Carnival Post

The first few weeks of this class was a time of discovery. Not only were we reading about the new settlers to America who were also discovering things, the students in the class were discovering new things they did not know about these first Americans.
There was a discovery that these early American writers were not so hard to understand. It was possible to read and comprehend what they were talking about. The language was a little different and more beautiful than today's English but it was still very readable. It can be so enjoyable too. Hannah wrote how Bradstreet's word's were inspiring to her. She can relate to Bradstreet and her poems. I think it is wonderful how poetry so old can still be understood and can touch people's lives.

There was a heightened awareness that we, people living in the 21st century can relate to people in the 16th and 17th centuries. We still face the struggle with trying to do the right thing, with trying to make a living. In Aubri's blog she made the point of stem-cell research. Do we take away a unborn Babbie's life to save another person's life? We can save a diseased person's life by research done with stem cells. This is great. Someone can get a chance to extend their life. Who wouldn't want that? But then again, we are taking away a life that could have the cure to some of these diseases or someone who could be the next president. It is a hard question that does not have an easy answer to it. This is just like the colonists contemplating on moving to a new homeland to escape poverty. It is a good thing for the European settlers, but then again you take away land and a way of life of the Native Americans already living here. It is a hard choice to decide on to save one, and not the other.

Here is a link to Aubri's blog: http://aubrifrey.blogspot.com/