Summary
In the chapter "Enemies," Lee Strunk and Dave Jensen get in a vicious fistfight because Strunk blamed Jensen in stealing his jackknife. Dave Jensen was much bigger than Strunk and ended up pinning him down repeatedly punching Strunk in the nose. Strunk was gone for 2 days and came back with a metal splint and had became very paranoid and very cautious about his whereabouts. It was all in his head, the tension he thought he had with Jensen. Strunk went a little crazy and started firing his gun in the air then sat for a couple hours. Later that day he grabbed a pistol and broke his nose with it, went up to Jensen and asked if "everything was square between them"(p. 61). Jensen said everything was fine between them, and later Jensen laughed about how he was crazy and said he stole his jackknife.
In the chapter "Friends," Jensen and Strunk became close friends throughout time and gained each others trust. They had each others back on everything. Jensen and Strunk had made a pact that if one of them was seriously injured in a wheel chair that the other would find a way to kill him. Strunk had stepped on a rigged mortar round taking off his right leg up to his knee. He begged Jensen not to kill him so he didn't. Strunk later died in the airplane over Chu Lai.
Response
I think it is crazy how Jensen and Strunk had gotten into a serious fistfight with each other, knowing one could have gotten killed by the other and managed to become friends in the next chapter. I mean I could understand how that happened because your enemies will always be straight up with you. I can relate to this because at one point in my life I had gotten into a fight with a girl and we became close friends after that. You start to gain some type of trust in a person after you fight them. It's kind of weird when you think about it, but it does happen.
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Post 4, Racism
Summary
The article "Racial Segregation in the American South: Jim Crow Laws" by Kelly Rudd, Richard Hanes, and Sarah Hermsen explain the history of racism. Starting from the late 1700's to the late 1900's when Blacks finally had freedom and beat the Jim Crow Laws. Race became the basis of slavery, forcing Black's into the life of being a slave. Blacks were only considered part-human, counting as three-fifths of a person in the laws eyes. Slavery grew in the U.S. with 757,000 blacks whom 700,000 were slaves. Slavery ended but the freedom of blacks improved little. Racial segregation started, then the Separate but Equal principle came in. In the 1915's Southern states formed some type of Jim Crow Laws being inhumane. As, prejudice, discrimination, and violence increased, a call to action by black leaders spread. Southern hostility boiled bringing the rise of Lynching; Rather than receiving a fair trial, white mobs lynched blacks. Then talks about blacks getting hired places, and blacks contributions during Jim Crow. Blacks started getting further in their freedom with the growth of the Civil Rights Movement, leading them into new organizations. In 1963 the fight over Jim Crow escalates and in the 60's Black Power formed. In the late 1960's the Jim Crow Laws ended.
Response
I thought this article was very interesting and crazy how racist people were back then. I couldn't imagine what blacks went through. It's sad knowing people were so cruel towards different races. I'm glad that people are treated more equally now than then. Til' this day there is still a lot of discrimination and racist people but not as bad as before. I hope one day every race is treated equally no matter what. One day there will be world peace, but until then all we can do is have hope and faith in this crazy world. I hope my kids don't ever have to go through being called out of their name and/or being treated differently because of being a certain color or race. May this insane world be blessed because it needs it!
The article "Racial Segregation in the American South: Jim Crow Laws" by Kelly Rudd, Richard Hanes, and Sarah Hermsen explain the history of racism. Starting from the late 1700's to the late 1900's when Blacks finally had freedom and beat the Jim Crow Laws. Race became the basis of slavery, forcing Black's into the life of being a slave. Blacks were only considered part-human, counting as three-fifths of a person in the laws eyes. Slavery grew in the U.S. with 757,000 blacks whom 700,000 were slaves. Slavery ended but the freedom of blacks improved little. Racial segregation started, then the Separate but Equal principle came in. In the 1915's Southern states formed some type of Jim Crow Laws being inhumane. As, prejudice, discrimination, and violence increased, a call to action by black leaders spread. Southern hostility boiled bringing the rise of Lynching; Rather than receiving a fair trial, white mobs lynched blacks. Then talks about blacks getting hired places, and blacks contributions during Jim Crow. Blacks started getting further in their freedom with the growth of the Civil Rights Movement, leading them into new organizations. In 1963 the fight over Jim Crow escalates and in the 60's Black Power formed. In the late 1960's the Jim Crow Laws ended.
Response
I thought this article was very interesting and crazy how racist people were back then. I couldn't imagine what blacks went through. It's sad knowing people were so cruel towards different races. I'm glad that people are treated more equally now than then. Til' this day there is still a lot of discrimination and racist people but not as bad as before. I hope one day every race is treated equally no matter what. One day there will be world peace, but until then all we can do is have hope and faith in this crazy world. I hope my kids don't ever have to go through being called out of their name and/or being treated differently because of being a certain color or race. May this insane world be blessed because it needs it!
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