Industrial Revolution Blog Assignment

10/2/2014

Please respond to one of the unit essential questions using what we have studied in class.
Requirements:

Your response includes a clear claim and valid evidence.
You must respond to two of your peer's posts with questions, comments or connections.
In order to receive full credit your answer and comments must go beyond regurgitation of facts. You must include insight and thought to help forward the discussion.
DUE DATE: Tues 10/14

Essential Questions:
1. How do technological advances impact the social, economic and political structure of a country/region/world?
2. What is necessary to force change in an established system?
3. How does one’s environment affect him/her?
4. How do authors use the elements of fiction to achieve a purpose?

Lydia

10/4/2014 11:37:45 pm

Question 3:
One's environment can affect them in a number of ways. First of all, their mood can be affected. People who are in a positive environment are more inclined to have a positive mood; likewise, those who are in a negative environment are most likely in a negative mood. This was true if many workers during the Industrial Revolution. They were forced to work long hours for minuscule pay, which constricted any happiness that might have put them in a positive mood. An environment also affects the way that we think. The Industrial Revolution, with its hard conditions and bleak atmosphere, caused many otherwise hopeful people to feel dejected and lose hope. This was true for Maggie. Unique to her area, she "blossomed in a mud puddle", or grew up happily during the Industrial Revolution. Bit as she begins work in the factory, she begins to think differently. Instead of seeing a nice life ahead of her, "she imagined herself, in an exasperating future, as a scrawny woman with eternal grievance." This shows that someone's environment will affect them positively or negatively , based on the way it affects others.

shane link

10/5/2014 05:30:46 am

Awesome job I liked how you focused on mood like how we did on friday in class with Hard Times excerpt. I also like how you mentioned how Maggie thought about what her future could look like, it's a good point

♦Jeff♦

10/5/2014 07:32:45 am

Adding to Shane's comment about how you talked about Maggie's future, I have read through the current comments and almost every one has the quote "blossomed in a mud puddle" and don't get me wrong, its a good quote, but you are the only one (Unless I missed something) who has used the quote about her thinking of her future. I think it is a great quote to use because, like all the other women there, she could turn out just like them.

Sophia

10/5/2014 08:21:15 am

Lydia-
I think that you made good points too. The only part that I think could be incorrect is when you said "They were forced to work long hours for minuscule pay, which constricted any happiness that might have put them in a positive mood." Even though times were tough and there was not a lot of happiness, it doesn't mean that there was none at all. Other than that I think that your responce was on point.

Ariana

10/5/2014 09:09:55 am

Lydia, you clearly answered the question and I agree with you on so many things, but I also agree with Sophia when she says that there wasn't necessarily no joy during the Industrial Revolution. You even said it when you said that Maggie "blossomed in a mud puddle". When I think about the conversations we had in class about this quote, it seemed as though we had all come to the conclusion that Maggie was special because she never let her disheartening surroundings and upbringing diminish her joy and hope. That alone proves that there was positivity during the Industrial Revolution. Also, although she is a bit downtrodden when she sees her peers in the factory and fears their lives as her future, she still doesn't lose hope and stoop to the level of the inhabitants in Rum Alley. I think the intent of the excerpt from the book was to show us that positivity could be and was achieved during the Industrial Revolution, not that working and small pay was the cause of negative living.

Clarissa

10/13/2014 05:16:28 am

Ariana, I agree with you that there is some positivity during the Industrial Revolution, but we haven't heard many people that have positive lives. Through the whole excerpt, Maggie stays positive even when her brother treats her disrespectfully, she doesn't let anything get in her way. But not having a job or getting paid little money can lead to a negative lifestyle with not being able to see their family as much as they want to.

Merri

10/5/2014 10:54:29 am

Lydia, i definitely agree when you said that the hard conditions caused the people of the Industrial Revolution to lose hope. I also liked that you included the Maggie quotes, like how she " blossomed in a mud puddle",that showed that not everyone was negatively effected by growing up in such a poor environment. The inferences that you made in this response actually cleared up some questions that i had on what the excerpt was trying to say. Very well written! Nice job !

~Arsani~

10/6/2014 08:50:30 am

Totally agree with you Lydia, good job using evidence/quotes from the text. I also like that you included the moods throughout the text.

Nathan

10/8/2014 03:43:57 am

I do feel as though the persons environment can have a positive or negative effect on their mood, but you have to think that even though maggie did "blossom in a mud puddle", it didn't exactly mean she was happy growing up in Rum alley. I do like your idea of how after she starts going to work she does get less happy and how she's beginning to imagine herself as a scrawny woman with eternal grievance.

Brian Ulbrich

10/12/2014 11:17:00 am

Lydia, you brought up some great points in your response. By stating that Maggie blosomed in a mud puddle shows that not every single person living in these harsh conditions was negatively effected. However, just because she fears her future and is disgusted by the horrible conditions inside the factory in which she works, she does not loose all hope and sight of her dreams of bigger and better things. Besides this, you did a great job!

Merri

10/5/2014 12:48:05 am

One's environment can effect them in lots of different ways. The environment can effect family , emotions and the ability to be successful. If the environment of a family is poor then it can cause the family to turn on each other. In the excerpt from "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" , Maggie's family does this due to their environment. Jimmie, Maggie's brother, tells Maggie to " go teh hell or go teh work" this is no way to treat loved ones, but the Industrial Revolution caused these horrible environments, like long work hours in terrible conditions,that cause family members to be bitter toward one another. Everybody in the family had to work all day to support the family and this could cause the family to have no emotional ties with each other . In the excerpt, Maggie's mother, Mary, seemed to be blind to her children. She would constantly be arrested and up to no good rather than trying to help support the family and care for her children. Most mothers first instinct would be to be worried about their children's well being ,rather than trying to defend themselves in court. The ability to be successful is linked to the environment and how it can affect someone because if the environment that they grew up in was poor then they are most likely going to, like most others, act poorly to match their environment. The majority of people who grow up in a poor environment are going to be less hopeful at the possibility of being successful. Unlike Maggie, who "blossomed in a mud puddle", he or she will follow in the footsteps of the others in the environment. Just as Jimmie acted " as his father did before him" , the others in these kinds of environments will act as thy have seen, and continue to be in the working class for the remainder of their lives. This is how one's environment can affect him or her.

Nate Barboza

10/7/2014 01:37:39 am

I totally agree with you Merri, I like how you used examples from the Maggie excerpt and how you connected the examples from the text to the Industrial Revolution. Good Job.

Kelly

10/7/2014 07:40:07 am

Merri great job using the examples from the Maggie excerpt to help support your claim. I totaly agree that Maggie's family turns on her, and relies on her to do all the work to provide for the family. Also i agree that a mothers first instinct ahould be to worry about their children. As you said Mary do not do so

Kelly yarboro

10/7/2014 07:42:27 am

Kelly

10/7/2014 07:46:09 am

sorry ignore the double comment accidentaly poste twice.

JALYN

10/7/2014 07:52:28 am

I really agree what your saying because , (for a example) somebody could be the nicest person in the world and if their environment was bad then they would continuously be subjected to negative feelings and emotions portrayed by other people and , sooner or later you would also start to display these negative emotions and , therefore not be the nicest person in the world.

Lauren

10/7/2014 08:50:01 am

Merri,
I love how you used multiple quotes from "Maggie: A girl of the Streets" and how you explained them completely. However, when you said "the majority of people who grow up in a poor environment are going to be less hopeful at the possibility of being successful" I disagree with that because I think that the majority of people who grow up in a poor environment are going to be more hopeful of being successful because they know how it feels to not have much and they are going to go above and beyond what is needed in order to better their situation. Other than that, I agree with everything you say.

Torey

10/7/2014 09:34:42 am

I agree on what you're saying. That a family should be there for each other as Maggie's family obviously isn't there for her trying to get up there instead of staying down in the social class with the rest of her family.

Emma

10/7/2014 11:37:48 am

i agree with you 100% Merri. Also, great job using quotes/evidence from the Maggie excerpt to support you answer.

Evan Parsons

10/10/2014 11:05:24 am

I agree with what you said and I really like the way you were able to use quotes from the excerpt to make clear connections to how environment can affect someone.

Brian Ulbrich

10/12/2014 10:10:04 am

Merri, you made some fantastic points throughout your response. I do agree that if the envoronment is poor and the people in the environment are bitter an unhopeful, others are going to absorb this negativity and act the same way as the surrounding people. I also agree that the environment affects families and could cause them to become more distant and mean to one another. Overall, magnificent response!

