mierra

Many people believe that hip-hop is nothing more than bogus hype music that only degrade women and talk about money, but most hip-hop songs actually leave the reader with a new perspective. One of many inspirational songs is “Panther Power.” The composer, Tupac Shakur first recorded the song in the 90’s but it wasn’t released until award nominated documentary, “Tupac Resurrection” was released in 2003. “Panther Power” is an excellent song because it contains imagery, has great sound and has numerous examples of personification, which he uses to change the listener’s perspective.
First, Tupac attracts his listeners with an old skool-groovy beat, the rhyme scheme and repetition that makes the song catchy and leaves you no choice except to be hooked! Tupac uses rhyme to give the song a good sound by basically saying the first verse again as the last verse. Throughout the song, the chorus “Panther Power” is repeated three times, giving the listener the feeling of empowerment! The song also has a catchy rhyme scheme, using couplets throughout the song. For example, “As real as it seems the American dream, ain’t nothing but another calculated schemes.” The sound devices are effective in getting your attention.
Secondly, Tupac uses his figurative language to show clear images in the reader’s head. One simile from the song is “I strike America like a case of hard disease.” He also uses a great metaphor where he suggests that we, as a people are “locked in chains” by the government .In this song, Tupac uses a lot of personification to change the readers mind. For example, “Cause Lady Liberty is a hypocrite, she lied to me.” Also, in the song, he uses one example of imagery, saying that “Panther Power is running through my arteries, try to stop oh boy you’ll be clawed to death, cause I’ll be fighting for my freedom with my dying breath.” In this verse, you actually feel get the sense of “panther power” running through your arteries.
Lastly, the personification used in the poem, gives the listener a new perspective and a new view on the government and the American justice system. For example, “Uncle Sam never did a dam thing for me except lie about the fact in my history,” this is used to show, not that the real uncle Sam lied, but to show that the government is full of lies and that they lie to black people to make everything seem perfect and “peachy” when its really not.
In conclusion, with Tupac’s use of good figurative language and imagery, this song represents one of few good songs still around today. His figurative language makes the listener feel what he’s going through, giving them a new perspective. His imagery makes the listener see what he has seen. This song grabs the listener’s attention because rhythmic flow of his voice, the power he puts behind his words and the imagery, personification, similes and metaphors he puts in the lyrics. From the lyrics, listeners can draw inference that Tupac was trying to say don’t always believe what you hear because most of the time your being lied to.

http://jj_productions.tripod.com/home.htm

http://jj_productions.tripod.com/tppoint2.htm

In this aritcle was written a week after tupac's death. The author breifly talks about Jesse Jackson's quote "This is so, so sad. Sometimes the lure of violent culture is so magnetic that even when one overcomes it with material success, it continues to call." In the article, the author is acutally being criticle of Tupac basically calling him a hypocrite.

I aint mad at cha

This was by far one of the most ironic songs but the late Tupac simply because in the video was released three days after he died, showing almost exactly the same way he died. In the song Pac is reminising on how close he and his friend was until he got killed and expresses that he "aint mad at cha" throughroly throughout the song

http://jj_productions.tripod.com/asking.htm

this article talks about the two different sides of Tupac.One was down-to-earth and one was ampd up and rowdy.

Dear Dr.Michael Dyson,
I am a freshmen at Constitution High school in Philadelphia. I’m writing you this letter to greatly express my interest in your book “Holler If You Hear Me: Searching For Tupac.” Well, first off, every year my school participates in the National History Day contest, which is a contest that requires a lot of hard work and dedication. In the contest, you are expected to follow this years theme “Individual In History: Impact and Legacy.” As my first year in the contest I decided that I wanted to do someone that didn’t just have an impact on people socially, economically or just musically, I wanted to choose someone that impacted people in everyway imaginable! So, for this year’s contest, I chose to do a documentary on Tupac Shakur, because, although he had his trouble with the law, he still managed to be a positive influence on a lot of young people (such as myself). As I searched online for a book to annotate, I contemplated on which (besides his autobiography) would be the most useful to my research. Immediately, I began to become interested in your book. At first, I just read the online preview, then I went to Borders book store and purchased your book. I showed great interest in the interviews you included, especially the one with Larenz Tate! I truly believe that if he would have spent more time with Tupac, perhaps he would’ve still been alive! My quest for knowledge has driven me to dig deeper than the surface. I thought if I could possibly interview you about the process of making your book and other knowledge about Tupac, that would be all I need to make my documentary a winner in the contest! I would really like to keep in touch with you, whether it be via, email, phone or in person.
Dr. Dyson, I understand that you have a very busy schedule, so I commend you for taking time out of your day to read my letter. You’ll be helping out a whole lot if you write me back so please write me back.

