Gone With the Wind Reflection

 Gone With the Wind Reflection 

This famous movie was made in 1938 and released in 1939 with the winner title of 10 Academy Awards. When released it was extremely popular making it the highest earning film for over a quarter of a century. It was the first color film to win Oscars for Best Picture. The movie mainly filmed in North Little Rock, Arkansas after the book written by Margaret Mitchell. It presented a sentimental view of the Civil War. Gone with the Wind provides a romanticized view of the South during the Civil War. 

Gone with the Wind Plot

Slavery is shown in a positive light and the film is commiserating to the Confederate cause. This movie tells the story of the American Civil War from the perspective of a young southern woman named Scarlett O’Hara. She is in love with Ashley Wilkes but learns that he wants to marry his cousin Melanie Hamilton. Eventually, Ashley returns home on a Christmas furlough and asks Scarlett to take care of Melanie because she is pregnant. Then Melanie went into labor and Scarlett with her servant Prissy had to be there with her when she birthed the child. Lastly, they all had to flee through the city that was on fire. 

Gone with the Wind Summary

Obviously since this was movie was made many years the technology and movie making was a whole different system. So, they only had so much they could work with to try to make look like it did during the period of the war. In today’s world if this was made now it would be a lot more realistic, and imaginable to the audience. In the past 20 years, film production has been changed drastically by the impact of rapidly improving digital technology. The digital age has allowed for now better quality, color, sound, and computer-generated imagery. 

Gone with the Wind film

Harriet Beecher Stowe Speech

 Hello Everyone,   

My name is Harriet Beecher Stowe. The most important things to know about me is that I am an author and an abolitionist. I was born and raised in Litchfield, Connecticut with my older sister Catherine and my brother Henry. I have been lucky enough in my early life where I was able to travel and meet various people which introduced me too other cultures and ways of life. I was always very curious and intrigued by the differences rather than afraid and judgmental as others may easily be. Thanks to my father's line of work. I was also introduced to intellectual   f people and, in listening to their stories, I started to realize that slavery was not something that I could ever stand for. Unfortunately, in 1849, a nightmare that I still have not

recovered from, I lost my son who died in a cholera (collar-ra) epidemic that claimed nearly three thousand lives. After losing him, I started thinking about all the enslaved mothers who had their children sold away from them. How could anyone do that to another human being? This absolutely needs to stop. Why should any person own another person regardless of their color, culture, poverty, etc. There is no excuse for such inhumane behavior. When the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was passed, which legally forced the Northern States to return runaway slaves, I was absolutely infuriated. Therefore, I wrote my most famous work, Uncle Tom's Cabin, as I wanted this story to influence Northerners to defy the Fugitive Slave Act and not return the runaway slaves to the South. In writing this book, I wanted to educate people on the harsh and painful conditions of the slaves. I wanted the North, as well as other countries, to see the horrible way the South was treating these poor people. I wanted to unveil the ugliness of slavery. When I was fifty-one, I met with President Abraham Lincoln while I was visiting Washington, DC. Lincoln said to me, “So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that started this great War!” I told him I certainly did not start the war, but how my book did emphasize the differences between the North and South. I explained how my book was more of an awakening call for the Northern to realize how unjust slavery was for the first time.  I am also a very devout Christian, and we are taught to love and respect one another, not treat another human being as if they are simply a thing with no feelings, no family, no worth. I used my fame to petition to end slavery. I pushed to tour nationally and internationally, speaking about my book and anti-slavery and donated some of what I earned to help the antislavery cause. I dedicated my life to anti-slavery and hope that you will too. Please think about that poor mother without her child, that father without his child, a wife without her husband, a husband without his wife. Families torn apart and treated with harshness. What if this was you or someone you loved? You can visit a few landmarks that are dedicated to my memory, which makes me very proud.  They are in several states including Ohio, Florida, Maine, and Connecticut. The locations of these landmarks show different stages of my life like where I grew up, and where I wrote my first novel. So, I hope you can visit them some day. Thank you for giving your time of day and I hope you now have a clearer view on why I was an abolitionist and the purpose of everything I have done. 

Links:

https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/harriet-beecher-stowe/harriet-beecher-stowe-life/ 

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/harriet-beecher-stowe 

Bible Team Challenge

Is the Bible for or against slavery? 

Should slavery be banned? Why did slavery even ever exist? Was the bible for or against slavery? This is a question that people have been trying to answer for a long time. Some say that the bible shows that its for slavery and others say that the bible shows that its against slavery. A lot of research has been done to try and prove both sides whether the bible is for or against slavery. There are always two sides to a story so let’s take a look at this from both sides. 

