Courtney Patterson
June 21, 2010
ROAR Blog
ROAR Blog #3
In the book Animal Farm by George Orwell, the last chapters lead the readers to a scene of chaos on the animal farm. The animals are trying to put blame on Snowball because he had promised the animals that if they help build a windmill, then it would improve their lives on the farm. Snowball’s plan backfired on him because the windmill failed. It broke when the animals finally got planned in the ground and of course the animals were upset, but Snowball wanted the animals to continue their process. He had them prepare to vote for their choice: for or against the windmill, but before snowball found out the result Napoleon came in with attacking dogs. The dogs scared Snowball off the farm as Napoleon came to take over. Napoleon might not have the support of Snowball anymore, but he still has the support of Squealer who tries to tell the rest of the animals that Napoleon is doing the right thing.
Under Napoleon’s power the animals try to work hard on getting enough food and also working hard on rebuilding the windmill. Napoleon and Squealer decided to get the animals to work faster and harder by saying they could only receive food, if they work for it. The animals responded to the new rule in a positive way; they choose to work without any problems. The leaders passed out the food among the animals, but soon they were running out of food. The pigs on the farm were beginning to get most of the food and they even started to live indoors, which went against the Seven Commandments that everyone was supposed to follow. Overtime more of the “leaders” started breaking the commandments as the other animals just watched on. Napoleon uses his attack dogs to kill some animals and scare the others, because he thought that they were betraying the farm.
As Napoleon showed that he was in control of the animal farm, he had some of the commandments changed, so they could fit the way he where running things. There were many killings, animals sleeping in beds, drinking alcohol, and becoming more like humans than acting like animals. As the readers finished the last chapter, they realize that the Animals changed into humans. They wear their clothing and they became everything that they were fighting against. The animals were walking on two legs, instead of four and that was one of the things that they hated the most about humans
*Summarized pages 74-128
Quote: “All Animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others” (Orwell 123).
Reaction: My reaction this quote is that Napoleon and the pigs were seen as better than the rest of the animals. They were the leaders, so they didn’t have to follow commandments and they were able to change them, whenever they choose. The leaders like the pigs made the important decisions and with all of the power that they gained, they became exactly like the humans that they hated.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Roar Blog #2: Animal Farm
Courtney Patterson
Roar Blog #2
June 7, 2010
Roar Blog #2
Summary:
In the book Animal Farm by George Orwell, the animals continue with their plans to take over the farm and be their own bosses. To help with their plan, the animals find and use the tools that belong to Mr. Jones. The tools are used to harvest the food that the animals would need to use once they are able to run the farm, but in order to harvest food all the animals have jobs. The jobs that a few of the animals have is mowing and raking the leaves, but not all the animals took part of the chores. The pigs didn’t help with any of the hard labor, but their jobs were to supervise the other animals. They took the roles as the leaders and they are in charge of everything like the flag-raising/meetings which the rest of the animals have to participate in it. Snowball and Napoleon (the two main leaders) always make sure that their voices are heard the most when the animals have their meetings.
As the animals continue to work hard (some more than others) Old Major’s plan is being spread across the country. There are many animals that are starting to take apart of this movement “Four legs good, two legs bad.” They were singing the song “Beast of England” and growing a strong union among themselves, but Mr. Jones doesn’t like what was happening to his farm, so he made the choice to a take action against the animals. He decides to get help from the other farmers, who are scared that their animals will soon decide to make their own animal farm. They try to ambush the animals and take back Mr. Jones’ farm. Mr. Jones’ plan fails because a few birds had notice that the farmers were coming towards the animal farm and they went to tell the Snowball and Napoleon. Snowball decided that the animals will fight for what they thought was theirs.
