Life without Wikipedia and Google

Answer the following questions without using wikipedia or google from the handout given in class.

SOPA

Read these two articles:

1.  http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/16/wikipedia-plans-to-go-dark-on-wednesday-to-protest-sopa/

2.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act

Answer the following questions:

WHY is Wikipedia “going dark” today?

WHAT do the acronyms SOPA and PIPA stand for?
WHAT, basically, are the two bills about?
WHAT other Web sites will protest on Wednesday?

WHO is Jimmy Wales?
WHOM did he address on Monday on Twitter, according to this article?

HOW, according to Mr. Wales, could the bills censor information and links that sites like Wikipedia would be permitted to publish?
HOW do you feel about this issue?

WHERE does this article say that the technology industry been “largely inactive” until now?

American Hero

Romanticism is “a journey away from the corruption of civilization and thelimits of rational thought and toward the integrity of nature and the freedom of the imagination.”

Characteristics of American Romanticism
values feeling and intuition over reason places faith in inner experience and the power of the imagination despises the artificiality of civilization and seeks unspoiled nature prefers youthful innocence to educated sophistication champions individual freedom and the worth of the individual contemplates nature’s beaurt as a path to spiritual and moral development	looks backward to the wisdom of the past and distrusts progress finds beauty and truth in exotic locales, the supernatural realm, and the inner world of the imagination sees poetry as the highest expression of the imagination finds inspiration in myth, legend, and folk culture

Characteristics of the American Romantic Hero
is young, or possesses youthful qualities is innocent and pure of purpose ‘has a sense of honor based not on society’s rules, bu on some higher principle	has a knowledge of people and of life based on deep, intuitive understanding, not on formal learning loves nature and avoids town life quests for some higher truth in the natural world

How is Rip Van Winkle seen as a model American Romantic Hero?

War Leaders

The outcome of a battle is determined to some degree by the spirit that a general can instill in his soldiers.

Both “Lonely Particular” and the “St. Crispian’s Day Speech” focus on war leaders. Choose one of the two poems. In an essay, evaluate the effectiveness of the leader (either the General or Henry V).

How much do you admire that person as a war leader and why? Use examples from the poem to support your views.

Independence Day

Describe how this speech relates to the St. Crispin’s Day Speech given by Shakespeare’s Henry V.  Be patient…it may take a long time to load..

Independence Day Speech

Braveheart

Compare and contrast William Wallace’s speech to rally the troops before battle to the St. Crispin Day Speech in Shakespeare’s Henry V.  Which affects you more?  Explain your answer.

Elves, goblins, trolls and hobbits…

Describe how this speech by Aragorn from J.R.R. Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings is a battle cry:

Happy Halloween

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300

“A Greek force of approximately 7,000 men marched north to block the pass in the summer of 480 BC. The Persian army, alleged by the ancient sources to have numbered in the millions, arrived at the pass in late August or early September. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held off the Persians for seven days in total (including three of battle), before the rear-guard was annihilated in one of history’s most famous last stands. During two full days of battle, the small force led by King Leonidas I of Sparta blocked the only road by which the massive Persian army could pass. After the second day of battle, a local resident named Ephialtes betrayed the Greeks by revealing a small path that led behind the Greek lines. Aware that his force was being outflanked, Leonidas dismissed the bulk of the Greek army, and remained to guard the rear with 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians, 400 Thebans and perhaps a few hundred others, the vast majority of whom were killed.” (Wikipedia)

Despite losing the battle, three hundred Spartans fought against Persians where they were outnumbered.  Why does this soldier tell the tale of the loss as if it were a victory?

How is this like “The Charge of the Light Brigade”?

Battle of Agincourt

Read about the Battle of Agincourt .

Write a brief summary in your notes.