Sincerely, Mierra Isaac

http://www.taylortheteacher.com/2007/10/14/tupac/

This article was written by an author that was about two weeks younger than Tupac. He explains how Tupac’s music was actually accurate when he talked about the poverty in the ghetto and his mother’s life as a black panther. In any case, I learned that Tupac thought that since his embroil was cultivated in prison, he believed, that’s why the police were attacking him all of his life. This article also discusses Afeni, Tupac’s mom involvment in the Black Panthers. The article suggest “Growing up the son of a revolutionary put Tupac in a paradoxical position.”


http://www.hitemup.com/tupac/lawsuit-tucker.html

This document that I read was the lawsuit case that Tupac had against Deloris Tucker. I learned that the lawsuit was filed against Tupac because he wrote a song titled “You wonder why they call you b*tch” and at the end quotes
“Dear Ms. Deloris Tucker
keep stressen me
f**kin' with a muthaf**ken mind
I figured you wanted to know
you know
why we call them hos bitches
and maybe this might help you understand
it ain't personal
strictly business baby
strictly business”
Also, Tupac mentioned her name again in “How do you want it”, sayin “Deloris Tucker you a fake to me, instead of trynna help a brotha, wanna take his g’s”


http://blackpanther.org/legacynew.htm

This article basically discusses the Black Panthers, which was one of Tupac’s influences. I found out that the Black Panther party was an organization that stood up for African-Americans, encouraging them to fight back. The organization was founded by Huey P. Newton.

http://www.2pac2k.de/readytolive.html

This is an interview with Tupac from Vibe magazine in 1996 titled “Ready To Live.” This interview was developed when Tupac was serving time in jail for an alleged rape case. Tupac goes into vivid details as to what actually happen that night and a few nights before. He also talks about how he was presented with a fair case because of his profession, saying that the media portrays him as a “gangsta rapper.” Tupac quotes “I'm not a gangsta rapper. I rap about things that happen to me.”

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My fifth source is a book by prfessor Michael Dyson, Titled “Holler if you hear me: Searching for Tupac.” This books was ful of interviews from celebrities such as Larenz Tate, Snoop Dogg and many others. This books talks about Tupac’s early life and why he had the mind he had and why he wrote in such ways that made everybody feel they were in the room with him as the things actually happen. I learned that Tupac read well over 200 books, in different variety.

When asking five students which rapper they thought were better, Tupac or Biggie, eighty percent of the students thought that Tupac was better, while the other twenty percent peferred Biggie. Tupac was a well known rapper that rapped about life on the "westside", as well as life in the black community.The students that I interviewed who perferred Tupac over Biggie were, Shantell, Nick, Daisey and Eric. Shantell stated that "Tupac, because he real and speaks the truth." Other students such as Eric just simply stated "because he sold more records"! Biggie was also a well-known rapper, that talked about his the "eastside", life growing up and the obstacles he had to face to be in the position that he was in. Only one student, Ruby, perferred Biggie over Tupac. Ruby told me "I just like B.I.G's music better...better beats and stuff, ya digg"! Although, a large percent of people in Ms.Melville's class perfer Tupac, there is still a small percentage that like Biggie more!

