman and a man, So tell me how far it is and how you can love like this, “Cause I’m not sure I can” has helped me to see that talking and sharing your feelings and emotions with one another truly is the way to build a lasting union between two people who obviously care enough about each other .

       Country music has always been close to my heart. I remember listening to it as a child while my mom would sing outloud and dance around the house then I thought she was embarrassing.

        Now I can see how the feelings of joy and emotion this genre of music really do touch your heart and through maturity and experience I to have danced in my kitchen and cried to lyrics that can truly move a persons soul if they are open to it.In conclusion my heart belongs to country music with all of the sadness and joy and yes even heartache I have experienced throughout the years of my life country music seems to explain it best and I think Faith Hill has also helped me learn to be a better friend ,lover ,son and father…

Identity paper

Identity                      Casey Riland

                                                                                                                      English 1A 9:15

         Out of class Essay #1

    I feel that my identity was derived from my heritage. Being Irish was about pride and hard work. I remember my grandfather taking time to tell my stories about Traveling from Ireland to the U.S.A.The hardships that were endured and the loss of life and property looking for the opportunities that were promised for immigrants’ is the United States of America.The destination was New York City and the promise was unlimited success based on your efforts not your history.

  I learned to be an honest person through the living example of my father and my mother. I learned that working hard is the best way to find and live the life you want to. Traditionally women in our family have worked to support the household as well as teach daughters and sons  how to take care of house chores that would normally be done exclusively by women as mentioned in the story “Where I Come From is Like “written by Paula Gunn Allen the author states that women were often the hardest working people in the tribe. As well as the children who worked right alongside the women.

  Furthermore when I was about thirteen years old my parents got divorced and my mother took over both roles in my life. I Learned a great deal from her through her living example of doing whatever it took to provide for my brothers and I. She finally remarried a good and honest man who was good to all of us. My lesson from her was that it truly was better to come from a broken home than to live in one. She showed me that where there is a will surely is a way if you’re willing to have faith and work hard.

   In my family traditions are very important as well as our Catholic faith has for most of my life allowed me to see people through the eyes of God.Kindness is the best way to beat an enemy as well as being a good and decent human being.

  My family is the most important thing in my life and I always strive to help when I can or just try to be there if they need me. Being a father, a son and a brother have given me some of the proudest moments in my life.

  I will never forget the sweet Irish accent my grandmother had when she would call me down for breakfast during the two week vacation she would take off from work each year. She would  have my two brothers and I and my two cousins stay with her and my grandfather. She would spoil us while my grandfather would make us dig holes and relandscape his property every year.

  Knowing that I have a rich full history of hard working and faithful  people who are not afraid to stand up for themselves and be willing to exchange  blood sweat and tears to have an opportunity to get and pursue their dreams desires and goals personally makes me very proud and grateful for the man I am today.

Difference between Paula Gunn Allen and other Womens Viewpoints

   In the story "Where I Come From Is Like This" the author Paula Gunn Allen's view of women was very different than that of the Anglo women of her time.She views women from her particular ethnicity where women were viewed as people of power and authority and hard workers.She discussed in particular the subject of menstruation.Her viewpoint is an example of native American women and their ability to actually influence men and strength that they were empowered with unlike their Anglo sisters who were seen as weak and sometimes were treated like subservient peons.Paula Gunn Allen was not raised to believe such things her family worked hard and women were responsible for labor intensive daily chores that were empowering and gave them what I understood to be respect in their communities.Within the Anglo communities women literally received little or no recognition for bearing children and keeping a house in order,raising children,or any other things they were responsible for or to. Paula Allen Gunn truly made me see that the traditions of her people were much more respectful and clearly a better view of women and the place of respect that all women deserve. My experience is that women are to be treated with love and kindness.Though I believe respect  is earned and not given  between men .Women deserve to be respected for who they are and what they actually represent which is actually the makers of men.Without the caring and gentleness of a woman I am quite sure men would not learn to have compassion and empathy for other people.My personal view is more of an equal and interdependent type view whereas the energy of both sexes can create unity and equality through mutually respecting each others schema.I enjoyed this story and hope that as our society continues to grow and change people will ultimately be viewed for their individual ability rather their sex and jaded views of our countries colonial past.               

             

Reflection of what I have learned about Reconstruction

During this part of this course I have learned that the U.S. government was very disorganized and many of the government officials could not agree on what policies were to be implemented.The  rights of the freedmen were not the main focus of reconstruction. The freed slaves were discriminated against and impoverished as a result of laws that were passed especially by the Southern states they truly did not support equality of black men and did nothing to protect their Civil Rights as American Citizens. It was a sad example of equality and a poor example of what our country stands for. The persecution of anyone under the laws our forefathers had in mind was not shown in the Reconstruction era of the late 1800's.My understanding of what actually happened is that our countrymen failed to uphold the rights of the newly freedmen and also the many white people who tried to stand in unity with the blacks hoping that they could change the way our society viewed them as people and as Americans.Though the end result was new laws being passed to protect all citizens under law the violence that led up to these changes will forever be a mark on our society that for many years to come would prove that equality among men of any race can and will be defended throughh peaceful Resistance. The bloodshed between Americans was truly a waste of human life and I believe it could have been avoided if the Executive  branch of our government would have been more instrumental in forcing the Southern state governments to support the emancipation of the slaves.It was a hard road to change the belief systems of the South and though it was a hard fought battle the end result was an equal view of all people under the Constitution so the end result was positive but the sacrifices were too many I am glad that the pursuit of liberty,justice,and the pursuit of happiness was preserved for me and all others through this terrible time in our country

Revision of group paragraph

In the third part of the story Bierce describes Peytons fall from the bridge and his supposed escape from the union soldiers was a dream.The point in which we suspected the story to be a dream was when he found a road which led him in what he percieved to be the right direction. The language suggests that the escape is not happening based on the fact or suggestion that the roads were untraveled and that there appeared to be no signs of life. we believe the verb tense is that of the present

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