Today in class we talked about primary vs. secondary sources and how important it is to know your source and its author. If anyone is interested in more information about this, ask me for the handout.
Homework is to read chapter 5 in Guy and bring in 3 questions for dicussion. Tomorrow there will be a cyber assignment connected to the reading. Post your questions there.
In the COA library there is a section on Nature vs. Nurture (Destiny vs. Choice). Ask a reference librarian to show you where it is. For this essay writers need 2-3 sources outside the book reference.
The essay will be due at the end of the month. Monday, October 24, Initial Planning Sheet is due. The essay is due Wednesday, October 25. Bring a copy to class. Thursday, October 26 the final draft is due, via email: coasabirenglish1A@gmail.com
Homework is to read chapter 5 in Guy and bring in 3 questions for dicussion. Tomorrow there will be a cyber assignment connected to the reading. Post your questions there.
In the COA library there is a section on Nature vs. Nurture (Destiny vs. Choice). Ask a reference librarian to show you where it is. For this essay writers need 2-3 sources outside the book reference.
The essay will be due at the end of the month. Monday, October 24, Initial Planning Sheet is due. The essay is due Wednesday, October 25. Bring a copy to class. Thursday, October 26 the final draft is due, via email: coasabirenglish1A@gmail.com
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Nina Pesco
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A 11-11:50am
12 October 2011
Evolution of a Revolutionary Questions
1. I strongly believe that Afeni had an addictive personality. Is this something she gave to Tupac? Why or why not?
2. If Afeni was given the resources to get help for her addiction and dangerous lifestyle, would she have taken the help? Why or why not?
Stephanie Kiick
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A 11:00-11:50AM
12 October 2011
Evolution of a Revolutionary Chapter 5 Questions and Topical Inventions
1. What does Afeni mean when she says about unborn Tupac, “If I thought I was getting out, I never would have had the baby” (Guy 116).
2. What role does the “arrogance” from Afeni Shakur's young adulthood play in the way she raised Tupac and what later affects did this have on Tupac's life?
3. What characteristics does the New York 21 trial give to Afeni during the time Evolution of a Revolutionary was written, when she is sober and dealing with her past?
Arrogance:
Definition: Afenis Shakur's arrogance is the naivety given by her parents that allowed her to enter the world blind of herself and blind of an effective way to channel her strengths.
Analysis: Afeni's arrogance is like walking into a crowd and being claustrophobic, arrogance makes people react and defend in multiple ways and some people are never able to completely make arrogance a thing of the past.
Consequences: Afeni Shakur's arrogance led her to make many mistakes, successes, and communally powerful choices which mostly led to a pile of guilt.
Testimony: Afeni admits, “I was young. I was arrogant.” (Guy 98).
Melody Webster
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A 11-11:50 a.m.
12 October 2011
"Evoultion of a Revolutionary" questions
1. How did Afeni's experiences during the New York 21 trial reflect upon Tupac's experiences the justice system?
2. Do you think the "accelerated" lives that Afeni and Tupac led came from how they were raised? Or was it innate to them?
3. Do you think the arrogance Afeni reflects on, and how her behavior was because of it, is related to her addictions?
Topical invention: arrogance
Definition: Afeni's upbringing caused her to have an ego/self-esteem which promoted the arrogancy of her personality.
Analogy: Afeni Shakur's arrogance is like a tabby cat flaunting it's perfect coat.
Consequences: Afeni's arrogance caused many of the actions she later regrets. Yet, she channeled her arrogance in times of need in which she could learn lessons from; such as, when she represented herself in court.
Testimony: "Arrogance. It was arrogance that gave me the right to waltz into Sayeeda's house with her man on my arm...How dare I?" (Guy, 121).
Lena Chhit
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1a 11am-1150am
12 October 2011
“Evolution of a Revolution” Questions
1. Although Afeni is able to accept and own up to her mistakes, why is she still so unforgiving of herself?
2. Why was Afeni so accepting of a polygamous marriage?
3. Where did Afeni’s confidence come from?
Lena Chhit
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1a 11am-1150am
12 October 2011
Topical Invention:
Evolution
Definition: The evolution of a person can occur with a combination of experiences, new knowledge attained, and thus in time being able to adapt to the existing environment or a new environment.
Analogy: Evolution is like “the rose that grew from concrete” in Tupac Shakur’s poem. Evolution happens because to survive we need to adapt and adjust to our environment. The rose defied natures law by continuing to grow from a crack in the concrete (Shakur 3). Afeni evolved despite the hardships of her past. Like the rose she came from a crack in the concrete. Her evolution was in her strengths and her knowledge. Afeni evolved in a time that was not meant for her race to succeed.
Consequences: Afeni was arrogant, outspoken, angry, and intelligent. She was strong with a quick-tongue. Her evolution into this strong black women got her into a lot of trouble. Afeni constantly got into fights and was even arrested after joining the Black Panther Party. Afeni’s evolution was not all negative; she also used her intelligence and voice to serve the community.
