bloom's taxonomy: knowledge

Meet The Writer

Richard Wright was born on a plantation near NAtchez, Mississippi, on Spetember 4th 1908. His father Nathaniel was an illiterate sharecropper and his mother, Ella Wilson was a well educated school teacher. His father deserted the family in 1914 when Richard was 10 years old and his mother had a paralytic stroke. The family was extremely poor and after a brief education he was forced to seek work inorder to support his mother. Wright worked at a series of menial jobs in Memphis. He wanted to continue his education by using the local library but Jim Crow Laws prevented him from diong so. Wright solved his problem by forging notes and pretending he was collecting books for a white man. During this time he was particularly impressed with the work of M.L Hecken, Theodore Dreiser, and Sinclair Lewis. After passin a civil service examination Wright finds work as a post office clerk. After the wall street crash, and the begining of the depression, Wright lost his job. FOr a period he found employment at the Negro Burial Society but that came to an end in 1931 and he was forced to go on relief. After several temporary jobs the relief found him work with the Federal Writers Project. This enabled him to publish his short stories and essays. For more information and to see the ending of this story go read Richard Wrights lengthy biography.

My Reaction

One thing that spoke to me in Richard Wrights story was that he had to forger notes to get into the library and learn to read. Today people take free education and the opprutunity to learn for granted it goes unappreciated. To know that someone before me with a harder life than myself could still see the brighter things in life and fight for an education. Many teenagers and children have a world of opprutunities and great teachers in front of them and take them for granted ( particularly students at this very school).

Bloom's Taxonomy Questions

Comprehension

Question: What differences exist between Bigger's reflected attitude and his hidden emotions?

Answer: The differences between Bigger's reflected attitude and his hidden emotions are easily seen. Bigger tries to portray himself as a big, fearless, black man that only cares about himself. On the inside Bigger is a nigger in racist Chicago trying to find himself and become a man. Bigger really wants to do better for himself education wise; and his family financial wise. It hurts Bigger deep inside that his family lives the way they do.

Application

Question: What questions would you ask of Bigger Thomas's mother?

Answer: If I could speak with Bigger's mother I would ask her the following:

1. Do you regret having Bigger as a son?
2. What is your opinion as a woman on racism being African American and a woman?
3. How did you feel when you heard about Bigger being on the run?
4. What obstacles do you face everyday?
5. Do you think Bigger's actions are affecting the other children?

Heart: A hollow muscular organ of vertebrates that expand and contract to move blood through the arteries, veins, and capillaries.

The Wire

In the wire their are two things that represent the heart of the city. The three representations of the city are drugs and media. Drugs are the biggest representation of the city. In comparison with the heart drugs are moved from across the world and dispensed into the U.S, cities, neighborhoods, homes, and bodies of residents. Media is the second biggest representation of the heart of the city. Similar to the heart the media sends information through-out the state, city, neighborhoods and homes through out the city.

Explanation

Below is an explanation of how drugs are dispensed through-out the city.

First: The drugs are sent to warehouses.

Ware houses: A location where the shipment of drugs is delivered.

Second: The drugs are picked up by king pin and his workers.

King Pin: Usually a man who is a leader of a group of workers. he oversees the workers and buys the drugs from a supplier oversees.

Workers: People who do all the work for the kingpin. A workers job may range from selling drugs, killing, driving, counting money, and cooking and bagging the drugs.

Third: The drugs are delivered to trap houses.

Trap House: A location where part of the shipment of drugs is delivered to cooked up and bagged by workers.

Fourth: The drugs are distributed amongst the corner workers to customers.

Corner: The place where the drugs are sold to local fiends.

Fifth: The drugs are bought by fiends and are taken to crack houses.

Crack Houses: The place where drugs are snorted or put into a needle and inserted into the veins.

NATIVE SON

In "Native Son" I can't really put my hand on one specific thing that represents the heart of the city. For bigger Thomas (main character) his hear is represented by his home. Bigger Thomas's home is a one bedroom low class apartment. Bigger travels all around the city and encounters different types of people and neighborhoods. The actions shown by bigger Thomas in all different situations, with different people, and different neighborhoods are a reflection of his home. Bigger's home made bigger into the person that he is.

Eyes: An organ of vision and light sensitivity.

Hands: The terminal part of the human arm below the wrist including the palm, four fingers, and an opposable thumb used for grasping and holding.

THE WIRE

In the wire the police department represents the eyes and hands. Their are many things that you can say in the wire that represent the eyes and hands of the city but I personally think that the police department is the best representation. The police department looks out for crime. the baltimore police department represent the hands of the city because they inforce laws and stop crime.

NATIVE SON

In Native Son the media represents the eyes. They are constantly looking out for a story to tell. I am unsure of what the hands represent in NAtive Son.

Brain: The brain, the main part of the central nervous system , is divided into two cerebral hemispheres and various structures that link them together. The brain, the cerebellum , and the brain stem make up the encephalon, the chief director of the human body. It centralizes all the information that circulates through the body.

THE WIRE

In "THE WIRE" City HAll and all the politics giong on represents the barin of the city.

NATIVE SON

In "NATIVE SON" I am sure that politics and City Hall represent the brain of the city.

Buttocks: The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.

THE WIRE

In THE WIRE poverty, kids trafficking drugs, drugs, homelessness, violence, and corruption all represent the buttocks. The buttocks represents everything that stinks!!

NATIVE SON

In NATIVE SON poverty, racism, drugs, and violence all represent the buttocks of the city.