Jordyn Forte

10/13/2014 12:49:42 am

Merri,
I believe that you have a very strong claim supported by relevant details. I like how you presented your evidence and then thoroughly explained it in your own words. It was also nice how you embedded the quotes into your sentences. I agree with nearly all of your claims, the exception being when you state "The majority of people who grow up in a poor environment are going to be less hopeful." I do not believe that this is necessarily true. Some individuals who grow up in unfortunate environments do gain these poor attributes and have little hope for a good future, but I believe that some people, like Maggie, become more hopeful of a better future than the average person. This is due to the fact that these individuals know how it feels to grow up in a poor environment with no luxuries. They desperately want to escape the lifestyle that they are leading. This desire may cause them to become more hopeful. With the exception of that particular claim, I agree with all of your other statements! Overall, you did an awesome job on this blog!

Clarissa

10/13/2014 05:20:03 am

Merri, I liked how you included when Maggie "blossomed in a mud puddle" and what a mother should do when their child is in trouble or needs help. Great response.

Zackery Gattoni link

10/14/2014 05:51:46 am

Merri-
I would like to tell you how clear, complete, and accurate your response was. You used many details, and other relevant parts from the article about Maggie and used them to support your claim. Your explanation also deserves appraisal, seeing as you used lots of links between your support and your claim as well. Overall, I think you had done a wonderful job.

Lydia

10/5/2014 01:39:52 am

I liked how you linked the affects of the environment to your ability to be successful; I definitely agree with that and it is an obvious characteristic of Maggie's mother and her part in her daughter's life.

Emilia Yippy

10/5/2014 04:11:52 am

@Lydia @Merri YASSSSSSSS I totes agree with you Lydia. Merri has a very strong claim with strong evidence to follow and it was just wonderful to read those words "The ability to be successful is linked to the environment and how it can affect someone because if the environment that they grew up in was poor then they are most likely going to, like most others, act poorly to match their environment. " *huggles* ^_^

Jeff

10/5/2014 02:44:52 am

3. How does one’s environment affect him/her?

A person's environment can affect them in a multitude of ways. If someone is comfortable in a certain environment, and their environment changes, then they must change with it. Take a rich man for example, he lives a comfortable life of luxury and easy living. If all of a sudden he lost his money, then BOOM, his environment becomes harsh and unforgiving. His entire lifestyle would have to change, no more luxuries, no more getting through life without lifting a finger, etc. His mood, his entire way of life changes. We have been learning about the Industrial Revolution and all these different events relating to environment change, etc, but the overall picture is a perfect example of how one's environment affects them. The Industrial Revolution was one HUGE environment change. It affected hundreds of millions of people. Before this change people would handcraft products, millions were poor and starving, and the population was made up of just two classes basically, the rich and the poor. Then came the Industrial Revolution and everything changed. Factories sprung up in lots of places, causing millions of jobless people to be employed and finally have a means of surviving. Factories allowed goods to be mass produced in little time for low costs, which in turn, caused artisans to go out of business. The artisans change of environment affected them by causing them to become irrelevant and in need of employment. The people who now were making money could support a family and actually buy decent clothes and food that wouldn't have the risk of making them sick. People who would have died on the streets were saved by a change in their environment. Your environment can affect you in many, many ways.

Emilia Yippy

10/5/2014 04:08:50 am

YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS~ I found it interesting when you gave the example of a rich man... Also it was nice to read a students work that was more conversational rather than in a format such as an essay in this blog. Great job and keep on thinking big! ^_^

♦Jeff♦

10/5/2014 07:07:03 am

Uh, was I supposed to use Maggie quotes...? Just reading all these others with them.

Emilia Yippy

10/5/2014 09:15:13 am

I don't think it is required to have Maggie quotes. All that was needed was for you to answer the question of your choice.

Mackenzie

10/11/2014 04:57:04 am

Wait we were ? I didn't use any quotes

Mrs. Hodges

10/13/2014 12:20:25 am

Using quotes in not a requirement. Check the instructions again if you are confused. You should have evidence, but it can be paraphrased, historical or textual.

Bryan McKeever

10/6/2014 06:55:29 am

Jeff I completely agree with you. I was also thinking of using the Industrial Revolution as an example, too. I also find you had an interesting, out-of-the-box example with the rich man. Nice job!

Nathan

10/8/2014 03:48:48 am

Jeff-
I do like your reply to the third question, bringing in how a richer man (if he loses his fortune) living in his comfortable life could drop into a more poor and unforgiving lifestyle, how he can drop from living a nice life and merging into the 90%. Not to mention how you're calling the Industrial revolution a huge environmental change, as the pollution began on a massive scale because the United States and Europe had so many factories running and creating smoke released into the atmosphere.

Andrew

10/11/2014 01:02:32 am

Reminds me of the Kardashians, not having to lift a finger and whatnot, but anyways, Great job. I find everything in the answer of yours to be correct in some way. Rich losing their money and going to work like the average joes, happens all the time. I have to agree, when you have all of the money, your lifestyle and environment change completely. Used to living in a cramped apartment? Well here's some cash and "BOOM!" you now own a mansion inside a mansion inside a mansion with a full sized mansion for your dog, and so forth. This also can be seen backwards, as jeff so put it in his answer, where the rich lose their money and become poor, having to work, etc.

Megan

10/14/2014 04:32:30 am

I find your claim is very interesting. I would like to add that your rich to broke scenario can be compared to that of the skilled craftsman in the the Industrial Revolution. The craftsmen where put out of business due to the low prices of the industries. This changes the class of the craftsmen altogether. I just thought that would be a good point to add.

shane link

10/5/2014 04:56:41 am

I believe there are many aspects that involve in the effects of different environments on people. For example in the excerpt " Maggie: A Girl Of The Streets " It talks about a young girl named Maggie who lives in a very disappointing, but normal sounding environment during the time of the Industrial Revolution. During this time many adults and even children were spending their day locked up in a factory working until they went home to go to sleep just to repeat the process day in and day out. Now working in a factory not only can be very dangerous, but also made the workers very tired and depressed especially with the ridiculously low pay that they made for all their hard work, barley being enough to support their families. For example in the excerpt " Maggie: A Girl Of The Streets " I quote "Jimmie (Maggie's brother) grew large enough to take the vague position of head of the family. He stumbled up-stairs late at night, as his father had done before him. He reeled about the room, swearing at his relations, or went to sleep on the floor". This quote shows that Maggie's father had left them or possibly died and that Jimmie now having to step up and become the families main income source, he is very stressed and angry that he is in this position and is not only not ready for the responsibility, but all the work is getting to his head and he may be starting to " lose it " maybe even like his father. Back to Maggie, she also had to work in these terrible conditions, but Maggie had one thing that others didn't... which was hope. In the excerpt it states that " Maggie, blossomed in a mud puddle " and " She grew to be a most rare and wonderful production of a tenement district ". These quotes show that even though Maggie lived in an environment of terrible conditions, she was able to hope that one day she could get away from all of this which is why she would like someone like Pete, a character who is described as " a detestable creature " and someone who judges women for their looks. Maggie would like Pete because thanks to all his money he was like a ticket to a better life for Maggie, a life that Maggie deserves. So in conclusion, this shows how the conditions and people in an environment can affect people and their well-being.

Lydia

10/5/2014 09:16:17 am

Really nice job overall; I liked when you said that Pete was her ticket to a better life. I'm not sure that she was referring to Pete as a "detestable creature", though. I think it's her boss at the factory.

Jeff

10/5/2014 09:42:21 am

She wasn't, I don't know why they set the page up like that but its talking about Pete then the owner then Pete again.

~Arsani~

10/6/2014 09:26:47 am

Shane I agree and support everything you said and what really got it interesting was the quote "detestable creature" but i really don't think she was referring to Pete as the factory boss, be.cause she was obsessed with Pete and she wouldn't call him a "detestable creature"

Ben link

10/8/2014 06:27:01 am

I like how you talked about other characters besides Maggie and the effect the environment had on him. Also most of the quotes were explained very well. The only thing I disagree with is Maggie describing Pete as a "detestable creature" because she liked Pete.

Makenzie Christiansen

10/11/2014 06:17:33 am

Shane,
I agree with you 100% and I like your claim. Your evidence was very supportive of both your claim and your overall response. I like that you had included that Jimmie had the lead role in the family which stressed him out, and that Pete was only a so-called "ticket to a better life for Maggie, a life that Maggie deserves." The statement "locked up in a factory until they went home" proved a lot about the Industrial Revolution and the way that it had affected the workers and people who had lived as a factory worker during his time period.
One question: Why did you refer to the Industrial Revolution as a "disappointing" but "normal" time?
Yes it was a disappointing time for the people who lived (at the time), but it doesn't mean it was normal. It had become normal for he people of whom lived there. But, it wasn't normal, as in "natural". This was a time of pollution and people being treated inhumanely (such as long work hours and short breaks.)
But, overall I agree with your response 100% and I like that you used factual evidence to help support your claim. Good job.

