Third post

The message to Garcia

Published- march 1899, inspiring essay bc. popular reprinted- pamphlet, book for normal folk

  • soled 40 mil+ copies  
  • translated - 37 languages

Phenomenon 

  • movie - twice 1916, 1936
  • take a message to Garcia- pop. slang- taking invitation, still used in military

back story

  • setting- Spanish American war, in Cuba
  • Garcia - revolutionary seeking Cuban independence from Spain
  • Rowan- army officer, west pt., 1881 
  • McKinley - pres. William McKinley 25th pres. 1897-1901 assassinated 6 months into term- anarchist
  • tallest MT in NA renamed for him until 2015 to Denali- native American name for 1000s yrs before U.S. 

odd vocab

  • perihelium- pt. when a planet (mars) is closest to the sun- at its brightest
  • slipshod - careless, lackadaisical, remiss, slapdash 
  • stenographer- person takes dictation in short hand 
  • imbecility -  incapability, feebleness, stupidity 
  • missive- a letter, especially a long or official one 

The message to Garcia quote explanation

  • What is initiative? I'll tell you it is doing the right thing w/out being told      

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Rome song

Today we listen to a educational parody about Rome. It was really funny and not what i had expected. I had just woken up when i listened to it and i did not know my volume was up so the song defiantly gave me a wake up call. I started laughing and ended up spitting out my water. I am not certain you were on the recording but it sounded like you on a lot of parts. I can completely imagine this playing in class like the Euphrates/Egypt song.
Read more

Poetry day :Draconian

Draconian: by: Elizabeth Paul They knew it would come. For it always does. The dry fridge gusts of wind pulled at them The normally dewy grass was drying out to its core turning it brown and with every agonizing gust of wing more and more were swept away It would come soon It was only a matter of time it had come many times before leaving a trail of rotting orchids as a reminder no one was safe it had come swiftly and patiently waiting bit by bit it spread through the land devastating all it touched before long it had unwillingly, and forcefully ingrained itself into the law of the land no man women or child was safe or ignorant of this being and what came with it but it was not alone those that it felt had grand potential were allowed to become it's slaves They were promised freedom eventually, but once they agreed their souls just like everything else It touched, rotted from the inside out once you joined it their was no going back it's presence had becom
Read more

Dramas

Image
The two kinds of Dramas were a tragedy and a comedy. A tragedy was a serious play about with themes like love, hate, war, or betrayal. They had featured a main character, or tragic hero who was an important person and often gifted with extraordinary abilities, but also a weakness. Their weakness was a tragic flaw and it normally caused the hero’s downfall. Most of the tie the flaw was hubris, or excessive pride. The other type of drama was a comedy, and a comedy is a play with scenes filled with clumsy, or embarrassing situations and crude humor. Playwrights made fun of politics, important people, and popular ideas or subjects during the present time.  I was in a play during middle school and like Greek plays we had colorful costumes, masks, and sets made by students, teachers, and adult volunteers. Wealthy citizens took on the cost of producing the plays, but in my play our non extremely wealthy drama teacher produced they play. Unlike in Greece we had the same teacher put on the p
Read more