english

Last tuesday in english we finished watching a movie (The Great Debaters). I think Mr. Potter is a Michigan fan and Im laughing about that because Im watching them get beat by The Ohio State. Its been 2562 days since Michigan has beaten The Ohio State. Im just jokeing though because Michigan is playing a good game but they really need a better kicker.

1."Night John" is a book whos setting is during the time of slavery. John is the main character and throughout the book he is secretly trying to read, because its against Mr. Waller's rules. In a way John learning how to read is hope for him to keep on living and to not give up on life. Sarney is the girl who is trying to teach john and she thinks John is special and might be big one day. There is alot of attacks and violence against the slaves in Night John. It talks about how when the slaves tried to excape they are killed and shown no mercy.

2.In "Mascot" it talks about Malcom X's early life. At the begining Malcom moves in with a new family.  Malcom feels like he's more of a "mascot" than being equal to everyone else.  Malcom seems to be very smart, even smarter than everyone else in his grade.  Later he talks to his history teacher.  Somewhere in the conversation Malcolm mentions that he wants to become a lawyer.  The teacher laughts and says that it will never happen because he is an African American.  Then his teacher suggests that he become a carpenter.

3. "The Great Debators" has a lot of simularity with "Night John" and "Mascot."  In"The Great Debators" the debators are looked down upon at first for being African American, kind of like in "Mascot."  When Malcolm is told not to be a lawyer but to be a carpenter because he of his race.  There is also some violence against African Americans in "The Great Debators" when they see someone being burned alive.  In "Night John," people are beat for no reason besides the color of their skin.  There are also some differences in the "The Great Debators," "Night John," and "Mascot."  One example is in"The Great Debators," the debators go to college and are on a debate team, and in "Night John," no one is going to college and they are all slaves.  In "Mascot," Malcolm X is from Detroit and in"The Great Debators" the debators are from Texas.