The animals did fight the humans and they won, but one sheep had died in the process of the fight. This sheep was given a proper burial, but another animal was mentally wounded by the fight. It was Boxer, a cart-horse; he was upset that he had killed a human. It was a innocent kid who Boxer killed by an mistake. When Snowball heard that Boxer was upset about the death of this boy he basically told him that humans are best dead. This showed the other animals that Snowball really didn’t care about humans and he thought that they would be useless. For Snowball’s and Napoleon’s “leadership” ways they were honored and they received medals as well. When the animals were looking around the farm after the fight with Mr. Jones and the other farmers, they found Mr. Jones’ gun. They decided to place the gun on the flag-raising post and only fire it twice a year.
*Summarized pages 36-49
Quote:
“War is war. The only good human being is a dead one” (Orwell 49).
Reaction:
My reaction to the quote is that Snowball’s hate for humans is growing and soon every animal would feel the same way. Boxer would no longer be sorry that he killed a human and he would love destroying them. George Orwell’s writing style is very expressive. He expressed how Snowball felt toward the death of a human very well. He makes the animals have different emotions and strengths, and Orwell is good at expressing these emotions.
Roar Blog #2
June 7, 2010
Roar Blog #2
Summary:
In the book Animal Farm by George Orwell, the animals continue with their plans to take over the farm and be their own bosses. To help with their plan, the animals find and use the tools that belong to Mr. Jones. The tools are used to harvest the food that the animals would need to use once they are able to run the farm, but in order to harvest food all the animals have jobs. The jobs that a few of the animals have is mowing and raking the leaves, but not all the animals took part of the chores. The pigs didn’t help with any of the hard labor, but their jobs were to supervise the other animals. They took the roles as the leaders and they are in charge of everything like the flag-raising/meetings which the rest of the animals have to participate in it. Snowball and Napoleon (the two main leaders) always make sure that their voices are heard the most when the animals have their meetings.
As the animals continue to work hard (some more than others) Old Major’s plan is being spread across the country. There are many animals that are starting to take apart of this movement “Four legs good, two legs bad.” They were singing the song “Beast of England” and growing a strong union among themselves, but Mr. Jones doesn’t like what was happening to his farm, so he made the choice to a take action against the animals. He decides to get help from the other farmers, who are scared that their animals will soon decide to make their own animal farm. They try to ambush the animals and take back Mr. Jones’ farm. Mr. Jones’ plan fails because a few birds had notice that the farmers were coming towards the animal farm and they went to tell the Snowball and Napoleon. Snowball decided that the animals will fight for what they thought was theirs.
The animals did fight the humans and they won, but one sheep had died in the process of the fight. This sheep was given a proper burial, but another animal was mentally wounded by the fight. It was Boxer, a cart-horse; he was upset that he had killed a human. It was a innocent kid who Boxer killed by an mistake. When Snowball heard that Boxer was upset about the death of this boy he basically told him that humans are best dead. This showed the other animals that Snowball really didn’t care about humans and he thought that they would be useless. For Snowball’s and Napoleon’s “leadership” ways they were honored and they received medals as well. When the animals were looking around the farm after the fight with Mr. Jones and the other farmers, they found Mr. Jones’ gun. They decided to place the gun on the flag-raising post and only fire it twice a year.
*Summarized pages 36-49
Quote:
“War is war. The only good human being is a dead one” (Orwell 49).
Reaction:
My reaction to the quote is that Snowball’s hate for humans is growing and soon every animal would feel the same way. Boxer would no longer be sorry that he killed a human and he would love destroying them. George Orwell’s writing style is very expressive. He expressed how Snowball felt toward the death of a human very well. He makes the animals have different emotions and strengths, and Orwell is good at expressing these emotions.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
ROAR Blog #1: Animal Farm
Courtney Patterson
Roar Blog
June 1, 2010
Roar Blog #1
Summary:
In the book Animal Farm, by George Orwell, the readers met Mr. Jones. He is the owner of the Manor Farm, but he is a careless owner at times because he allowed himself to get drunk and he was unable to lock the animals behind the gate. The animals were able to wonder around and talk about the dream that old Major had. Old Major was a middle while boar, who was well respected throughout the animals. He knew that he would soon die, so Old Major wanted to tell the animals some life lessons and a dream he had the previous night. Old Major’s life lessons were about the fact that animals didn’t have long lives, their lives were hard, and how they usually die a horrible death. Old Major blames all of the animals’ hardships on humans, because they allow this to happen.
