Convincing Someone to do Something

Their are many ways to convince someone to do something. Personally I would offer them something to help convince them for what every reason. My brother and I use this system all the time. It starts by me wanting a snack and trying to get him to make one. Eventually I end up do his chores for him and in return he makes me a sandwich.

Foxconn: Good or Bad?

Why are Foxconn's methods of working employees wrong? Foxconn is one of the major companies that make a lot of the apple products. At extensive research this is my view about Foxconn.

First of I don't think Foxconn is morally right because is a cheaper product worth the price of someones life. The workers at Foxconn are more or less slaves that recieve very low pay and are housed like animals in the Foxconn dorms. The treatment of these people are horrible because they are like me and you. The only difference is on a day to day basics they have to try to survive. People have tried to get into but the Foxconn officals would not allow them into the factory. That just makes them look worse because that means they are hiding something.

Foxconn should not be aloud to operate their company anymore because of all the terrible things going on in the factory.

Foxconn vs Oliver Twist

The notorious company Foxconn has many things in common with Charles Dickens story Oliver Twist. After some research about Foxconn and seeing what happens behind the closed doors of Foxconn. It has hit me that some factories are kind of like the workhouses that are protrayed in the story Oliver Twist.

First off both have horrible working conditions and these horrible conditions are what kill people. Many of the people who work at Foxconn are poor and need money so they can survive. The work they do at Foxconn is hazardous for many of their employees. The factories also have dorms very close so the works can get to work fast and not be late. Foxconn also uses children to work in their factories.

These are the harsh relates of how Foxconn works their employees. There are so many things that the world could do to make life better for the Foxconn works.

Oliver Twist Conflicts

           Conflicts are what keep a person reading a book and without conflicts a story would be very boring. There are four types of conflicts man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. society, and man vs. nature. During this exercise I give examples of two conflicts from Oliver Twist and then explain.

Man vs. Society

1) Man vs. Society- During the story Oliver is judged by the way he looks, for example, the time during chapter 14 when Mr. Grimwig comes in and just seeing how he looks he makes a judgement of Oliver.

Man vs. Nature

2) Man vs. Nature- Oliver is constantly in a state of life or death situations throughout the whole story. An example of this is when Oliver gets the fever and gets severly ill, but with the help of some new friends he pulls through.

Oliver Twist Chapter 4 Sparknotes vs Reading

           During English class today we went over chapter 4 in "Oliver Twist" and then we compared what we came up with in class to the Sparknotes version. In this exercise I realized how useful each way was and also some of the flaws of both. 

           Sparknotes had a lot of the content that we came up from the reading but it wasn't as detailed, which makes it harder to understand what is going on. I don't think it gives you enough details about the chapter, but it does give you the main points. One thing good about Sparknotes is the readability, because it is so much easier to read than the book. A downside about it is all the ads. I most of the time get annoyed with sites that have ads all over the place and on accidently click an ad. It wastes time when you are reading. The only reason I would use Sparknotes is if I forgot to read the night before and needed to catch up fast.

           Over all I personally will stick to reading the book the old fashion way, because reading a book gives you self-accomplishment.

Victorian Era Themes

   Introduction     

           After watching the videos I now realize that there were many different themes in the Victorian Era. At first they had a rocky start, but after awhile it was smooth sailing. During this time the Victorians made many big changes, like moving from the country to the city. They also made many different improvements.

Themes

1) One theme was the hardship, for example, the working conditions for the poor in the workhouses was horrible. Families where separated many times and put into different rooms. In fact once a 5 month old baby was kept from its mother and would occasionally see its mother for feeding.

2)Another theme was the improvements. There was a time when the cities river smelled horrible because the sewage that was poured into it. The Victorians took this problem head on and the solution was the use of marvelous sewage systems. During these time many machines were invented to make manufacturing items more efficient and faster.

3)The final them is trickery because their were a lot of people tricking people. Most time artist would make there paintings look more cheered up from the original. Just so they could sell their paintings to the rich to make money. There were many people that would trick people out of money.

Victorian Era Rules to Make Poor Equal

           In the Victorian era there were many differences between the poor and the rich. In class we are acting as beadle's making the rules to solve this major problem. The task at hand was to make 3-4 rules that would make the poor and the rich more equal because both have little in common.

The rules are as follows:
1) Living Arrangements-People are to have 2 more rooms than how many people live in the house.
2)Education-Rich or Poor everyone gets an equal chance to get to a education.
3)Jobs-Everyone is to try to get a job even if they have disabilities and could be as simple as greeting people or working from a computer.