Sophia

10/13/2014 11:08:19 am

Shane-
I think that you did a good job, but I didn't agree with everything. One thing that I didn't agree with is when you said"but Maggie had one thing that others didn't... which was hope." Maggie wasn't the only one with hope. Everybody hoped that times would get better. It was a touh time and some people probably couldn't have gotten through that time without some hope. Other than that good job!

Emily H

10/5/2014 05:33:15 am

#3 How does one's environment affect him/her

One's environment can affect him/ her in many ways. One of those ways being, their mental outlook on certain things. For example, in the excerpt "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" her environment at home is awful. Her brother is always swearing and her mother is always getting into trouble with the law. This causes Maggie to see being rude as a sign of confidence. This thought is present when Peter is blatantly being rude by saying "Look at all dese little jugs!...What deh blazes use is dem?" She takes this as a sign of dignity. If she had been raised in a household where people kept rude remarks to themselves and taught her that it wasn't okay to say rude things, she most likely wouldn't have agreed with the way Peter speaks about things, including women. She grew up in an environment where speaking like this is okay, and very common. Therefore it doesn't phase her as rude or disrespectful.

Jeff

10/5/2014 07:17:18 am

Don't take this as me saying that what you wrote is incorrect, just my view on it.

Where you say "She grew up in an environment where speaking like this is okay", where as you are referring to how the people throughout 'Maggie' spoke. I wouldn't necessarily say that people considered speaking like that as okay, I think they tolerated it, but didn't accept it. I would just like to know what source you used to infer that they were okay with all of the things you spoke of.

Emily H

10/5/2014 09:30:34 am

I suppose I should have worded myself differently to make it more clear what I meant. Like you said, they didn't say it was okay but it was very common. Especially in her household.

Bryan McKeever

10/6/2014 07:47:21 am

I think that maybe you could have used a better quote or something in your piece. Maybe you could have used an explanation as to how you inferred Maggie took the quote you had as a sign of dignity. Overall though, pretty good job.

Lauren

10/7/2014 08:29:07 am

Emily,
I agree with what you said about her mother always getting in trouble with the law is just an example of what she has been taught as right. Like you said, if she had known and had been taught right from wrong when it comes to manners and she would've seen Peter's true colors and how he really acted towards her, towards all women. I also agree with Jeff because like he said, the women tolerated" it because they had never known much else as to how they were spoken to or treated."

Megan

10/5/2014 05:46:57 am

How does one's environment affect him/her? One's environment plays a partial role in how one behave. Jimmie was affected negatively by the poor environment around him, but what puzzles me is why Maggie didn't grow up to also take after her irresponsible parents. One could argue hope was one of the key factors for Maggie to "blossom in the mud puddle," but the initial point in which she acquire this hope is questionable. There is Pete and the play ,but the story seems to infer that she was always a kind hearted young woman. Perhaps her behaviors were different before she met Pete or went to those fancy plays. One could also argue that personality and will are innate and that environment affects different people in different ways depending on your "starting stats" from when you were born. In psychology, there is a theory known as the Big Five. This Big Five is the different factors of your personality. Jimmie seems to show signs of having a large portion of neuroticism (anxiety and stress) while Maggie, even under hard conditions, seems to keep a hopeful view. There is also Vygotsky's Zone that states that children take after their guardians and surrounding environment which would explain Jimmie's behavior in how he took after his farther’s bad behaviors of alcoholism, but in no way Maggie's behaviors of being hopeful and generous. To wrap up, one's environment plays a partial role of how one behave ,but other factors also affect one's behaviors as well.

(Sorry about using more psychological theories than textual evidence in my evidence and explanation.)

Andrew

10/11/2014 12:47:42 am

This confused me a bit until you put the disclaimer at the bottom about using "psychological theories" as you so put it. I find it great that you found outside 'material' other than just guessing and checking based on the Maggie article. In the middle of your answer, you put " There is Pete and the play ,but the story seems to infer that she was always a kind hearted young woman. Perhaps her behaviors were different before she met Pete or went to those fancy plays." But as you would see in the actual article, she became "depressed", so to say, once she started being around Pete more often. She started to hate the factory clothes and begin to notice the other women, and how she is jealous of them because of Pete going for the fanciness. She begins to see the social differences, how she is in the lower class, where Pete won't go for her, and she sees the upper class, the ones Pete will go for as a girlfriend.

Jordyn Forte

10/13/2014 01:00:43 am

Megan,
Your claim was very strong and I agree with your overall opinion throughout the blog, but I found your evidence to be a bit confusing. I believe that while it was strong and did support your claim, you should have included more textual evidence rather than psychological theories. This is for a few reasons, one being that it would be a little easier to follow. Another reason for including more textual evidence is that it is more relevant to this response. It therefore would have provided your claim with stronger evidence. Other than that, I love how you were able to make inferences about Maggie, as well as how you used a formal tone to address your audience. All in all, I believe you did an awesome job with this! Great work!

Montanna

10/13/2014 06:29:37 am

Megan,
As Jordyn said your claim was very strong, and I liked how you took in text evidence and out of text evidence to support your claim. I also liked how you sounded as if you were speaking for someone instead of having an essay like format.

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10/5/2014 07:22:36 am

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Sophia

10/5/2014 08:55:01 am

2.) Upward Mobility is necessary to force change in an environment. The industrial revolution is a good example of the lack of upward mobility. Since there was no upward mobility during this time period, there was no room for change. People were stuck, like Maggie. Maggie had so much potential, but since she didn't have the opportunity to get an education, due to her social class. She had to work instead, and she didn't get the chance to be successful. "She knew she was gradually and surely shriveling in the hot, stuffy room." She knew that she was capable of more, if she had gotten the chance. Maggie was stuck in a factory, in horrible conditions, where she would've rather been at school getting an education, so she would have a chance when she grows up. If Maggie had gotten this chance that she deserved, she could've ended up in a better place than the streets.

♦Jeff♦

10/5/2014 09:07:23 am

That's a perfect example for your claim. The quote you used "She knew she was gradually and surely shriveling in the hot, stuffy room" really shows how her life's course has been set.

Merri

10/5/2014 11:02:19 am

I may be wrong , but i disagree that there was no upward mobility during this period. Although it was very difficult to move up in the social class in this time period it was not impossible.But, other than that this was very well written.I thought that when you included your insight of what the quote "She knew she was gradually and surely shriveling in the hot, stuffy room". I definitely agree that she thought that she was capable of more. Also, very unique. So far this is the only response that answers question # 2. Well done !

Torey

10/7/2014 09:38:57 am

There was a lack of upward mobility during this period. It wasn't totally stopped, but it was very hard to actually move up since they were unskilled workers. There was a little bit of upward mobility, it wasn't fully stopped but it wasn't totally there either.

shane link

10/6/2014 06:46:58 am

I like how you use the fact that Maggie had so much more potential than others saw, and how you said that due to her social class she could not succeed and the only way she may have been able to climb to this level is that she would need more money which in this case would increase her social class. Awesome job

kelly

10/7/2014 06:55:15 am

Sophie good job connectin the Maggie exerpt into your answer. I agree that Maggie did not get the opporitunity to get an education or move up. But other people could move up. Although few people did, it was still possible.

Jordyn Forte

10/13/2014 01:06:13 am

Sophia,
I agree with absolutely everything that you stated! This blog was extremely well written and I believe that your claim was supported perfectly by the particular evidence that you chose to include. I also agree that there was essentially no upward mobility during the Industrial Revolution. It was due to the stagnate social hierarchy that people of the lower classes had almost no opportunity to develop into something more than a poorly-treated factory worker. Overall, I think you did an awesome job on your blog! Great work!

Bryan McKeever

10/6/2014 07:19:32 am

Question #3

Someone's environment can completely affect someone. The mood is one area where people are affected. Just like Ms. Thompsen said in class, if we come in one day and the room is dark, and the teachers are standing in front of the class with their arms crossed, this environment creates a very tense mood in the classroom on that particular day. However if we go in one day and there are balloons and everyone is happy, of course this will rub off on you. In the time of the Industrial Revolution workers working for many long days were more apt to be down, mood-wise. This completely leads into how actions were affected by the environment. All this stress from the jobs during the IR led some (Jimmie) to yell at relations, and others (Maggie) to try even harder.

Bryan McKeever

10/6/2014 07:43:08 am

I would like to add to mine that I also think that one's environment makes someone used their own environment. In the Maggie excerpt Maggie is used to her own situation. If she encountered a household with a lot more money, things would be different for her. Someone is cocooned by their environment, and are almost in a box so that when they step out into a different setting it changes the person. They only really know their previous environment well.

Makenzie Christiansen

10/11/2014 05:22:46 am

Brian,
I totally agree with you about how an individual will eventually adjust to their environment. I also like how you used a real-life example in which Ms. Thompson said that "if the room was dark and written on the board was 'sit down and shut up' because yes indeed it gives a dark and almost intimidating kind of environment. This would definitely affect us as did the Industrial Revolution on the people living at this time. Everyone (fictional or nonfictional) will eventually adjusts either positively or negatively to their environment, no matter what the situation is. Therefore, I agree with you and the evidence you used to back up and support your answer.