When Old Major talks about the dream, he has all of the animals’ full attention and he tells them that he dreamed about a world without humans. There were only animals and they were in charge of everything that went on. The animals would be able to be happy, live their lives the way that they wanted to, eat anything, and died with joy in their hearts. Of course, the point of Old Major telling the rest of the animals of this dream was to plan the idea in their minds: get rid of the humans and have a real animal farm. In order for this plan to work there would have to be leaders and the way that the animals decided who were the leaders of the movement were by gaining their “perfect comradeship.” This is where they decided which animals are best fit for the leadership roles.
In the next chapter, Old Major’s plans are still in effect after he dies. The pigs are seen as the cleverest animals and they soon decided to take over the whole movement. Three of the main pigs are Napoleon, Squealer, and Snowball. They came up with this phase called Animalism and it meant that the animals were taking care of themselves; they no longer had Mr. Jones as their leader, and they enjoyed the new change.
*Summarized Pages 15-43.
Quote:
“Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend” (Orwell 21).
Reaction:
My reaction to this quote is that the animals quickly changed their minds about humans and what they did for them. They wanted every animal to know that change was happening and if they knew best then they would get with the movement. George Orwell’s writing style is very creative because he makes the animals seem realistic. If humans could read the minds of animals, then they probably would be thinking the same things as the animals in the book. They probably would want to be in charge and able to do as they please.
Roar Blog
June 1, 2010
Roar Blog #1
Summary:
In the book Animal Farm, by George Orwell, the readers met Mr. Jones. He is the owner of the Manor Farm, but he is a careless owner at times because he allowed himself to get drunk and he was unable to lock the animals behind the gate. The animals were able to wonder around and talk about the dream that old Major had. Old Major was a middle while boar, who was well respected throughout the animals. He knew that he would soon die, so Old Major wanted to tell the animals some life lessons and a dream he had the previous night. Old Major’s life lessons were about the fact that animals didn’t have long lives, their lives were hard, and how they usually die a horrible death. Old Major blames all of the animals’ hardships on humans, because they allow this to happen.
When Old Major talks about the dream, he has all of the animals’ full attention and he tells them that he dreamed about a world without humans. There were only animals and they were in charge of everything that went on. The animals would be able to be happy, live their lives the way that they wanted to, eat anything, and died with joy in their hearts. Of course, the point of Old Major telling the rest of the animals of this dream was to plan the idea in their minds: get rid of the humans and have a real animal farm. In order for this plan to work there would have to be leaders and the way that the animals decided who were the leaders of the movement were by gaining their “perfect comradeship.” This is where they decided which animals are best fit for the leadership roles.
In the next chapter, Old Major’s plans are still in effect after he dies. The pigs are seen as the cleverest animals and they soon decided to take over the whole movement. Three of the main pigs are Napoleon, Squealer, and Snowball. They came up with this phase called Animalism and it meant that the animals were taking care of themselves; they no longer had Mr. Jones as their leader, and they enjoyed the new change.
*Summarized Pages 15-43.
Quote:
“Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend” (Orwell 21).
