R#3

Ideologies	Similarities	Differences
Luddism	-Self interests, the government was not making any of the decisions -Rights and freedoms- they wanted the right to work. They were fighting because they lost their jobs to machines and they were trying to get their jobs back by destroying the machines.	-they were having a violent revolution -they were destroying the private property
Chartism	-Individual rights and freedoms, they were wanting the right to vote	-They were going against economic equality by wanting everything to be equal for everyone no matter how hard another man worked
Utopian Socialist	-Individual rights, individuals could realize their potential if they were free to pursue their own inclinations.	-They didn’t believe in self interest and economic freedom there ideologies were more socialist
Marxism	-Competition, between the proletariat and bourgeoisie  -Economic Freedom through a free market economy	-Did not believe in private property -Believed the society would eventually become socialist
Classical Conservatism	-Economic Freedom, if people choose to work hard they benefited themselves	-Did not believe in self interest -But society held responsible for the well being of other which is a collective responsibility
Welfare Capitalism	-Self interest -Economic equality, government limited working hours and had a minimum wages, and a safety net with features like pensions and medical insurance	-promoted collective interest
Welfare State	-Economic equality, free market economy (supply and demand)	-Government had involvement in the economy -People in society did not work themselves the worked for the benefit of each other -everyone had equal opportunities

Response To Hamlet

To Be a Murderer

By: Amber Copp

I did not want to be this

A murderer was not the plan I had

But what else could I do

I’m in a room full of traitors

My uncle or father you could say

He is sitting right next to my mother

A fine woman she is

But how could she be so blind to be with a man

Who is my father’s brother

Only a fool could be so blind

Revenge! I must fulfill my father’s will

That despicable man can’t be king

This poison and rot must go

But yet with all this will power I must be able

But I can’t, but I must, but will I?

To be or not to be that is still yet the question

R#1

Thinkers	Beliefs	How their idea’s were radical at the time	How their idea’s relate to classical liberalism
Hobbes	-people are inherently selfish -need a leviathan to ensure order and security -ruler must be accountable -people have the right to exercise reason	-people never had the opportunity to think for themselves this was new for many people	-self interest -individual rights and freedoms
Locke	-social contract -government should be directly accountable to the people -power should rest within the people	-Monarchs didn’t like the idea of not being in full control	-private property -individual rights
Montesquieu	-equality of individuals -accountability  of government -separation of power -government has 3 branches of power-executive, legislative, and judicial	-called for elimination of the 3 estates structures of French society	-economic quality
Mill	-protection of individual rights and freedoms and the promotion of individual decision making of the core societal institutions	He used his idea’s to critic the people in higher power like the government	-economic freedom -individual rights and freedoms
Ricardo	-prices should not correspond to the value to the product itself -economy should be left up to the free market	Believed that the government/ monarchs shouldn’t be tampering with the taxes and the economic money.	-economic freedom -competition
Smith	-increased the wealth of the state but not the wealth of the majority of the people within the state -work for their owns self interest in a free market system -supply and demand -laissez-faire	The idea that the state would benefit more than the people	-self interest
Dickens	-individuals had the right to work and fend for themselves -was against child labor -wanted to get rid of the poor, middle, and rich classes	-people believed status was everything and his idea’s were shocking to many people	-economic freedom -individual rights and freedoms -self interest

R#2

Philosophers	Idea’s	How they relate and Promote Classical Liberalism
Adam Smith	-Individuals work for their own self interest in a free market system -Free market would lead to a stronger economy and would therefore benefit most people in society -Laissez-faire capitalism, the economic system associated with classical liberalism	Free Market Economy Self Interest Economic Freedom
Milton Freidman	-Idea’s based on Adam Smith’s -Freedom of people to make their own decisions so long as they do not prevent anybody else from doing the something constant liberalism	Self Interest Economic Freedom Individual Rights and Freedoms
John Keynes	-Market system driven by supply and demand -No government interference -Individuals should be responsible for their own finical situation	Individual Rights and Freedoms Economic Freedoms

Critical Response to “The Grapes of Wrath”

In the novel “The Grapes of Wrath” the author John Steinbeck illustrates how characters are faced with competing demands of their own needs and those of society.  It is a natural human characteristics to think of yourself before others but sometimes without even thinking we do things out of the blue to help out family or people in need. You can’t go through life without doing at least one good deed it is in human nature to do so. Steinbeck shows this through many different characters some of which include Tom Joad, Ma Joad and Rose of Sharon.

We first meet Tom Joad at the beginning of the novel. Tom was traveling home from just being in prison. Our first thought about Tom was that he can’t be that great of a guy if he just got out of jail for murder. As we learn a little more about him we find out that he didn’t mean to murder that man but it was out of self defence and we lighten up to Tom a little bit more. Tom’s character grows allot through the whole novel. He has to change who he is in order to help other people survive. When Tom makes it home and see’s that him family is in need of help he brings up the idea of going to California. From what we can tell Tom was never had a big role in the household but now was having to step up in order to get his family moving. Tom’s biggest turning point was near the end of the novel when Jim Casey had died. With so much going on around Tom felt that it was his calling to finish what his friend started. With so many families dyeing and starving around him Tom changed into a preacher like man and went on his way to try to spread the word of peace and try to make a difference in everyone’s life who was struggling to get into California, struggling to survive. As the peoples demand from peace of mind increased Tom’s self preservation changed to the demand of the people around him.

