Slavery Back Then…
Slavery was acceptable, and slavery meant that you must do what is requested. Slave owners had life and death control over their slaves. If a slave owner could not deal with an aggressive slave, that person would be killed. Slaves tended to be pretty passive and obedient.
Slavery
•Homelessness was a very uncommon state in ancient Greece. Unfortunately homeless people were commonly caught into slavery. If they were useful then they were sold. If they were useless they were then killed or allowed to die.
•The family was more important in those days. If your family could not protect you and care for you when you were down and out, then you ended up as a slave.
•The good thing about slavery is that whoever bought you included you in their family.
•If your family is poor then you could be sold into slavery pay of their debts.
•The bad thing was that you were then forced to do drudgery and if you did not work you were killed or left to die. Sex crimes could easily be perpetrated on a slave.
•The Greeks had marble quarries and silver mines. In other parts of
•the world there were copper, lead, gold, tin, iron, and mines for
•precious and semi-precious stone. Slaves did almost everything
•except smelting. They did the dangerous job of going into the earth
• to bring the ore to the surface. They also did the heavy work of removing the earth to expose the ore. They wielded the pick and the
• hammers to drive the drills. Very dry sticks were pounded into the
• holes so when water was applied they swelled and broke the rock.
•The large rocks were broken with picks and hammers and chisels.
•The burden and ore was removed from the mines in sacks on the
•back of slaves. Slaves had to constantly sharpen the tools to work
•the rock. Men and women might be used in the mine. Women also
•may have served as prostitutes as well as cooking and serving food
•and water.
Nov 2, 2007
Animal Farm
Brittany Curtis
“Four legs good, two legs bad.” I read the book Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell. This book took place in1943–1944, in London. Animal Farm is set in an unspecified time period. This book took place in an imaginary farm in England. In a quick summery of the book is that the animals throw off their human leader and make some sort socialist community called Animal Farm; the pigs, being the most intelligent animals in the group, take control of the planning and government of the farm.
The climax in this story is in Chapter V, when Napoleon runs Snowball off the farm with his trained pack of dogs then takes power the falling action is when, Squealer tries to stop Napoleon’s actions reinterpretations of Animalist principles but Napoleon continues to have his power, the common animals continue to obey the pigs, hoping for a better future.
I think the theme of this book is that when someone is in power no one is equal.
Some of the main characters of this story are the pigs, Snowball, Squealer, and Napoleon. They are all tying to have power over the farm.
Boxer is the cart-horse whose incredible strength and loyalty played a big role in the early of making of Animal Farm and the later completion of the windmill. He is quick to quick to help but rather dumb, Boxer shows much devotion to Animal Farm’s ideals. He trusts the pigs to make all his decisions for him. His two mottos are “I will work harder” and “Napoleon is always right.”
Mr. Jones is the often drunk farmer who runs the Manor Farm before the take over and called it Animal Farm. Mr. Jones is an unkind master who indulges himself while his animals lack food.
I didn’t really understand the symbolism of this book because I don’t really know my history very well. I think that I would of ilike the book better, if I understood the symbolism.
Brittany Curtis
“Four legs good, two legs bad.” I read the book Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell. This book took place in1943–1944, in London. Animal Farm is set in an unspecified time period. This book took place in an imaginary farm in England. In a quick summery of the book is that the animals throw off their human leader and make some sort socialist community called Animal Farm; the pigs, being the most intelligent animals in the group, take control of the planning and government of the farm.
The climax in this story is in Chapter V, when Napoleon runs Snowball off the farm with his trained pack of dogs then takes power the falling action is when, Squealer tries to stop Napoleon’s actions reinterpretations of Animalist principles but Napoleon continues to have his power, the common animals continue to obey the pigs, hoping for a better future.
I think the theme of this book is that when someone is in power no one is equal.
Some of the main characters of this story are the pigs, Snowball, Squealer, and Napoleon. They are all tying to have power over the farm.
Boxer is the cart-horse whose incredible strength and loyalty played a big role in the early of making of Animal Farm and the later completion of the windmill. He is quick to quick to help but rather dumb, Boxer shows much devotion to Animal Farm’s ideals. He trusts the pigs to make all his decisions for him. His two mottos are “I will work harder” and “Napoleon is always right.”
Mr. Jones is the often drunk farmer who runs the Manor Farm before the take over and called it Animal Farm. Mr. Jones is an unkind master who indulges himself while his animals lack food.
I didn’t really understand the symbolism of this book because I don’t really know my history very well. I think that I would of ilike the book better, if I understood the symbolism.
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