Reaction:
My reaction to this quote is that the animals quickly changed their minds about humans and what they did for them. They wanted every animal to know that change was happening and if they knew best then they would get with the movement. George Orwell’s writing style is very creative because he makes the animals seem realistic. If humans could read the minds of animals, then they probably would be thinking the same things as the animals in the book. They probably would want to be in charge and able to do as they please.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
ROAR BLOG #5: The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager
Courtney Patterson
Roar Blog
April 29, 2010
Roar #5
In the book The Rise and Fall of The American Teenager, by Thomas Hine, in the last chapters Hine talks about today’s generation and how there is a greater diversity of teens then there ever was. The teenagers come from different backgrounds and they all express themselves differently. Some express themselves through music, tattoos, piercings, the way they dress, extracurricular activities, drug habits, and in other ways. Hine described this as “youth tribes” and he says that they been around for 20 years. Teens were using these methods to have control of themselves and show people that they are maturating into their own person. Adults don’t see these teens as their own person, they see they all as one big group that loves to cause problems also known as teenagers.
The Libertarian teens are doing many things on their own because they parents might had to work many hours to provide from their families. This leads to teens having a distance relationship with their parents. Teens are able to be out longer, hide things from their parents more often, and the government thinks that this could lead to crime. If parents are more active in their child’s life, then the teen is less likely to take a part of any crimes.
Parents didn’t seem to be very active with their children’s life during 1985 through 1994, so the crime rate among the teen raised 70 percent. When the crime rate rose, sadly the homicides rate did too. Many teens take apart of the crimes and end up wasting their lives, but Hine believes that the United States is more relaxed than other countries when it comes to this topic. There are laws that are made just to target teens and slow down the crime rate, but many teens look pass the laws and choose to do with they pleased.
Hine talks about today’s teenager and how they are different from the teenagers in the past, because how they live now. Teens today are not looking to TV or newspapers for information or entertainment; they are looking to the Internet or to their cell phones. Their lifestyle is different from past generations and the “classic teenager” has changed into teens that are more independent, driven by technology, and are making an impact on the world. Teens are impacting the world because there are more teen-oriented clothing stores and teen-oriented publications than before. Teens today are getting their voices heard, just like they did in past generations. They are a mix of the older generations with a little twist.
*Pages summarized 274-304
Quote:
“Young people are here and, as always, ready to make history. Let’s help them. We were young once too” (Hine 304).
Reaction:
My reaction to this quote is all that young people want to do is change the world, make a positive impact on it, and also make history. As much as young people claim that they can do things on their own, they really do want the help and the support of adults who once were teens themselves. Thomas Hine’s writing style is good at expressing how adults feel about teens, but at the same time he is able to express how teens feel too. He understands that teens today are different than teens in the past, but they both share one thing: they are growing up with many and they are trying to understand where they fit in.
Roar Blog
April 29, 2010
Roar #5
In the book The Rise and Fall of The American Teenager, by Thomas Hine, in the last chapters Hine talks about today’s generation and how there is a greater diversity of teens then there ever was. The teenagers come from different backgrounds and they all express themselves differently. Some express themselves through music, tattoos, piercings, the way they dress, extracurricular activities, drug habits, and in other ways. Hine described this as “youth tribes” and he says that they been around for 20 years. Teens were using these methods to have control of themselves and show people that they are maturating into their own person. Adults don’t see these teens as their own person, they see they all as one big group that loves to cause problems also known as teenagers.
The Libertarian teens are doing many things on their own because they parents might had to work many hours to provide from their families. This leads to teens having a distance relationship with their parents. Teens are able to be out longer, hide things from their parents more often, and the government thinks that this could lead to crime. If parents are more active in their child’s life, then the teen is less likely to take a part of any crimes.
Parents didn’t seem to be very active with their children’s life during 1985 through 1994, so the crime rate among the teen raised 70 percent. When the crime rate rose, sadly the homicides rate did too. Many teens take apart of the crimes and end up wasting their lives, but Hine believes that the United States is more relaxed than other countries when it comes to this topic. There are laws that are made just to target teens and slow down the crime rate, but many teens look pass the laws and choose to do with they pleased.
