How could you argue that the character of Napoleon compares to Adolph Hitler? Think about the fact that while he came to power across Europe many people ignored the warning signs. How does that compare to the animals on the farm? How & why did the animals ignore the negative signs with Napoleon? (Ana)

Napoleon and Hitler, although they both live in two different worlds they are more alike than anyone may think. For example both of them were the kinds of people who talked with passion and with seriousness and both exaggerate what they represent. “His hoarse, grating voice, for all the bombastic, humorless, histrionic content of his speeches, dominated audiences by dint of his tone of impassioned conviction and gift for self-dramatization.” Is a quote that was stated about Hitler in the JewishVirtualLibary on how he acted during his early years of starting out. When both Hitler and Napoleon started communicating their way of thinking no one suspected that they would turn out to be what most people would call “the bad guy”. The started out as though they were just trying to make the world a better place. Although at first they may have had that idea power over took them and they wanted more and more of it.

Since they both had followers the things they wanted did not really seem so impossible. All they had to do was to talk in a way were they made people think they were right. Both people and the animals ignored all the signs that showed that Napoleon and Hitler were getting to greedy with power. They probably were afraid that other people would not think the same as the do or that the people who did think like Napoleon and Hitler would go against them. Hitler for example had a lot of followers who got his point of view and would take violent means if someone did not as this quote on JewishVirtualLibary explains; “By November 1921 Hitler was recognized as Fuhrer of a movement which had 3,000 members, and boosted his personal power by organizing strong- arm squads to keep order at his meetings and break up those of his opponents.”

When they did see all the signs unfortunately it was too late to do anything with out violent causes being taken against them.

Website Citation: For Both Quotes

Website URL: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/hitler.html

Page Title: Adolf Hitler: Biography

Website Title: Jewish Virtual Library - Homepage

Date Accessed: 4/17/12

What kind of equal rights do we have right now that we didn’t have in the past? How does that affect us today? (Ana)

In the past women did not have rights. They could not vote they could not work they could just basically stay at home go to the store or gossip. Back then women were thought little of and were not given a chance to show men what they could do that is until World War II. After that women were given a chance to work and do things that normally men would do.

Another right was that colored people were not allowed to do anything with white people. They were drinking fountains, bathrooms, stores, and other places ad things that only colored people could use. There were also things and places white people could go and use. Nowadays it doesn’t matter what color you are. Although some people still live like they use to back in the day, most of the country doesn’t really worry about the color of people.

There were also slaves that were colored people. That was before the segregation against them started. Now a day you see any color out in the field, but back then you only saw dark skin people out working in the field. Not only just dark skin people were taken against but also light skin colored people. Although they were given different jobs inside they were still worked hard.

Our rights nowadays are given equally to every citizen. Everyone is treated the same and they have to work for what they have and not just have it given to them.

What freedoms do we take for granted in the United States? Do you think we have too much freedom? What freedoms cause problems?

First of all we take freedom of speech for granted. For example; in the U.S.  we are able to say what is on our minds and well depending on the outtakes of things not have to go to jail or anything. In other parts of the world some people are not even allowed to say anything negative about an important person in their government. They cannot also give their opinion on laws or how the government runs things.

Although it is good that we can speak our minds it can also get us in trouble with the law sometimes. Or our way of thinking can also start a riot and have people against people so then some people would have the need to use violence. Which then would have the government get involved.

Another freedom we have is the freedom to vote for a president. In some countries the “people” do not have a right to choose who will run their country. Unlike us who choose who we want to run our country depending on the campaign they run or the promises they make us. We also have a system which does not let the president make all the decisions by himself but with first it going thru a system of people who would then vote on it and decide if it stays or it goes. Some countries though have to just deal with the decisions their government, or more likely the dictator, makes.

Dreams (Ana)

              Dreams, everyone has had one at least one time in his or her life. Dreams of course can represent a lot of things. They can represent goals that we have, but are too afraid to try. They can also represent doubts we have in life. Things we are afraid to fail at and things that might disappoint people we know. Some people, myself included, think that sometimes dreams can show warnings or visions of the future that our actions create.

            Although dreams do not harm us physically they can have a mental effect on us. When we try to decide what to do in our everyday life. Even little things like deciding what to eat or wear can all come from some type of dream that we had either that day or any other day for that matter.  Dreams can have a huge impact on how we see the world or for that matter “reality”.

            I’ve had dreams that were stuck on my mind for the whole day. Sometimes analyzing the dreams was a better thing for me. On doing that I found out that I over thought decisions that normally would have been easy. If something happens in “reality” that I once had a dream on I would think if maybe the dream was coming true or if it was just a coincidence. Everyone thinks differently about what dreams mean and how they affect our everyday life.