Mierra Isaac
Many people would faithfully call Elvis "The King" but Frankie Lymon was the original king of Rock N' Roll, even though he was about four years younger than Elvis. His story starts off in Harlem, New York, where he started his singing in the midst of his father's gospel group. His passion for entertaining began when he watched the "Coupe De Villes" rehearse for their high school talent show. The Coupe De Villes consisted of Herman Santiago,Jimmy Merchant, Sherman Garnes and Joe Negroni. Frankie later joined the Coupe De Villes, who later changed their name to the "Ermines" following "The Premiers". Frankie Lymon's inspiration to write his own music came from one of his neighbors who gave Frankie numerous love letters, written to him from his girlfriend. Frankie and the other members modified one of the letters into a song titled, "Why Do Birds Sing So Gay", which Frankie later named "Why Do Fools Fall In Love". Then, one evening "The Premiers" sang the song outside of Richard Barret's (member of the group "Valentines") window. After hearing the group, Barret took them to audition for record producer, George Goldner. While listening to the Premiers, Goldner noticed that although Herman Santiago was the lead singer, Frankie's voice seemed to be more appealing, he then asked Frankie to sing lead. This was an early start to a new type of music called Doo-Wop! After Goldner signed The Premiers to Gee Records, he later named them The Teenagers and "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" became their first single in January of 1956. The song also became an immediate hit, being #6 on the Billboard Pop singles chart and reaching #1 on the R&B charts. That same year, the Teenagers released "I Want You To Be My Girl", which was #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. When "I Want You To Be My Girl" released, the Teenagers, fans began calling them "Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers". The group later released an album, "The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon", in December of 1956. The success of the Teenagers, landed them many gigs such as tours with Alan Freed, who was a Disc Jockey from Windberg, Pennsylvania. He was known for promoting African-American R&B music on radio and in Europe, where it was call Rock N' Roll. This later, led to Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers performing with other popular Doo-Wop and Rock N' Roll acts such as Little Richard, The Platters, Bo Diddly and Bill Haley. Frankie even appeared on Freed’s radio show numerous times. While on Freed’s tour, Frankie began to become sexually attracted to Zola Taylor, who was the only female in the early Doo-Wop group, “The Platters.” The Teenagers' fame landed them performances in two popular movies of the 50's, beginning with " Rock, Rock, Rock " and later " Mister Rock and Roll ". All of Frankie's publicity earned him to later being known as "the first teenage idol". In 1957, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers split up while on a tour in Europe. Goldner and his partner Levy, began promoting Frankie as a solo act. In his performances Frankie used previously recorded taped songs,with the voices of The Teenagers as his backround singers. Due to his continued performance, Frankie received most of the credit for songs that he and Teenagers wrote. Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers’ album, “At the London Palladium,” was suppose to be released as a group project but was released as Frankie's solo album, which is why he got full credit for the song “Goody Goody.” While becoming solo, Frankie's career wasn't as successful as it had been when he was with the Teenagers. When his first solo, "My Girl" released, he was sign to Roulette Records, with Goldner’s ex partner Morris Levy. On July 19, 1957 , in an appearance on Alan Freed's show, The Big Beat, he danced with a white girl. This act caused much controversy and the episode was canceled due to the color difference, in which Frankie and the white girl faced. Later, in the 1960's, Frankie's sales began to drastically change when he lost his soprano voice. After adopting a falsetto voice, Frankie began loosing a large percentage of his white audience and a small percentage of his black audience. His highest selling song after his "voice change" was, "Litty Bitty Pretty One." It reached number 58 on the Hot 100 pop chart in 1960, although it had previously been recorded in 1957. Having been addicted to heroin since he was 15, Frankie fell further into his habit and his performing career went into decline. According to Frankie in an interview with Ebony 1967, he said that he was first introduced to heroin by a woman twice his age. In 1961, Roulette Records, who was now owned by Morris Levy, ended their contract with Frankie and he later entered a drug rehabilitation program. After losing Frankie, the Teenagers went through many replacement singers, the first was Billy Lobrano. In 1960, Howard Kenny Bobo sang lead on "Tonight's The Night" with the Teenagers; later that year, Johnny Houston led two other songs. The Teenagers, who had been moved by Morris Levy onto End Records, were released from their contract in 1961. The Teenagers briefly reunited with Frankie in 1965 without success. Over the next four years, Lymon struggled through short- lived deals with 20th Century Fox Records and Columbia Records. In January 1964, Elizabeth Waters became Frankie’s first wife. It was later discovered that Frankie and Elizabeth’s marriage wasn’t technically legal, considering the fact that she was still married to her first husband. After Frankie's marriage failed, he moved to Los Angeles in the mid 1960's, where he moved in with Zola Taylor and later began a romantic relationship. While living with Zola, Frankie made very few musical appearances at legendary places like the Apollo. His final television performance was on Hollywood a Go-Go in 1965, where the then, twenty-two year old singer, lip-synched to the original recorded version of "Why Do Fools Fall in Love." According to Zola, she and Frankie got married, 1965 in Mexicali,Mexico, but there was no marrige license to prove that she was married to him. One day Zola left to tour with The Platters. She left Frankie in charge of her house, left him her money and left him the car. About five months later, Zola recieved a call from her sister explaining that Frankie had some woman at her house and that they were arguing so loud, the neighbor had to call the police. When Zola returned home, she found an eviction notice on her door and her once beautiful home, boarded up! She later learned that the morgage hadn't been paid since she left. When she went to the bank there was no money either. After trying to reach Frankie in New York, she'd learned that later that year, he had been drafted in the army. While in the army, Frankie was stationed at Fort Gordon, which was near Agusta Georgia. When Frankie was in the Augusta area, Frankie met and fell in love with Elmira Eagle, a schoolteacher at Hornsby Elementary. The two were married in June of 1967. Frankie repeatedly went AWOL to prform at small Southern clubs. This led to Frankie being dishonorably discharged from the Army. He the moved into his wife's home, where he continued to carry out duties of a traditional husband. In 1968, Frankie traveled back to New York to get signed with Sam Bray, in hopes of making a comeback. His career was unsuccessful, considering the fact that music had moved on with a new sound and a new look. It was said that he became so depressed, that on the night of Febuary 27th 1968, in his grandmother's bathroom, he was found dead of a heroin overdose. Years after Frankie's death, Elizabeth, Zola and Emira went to court claiming to be the widow of Frankie, in order to gain future royalties and copyright entitlements. The first decision was made in Elizabeth's favor. Eagle appealed, and in 1990, the New York State Supreme Court reversed the original decision and awarded Emira the estate of Frankie Lymon. Although, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers' had a short amount of time in the music industry, his hits were very influential on the rock and R&B performers who followed them. Lymon's soprano sound was said to be a direct ancestor of the girl group sound, like The Chantels and The Supremes. Frankie also influenced several groups such as, The Temptations, The Beach Boys and The Jackson 5. Frankie influenced individuals like Ronnie Spector, Diana Ross and his biggest influence, Michael Jackson. The list goes on and on!