Collin

10/6/2014 08:35:31 am

How does one's environment affect him or her?

A person's surroundings and environments can have a wide range of effects on them, actually. One such effect is behavior. For example, in the story "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets," Maggie, the protagonist, lives in a dark, grimy "mud puddle". A product of industrialization. Maggie's family was vastly impacted by the harsh, mean, and cold attitudes and lifestyles of the people who inhabited the industrial city that they called home. Because of the large quantity of heavy drinkers Maggie's older brother Jimmie saw, including his father, Jimmie eventually became an alcoholic. He picked up the habits of his surrounding peers, and because he lived in an environment comprized of drunks, he took after them and became a drunk, as well. Likewise, Maggie's mother, Mary, was surrounded by criminals. This sparked an identical change in behavior. Similar to how Jimmie became an alcoholic, just as his peers had, Mary became a criminal, just as her peers had. No matter what the situation, the surroundings of a person's environment, whether it be their peers' actions, their living or working conditions, or the overall atmosphere of the place where they reside, can cause a huge influence in their behavior or direction of thought.

Collin

10/6/2014 08:58:40 am

Shane, I like your use of the Jimmie quote from "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets". I think it's a very strong example of how a person's environment can affect them. That's probably why I use the same scenario in my response. However, when you say that Maggie's negative environment affects her in a positive way, it doesn't quite make much sense. Also, I believe the person Maggie is talking about when she says " a detestable creature," is her boss, the factory owner. But all in all, great response!

~Arsani~

10/6/2014 09:22:28 am

3. How does one’s environment affect him/her?
Someones environment affects his/her by changing them into what the environment is like. For example if the environment is poor the person will be poor, causing them to not have a very big education. If the persons environment is rich he will grow up in a rich society and that will cause him to have a good/advanced education. In society environment is very "weird" and while that being said it can also change. Another example is from the text "Maggie; A Girl of The Streets", Maggie as said in the book/text is a girl that "blossomed in a mud hole", "a putty good lucker", Maggie is a outlier in this society but yet all that society is stronger then one single person so it changes the outlier to the rest of the mixture. She is blended into her environment and no better/worse then her alcoholic brother and father, and her mother that is at the police station more then the house, she becomes a Prostit*** and eventually dies on the street a hook**.

My question: Why doesn't Pete help her on/take the idea of being a street girl away from her.

Ariana

10/6/2014 11:38:11 am

Arsani, I believe that I have a response to your excellent question about Pete. The reason that Pete did nothing about Maggie's self-loathing of being a street-girl is because he used that lack of confidence to his advantage. It says in the excerpt that Maggie was suddenly overcome by an immense dislike for all her dresses, and that dislike was brought on by thoughts of Pete seeing her in the dresses. Maggie was too young and naive to see that Pete was really just a fool who wanted a pretty girl to call his, at least until he found a prettier girl. She believed him to be confident, not rude as he really was. Maggie also viewed Pete as her escape from the life that she despised because he was older and had more money. He could afford to take her to the theatre, which she would have never been able to do on her own. Although this has little significance, it does support that Maggie was naive because Pete was still a lower-class jerk, contrary to what she believed. Because of this, Pete was able to humor Maggie for a little while before he got sick of her and dropped her like a bad habit in order to find the bigger and better thing for himself. This is why Pete doesn't care to take the idea of being a "street girl" away from Maggie.

James C

10/7/2014 09:21:00 am

Arsani-
I liked how you connected education into the mixture of how 'rich' an environment is to maggies situation. I must say though, that I totally agreed that she was an outlier in society.

Ben

10/8/2014 06:35:53 am

I like how you mentioned Maggie as the "outlier" and how the environment caught up to her when she became a prostitute.
But the explanation were in my opinion some what hard to understand there relation to the quote. Lastly I like the question at the end and I think it is because Pete did not care enough about Maggie judging on the way he talks about women.

Sophia

10/13/2014 11:19:06 am

Dude you just ruined the book for Shane ha ha

Torey

10/7/2014 09:30:27 am

3. How does one’s environment affect him/her?

I believe one's environment can affect him or her in plenty of ways. In "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" it states "The girl, Maggie, blossomed in a mud puddle." This shows that if the environment wasn't well, there were ways that you could overcome it. You didn't have to follow your families routes and stay poor, overcome the challenge and then become better.
The environment can also bring another down. In "Discovering The American Past" (the Lowell Mills timetable) it states, "They are not so 'profitable servants,' and the kind look and word, or obliging act, is not so often bestowed upon them." That's saying, without the little act of kindness that the workers don't get, would bring them down. Working all day long in a dirty, harmful workplace, then going to a dirty home, the workers wouldn't try as hard because they didn't feel there would be any point in trying if they aren't going to get that little push.

Emma

10/7/2014 11:45:24 am

Torey, instead of saying, "i believe..." you could start off the response by simply restating the question rather then using "I" which shows it is your opinion and not the facts.

Mrs. Hodges

10/13/2014 12:50:40 am

This comment would be great peer feedback on an open response, but it's okay to be a little less formal in a blog.

Danny

10/13/2014 09:40:00 am

I agree fully with your statement regarding the worker morale and the affect the lack of kindness has on them. The terrible working conditions and mistreatment they had to endure was depressing and gave them very little to no motivation.

Evelyn

10/13/2014 10:20:02 am

Torey Great claim but little explaination on your first quote but the second quote was explained nicely but there was also no closure

james cameron

10/7/2014 09:42:45 am

3)How does one’s environment affect him/her?
A persons environment can have numerous effects on their life. A very strong example of this would be their behavior. In the "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" excerpt, it says "he stumbled up the stairs late at night, as his father had done before him". This is about Jimmie, Maggie's brother, and how, after he took up the role of head of the family, his behavior changed to match his environment. Jimmies behavior matches the behavior of his father, who was an obvious drunk. As for Maggie, she "blossomed in a mud puddle" , and this may have affected her behavior. However, it didn't, she was still a, as far as I can tell, nice girl. She lived in a place called rum alley, where "None of the dirt of rum alley seemed to be in her veins". This supports that she is a nice girl because the mood of rum alley is a bit dark, damp, and contaminated. This mood is brought on by the mud puddle quote, as well as the rum alley quote. In conclusion, the behavior of someone can be brought on by their environment, and how it makes them feel.

Bryan McKeever

10/13/2014 01:17:05 am

James, I was a little confused because you seemed a little contradictory to yourself. You gave evidence for Jimmie and said how the environment affected him, and that was perfectly fine, but then for Maggie you seemed to have said the environment didn't affect her. Maybe this was just me, I don't know, but it was a little confusing for me anyway.

Jalyn

10/13/2014 08:20:20 am

This is a great response Titanic! You have really good examples! And they all make connections to you your claim. I really understand your response and I think you made it very clear for your audience to comprehend.

Emma

10/7/2014 11:59:05 am

#3) How does one’s environment affect him/her?

A persons environment affects him/her in many ways. One example is, their behavior. In the excerpt, “Maggie: A Girl In The Streets” it says that her father stumbled up the stairs late at night and once her brother, Jimmie, took the role of head of the house, he did the same/changed to match how his environment was. Another example is that the environment could change them into what it is like or it could influence them to not wanna be like everyone else and strive for a better life. Also in, “Maggie: A Girl In The Streets”, it says that Maggie “blossomed in a mud puddle” and "she imagined herself, in an exasperating future, as a scrawny woman with eternal grievance." Both these quotes show that Maggie didn't want to be like everyone else in her community. She wanted a better/successful life and she wanted to escape from her environment to help make that happen. Both these quotes are examples of how someones environment can affect them positively or negatively.

Emma

10/7/2014 12:00:23 pm

How does one’s environment affect him/her?
A persons environment affects him/her in many ways. One example is, their behavior. In the excerpt, “Maggie: A Girl In The Streets” it says that her father stumbled up the stairs late at night and once her brother, Jimmie, took the role of head of the house, he did the same/changed to match how his environment was. Another example is that the environment could change them into what it is like or it could influence them to not wanna be like everyone else and strive for a better life. Also in, “Maggie: A Girl In The Streets”, it says that Maggie “blossomed in a mud puddle” and "she imagined herself, in an exasperating future, as a scrawny woman with eternal grievance." Both these quotes show that Maggie didn't want to be like everyone else in her community. She wanted a better/successful life and she wanted to escape from her environment to help make that happen. Both these quotes are examples of how someones environment can affect them positively or negatively.