Hine talks about today’s teenager and how they are different from the teenagers in the past, because how they live now. Teens today are not looking to TV or newspapers for information or entertainment; they are looking to the Internet or to their cell phones. Their lifestyle is different from past generations and the “classic teenager” has changed into teens that are more independent, driven by technology, and are making an impact on the world. Teens are impacting the world because there are more teen-oriented clothing stores and teen-oriented publications than before. Teens today are getting their voices heard, just like they did in past generations. They are a mix of the older generations with a little twist.
*Pages summarized 274-304
Quote:
“Young people are here and, as always, ready to make history. Let’s help them. We were young once too” (Hine 304).
Reaction:
My reaction to this quote is all that young people want to do is change the world, make a positive impact on it, and also make history. As much as young people claim that they can do things on their own, they really do want the help and the support of adults who once were teens themselves. Thomas Hine’s writing style is good at expressing how adults feel about teens, but at the same time he is able to express how teens feel too. He understands that teens today are different than teens in the past, but they both share one thing: they are growing up with many and they are trying to understand where they fit in.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Roar blog #4- The Rise and Fall Of the American Teenager
Courtney Patterson
Roar Blog
April 18, 2010
Roar Blog #4
Summary:
In the book The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager written by Thomas Hine, Hines talks about money and how important it is to teenagers. In the past before the 1920s, teenagers had the same jobs as their parents, so they were making the same amount of money. As time went on more teens were going to school and the jobs that they once had were gone. Now teens had part time jobs, only paid for some of their entertainment, clothes, and maybe a car. The wages that teens were paid was design to be a small amount because parents didn’t want their kids to get a job and make enough money to be able to support themselves. They didn’t want this to happen because teenagers would quit school and would be responsible for themselves.
When World War II was going on all of this had changed. Teens were taking on part-time jobs like they did in the past and many teens drop out of school, so they could participate in the war. The parents’ of these teens were also very busy because they were also helping in the war, so many of the teens were left alone. The teens had money and no adults to watch them, so many of them were staying out and partying. The music that many of these teens partied to was the big band swing. It was a fast paced music that had a specific dance that went along with it. Music wasn’t the only thing that teens around this time period joined. They enjoyed shopping like any teen today. The clothing market was aimed at teens and what they wore. New magazines were showing up that expressed the views of teenagers. One of the magazines were Seventeen, this magazine still is around today.
Hines touches on the “baby boom” that happened during 1946-1964 and how it impact America as a whole. More schools were being built, so they could house all of the new students that they would have. When the first “baby boomers” were growing into teenagers, it was in the sixties and these teens were the cause of the fighting for peace and the justice that took place. The sixties were the start of more rebellion that happened in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Many of the teenagers wanted to make something of themselves, so they were willing to fight to go to integrated schools. They wanted to get the same education as everyone else. The teenagers’ actions had affected today’s teenagers because teens today are able to go to a school with a mixed group of people all because of what teens in the past had done. These teenagers of the 50s and 60s had become Freedom Riders, Civil rights Leaders, and people who wanted a change to happen.
*Pages Summarized 225-273
Quote: “Youth will make the Revolution! Youth will make it and keep it. Be young. Be bold. Be Beautiful” (Hines 250-251).
Reaction: My reaction to this quote is that the youth of this time were making a revolution. It was a long and slow process, but it was useful in the end. They were changing the way people thought about race, war, and about teenagers. The “baby boomers” were the start of something great, because the generations that came after them had followed their actions, so they could make their lives better. Thomas Hine’s writing style is very detailed. He gives the “good” and the “bad” of the teenagers’ actions in each generation. The “good” could be what the teens did that affected the generations after them like talking apart of the civil rights movement and the “bad” could be the violence or dropping out of school that some teenagers might had done, but whether it was “good” or “bad” it teaches the readers about the confusing life that American teenagers could have.