Although, Animal Farm was written over 50 years ago, it still has an important message that relates to our current society. In the early 1940's, in the midst of England, George Orwell wrote Animal Farm as an alleghory for what was acually happening in Russia. The animals in the story represent people who were part of the Russian population when the country was under supervision of Joseph Stallin. Some animals (people) were more powerful and the story and some were less powerful.

Based on votes and polls, I predict the next president of theUnited States will be Barack

Obama..I think he would make a good president because he has personal experience with

poverty and the growing income gap, having grown up abroad in Indonesia and working as a

community organizer in the south side of Chicago. If I were over eighteen, I would deffinatly

vote for Obama also, considering the fact that he is the only black man to come this close to

winning presidency.According to the votes and polls, Barack Obama is winning the popular vote

by 7.84 percent, with McCain having 45.08 percent and Obama leading with 52.92 percent.

When voting, electoers have a large part in deciding who the next potential president will be. In

this 2008 election, Obama has three hundred-seventy five electoral votes, while McCain only

has one hundred- sixty three (Obama leading by two hundred-twelve). When finding my

numerical evidence, I had to divide the population of a state into 646946.9103 to get the

number of representatives from each state, then add two to get how many electors were in each

state.Obama also has fifty-seven percent of the Senate’s vote, while McCain only has forty-one

percent, leaving two percent undecided. Obama has also won twenty-eight states and Hawai,

while McCain only won twenty-two states and Alaska. By only comparing the data of the

popularity vote, you can predict that Barack Obama will win the 2008 presidential election. In

conclusion, I would say Obama has a pretty better chance of winning the election more than

any other candidate. I think the reason why people are choosing Obama over McCain is

because, has the most experience as an elected official and legislator, with over 10 years in state

and federal public service. He is the only top Democratic candidate who understands both state

and federal government as an elected legislator. Also, because has sponsored, co-sponsored and

advocatedfor significant and realistic legislation to end global warming by capturing and safely

disposing carbon dioxide, raising vehicle fuel economy standards and replacing petroleum with

home-grown biofuels like cellulosic ethanol. Problems like these are what people expect to be

fixed. Obama also considers all people as being equal, while McCain discriminates against

“middle class” people naming them as “poor people”. The United States doesn’t need anymore

discrimination than what it already has and by McCain calling middle class people “poor

people,” this draws me to the conclusion that wealthy people will get better treatment more

thanthose that need it the most.