Ben link

10/8/2014 06:18:50 am

2. What is necessary to force change in an established system?

Things that are necessary for a change to be forced in a well established system are a large group of people that wasn't and agree with what you are trying to change. An example of this is the Lowell mill girls request for shorter hours and longer dinner breaks. Quotes such as "They feel they are unable to work all of these long hours", and "It seems to have been generally conceded, that the time allotted meals is very short". Both quotes show that to actually cause a change in a well developed system there has to be a large group of people that agree with you to even make the change seem possible and, to even have be looked at by the people with the authority to change. Another example of this is the union reforms, which had a large amount of employs requesting change. To get this change the established large strikes, which caused a drop in employs at the factory. Forcing employers to concede with the demand and give them higher wages and better working conditions. To conclude you need a large amount of people who both agree and want the change to change something in a well established system.

Colin with one L

10/8/2014 09:32:31 am

Great observation Ben, this is exactly why the union movement took place, "...union reforms, which had a large amount of employees requesting change. To get this change they established large strikes" as you said. They also participated in collective bargaining where a representative for the workers negotiated for better working standards in an effort to avoid strikes. Also, do you think the Lowell girls would've benefited from a union/strike?

Lauren

10/8/2014 08:52:01 am

3. How does one's environment affect him or her?

One's environment can affect him or her dramatically. For example, depending on their situation, the environment that people work and live in can give them hope as to what they want to happen and what they want to accomplish in life. For example, the excerpt from "Maggie: A Girl of the Street" states "she rejoiced at the way in which the poor and virtuous eventually surmounted the wealthy and the poor". This quote is an example of how she enjoyed how the poor eventually overcame the way the wealthy treated the poor. She had hoped to eventually become wealthy, even though she knew how harshly the wealthy treated the less fortunate. Additionally, the environment can affect people by taking a toll on their behavior. The excerpt states "flaming face and eyes were sort of a familiar sight on the island". This quote is describing how Mary acts towards life. Mary is not a role model for her children and continues to make excuses for all of the mistakes she makes. Though making mistakes is a common thing, people need to be able to own up to their mistakes in order to correct them. Lastly, the environment can change someone by changing their POV and attitude towards life. In the excerpt from "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" it states "he reeled about the room, swearing at his relations, or went to sleep on the floor" and "he stumbled upstairs late at night, like his father did once before him". These quotes are examples of how Jimmie didn't care or even bother to care about his life or how he spent his life. We can't assume that his actions are the fault of his fathers absence, but with the context clues that are given from the text, we can draw conclusions that by having to grow up so fast and become the head of the house, pushed Jimmie too far into drinking and wasting his life. In conclusion, one's environment can affect him or her by giving them hope, affecting their behavior and by changing their attitude towards their life, and life in general.

Sophia

10/13/2014 10:53:09 am

Lauren-
I agree with your answer. I also think that you did a good job supporting your answer. I also like how you used each of the characters from the excerpt, and showed how your awnser connected to each of them. Overall good job!

Lawrence U.

10/8/2014 01:34:16 pm

Q3
The environment can affects ones mood in many ways. Lets say for example, if someone dwells in a city within a ghetto neighborhood. That environment would have la majority loud mouthed civilians, whom sometimes act as if they were not taught manners, and perform or talk about inappropriate behaviors. Most of the time that individual that is surrounded in that particular enviroment would start to devoelop the same characteristics. Whereas if you were surrounded in an enviroment that is opposite to that of the ghetto, then the characteristics of that individual would most likely be opposite to of the ghetto as well.

Andrew

10/11/2014 12:53:18 am

Lawrence, this is, in my opinion, a great understanding and response to question number 3. The only thing i would like to see in it is how it relates to Maggie or other texts. maybe bring in a quote from Maggie to show how the 'ghetto' has an effect on people, such as Jimmie being an alcoholic, and Mary, their mother, going to a life of crime, stealing and whatnot, instead of trying to support the family that Mary and her husband, who left them or died, decided to have.

Danny

10/13/2014 09:44:16 am

I can see where your support is coming from but referring to a text would give your claim much more validity.

Evelyn

10/13/2014 10:17:03 am

Lawrence I believe you have great ideas about your response but no concrete evidence. For example you could have used the Maggie excerpt to help support your claim.

Andrew

10/11/2014 01:14:00 am

Q4: How do authors use the elements of fiction to achieve a purpose?
(Lets Assume both the Maggie and Hard times articles are fiction)
Authors use the elements of fiction to their advantage when trying to achieve a purpose. Through the excerpt "Maggie, a girl of the streets" This is shown through the realistic era of industrialization, but the story is fiction. It tells of Maggie, a girl who grew up in 'Rum alley', who has hope in her life even when she feels like she is "Gradually and surely shrivelling in the hot, stuffy room." Instead of bringing about evidence of this from history, the author found it to be easier by making it seem worse than it actually is. People weren't actually shriveling up because of the room, they were becoming worn out and tired all the time, getting older and everything. They just feel like they are shriveling because of the work they do, hours upon hours, day after day. In Charles Dickens "Hard times", a fictional town names 'Coketown' is a factory based town. "it was a town of unnatural red and black, like the painted face of a savage." The town was made of bricks, and the 'unnatural black' was the smoke and ash the factories were producing to make their wares. Lets say the purpose for this article was to make readers see the industrialization of towns and countries as a bad thing. Charles Dickens certainly got that point through to me. "It was a town of machinery and tall chimneys, out of which interminable serpents of smoke trailed themselves forever and ever, and never got uncoiled." The 'Serpents' as said in the quote was smoke, and when Charles said that they trail themselves forever and ever, it means that the smoke would not stop, and the smoke would keep spewing out of the chimneys. Just think of the pollution this would cause if the smoke would not stop at all for a year or so.

Grace Mayer

10/12/2014 01:58:05 pm

I really like your answer, but to improve it I think you should incorporate what the elements of fiction are. You had great pieces of evidence, but you should specify what they are examples of, such as diction, figurative language, setting, characterization, etc. I strongly agree when you mentioned that the purpose of "Hard Times" was to express the bad qualities of industrialization, but what was the purpose of the Maggie excerpt? Great job at answering a question that not many others answered.

Colin with one L

10/13/2014 02:40:58 am

Andrew, I think your comment is well thought out and sites relevant examples. In Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, the author described a character that could have lived during the Industrial Revolution. However, I don't believe the author was making it seem worse than it actually was. Although this is a work of fiction, I think the scenario was common during that time period.

Mackenzie

10/11/2014 04:55:54 am

A persons environment affects them because you react to your environment. If you place your self In a bad environment you won't be happy and Cheery. Your environment ment partially controls your mood. It affects the way you talk to because and how you act towards them. Sports for instance on the court you might be barbaric and loud but off the court you could be calm and collected

Mackenzie Saltmarsh

10/11/2014 09:19:31 am

You have a great claim, but i fell like instead of using evidence from sports you should use evidence from an article from class, for example, Maggie: A Girl of the Streetes

Makenzie Christiansen

10/11/2014 05:06:19 am

Question 3: How does one's environment affect him/her?
One’s environment can affect them in a majority of ways, including their feelings/emotions, families, and overall way of life. An individual’s emotions or feelings can be affected by their environment both positively and negatively. We learned this in the excerpt “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets” because Maggie had “blossomed in a mud puddle”, but over time this changed-because of her negative surroundings. She had been told to “go teh hell or go teh work”, and naturally she chose work. She later began to feel that she would end up as a “scrawny woman with an internal grievance” because she had been negatively affected by the harsh working conditions, factory, and people which had all created her environment. But, one’s feelings can be positively affected if their surroundings are positive (unlike Maggie’s case.) Families were affected too, including separation, and the loss of support. The reason that families were separated was because of the long working hours and short breaks which allowed a limited amount of time in the day for families to actually spend together. There was also a lack of support because of these conditions too, and in the Maggie story we know that she didn’t have a strong support system. Her Brother Jimmie was an alcoholic and he would take it out on his family, and her mother Mary was usually in trouble with the law and wasn’t able to care for either of her children. Jimmie would “reel about the room swearing at his relations” and Mary “always besieged the bench”, which proved that Maggie had a very weak support system at home. The environment of an individual affects them overall either positively or negatively based on if the environment is either positive or negative. Such as how Maggie’s negative environment and surroundings had eventually caused her to feel negative about herself and her future. Environments can change you in a matter of time, as did Maggie. Therefore in conclusion, one’s environment can affect them in many ways including their emotions/feelings, families, and who they are overall.

Nathan

10/11/2014 02:05:26 pm

Question 1.) How do technological advances impact the social, economic, and political structure of a country/region/world?

(Let's start off with a scenario from the industrial revolution until today)
Before the industrial revolution, I won't say every country was poor. Some countries were, some countries weren't. But with the dawn of industrialization in the eighteen hundreds, the countries that had industrialized became more wealthy and structurally sound. If you think back to what countries have been industrialized (from the map from section 3 of the chapter) The industrialization that had occurred generally started in/near Europe and the United states. Today, the countries that had industrialized and made the technological advances needed for an industrial revolution to create more technology, those countries are the global leaders. The United States, in modern day, is wealthier and has better leaders and is a sound country compared to different countries in Asia and lower South America. Along with the United states, Europe is a global powerhouse because their technology can allow them.