During the years of depression the woman’s role in the house hold was not very important in the sense that they did everything in response to what their husbands did. Ma Joad had to step up and become the head of the house hold when her husband started losing faith and becoming lost within himself. Usually the man stays strong for his family but in this case Ma had to stay strong in order to keep her family together.  Everyone kept looking to her for stability and Ma stepped up to the plate and was there for her family. This was not typical for this time in history but it is a natural instinct for a mother to protect her family when it is needed.

Rose of Sharon’s character changed dramatically in such a short time. Throughout the novel with interrupted her and a typical 16 year old girl. She was extremely self observed and really only thought of herself. She acted like a spoiled brat and didn’t really appreciate all the hard work her family was doing. At the end of the book her character did take a giant step forward. When there was a little boy’s father in need of some nourishment Rose of Sharon unselfishly did the unthinkable and gave the man some of her own milk. It was her motherly instincts and this act saved this man. It was a good deed and it was unexpectedly act coming from the one character we didn’t expect would do something so courageous.

People change in order to help the people around them in times of distress. In most case’s peoples self preservation’s change in order to adapt to the demands of a society or even a family. Steinbeck’s character’s changed/ grew when their instincts told them to. The author did this to show the fact that humans can’t help but do the right thing in times of need. No matter what kind of person you are you know in your heart that we all have to give a little in order to survive.

The Ghost Of Tom Joad

                The narrative tone for the novel Grapes of Wrath changes throughout the book, but the one that best suits the main tone is hope/hopeful. This tone can be connected to the song Ghost of Tom Joad song by Brue Springsteen and Tom Morello. This song uses their instruments and their voices to portray a hopeful feeling. The song starts out slow and a little quite but when Tom’s guitar kicks in and his powerful voices comes it makes the song build and build when we get this presence that everything will be okay, we can’t help but smile a little. When the song finishes it goes back to a slower quieter tone which makes us look back on how we felt in the middle of the song. This song leaves you with a good feeling much like the novel did. In the novel when the Joads made their journey to California we wanted to feel hopeful, we wanted them to succeed. As the book went on the narrator got through all the hard times with a positives tone in his voices and by the end we felt hopeful that everything was going to be okay for the Joads because all the characters grew and changed for the better and we were left with a good feeling the same feeling you were left with by the song.

              In the novel the author brings this turtle along for the journey. We first meet the turtle as he is trying to cross the road. We got into his journey and wanted him to make it safley across. I feel the turltle was put into this novel as a symbol of hope. You can take your whole home on your back and travel safley across a "road". There will be opsicals in the way like cars were for the turtle, but no matter what if you just keep going you will get there. Just have a little hope and faith. This again tries into the hopefulness of the song. There were times in the music where it was slower and when it was faster pase and there was more energy in the song that could symbolize you trying to get through obstacles. By the end of the song you have surpast the obstacles and found hope.

Individualism -vs- Collectivism

Individualism	Similarities	Collectivism
Rule of law	Rule of Law –vs- Adherence to collective norms	Economic equality
Individual rights and freedoms	Private-vs- Public Property	Co-operation
Private Property	Collective-vs-self-Interest	Public Property
Economic Freedom	Competition-vs-co-operation	Collective Interest
Self-interest		Collective Responsibility
Competition		Adherence to collective norms

Collectivist Or Individualist

Character Trait

One of Tim O’Brian’s Characters traits I found was weakness (the ability to give in). In the story he was drafted to fight in a war he did not believe in. It seemed to me he had already decided he was going to go before he actually knew he was going to give in and go. I made this assumption by the facts that he worked in a meat processing and with his specific duty he was already prepping himself for being in the war. He described the smell he couldn’t wash off this body and he said he took a blood shower every day. Those are both things he would experience in fighting a war, even though he didn’t particularly enjoy these things he dealt with them. The main character again portrayed the fact that he was weak by running away from his problems instead of facing them. He could of been strong and got support from his family and dealt with the problem but he took the cowardly way out he ran way and tried dealing with it himself. Another sign of weakness he showed was when he was in the boat and he broke down. He knew what his decision was and he knew himself it was the cowardly way out but he went through it anyways. HE was weak in the fact that he showed he made the wrong decision by crying and the biggest example of weakness was the fact he should have went to Canada it was what he believed was right but he listen to the “man” instead. He was a coward...he was weak.

He did have his moments of strength though he was strong enough to leave his family to find himself and to find his decision. He was also strong enough to survive the war and to come back to fulfill his dreams and expectations of himself. Everybody has times of strength and everybody had times of weakness, but some people are stronger and weaker than others, Tim was weaker.

"A Good Head and A Good Heart"--- Nelson Mandela

"A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination" was said by the South African President Nelson Mandela. I choose this quote because i believe that if you open your mind and heart there is nothing you can't achieve. Nelson changed a countries entire outlook on society and he fought for what he thought was right. Even after being in prison for 27 years he came out with a postive and peaceful and look at what he achieved. So I believe of we follow his perspective and have a good head and heart there is no stopping what we can achieve in out life time.