Abu Abdullah Mohammad Ibn Musa al-Khawarizmi was born at Khawarizm (Kheva), south of Aral sea. Very little is

known about his early life, except for the fact that his parents had migrated to a place south of Baghdad. His exact

dates of his birth and death are also not but it is established that he died around 840 C.E.Khawarizmi was a

mathematician, astronomer and geographer.Abu was the founder of several branches and basic concepts of

mathematics. His work on algebra was outstanding,founded analytical solutions of linear and quadratic equations,

which made him the founder of Algebra. The name Algebra came from his famous book Al-Jabr wa-al-Muqabilah.He

also explained the use of zero,an importance developed by the Arabs.Abu developed the decimal system so that the

overall system of numerals, 'algorithm' or 'algorizm' is named after him. In addition to introducing the Indian system of

numerals, he developed at length several arithmetical procedures, including operations on fractions. He developed in

detail trigonometric tables, which included the sine functions He also perfected the geometric representation of conic

sections and developed the calculus of two errors, which practically led him to the concept of differentiation. It's been

said that he collaborated the degree measurements, volume and circumference of the earth.The influence of

Khawarizmi on the growth of science and mathematics, is well established in history.

Mierra Isaac


When reading the article, “Methods of Apportionment,” there were some methods that I fully

agreed with and there were some that I didn’t agree with, although, none of the methods satisfy

all requirements listed in the Rules for US Representatives. I agreed with Jefferson and

Webster’s method because they were less confusing and made more sense in the mathematical

sense of politics. Jefferson method,which was used by the US Congress starting in 1791 through

1842, states that “the higher the ratio, the more deserving the state is to get a representative.”

Jefferson's method was later replaced with Webster's method in 1842. This method makes a lot

more sense than Hamilton’s method, in which I disagree with. Webster’s method,which

was used in was 1842 through 1852, was adopted by the Congress, and then later replaced by

Alexander Hamilton's method. Webster's method was similar to Jefferson’s method, which

states that “if a fractional remainder were greater than one-half, another seat would be

assigned,” in which Jefferson’s did not. The reason why I agree with Webster’s method, as well

as Jefferson’s is because, to me, it makes more logical sense and it’s much easier to calculate how
many states a representative should have based on population, if I were to use the formula for a

math or science project.

Although, Animal Farm was written over 50 years ago, it still has an important message that relates to our current society. In the early 1940's, in the midst of England, George Orwell wrote Animal Farm as an alleghory for what was acually happening in Russia. The animals in the story represent people who were part of the Russian population when the country was under supervision of Joseph Stallin. Some animals (people) were more powerful and the story and some were less powerful. 

One person that contributed to Frankie Lymon's success was Alan Freed, who was a Disc Jockey from Windberg,Pennsylvania, was known for promoting African-American R&B music on radio and in Europe, where it was call Rock N' Roll. He played a big role in Frankie Lymon's life because it it wasn't for him than Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers wouldn't have never been publicized. He gave Frankie numerous gigs, he even let Frankie Lymon go on tour with him.

In 1957, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers split up while on a tour in Europe. Goldner and Levy began promoting Frankie as a solo act and Frankie began to perform songs using recorded tapes of the songs as his backround singing. The groups last song released was "Goody Goody", in which Frankie recieved most of the credit for as he continued to perform it as a solo act. Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers at the London Palladium was suppose to be released as a group album but was released as Frankie's solo album. While becoming solo, Frankie's career wasn't as successful as it had been when he was with the Teenagers. When his first solo, "My Girl" released, he was sign to Roulette Records. On July 19, 1957 Frankie appeared on Alan Freed's show, who was a Disc Jockey that promoted African-American R&B music, dancing with a white girl. The episode was canceled due to the color difference, which Frankie and the white girl faced. Later, in the 1960's, Frankie's sales began to drastically change when he lost his soprano voice. After adopting a falsetto voice, Frankie began loosing a large percentage of his white audience and a small percentage of his black audience. His highest selling song after his "voice change" was, "Litty Bitty Pretty One", which reached number 58 on the Hot 100 pop chart in 1960, and which had actually been recorded in 1957. Having been addicted to heroin since he was 15, Frankie fell further into his habit and his performing career went into decline.According to Frankie in an interview with Ebony 1967, he said that he was first introduced to heroin by a woman twice his age. In 1961, Roulette Records, who was now owned by Morris Levy, ended their contract with Frankie and he later entered a drug rehabilitation program. After losing Frankie, the Teenagers went through many replacement singers, the first was Frankie's immediate successor Billy Lobrano. In 1960, Howard Kenny Bobo sang lead on "Tonight's The Night" with the Teenagers; later that year, Johnny Houston sang lead on two songs. The Teenagers, who had been moved by Morris Levy onto End Records, were released from their contract in 1961. The Teenagers briefly reunited with Frankie's in 1965, without success.