Grace Mayer

10/12/2014 11:29:31 am

This is a good response, however I feel like you can go further. I want to know why these industrialized countries are the "global leaders" and why the US is a "sound country" as you had mentioned. What makes these countries more stable and superior when compared to the rest of the world? I think that when you include this explanation, your evidence will be better connected to your claim. Also, you should give examples of specific technological advances, because that will support your claim as well. Overall, I like your thinking and reasoning for this question.

Mrs. Hodges

10/13/2014 12:56:10 am

Nathan who?

Kelly

10/12/2014 01:19:17 am

3) One's environment affects him/her's mood. An individuals mood can be positive or negativedependin on their environment. In the Maggie excerpt Maggie: A girl of The Streets Maggie's mood was positive in the begging then negative toward the begging, the text states that she "blossemed in a mud puddle" and that none of the dirt of Rum Valley seemed to be in her veins". This shows that dispite Maggie's environment was a strong girl and didnt try and stop herself from having fun, because of her environment. Later in the excerpt she was told to "go teh hellor go teh work!" Her environment changed to working ina factory. The long hours, low wages, and poor conditions affected Maggie's mood. She was not happy or joyful because of the way she was treated at the factory. Her mom was not a good influence on her because she was always getting in trouble and going to court. Also her brother "went to sleep on the floor" most nights which indicates he could have benn an alcoholic. Some individuals can be positive(unlike Maggie's). Say somebody lives in a mansion with many riches and everythinh they ever wanted. Then their mood would be joyful and will have few worries. This shows how one's environment affect's him/her's environment.

Mackenzie Saltmarsh

10/13/2014 08:40:58 am

I agree with your claim, but what exactly is Maggie's mood? You said it wasn't happy or joyful, but what exactly is it? Depressed, upset, angry. I fell like you could have specified what her mood is.

Marissa Peirce

10/13/2014 10:41:28 am

I agree with Mackenzie that you could have given a specific mood to describe the text. Overall your answer was valid. and had good evidence.

Zackery Gattoni link

10/14/2014 05:56:08 am

Kelly-
I believe that you had done an excellent job on writing your response to be as clear as you possibly could have. The claim was strong, and you had lots of support throughout, however, you were lacking details on how Maggie was. As Mackenzie had said before, I believe that you could have elaborated more on those emotions. Other than that, I think that your response was a job well done.

Brian Ulbrich

10/12/2014 11:01:32 am

Ones environment can have a great effect on them in various ways. If the surrounding environment is poor and filled with poor people, it can have a negative effect on familes and can cause familes to become more distant and cruel to one another. In the excerpt "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" Maggies mother was an expert liar and was constantly getting herself into trouble with the law. Almost all the court officials knew Maggie's mother. "She always besieged the bench with voluble excuses, explanations, apologies and prayers". Instead of being with her family and being a good role model for her children to look up to, the environment in which she lived in caused her to make irresponsible decisions. Maggies brother Jimmie would often "stumble upstairs late at night, as his father had done before him". Jimmie, like other children, look up to their parents and follow in their footsteps. While living in a bad environment, the father and Jimmie absorbed the negativity from others around them and got themselves into bad situations, and transformed into everybody else living in this environment. The Industrial Revolution forced everybody, even young children and teens like Maggie, to work in factories day in and day out. Families didn't spend nearly enough time together because of work. Those who live in a positive environment are more likely to be happier and motivated to succeed, and the same goes for those living in a run down environment. Those people will be unwilling and mean people. During the Industrial Revolution, the majority of people worked a great number of hours in polluted environments and recieved little pay. A persons actions and personality can be affected positively or negatively based on their environments and the surrounding people.

Zackery Gattoni link

10/13/2014 02:34:39 am

Question #3
One's environment can effect their everyday behavior and actions throughout a piece of work or in real life. They could act like they were rough, due to the loss of a family member, or they could be kind and soothing because they may feel sympathy for something. To sum this up, one's traits, both physical and mental can be because of their environment's traits. Take, for example, Jimmie, from the excerpt that Maggie originates. He is an uneducated, tyrannical sort of being who wants to be more like his father, or the head of his household. Because of his poor and cruel environment, he is "molded" towards acting rough and cruel towards others. This can be seen when he is talking to Maggie, stating that she could either go to hell or go to work. It is also seen when the author of the excerpt decides to go into further detail about what Jimmie does at night, swearing at his relations, and how the author describes Jimmie sleeping on the floor. As one could see, the rough and cruel environment caused Jimmie to lack compassion, mainly because nobody seemed to give him any sorts of emotion. Also, working in the factory must have made Jimmie a very cruel attitude towards his family members and others around him. All in all, many can observe the ways that a surrounding biome or area can affect the way a person is viewed.

Gavin Wildrick

10/13/2014 09:22:19 am

I completely agree with your claim, although I feel as if you could make your references to your supporting evidence a little stronger and maybe more specific. And i'd like to touch upon the reference about Jimmie, I don't think he wants to be like his father, but rather he doesn't know any other way to act or respond to the situations because that was the way he grew up seeing his father deal the problems. But besides that, your claim and evidence seem pretty good to me.

Gavin Wildrick

10/13/2014 09:51:58 am

"... seeing his father deal with* the problems."

Clarissa

10/13/2014 06:00:26 am

One's environment can effect him/her in many different ways. When there is a poor environment for certain people, that just means you have to work twice as hard to get the right amount of money to support your family. In the Maggie excerpt, she sees a child "playing and fighting with gamins in the street" and it disgusts her. Everyday she lived with watching families being disrespected by each other and even her own, and she knew that wasn't the way to live life. So she ignored it and kept her hopes up to live a positive lifestyle that not many people had. Maggie's brother Jimmie always "stumbled up-stairs late at night, as his father had done before him". Jimmie, living around a negative environment as a little boy didn't know what it meant to be a kind, respectful person, so with his father not around he was the man of the house and thought everyone had to follow by his rules. He told Maggie "Yeh've edder got the go the hell or go the work!" giving her no choice to go back to a negative environment anywhere she went. Maggie's mother depended on her own life going to court and getting into trouble with the law when a mother should be there for their child if they need a mother or in trouble. With her always in court or jail, its like Maggie never really had a mom. In conclusion, with a bad and/or negative environment, Maggie was going to change that and make her life a positive one.

Montanna

10/13/2014 06:25:19 am

I like your answer, it explains the question very well, and the evidence was cool because it's all a reference we understand.

Montanna

10/13/2014 06:23:22 am

1. How do technological advances impact the social, economic and political structure of a country/region/world?
Technology advances impact the social, economic and political structure of any place or area because although it brings us together, it brings us apart.
Almost every person in the modern world has a cellphone, and some people go to stores days ahead of time for things that would be hard to find. (example, the releases of games at midnight such as "Call of Duty." or "Grand Theft Auto." While talking on the phone with friends or family members has become an advantage and a convenient element of technology, some people have become to see it as a necessity than a luxury.
A prime example is the release of the iPhone 6/6 Plus, where individuals preordered and stayed up outside of stores to be the first to have them. While being up-to-date on technology is perfectly fine, why the rush?
Another example is social media, impacting teenagers and young adults more than anyone else. Social media websites like Facebook and Twitter make it convenient to talk to friends or family members, but people don't see that it's a huge hotspot for bullying. Accounts, websites and webpages have been made to impersonate, spread rumors or gossip about a single individual, leading to stress, and unwillingness to go back on, in fear of what is being said.
Social media has also not only affected individuals, but groups of people. Fights or disagreements are more likely to happen on social media than in person, and because it's the internet and people don't understand that words hurt, verbal or not, they don't see the reaction of the one receiving the message, and would say things that they normally would've.
Finally, it impacts us as a society because we have become so dependent on technology that we wouldn't know what to do without it. Helpful technology the exception (hospital equipment that keeps people alive, etc.) While some people overuse it. There have been ads to start carpooling to save gas and the environment, and other ads to bring down the amount of technology used, but nobody really listens.
This is how technology advances impact the social, economic and political structure of a country/region/world.

JALYN <3

10/13/2014 08:16:51 am

There are many necessary key points that would be useful in forcing change in a established system. One example would be rules. Rules would definitely be a key factor in forcing change because if you just tried to tell people what to do it would be very hard, but if you used a ruling system people would listen more because if they did not, they would have consequences. Also, another key factor to force change in a established system would be a rule up keeper or a authority to make sure the rules were nto being broken. This is a key factor because, if there was nobody making sure the rules were being upheld by all the members of the system, then they would be broken. And finally, to force change in a established system there would need a certain amount of people that would also be willing to make the change (for example a strike needs many people to all agree that they want a specific thing to be changed).This would also be a key factor because if there was nobody willing to make a change then it simply would not be changed. As you can see there are many necessary key factors when it comes to forcing change in a established system.