Roar Blog
April 18, 2010
Roar Blog #4
Summary:
In the book The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager written by Thomas Hine, Hines talks about money and how important it is to teenagers. In the past before the 1920s, teenagers had the same jobs as their parents, so they were making the same amount of money. As time went on more teens were going to school and the jobs that they once had were gone. Now teens had part time jobs, only paid for some of their entertainment, clothes, and maybe a car. The wages that teens were paid was design to be a small amount because parents didn’t want their kids to get a job and make enough money to be able to support themselves. They didn’t want this to happen because teenagers would quit school and would be responsible for themselves.
When World War II was going on all of this had changed. Teens were taking on part-time jobs like they did in the past and many teens drop out of school, so they could participate in the war. The parents’ of these teens were also very busy because they were also helping in the war, so many of the teens were left alone. The teens had money and no adults to watch them, so many of them were staying out and partying. The music that many of these teens partied to was the big band swing. It was a fast paced music that had a specific dance that went along with it. Music wasn’t the only thing that teens around this time period joined. They enjoyed shopping like any teen today. The clothing market was aimed at teens and what they wore. New magazines were showing up that expressed the views of teenagers. One of the magazines were Seventeen, this magazine still is around today.
Hines touches on the “baby boom” that happened during 1946-1964 and how it impact America as a whole. More schools were being built, so they could house all of the new students that they would have. When the first “baby boomers” were growing into teenagers, it was in the sixties and these teens were the cause of the fighting for peace and the justice that took place. The sixties were the start of more rebellion that happened in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Many of the teenagers wanted to make something of themselves, so they were willing to fight to go to integrated schools. They wanted to get the same education as everyone else. The teenagers’ actions had affected today’s teenagers because teens today are able to go to a school with a mixed group of people all because of what teens in the past had done. These teenagers of the 50s and 60s had become Freedom Riders, Civil rights Leaders, and people who wanted a change to happen.
*Pages Summarized 225-273
Quote: “Youth will make the Revolution! Youth will make it and keep it. Be young. Be bold. Be Beautiful” (Hines 250-251).
Reaction: My reaction to this quote is that the youth of this time were making a revolution. It was a long and slow process, but it was useful in the end. They were changing the way people thought about race, war, and about teenagers. The “baby boomers” were the start of something great, because the generations that came after them had followed their actions, so they could make their lives better. Thomas Hine’s writing style is very detailed. He gives the “good” and the “bad” of the teenagers’ actions in each generation. The “good” could be what the teens did that affected the generations after them like talking apart of the civil rights movement and the “bad” could be the violence or dropping out of school that some teenagers might had done, but whether it was “good” or “bad” it teaches the readers about the confusing life that American teenagers could have.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
ROAR BLOG #3: The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager
Courtney Patterson
Roar Blog
April 9, 2010
Roar Blog #3
Summary:
In the book The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager written by Thomas Hine, Hine begins to talk about high school and how it was different from past generations. In past generations high school was not a big deal to go to because teenagers were making money to help support their families. The first high school that was built was in Boston in 1821 and that school is now known as English High, but other high schools were not built until till many years later. The first students that attended these schools were young women, because most of them didn’t bring in enough money to support their families like the young men did.
In time, high schools around the United States started to change because more students were attending and education was finally becoming important to American teenagers in the 1930s and after World War II. Today education is still very important and like Hine said that many teenagers have problems with their family, themselves, and society, but they still continue to go try their hardness in high school. These teens are thinking of their goals and dreams, so they know that have to finish school in order to make these goals happen for themselves.
High school meant a large amount of teenagers spending time in an environment that was about education, but sometimes these teens thought that they were adults and they could make their own decisions. Hine touches on young women sexuality and how it changed from the past to the present. Before the 1920s, teenage girls were seen as innocent and many of them didn’t even kiss anyone until they were married. The act of kissing or showing affection to someone who were not family was an act only adults would be doing. This all changed when the 1920s hit and young women were showing their sexuality to the world. Teenage girls were changing the way they dressed, the music they listened to, the dances they did, and how they behaved. These girls were seen as leaders because adults and children looked up to them. Most people like what they were doing, but of course there were people who didn’t like how they expressed themselves.