Mierra Isaac

I personally believe that national security is more important based on the fact that throughout the

iDeal society, the government took away some personal freedom to benefit national security. Also,

the simulation clearly shows what can happen if national security isn't "pushed." For example, when

the Freedom Fight Club decided to blow up the Yankee stadium because it was associated with the

President, who was pro ichips. Many people died due to the lack of security. The government was to

worried about protecting individual freedom rather than protecting the whole nation. The major issue

addressed during the simulation was that the government had to protect the citizens, even if that

meant taking away a bit of our individual freedom.After the Yankee Stadium bombing, the

government stated that it was mandatory for everyone to get an ichip. Few citizens addressed this

issue by protesting against the ichips and suing the government for relatives killed in the Yankee

Stadium bombing. In the case of Pedro v. The government, Pedro sued the government because the

Apple store ran out of ichips when he went to purchase one for his son, who was a victim of the

bombing. The government, at first, ruled in Pedro's favor but the case was later reopened by

Attorney General, John Nelson, in which the Judicial Branch concluded that the government shouldn't

have been responsible for the Plaintiff's son. The constitution did not protect the nation because

people were still being killed in the bombings, people were being questioned and held without and

attorney, Individual freedom was being abused and people were being arrested without probable

cause.

In the iDeal society, I believe that the cops and government started becoming stricter in their power

because they wanted to keep the nation safe. As, they became more and more worried about

national security, they started to violate amendments. After the Yankee stadium bombing, the police

were arresting and searching people without probable cause because they suspected that people

who didn't have ichips were the ones that was involved in the bombings, but the police had no

physical evidence. The fourth amendment says "the right of the people to be secure in their

persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be

violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation,

and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." This

means that no person's property (including a person's body) should be searched without their

approval or without a warrant.

The second argument i had against the iDeal Society was that they took away more individual

freedom than was needed, which is a violation of the 1st amendment (freedom of speech,religion,etc.). For example, when the

Uni-bombers blew up they Yankee stadium, the government made it mandatory for everyone to get

an ichip when they could've questioned people with their attorney present and held them until they

figured out who was causing the bombings.

The third argument about the iDeal Society was that it was unconstitutional to detain people without

an attorney.This started after the bombing at Yankee Stadium, which was the second bombing

caused by "Freedom Fight Club," who were against the ichips. Many citizens were arrested, sent to

camps and questioned without an attorney being present. The reason why this was unconstitutional

for the government was because it was a violation the the citizen's fifth amendment, which in the

constitution, states that "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous

crime, unless on presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or

naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any

person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be

compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or

property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without

just compensation." When the police started abusing this power, many citizens started presented

their cases in the Supreme Court in which the Judicial Branch ruled in their favor, which helped the

citizens alot. The Judicial Branch did, if in fact "check" the power of the Executive Branch and

decided that what they were doing to the citizens were a violation of the constitution.

In conclusion, we believe that the constitution resolve conflicts. In the case of Pedro v. The

Government, in which Pedro's son was killed in the Yankee Stadium bombing because he didn't have

an ichip that should have been supplied by the government, the Judicial Branch ruled in the

Government's favor. Pedro sued the government for running out of ichips. Pedro's testimony wasn't

very accurate, which means that there were many unanswered questions in which the day of the

bombing occurred. The Supreme Court came to the conclusion that the government shouldn't have

been responsible for his son's murder due to the fact that another bombing occurred prior to the

Yankee Stadium bombing, which meant that it was Pedro's responsibility to get his son's ichip

immediately after the first bombing.