Mackenzie Saltmarsh

10/13/2014 08:31:08 am

Question 3
Ones envornment can effect their mood, for example, in Maggie, the author explains " The girl, Maggie, blossemed in a mud puddle ". Maggie's envornment, a abusive city, made her have hope that instead of becoming like the others, she could be more sophisticated. But, their mood doesn't always change for the better. For instance, like Mrs.Thomsen explained, Maggie passes away at a young age while living on the streets. Moreover, eventually, Maggie was influenced by her enviornment and became more depresses. In conclusion, ones envornment affects our mood and how we see the world.

Gavin Wildrick

10/13/2014 10:03:22 am

Mackenzie, your claim has some very strong points with valid evidence, although your answer could be more detailed in the evidence area. With your examples of Maggie, seeing that she doesn't want to become like the others inside of her environment, you never really explained how their environment could affect him/herself in a negative way. So overall, you have some substantial pieces of evidence and you have answered the claim, although it could have been stronger.

naszaya

10/13/2014 06:47:48 pm

I like what you said about how maggie blossemed in a mud puddle and how her environment was an abusive city and how it inspired her but i think you should further explain what you mean by instead of becoming like the others.

Gavin Wildrick

10/13/2014 09:03:49 am

Essential Question:
3. How does one’s environment affect him/her?

One’s environment affects him/herself in numerous ways. Their environment can affect their mood and how they turn out to be as a developed, somewhat if not fully grown adult. A point that I would like to share, which is very clear, is that if him/herself are in a well working, safe, positive environment they will most likely turn out to have a positive lifestyle, and very much so the opposite, whereas if him/herself live discombobulated, chaotic, “mud puddle” of an environment they will most likely turn out to have a non-pleasant lifestyle, or mood. During the Industrial Revolution, one’s environment was deeply effected by their living environment. This is very much true, because in the timetable of the Lowell Mills working hours chart it was proven. It was said that because of the very poor working conditions, low wages, and short hours for eating and breaks, workers would come home frustrated and miserable. Also, in the excerpt, “Maggie: Girl of the Streets,” Maggie’s family suffered due to their distraught environment. This is a prime example because Maggie’s older brother, Jimmie had to take over the family of himself, Maggie, and their criminal of a mother. Jimmie was said to stumble up the stairs, as his father did before. This makes us infer that their father was an alcoholic, and Jimmie grew up watching his father drink before he left them. These two examples prove my claim, that one’s environment deeply does affect him/herself.

Danny

10/13/2014 09:27:18 am

Q3: How does one's environment affect him/her?
One's environment affects a person's mood and personality. For example, in the excerpt "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" much of the dialog is written slurred and mispronounced, as well as lacking much correct grammar or high level diction. By using this technique the author portrays the characters as uneducated, which is due to the very little schooling members of the lower class received in the Industrial Revolution. A poor amount of education affects an individual's personality by limiting their intelligence.
Furthermore, in the extract from Charles Dickens' "Hard Times" repeats the words "same" and "like one another" to express the feeling of the setting as blandness and boredom. He uses these words to describe the people living in the town and their lifestyles. By associating a feeling of boredom in the environment and describing the people in it the same way, Dickens implies that the environment instills a sense of boredom in its inhabitants, which affects their mood.

Colin with one L

10/13/2014 09:38:27 am

1) How do technological advances impact the social, economic and political structure of a country/region/world? Technological advances affected social structure in Britain during the Industrial Revolution by creating class tensions between factory owners and businessmen, and the workers. While factory owners became wealthier, workers threw riots because their working conditions were decreasing and their jobs were being replaced by machines. As sited in the text "The Industrial Revolution transformed economic systems, in part, this was because nations dramatically changed the way they produced and distributed goods." The railway age began in Britain in the early 1800s and created industrial growth by allowing factory owners to ship products cheaper, quicker and over longer distances than before. It also made traveling easier which allowed people to commute further to their jobs. As a result, businesses grew as things became cheaper to create, distribute, and sell. The Industrial Revolution spawned many reforms such as Communism, Socialism, and Capitalism. If these economic systems didnt exist, then the world would probably be completely different. For example, many world leaders adapted Communism and augmented it to fit their needs. Overall, technological advances during the Industrial Revolution impacted social, economic and political structures by creating class tensions, increasing wealth, and promoting change.

Brian MacDonald

10/13/2014 11:26:47 am

I love how you described Great Britain and used quotes from the text it really helped complete your explanation. Also I liked how you used many different vocabulary in your answer it makes it much stronger.

Jordyn Forte

10/13/2014 09:57:36 am

Question 3: How does one's environment affect him/her?

While it may not seem like it, a person's surroundings play a crucial role in their life. One's environment has the ability to affect many aspects of their life, such as their mood, thoughts, beliefs, actions, and lifestyle.
A person's environment most certainly affects their mood. If an individual lives and works in a positive environment, they are more apt to constantly be in an upbeat and positive mood, whereas if a person was constantly surrounded by negativity, they would most likely be in a negative mood. This statement could be applied to individuals who lived at the time of the Industrial Revolution. During the Industrial Revolution, factory laborers were required to work long, continuous hours in wretched conditions. They also received few breaks and low wages. When combined, these poor conditions provided worker's with almost no reasons to be happy and or positive. This caused these employees to constantly be in bad moods. When they returned home, factory workers brought their emotions with them. If an individual was in a poor mood, this could result in several home issues and conflicts. This example demonstrates how an individual's environment could affect their mood, as well as their home life.
One's environment also has the ability to affect their thoughts and beliefs. For example, within the excerpt from "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets", Maggie, as well as nearly all of the other factory workers, lived in a dingy, poor, and rundown neighborhood. This neighborhood, along with the unfortunate conditions that people were exposed to in factories, caused most individuals to become depressed, lose hope of a better future, and or develop a negative outlook on life. This, however, was not true for Maggie. Based on her words and actions throughout the excerpt, it seems as though Maggie's environment inspired her. Maggie's unfortunate surroundings and poor upbringing caused her to desire more in life. She realized that she wanted to become more than just a poorly treated factory worker. This is an example of how one's environment can affect their thoughts and beliefs in both a positive and a negative way.
Finally, an individual's environment can affect their behavior and actions. If a person is constantly exposed to a particular action, they will begin to view it as acceptable, even if it is not. This is true for Maggie's older brother Jimmie. Maggie and Jimmie both grew up in an environment in which violence, swearing, and alcoholism were viewed as both acceptable and normal. Jimmie's father appears to be mentally and physically abusive, due to the fact that he often swore, dehumanized his family members, and rampaged through the house. Following the death of his father, it appears as though Jimmie gained these poor attributes. It is said that Jimmie would "...stumble upstairs late at night, as his father had done before him. He reeled about the room, swearing at his relations..." If Jimmie's father had not been an alcoholic, Jimmie wouldn't be familiar with this violent and unacceptable behavior; he therefore would not turn to such actions when placed under stress. This is an example of how an environment can affect the behavior and actions of an individual.
As stated before, one's environment plays a crucial role in their life. It affects an individual in a multitude of different ways. These are just three examples of how a person's environment can affect their mood, thoughts, and actions.

Evelyn

10/13/2014 10:12:04 am

#3. How does ones environment affect him/her.
As people age their character changes along with them. For instance in the Maggie excerpt Maggie grew up "in a mud puddle" this mud puddle formed her into a stronger individual. We can see this by her getting a job at a young age and trying to help provide for her family. But, towards the end of the excerpt we begin to see that Maggie's view of people men in particular is clouded by how the men in her life act. Maggies brother Jimmie is a very bad influence on her by the way he acted as man of the house. This gave Maggie the interpretation that all men acted this way. All in all peoples environments do affect how they turn out to be as a person later on in life.

Evan Parsons

10/13/2014 10:21:56 am

4. How do authors use the elements of fiction to achieve a purpose?

Authors use elements of fiction in many ways to achieve a purpose. This is found in "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" when the author uses the setting of industrialization to describe the town and the citizens. Maggie, a girl growing up in an industrialized town, appears to be "a most rare and wonderful production of a tenement district". The author was able to get their point across, of showing that environment does not always affect people negatively, by using their own fictional setting instead of using historical facts. The townsfolk of industrialized towns were not all from places like "Rum Alley" because not everyone viewed industrialization as a chance for hope but the author was able to use fictional setting and characterization to make it seem different than the reality. In the Charles Dickens excerpt "Hard Times", Dickens was able to use phrases like "It was a town of machinery and tall chimneys..." and the town name of "Coketown" to create an incorrect sense of industrialization and have the readers view this in a negative way. Charles Dickens used fictional descriptors instead of facts to create this affect and give his own, negative, perspective on industrialization.

