Friday, April 30, 2010

Day 29

Remember, snapshot notebooks are due Monday! Have a great weekend!

Today I want you to think about what it would be like to live during the Russian Revolution. How would you feel if your almighty government was in complete control of your lives? How would you cope with this reality? What would you do to rise above it? In connection to Animal Farm, due you think it was right for the Animals to revolt? Explain.

13 comments:

Marie Oleski said...

If the almighty government was in control of my life I would hate it. I abostley would have no freedom at all. That would SUCK!!I honestly do not know how I would cope with this reality. I can not even image how I would feel completely about the government. I do not know how to live. I can honestly say I do not know how I would rise about it. I would probably talk to friends and get their advice and then we would do whtever plan we create. I do think it was right for the animals to revolt. The Jones's were not treating them the way that they should have been treated in the first place. On other farms the farmers take amazing care and do no neglect their animals.

taylor matteson said...

if the government was in control of my lives, i wouldn't like it at all. then again, if i didn't know i could be free somewhere else i wouldn't know the difference. i would obviously find out sometime though. i think i would have trouble coping with a life like this but i think i would just settle. i would probably be strong enough to handle it. i am not sure what i would do to rise above it. i couldnt do anything individually because i am not really a leader but i could join a march that might get more freedom. i think it was right a wrong. they were being mistreated and everything but the farmer was also providing them with food which was hard to make. i could understand wanting to be free though.
-taylor matteson

scott pancioli said...

i would feel extreamly oppressed and it would suck. i wouldent have any countrol and i would would be at the mercy of thees tyrants. i would have a deep hatred for this government. But i would put thees thoughts aside for they can only lead to deprecation and trouble and try to live a decent life. if there was a movement to over through the government i would most certainly help the cause. And yes it was the right things for the animals to revolt. they were being used, abused and neglected and they deserved there freedom.

Anonymous said...

Jane Matta
I would hate it if the almighty government was in complete control of my life. It would be impossible to do whatever I wanted to. I would hate not being in control of my money or anything. I would try to move out of the country or escape from this and if not then I'm not sure how I would cope. Most likly try to revolte. I think it was right for the animals to revolt because they were treated so poorly by the humans and they didn't have their rights. They were just fighting for their rights.

Connor McNeely said...

It would be terrible living in the Russian Revolution. Not hanving any say in what goes on in my country would be very irritating. To cope with the pain, I would do what the animals did, rise up and revolt. That being said, what the animals did was correct. Everyone has their own life and should live it. Not tell someone else how live theirs, or force people into doing thins they don't want to. Try out your voice, and rise up. I run my life, not anyone else. Therfore, I agree with the animals. I revolt.

David Lambert said...

to live during the russian revolution would problly be hell, like none of a lower class hasany meaning on earth but to serv someone without pay. if my govt was in control of my life id probly be a huge rebel agaisnt my govt and do as much things they dont want me to do. i probly woudnt ever be able to cope with this, like i can barely take anyone telling me wha to do, just imagin if my govt tried taking my life and all i have. to rise above it id problly rebel in the biggest fashion possible. well to the animals it was alright to rebel but my point of view is that they shouldnt have because they really need a human of the least bossiest person possible and put him/her on the farm and al they'd have to do is feed and water the animals.

Anonymous said...

I think that it is unfair for a government to have complete control over your live. It would be unjust because I should have control over my own person. I would not like it if the goverenment kept my money, I would want to make sure that it is kept safely and taken care of. I would not be able to cope with this reality, because I believe in personal freedom. In order to rise above this injustice I would get furious and probably turn against the government. I know that this would be the most illogical choice in order to solve this problem, but the most effective. In the novel, Animal Farm, I think that it was right for the animals to revolt because they would have never gotten their point across any other way.

Megan Zaleski said...

I feel like if the almight government was in control it would not be good for the people. Everyone would be under control at all times and no one would have any rights of their own. Basically it would be like sleeping when they told you to sleep, waking up when you are told to wake up and so on. Its like you are not even living your own life youre living a life that someone is telling you to live. To rise above from it i could choose to not listen completely. I would still do what they forced me to do but in modification. Yes, i think it was right for the animals to revolt because the humans werent even treating them with respect and they were only using them for their products. The animals had the right to revolt to the humans.

Teddie J said...

If the government had complete control over my life, i would go crazy. its not right, we are individuals and shoudl be able to live our lives and not have them control it. Its your life you shoudl live it the way you want to, not the way the government wants your too. but if it were to happen i would have to live with it. i would cope by finding things that were fun that the governmtent would let us do. i would probably take a strike or start a patition. I think it was right for the animals to revolt becuase they were being contolled byt the Man and couldnt live they way they wanted to and no one wants their life lived for them, you have to fight for what you believe in and thats what the animals did, they believed in freedom and a life where they could live their lives to their expectaions, not anyone elses'. Also you dont want someine choosing when you die, and that is what would happen with animals at the farm. you need to live your life till the end and not have someone decided when it ends, and part of the revolt, they are stopping that. the animals with have a longer life and have more to experence.

Kevin Lechner said...

I would hate if the government was in control of us. We wouldn't be able to do anything that we want to do. I would try and move out of it if that was the case in the united states. I would try and start a revelution. I think I would do the same as the Russian people would. I think if was right for the animals to revolt. They were getting treated bad an the stood up for themselves.

Anonymous said...

i think it would be terrible living during the russian revolution. I woudlnt want the government controlling my every move.. And because they controlled everything you wouldnt be able to do anything about it! I'm not sure how i would be able to cope with that. I would probably try to revolt liek the russians did. I think it was right of them to revolt, no one shouuld have to deal with that. What else could they have done?

Anonymous said...

Sorry my internet was acting weird on Saturday i hope its alright that i post it now.



During the Russian Revolution the times were hard and i doubt anybody could enjoy it. if i were living during the Revolution i would be fed up with everything. i also could not live in a government that controls my whole life, the reason is obvious i would like to earn my own money and not have to earn the same as a garbage man if i were a doctor. if i were born into this revolution then i would have to cope with it because i would not know anything else. this is because i wouldn't know what Democracy is or anything else so it would be normal to me. i would spend a lot of my time with friends if i could because that's always fun and it would be the only thing to do. Yes, in Animal Farm i believe they had the right to manly because their ruler was neglecting them. if you believe that you can do a better job at taking care of your self then try it.

Rob Walkerdine said...

I think that it would suck to live during the Russian Revolution because not only was there a lot of violence going on at that time, but there was horrible living conditions as well. I don't think I would be too happy if the government controlled basically everything I did. From how much money I have to what I can and can't do. I wouldn't be able to last a month in those kind of conditions without the thought of rebelling. I don't think it was right for the animals to revolt. I don't think they would be able to sustain themselves. Even with the commandments they have to follow because they will end up getting broken or ignored anyways.