In the story Animal Farm, the animals believe Napoleon's and the pig's lies because they are forced to. Firstly, they were very afraid of him because he had dogs and of what he did to Snowball. When Squealer presented his speech he had three dogs sitting around him that scared the animals because in the story it says that the dogs "glowed up threateningly that they excepted his explanation without further questions." Also, when Napoleon and Snowball had the debate on which they should worry about first, the animal's health or the windmill,Napoleon made the dogs attack Snowball because he knew that they would vote on his idea. When the dogs chased Snowball out of the farm, the animals followed and watched then slowly crept back into the barn. Secondly, the animals were persuaded with nonsense because they had no other choice than to believe what Napoleon and Squealer said. If they would've questioned Napoleon, they would've been slaughtered! For example, when Squealer persuaded the animals into believing that the pig's larger ration of apples and milk were for the good of the farm because they contained a substance that helped them do brain work, which stopped Jones from coming back. Also, they were persuaded to work on Sundays. When Napoleon announced that the work would be voluntary but any animal who chose not to do the work would have their rations reduced by half. Lastly, the animals didn't want the Animal Farm to be a failure and risk the chances of Jones coming back. For example, when Squealer stated that "loyalty and obedience are more important," the animals actually started believing what he said because animals, such as Boxer, started working by the slogans, "Napoleon is always right" and " I will work harder." Also, when Napoleon said "Surely comrades, you don't want Jones to come back." This scared the animals more, which made them more obedient of Napoleon and the other pigs, even if it meant believing everything Napoleon said, even if they were lies! Although, the animals had a choice to what they believed, they clearly allowed Napoleon and Squealer to put whatever nonsense they said, in their head.

Mierra Isaac


The United States government, consists of and Electoral College, in which there are 538 electors

who decide who should be elected in actual elections. The way it works is, each state is given a

number of electors according to its population or size. About a month after an election is held

the electors go to their state capital and cast their ballots for the candidate that won the state they

represent. At the end of this process, all tallies and votes for president and vice president are

sent to the senate of the US, where they are opened and counted in alphabetical order. If no

candidate gets 270 votes, the House of Representatives goes into session and votes state by state

until a president is elected.

When reading the article, “Methods of Apportionment,” there were some methods that I fully

agreed with and there were some that I didn’t agree with, although, none of the methods satisfy

all requirements listed in the Rules for US Representatives. I agreed with Jefferson and

Webster’s method because they were less confusing and made more sense in the mathematical

sense of politics. Jefferson states in his method that “the higher the ratio, the more deserving the

state is to get a representative.” This method makes a lot more sense than Hamilton’s method, in

which I disagree with. Webster’s method was similar to Jefferson’s method, which states that “if

a fractional remainder were greater than one-half, another seat would be assigned,” in which

Jefferson’s did not. The reason why I agree with Webster’s method, as well as Jefferson’s is

because, to me, it makes more logical sense and it’s much easier to calculate how many states a

representative should have based on population, if I were to use the formula for a math or

science project. In conclusion, the Electoral College is much more complicated than voting. This

consist of knowledge, mathematics and research.

Mierra Isaac
Ms.Melville
English




In the story, Animal Farm, the animals react differently when they find out about the Rebellion. Firstly, Napoleon and Snowball spread the idea of rebelling to get support from the other animals. They sent messages to the birds so that they can go on the neighboring farmland and pass it on to the other animals about their farm. Snowball and Napoleon also taught the animals on the farm “King Of England”. Secondly, Fredrick and Pilkington also reacted to the story of the Rebellion, but twisted it up in a negative way to keep their animals from rebelling. They tried to show their animals that it was a dumb idea by “laughing and scorning idea”. They also told lies to their animals saying that the farm was “terrible wickedness” and tried to scare their animals with stories saying that the animals starved and died. Lastly, the animals on the other farms also liked the idea of rebelling. The showed that they liked this idea by singing “King Of England”. The animals from other farms also started rebelling because the story said, “sheep broke into hedges and devoured the clover.” Even though the animals had different views on the Rebellion, they still overruled the humans and continued to rebel.

Mierra Got a 100%

Theme: Parts of Speech Language Arts Quizzes

Result: 12/12

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Number	Actual	Your Answer(s)
Review - 1	A	A
Review - 2	B	B
Review - 3	C	C
Review - 4	D	D
Review - 5	C	C
Review - 6	D	D
Review - 7	B	B
Review - 8	A	A
Review - 9	A	A
Review - 10	C	C
Review - 11	B	B
Review - 12	D	D