Marissa Peirce

10/13/2014 10:39:12 am

Evan, i really like how you sited two different texts, it really helped strengthen your claim.

Marissa Peirce

10/13/2014 10:37:11 am

How does one’s environment affect him/her?

The enviornment of one mainly affects him or her in the way of shaping the person. An enviornment can influence one in a negative or positive way, or sometimes even both like how Maggie, from Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is. The auther describes Maggie's neighborhood, in the bad side of town, as a mud puddle. This mud puddle, although not being the safest place for Maggie to grow up, allowed her to distance herself from the people who raised her. She didn't like the place where she lived, and thought that people should be living differently. She wanted to get out of her town, and not be a duplicate of the ones who she's spent her entire life with. This enviornment had a positive impact on Maggie, but also had a negative one. Maggie's enviornment may have inspired her to change the future, but it brought her down in her present situation. Maggie's poor enviornment didn't allow her the option to make a change. She had to go to work at the factory, and no matter how much her poor working conditions made her dream of a better life, they gave her no room for improvements.

Brian MacDonald

10/13/2014 11:22:57 am

I think this is a very good response overall but I think you just need to explain the "mud puddle" to people better like how the author used the mud puddle to describe her environment and what the mud puddle stood for.

naszaya

10/13/2014 06:42:18 pm

I agree with what with what Marissa said about how the environment of one mainly shapes the person in a way.

Brian MacDonald

10/13/2014 11:15:04 am

Question 1: How do the technological advances impact the social, economic, and political structure of a country/region/world?

Technological Advances impact social, economic, and political structure of a country, region, or world and many different ways. A technological advance that improves the social structure of a country, region, or world is the inventions of the cellphone and Skype which gives you the ability to communicate with people very quickly which you were not able to do before.Also the advances of transportation helped you to contact people much easier because you can travel to places much faster. A technological advance that impacted the economic structure of a country, region, or world is the ability to access your bank on your phone. This helps make people make transactions quicker and makes them be able to control their money easier. This helps improve the environment a lot because people won't mismanage their money as much.Finally,a technological advance that impacts the political structure of a country, region, world is the invention of radios and televisions because it helps you to see, hear, and interact with a President for example is saying. Also the invention of telephones to help target certain groups of people for voting of political positions. This is how technological advances impacted social, economic, and political structures of a country, region, or world.

Megan

10/14/2014 04:40:02 am

You seemed to focus on how technology positively impacts the society, economy, and politics. However, technology has hindered us as well. The anonymous nature of certain social networking sites like Facebook can lead to people being more aggressive. One could argue television and youtube has made us lazy and less intelligent than we once were. Not to mention the spread of rumors through the internet in politics. Lets just say words get around quick. Overall, technology might have its short comings ,but still has very vital roles in our lives today.

Grace Mayer

10/13/2014 11:31:19 am

How do authors use the elements of fiction to achieve a purpose?

Authors use characterization, setting, and mood to achieve their purpose in a piece of writing by incorporating connotative diction and figurative language, which are words or phrases that put a specific feeling or strong image into the reader’s mind. In order for Charles Dickens, the author of the Hard Times excerpt, to convince the reader that industrialization is a defective and unpleasant process, he wrote phrases like “interminable serpents of smoke”, “a black canal”, and “melancholy madness”. These realistic descriptions about this fictional town put the reader into this unfortunate setting and make him or her feel distressed and depressed because people, including myself, imagine great pollution and an unwelcoming area when they read these words. Through this connotation, the readers think of industrialization as a negative thing which is what the author wanted to happen. The author of Maggie: A girl of the Streets also used the elements of fiction to convince the audience that the Industrial Revolution effected most people in a negative way. The author does this by characterizing the main characters. Maggie’s mother is described as “eternally swollen and disheveled” and was “always besieged the bench with voluble excuses, explanations, apologies and prayers”. Also, it is mentioned that Maggie’s brother Jimmie “stumbled up-stairs late at night…swearing at his relations”. By revealing these characters in this way, the readers imagine Maggie’s mother as a weathered, unhealthy and irresponsible lady who doesn’t take good care of her children and Jimmie as an alcoholic who is pessimistic and angry all of the time. Through these actions and vivid descriptions, the traits of these characters unfold, and in this specific story, the traits are very adverse and negative which is, again, what the author wanted to happen.

Emilia Yippy

10/13/2014 11:40:42 am

3. How does one’s environment affect him/her?

The environment in which one lives in can affect them in many ways. It can affect them either positively or negatively depending on their environment. The environment, the factory life during the Industrial Revolution affected many aspects of life. The excerpt from "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" talks about a young girl named Maggie who worked in a shirt factory during the Industrial Revolution. In the factory Maggie worked in, "The air in the collar and cuff establishment strangled her. She knew she was gradually and surely shriveling in the hot, stuffy room. The begrimed windows rattled incessantly from the passing of elevated trains. The place was filled with a white of noises and odors." These horrible working conditions in the bad environment had her losing hope and inspiration to becoming better as "She imagined herself, in an exasperating future, as a scrawny woman with an internal grievance." She had imagined such a dark future because when she went to work she saw other women that looked grizzled and worn out, so she wondered if she would someday become like them. That is how the environment, the factory, affected people’s lives as shown in Maggie and her co-workers’ lives.

Naszaya

10/13/2014 06:35:30 pm

3. How does one’s environment affect him/her? Some ways ones environment can effect him or her are for example if someone has a very troubled life style at home that could make them very miserable and have a negative effect on them and effect them in lots of other ways which relates to maggies lifestyle at home also because of the fact that her dad passed and her mom was not a very good role model and was not supportive of maggie that could have had a negative effect on her. Another way a persons environment could effect them is if a person in a working area is working in a unsafe or hazardous area they could be injured and effected by the conditions of the area, for example if one is working in small space with large machinery they could possibly get hurt or if they are in a small area with a large amount of fumes they may be effected by that also.

Nate Barboza

10/14/2014 12:08:10 am

3. How does ones environment affect his or herself?Ones environment affects them because it affects the way a person can act or how a person reacts to a certain situation. If a child grows up witnessing his father abusing his mother, he will most likely grow up being an abusive person also. This is also evident in "Hard Times" particularly in Jimmies case. In "Hard Times" it says "…he stumbled up-stairs late at night, as his father had done before him. He reeled about the room, swearing at his relations, or went to sleep on the floor". This shows Jimmy is affected by his environment because Jimmy witnessed his father trudge in to the house in a drunken rage. He grew up believing that that was an acceptable action and followed in his fathers footsteps. These are prime examples of how someone's environment affects them.

matt

10/14/2014 04:08:32 am

Technology effects a country in many different ways. One of which is production. With increased manufacturing technology a country or region will no longer need to pay workers and can also produce a greater amount of goods. Additionally a region with greater technology may become imperialistic like and conquer nations with less technology. Examples of such are the middle east with less technology many of the nations (excluding UAE Qatar) are generally weaker both military and economically nations. Less technology may also prove dangerous to the fundamentals of a first world education. Less technology leads to lesser education wich in turn may lessen all forms of a nations strength since as technology is constantly increasing and a nation with less technology will soon become the minority. This links back to the text because as technology increases although the economy in Maggie in the streets may seem poor the wealthy and more important people are enduring wealth, power, and education

Nate Barboza

10/14/2014 09:50:31 am

Matt, I like your answer but to improve it you could have looked at both positive and negative effects for more or less technology, not just focusing on one or the other. For example when you said that countries with better technology have a higher production rate you could have also said that employment rate and poverty levels could have risen and damaged the economy but overall good answer.

Ariana Baker

10/14/2014 10:38:35 am

Question #2: How do technological advances impact the social, economic and political structure of a country/region/world?

The world before the Industrial Revolution was not particularly wealthy, nor was it very advanced in the production of consumer goods. The technological advances made during the Industrial Revolution changed that significantly. With the invention of many new machines and lifestyles, came new social, political, and economical advances. The division between the different jobs and careers during the Industrial Revolution, such as factory worker, manager, owner, and aristocrat, made very distinct separations between one way of living and another. These separations developed into the different social classes: lower class, middle class, and upper class. The political structure of the industrialized regions was also affected by new technology in such a way that the social aspect of industrialization came into play. The classes and abilities of people during the Industrial Revolution determined who was allowed to participate in politics. Also, new technology caused those in government to make decisions concerning factory conditions for the those who worked in them. Lastly, the Industrial Revolution completely altered the economic aspect of some regions. Because economy deals with production, exportation, importation, consumers, and capital, the Industrial Revolution was the reason that the economies of many regions were so successful. The new technology of the time that produced many new goods, that were then distributed around the world, all for a small capital, completely altered the economy of all the industrialized regions around the world.

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