Is the bible against slavery? There are things in the bible that speaks against slavery.  What Does the Bible Say About Anti-slavery? (openbible.info), (Exodus 21:16) “Whoever

steals a man and sells him, and anyone found in possession of him, shall be put to death.” Based on the information found we can see that there were certain parts in the bible that speak against slavery. 

Some may argue that the bible is also for slavery. But, according to What Does the Bible Say About Anti-slavery? (openbible.info), (Colossians 4:1)“Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.” Some may say that based on this information the bible condones slavery. But this verus is letting them know that if they do own slaves and they don’t treat them right reminding them that they have a master in heaven. This was not condoning slavery completely but telling them that they should treat people right. 

 

Another great piece of evidence that can support the bible not coding slavery is according to  Does the Bible Condone Slavery? | Emergence Church - New Jersey (emergencenj.org), “In both the Old and New Testaments, the words used to denote slaves did not necessarily carry the same connotations that we associate with slavery today. Only by understanding the biblical texts and the cultures that produced them can we understand what is being referred to in the Bible.” If you do not understand the biblical terminology then we can’t really compare it to today. These are just a few reasons why some believe that the bible is against slavery. 

 

However, the other side of the story over time has had arguments in favor of slavery based on religion. In the Bible, you can find many different places where it is for slavery. People that argued God protected slavery had a very clear understanding of the New and Old Testament of the Bible. Specifically southern Christians felt slavery, “stands as an institution of God.” 

 Why Did So Many Christians Support Slavery?

Specially in the Ten Commandments slavery is mentioned twice, which reveals that God has acceptance to it (Exodus 20:10,17). Moses was ordered by God that his people can chose to own child slaves, which eventually bequeathed in family heritance. “… but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns.” This verse means that no one, not even slaves, should not work or be a servant to your master. Why Did So Many Christians Support Slavery?

Another supporting piece of evidence is in Philemon 12. In this story Paul, an apostle, returned a runaway slave back to his master. “I am sending him—who is my very heart—back to you (Philemon 1:12). Paul and Onesimus, the runaway slave, became very close in a short spam. Onesimus became very helpful to Paul, so he wanted to keep him in Rome to help him while being imprisoned. Overall, this was Paul begging to choose forgiveness for the runaway slave, instead of him being commanded to him. 

Bible Ref

In conclusion, religion can argue both sides. The Bible has scriptures that support both sides of the argument. Is the Bible for or against slavery a question that is still being answered? 

Supreme Court

 Supreme Court: Talking about Freedom 

 About the Supreme Court 

If you are like me you might think, why is the Supreme Court even important? Something I learned was at the main entrance to the building of the Supreme Court these words are present, “Equal Justice Under Law.” The purpose of these words is to demonstrate the importance of the Supremes’ Court authorities of the United States. Within the Supreme Court there are documents and functions to help deal human dilemmas. The Constitution allows the Supreme Court official power to make legal judgements or decisions. The Bill of Rights ensures each branch of government recognizes the restriction of its own power. 

 

https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/about.aspx

 

Justices of the United States 

Within the Supreme Court you will find nine members. The Chief Justice of the United States is John G. Roberts, Jr. During his time, he has recommended and executed a refocusing for the Supreme Court. Following him are the associate justices, who are Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito Jr., Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barret, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. These associated justices in the Supreme Court are responsible for attending and participating in decision makings. 

 

 

 

How Justices Work 

 

Justices in the Supreme Court hear verbal arguments and make the decisions based on the case they reviewed, then the Court will hear the case. The Justices meet weekly to choose what the court will end up deciding. They tend to receive more than 100 new cases every week. The newly arrived petitions are sent to justices once a week. In every single chamber each justice does their own work. Any of the justices may write a separate decision if they don’t agree with the majority. In the court room the first thing justices do is shake hands with each of the other justices. The purpose of this is to show “that the harmony of aims, if not views, is the court's guiding principle.” In the court room lawyers are allowed 30 minutes to speak arguments. Oral arguments give the opportunity to ask hard questions. Within a few days after hearing arguments justices vote on the case. The law clerks assist in drafting the opinions.  The first draft is four weeks long sent to all nine justices. Revisions may go on for months after that to accommodate different views. 

 

 

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/young_lawyers/publications/after-the-bar/essentials/how-does-the-supreme-court-work/