Sunday, November 7, 2010
Essay work
So far I have gone back and read some of the Decleration and read some of Thoreos(sp) civil disobedence. By reading these works I am trying to find some examples of the american government developing into different forms and how its specifications were created. Right now I am not exactly sure how I want to approach this essay, but I am using these works to also show how strongly independant and nationalistic the new so called americans were. Im planning on talking about at most three people in my essay, so im sure I have alot of outside research to do.
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You could, potentially, do a lot of outside reading, but I don't see you needing to do a ton of outside reading. How about including Crevecouer in your mix. If you base your reading on the two letters that we read in class -- 'What is an American?' and his description of Charles Town, you will see that he has a lot to say about what directions this country seems to be moving in from the time of the revolution on. If you pay attention to the things that were removed from the Declaration, you will see much about the arguments already developing within the various colonies -- soon to be states. Thoreau has the advantage of a generation or two having passed since the other two documents in question. He understands that the government that has been created has problems -- though he still thinks that it is the best yet. He has definite ideas about how to make it improve. My advice is for you to pay attention to the works that we have here; if you stick to developing your understanding of these works, then you will have plenty of ideas to explore without having to add lots of outside reading.
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