The people who didn’t enjoy what these teens were going said that the teens were misleading themselves and were disrespecting their families. They saw them as “loose girls” and people who didn’t have any morals. Although some people didn’t enjoy seeing teenage girls express their sexuality, this was the start of something new. It began a more sexualized society that has continued to this day.
*Summarized pages 138-184
Quote:
“To reject your family is one thing; there may be very good reasons. To reject high school is to reject the society as a whole” (Hines 139).
Reaction:
My reaction to this quote is that it tells the truth about how many people feel about high school. High school is very difficult at times, but in the end it is preparing a teenager to be successful. In today’s society, many jobs ask for a high school diploma because it shows people that teens have received an education. High school is a stepping stone to be successful at life. Teens would always have problems with their families, but if they reject high school that could end many of the goals or dreams that they had for themselves. Thomas Hine’s writing style makes the readers think. He gives enough details to explain what happened in the past and the present, and then the readers are able see the steps that society or teens took that changed everything. Hine makes the readers think if teens had changed for the better or for the worst, when it come to a particular topic.
Roar Blog
April 9, 2010
Roar Blog #3
Summary:
In the book The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager written by Thomas Hine, Hine begins to talk about high school and how it was different from past generations. In past generations high school was not a big deal to go to because teenagers were making money to help support their families. The first high school that was built was in Boston in 1821 and that school is now known as English High, but other high schools were not built until till many years later. The first students that attended these schools were young women, because most of them didn’t bring in enough money to support their families like the young men did.
In time, high schools around the United States started to change because more students were attending and education was finally becoming important to American teenagers in the 1930s and after World War II. Today education is still very important and like Hine said that many teenagers have problems with their family, themselves, and society, but they still continue to go try their hardness in high school. These teens are thinking of their goals and dreams, so they know that have to finish school in order to make these goals happen for themselves.
High school meant a large amount of teenagers spending time in an environment that was about education, but sometimes these teens thought that they were adults and they could make their own decisions. Hine touches on young women sexuality and how it changed from the past to the present. Before the 1920s, teenage girls were seen as innocent and many of them didn’t even kiss anyone until they were married. The act of kissing or showing affection to someone who were not family was an act only adults would be doing. This all changed when the 1920s hit and young women were showing their sexuality to the world. Teenage girls were changing the way they dressed, the music they listened to, the dances they did, and how they behaved. These girls were seen as leaders because adults and children looked up to them. Most people like what they were doing, but of course there were people who didn’t like how they expressed themselves.
The people who didn’t enjoy what these teens were going said that the teens were misleading themselves and were disrespecting their families. They saw them as “loose girls” and people who didn’t have any morals. Although some people didn’t enjoy seeing teenage girls express their sexuality, this was the start of something new. It began a more sexualized society that has continued to this day.
*Summarized pages 138-184
Quote:
“To reject your family is one thing; there may be very good reasons. To reject high school is to reject the society as a whole” (Hines 139).
Reaction:
My reaction to this quote is that it tells the truth about how many people feel about high school. High school is very difficult at times, but in the end it is preparing a teenager to be successful. In today’s society, many jobs ask for a high school diploma because it shows people that teens have received an education. High school is a stepping stone to be successful at life. Teens would always have problems with their families, but if they reject high school that could end many of the goals or dreams that they had for themselves. Thomas Hine’s writing style makes the readers think. He gives enough details to explain what happened in the past and the present, and then the readers are able see the steps that society or teens took that changed everything. Hine makes the readers think if teens had changed for the better or for the worst, when it come to a particular topic.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
ROAR BLOG #1: The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager
Courtney Patterson
Roar Blog
April 1, 2010
Roar Blog #2
Summary:
In the book The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager written by Thomas Hine, Hine research if being a teenager from the way they act, talk, and do other things, is a phase or a part of people that never goes away. The readers learn about the phases that teenagers go through. One of the phases that Hine wrote about was how many teens express their conventional wisdom, but they also take apart of awful behavior, that many adults think is unnecessary. The same adults who don’t agree with the teenagers’ behaviors can sometimes behave the same way as the teens. Is the teenage agers a phases that many people get out of their system when they are still teens or is this a phases that which people could not never fully get over?
