Wendell Berry Chapter 2 Summary

Undaunted Courage by Steven Ambrose is written about the exploration of the West by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Thomas Jefferson, president of the United States, decided to send Lewis on this exploration, and Lewis chose to take Clark along with him. Many people criticized Jefferson because westward expansion had been tried before and failed. Others argued that he shouldn’t be allowed to purchase land with their tax dollars. Ambrose argues that Jefferson made the correct decision in choosing Lewis to explore the land that makes up Louisiana, Arkansas, parts of northeastern Texas, Oklahoma, eastern Colorado, and Minnesota (Kindle Locations 92-93).

1. Wendell Berry states the valid question, “By the abuse of our finite sources, our lives are already in danger. What might we bring into danger by the abuse of ‘infinite’ sources?”. This literature was published in 1977, 40 years ago, and I believe it is safe to say that our seemingly infinite resources (clean air, un-acidified water) have underwent what Berry predicted. When we knew we were on this fast downward spiral, why was there no Paris Agreement then, activists were abundant and knew of the grim future, yet we only decided to step in when it the issue had started to affect the Earth.

Berry uses a strong emotional appeal to prove his point. The lack of credit given to the farmers. We are eluding various economic suffering, for example, disregarding the farmer's loses. Have a huge victory for one side of the spectrum.

In this book I was reading about the one and only Benjamin Franklin. He was born in a house on Milk Street In Boston, Massachusetts, on January 17, 1706. He made a decision after the age of seventy that he didn’t want to get older. So, every time on his birthday he would count backward. Like when he was 81 turning 82 instead of saying he’s turning 82 he would say he’s turning 80.

Dialectal Journal; The Awakening (Kate Chopin) Motif- The Sea Quote Literary/Style Elements Commentary Additional Ideas “There was no sound abroad except the hooting of an old owl in the top of a water-oak, and the everlasting voice of the sea, that was not uplifted at that soft hour.” (7) Personification Chopin’s use of personification demonstrates how the sea provides a feeling of comfort. The soft hour helps to communicate the feeling of comfort as Chopin tries to show how the setting of the sea is calming.

In the essay “Notes of a Native Son” by James Baldwin, he expresses feelings of hate and despair towards his father. His father died when James was 19 years old from tuberculosis; it just so happens that his funeral was on the day of the Harlem Riot of 1943. Baldwin explains that his father isn’t fond of white people due to the racist past. He recalls a time when a white teacher brought him to a theater and that caused nothing but upset with his father, even though it was a kind act. Many events happened to Baldwin as a result of segregation, including a time where a waitress refused to serve him due to his skin color and Baldwin threw a pitcher of water at her.

Martin Luther King Jr., in his essay “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” writes that, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” The evidence to support this assertion is not limited to King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail, but can also be found in Henry David Thoreau’s essay, “Resistance to Civil Government,” and Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. In “Resistance to Civil Government,” Thoreau writes that under a government in which the majority rule, the conscience of its subjects becomes atrophied. He emphasizes this point by juxtaposing men and machine, as well as life and death. King, in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” identifies compliance with an unjust government as the cause of loss of conscience.

Critical Race Lens on “McFarland USA” The critical race theory examines how racism affects the society, law, social structure and economy of a state. It is based on five basic tenets: everyday racism, interest convergence, social construction of race, differential racialization, intersectionality, and voice of color. The movie “McFarland USA”, directed by Niki Caro, is a true-story that is primarily based on a poor Mexican community in California where Coach White, a white American coach, develops a cross-country team.

In Chapter 12 of Harper Lee’s, To Kill a Mockingbird, there are many events and situations in which irony is used to support the theme of the chapter. An example of this is in the very beginning of the chapter, when Scout is concerned about how distant and moody Jem is acting, and asks Atticus, “’Reckon he’s got a tapeworm?’” (Lee 153), to which Atticus replies no, and that Jem is growing. This is dramatic irony because the readers understand that Jem is acting oddly because he’s growing, but Scout doesn’t know this until she asks Atticus about it. This quote supports the theme of Chapter 12 by showing when Jem started to grow distance from Scout, getting aggravated with her and telling her to stop bothering him, and shows how the children

Martin Luther King discusses many philosophical principles in the “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” that relates with Aquinas discussion about law. Most of Martin Luther King’s philosophical ideas have to deal with natural law. According to Aquinas natural law is promulgated by reason and also rational participation in the eternal law. But in “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” we can see how human law is connected to natural law always.

In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. led a peaceful movement in Birmingham, Alabama. The purpose of the demonstration was to bring awareness and end to racial disparity in Birmingham. Later that night, King and his followers were detained by city authorities. While in custody, King wrote the famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” This letter voiced out his disappointment in the criticisms, and oppositions that the general public and clergy peers obtained.

In Farmer’s life, religion and science are almost inseparable. Farmer embraces this idea in his medical practice, where solving patients’ immediate problems is his key indeed, his only guideline. In effect, there would be no purpose in Farmer’s practicing medicine around the world if he didn’t have a strong moral reason for doing so: there would be no “how” without a “why.” A powerful rebuke to the hiding away of poverty,” farmer calls

Malthus’s work can be described as a rationalization of social inequality created through the Industrial Revolution and as a justification for nativism. The assumptions of growth of food supply and population from Malthus are used as the explanation for environmental degradation and poverty. His conclusions provide a tool to prevent social and

These twelve writer published an agrarian manifesto also known as I’ll Take My Stand: The South and the Agrarian Tradition. Within this manifesto there is arguments and opinions explaining the importance of retaining certain agricultural traditions in society. They apply the importance of the old beliefs of “The Lost Cause” in appealing to the audience. The audience the Southern Agrarians are targeting are those who are not entirely decided on the impacts of pursuing a more industrialized society. What they want is to keep the old traditions which is a respectable goal, but in doing so they seem to be wanting to preserve too much of the traditions as to hold the south back from any sort of

His ideas were the product of a diverse early career; all of his experiences pre-planning (pre-1958, essentially) informed his designs down the road. Having spent a lot of time farming, Olmsted was fond of, and personally felt a connection to, transcendental ideals. He valued man’s connection with nature as a divine and important part of life. Olmsted’s quintessential love of nature springing from his farming days was compounded, firstly, by his inspiration from Andrew Jackson Downing. Downing was a mid 19th century author who wrote best selling books about rural life.