The readers also learned that the growth spurt and physical maturity that happens with teenagers today, has happened quicker in today’s teens then the teens in the past. Hine believes that it’s due to the food and how people live in today. Maturity is always a difficult thing to go through and Hine talked about Erik Erikson, who believes that today’s society moving too fast. The older generations aren’t able to pass on their thoughts/ experiences about how teenagers should deal with maturity.
The culture that American teens live in is very fast paced and it forced teens to deal with adulthood quicker than most culture, but coming of age is shown differently in every culture. Some culture feed their teenage girls fatting foods and forbids them to do any physical activity, because they are preparing them for marriage. In America, Hine express that the culture helps many teenagers have eating disorders because America is always telling teens that they should be extremely thin, but at the same time America always tries to force advertising for fatty snacks down teens’ throats. This also leads to many teens having to deal with obesity.
*Pages summarized 27-44
Quote:
“Older people may complain about the hardships they had to endure when they were growing up, but when it comes down to the things that really count, it never gets any easier to be younger” (Hine 41).
Reaction:
My reaction to this quote is that it shows how growing up will always be hard, because culture is changing and things are not the same way they once were. This quote is important to understand because it shows that being young will always be difficult to deal with. The other generation will always complain and say that the new generation is out of control, but the older generations need to understand that the new teens are living in a different time, so it calls for new experiences. Thomas Hine’s writing style is very good at expressing both how today’s teens lived their lives and their cultures, along with the other ways that pass generations lived their lives.
Roar Blog
April 1, 2010
Roar Blog #2
Summary:
In the book The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager written by Thomas Hine, Hine research if being a teenager from the way they act, talk, and do other things, is a phase or a part of people that never goes away. The readers learn about the phases that teenagers go through. One of the phases that Hine wrote about was how many teens express their conventional wisdom, but they also take apart of awful behavior, that many adults think is unnecessary. The same adults who don’t agree with the teenagers’ behaviors can sometimes behave the same way as the teens. Is the teenage agers a phases that many people get out of their system when they are still teens or is this a phases that which people could not never fully get over?
The readers also learned that the growth spurt and physical maturity that happens with teenagers today, has happened quicker in today’s teens then the teens in the past. Hine believes that it’s due to the food and how people live in today. Maturity is always a difficult thing to go through and Hine talked about Erik Erikson, who believes that today’s society moving too fast. The older generations aren’t able to pass on their thoughts/ experiences about how teenagers should deal with maturity.
The culture that American teens live in is very fast paced and it forced teens to deal with adulthood quicker than most culture, but coming of age is shown differently in every culture. Some culture feed their teenage girls fatting foods and forbids them to do any physical activity, because they are preparing them for marriage. In America, Hine express that the culture helps many teenagers have eating disorders because America is always telling teens that they should be extremely thin, but at the same time America always tries to force advertising for fatty snacks down teens’ throats. This also leads to many teens having to deal with obesity.
*Pages summarized 27-44
Quote:
“Older people may complain about the hardships they had to endure when they were growing up, but when it comes down to the things that really count, it never gets any easier to be younger” (Hine 41).
Reaction:
My reaction to this quote is that it shows how growing up will always be hard, because culture is changing and things are not the same way they once were. This quote is important to understand because it shows that being young will always be difficult to deal with. The other generation will always complain and say that the new generation is out of control, but the older generations need to understand that the new teens are living in a different time, so it calls for new experiences. Thomas Hine’s writing style is very good at expressing both how today’s teens lived their lives and their cultures, along with the other ways that pass generations lived their lives.
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