Testimony: Part of Afeni’s evolution was her name change. She talks about having an awakening which began her journey “from Alice Faye to Afeni Shakur” (Guy 58).
Janelle Martin
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A 11:00am-11:50am
13 October 2011
Evolution of a Revolutionary Questions:
1. Why did Afeni choose to represent herself in court instead of letting Carol Leftcourt, who was already hired for the job?
2. If the panthers were supposed to be such a close group why did the men leave Afeni and Joan during the middle of their trial?
3. Tupac was such a legend, why would Afeni say that she would have gotten an abortion if she knew she would be released from jail?
Topical Intervention:
Leadership
Definition: Afeni was seen as a leader to the Black Panthers because of her powerful status.
Analogy: Afeni's role as a leader is much like that of a lioness. She was the one who went out and did all the dirty work for the group, just like lionesses do all the work of the pride.
Consequences: Because she played such an important role she was part of the 21 other panthers that got arrested.
Testimony: "I had a leadership ability, and I made use of that" (Guy, 77)
Sebastian Chastang
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A 11am-11:50am
13 October 2011
Questions from "Evolution of a Revolutionary" passage
1. Do you think Afeni's addiction plays a role in her arrogant attitude?
Marcel Rollock
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A 11 - 11:50AM
13 October 2011
Evolution Of A Revolutionary Questions
1. In your opinion, how did Afeni’s involvement in the Black Panther Party affect Tupac and Sekyiwa growing up?
2. Do you think it was Afeni’s choice or destiny to become a member of the Black Panther Party? Explain.
3. It seemed at one point Afeni was fighting two battles simultaneously, one for the Black Panther Party and two for the women in the Panthers to have equal rights as the men. Do you think she was taking on too much? How do think fighting these battles affected her?
Topical invention: revolutionary
Definition: Afeni Shakur experiences and witnessed countless injustices to African American as a youth. What started as resistance against this oppression eventually evolved into revolution.
Analogy: Being a revolutionary is like a two faced sword. On one side you are fighting for a cause in which will benefit a whole culture but one the other hand you are sacrificing your ability to be a functioning member of society.
Consequences: There were numerous consequences of this evolutionary status for Afeni. She was thrown in jail for 11 months, constantly under surveillance from the FBI. Most importantly she was unable to ever provide her two children with as stable household.
Testimony: “I joined because the Panthers answered the needs of the people in my community. I believed in those programs, and I still believe in schools. I believe in restoring your community, especially in schools” (Guy 64).
Kyle Tay
Professor Sabir
English 1A
13 October 2011
Chapter 5 Questions
Why did Afeni say she would check under her prison bed? Possibly refferring to her troubled childhood.
How did Afeni's experiences prior to her involvement with the BPP alter her perception of marriage and love in a polygomist relationship with Lumumba?
Afeni is obviously discontent with the pain and sorrow she brought to Lumumba's other wife. She also says she never regrets her choices in life because she acts according to what seems most logical at the time. Where is this strong sense of resentment come from?
Kyle Tay
Professor Sabir
English 1A
13 October 2011
Topical Invention: Revolutionist
Definition: Afeni grew up witnessing the social injustices that disoriented the Black community. Through her intent to see a better world in combination with her resistant and misguided character, she ebraced the efforts of the BPP and found salvation in participating in revolutionary movements.
Anology: Afeni relates her revolutionary involvement in the BBP to a shogun. "Finding your duty and finding your honor in doing it"
Consequences: Afeni faced many consequences spawning from her revolutionary tendencies. Most notably, her false accusal in the NY21 trials, but less obviously the pain and sorrow that would later come to her after reflecting on her polygomist marriage.
Testimony: After Lumumba was incarcerated, Afeni was left in charge of the BPP. She was successful in leading the party. At the same time she felt she was "operating on a wing and a prayer," but now realizes that it was her "brilliant mind" that pulled her through (Guy 83).
Edwin Peabody
Professor Sabir
English 1A
12 October 2011
Chapter 5 questions
Why did Afeni have Tupac when she was pregnant, especially if she was on her way to possibly do a life sentence?
Did Afeni begin to start not trusting Lumumba during the trial when he was trying to appoint her a weak, soft attorney? Did this incident affect their relationship in any way?
Has Afeni totally forgiven herself for ruining Sayeeda family?
Edwin Peabody
Professor Sabir
English 1A
12 October 2011
Arrogance:
Definition: Afeni's change over time in one or more inherited traits found in populations of individuals.
Analogy: Afeni Shakur's evolved tremendously despite all of her issues from her past. She is like a soldier that just would not stop fighting although he was injured.
Consequences: Afeni's arrogance caused many of the actions she later regrets. She inherited this attitude fro her father. No that she can control her arrogant side; she is able to realize the mistake she made. She can distinguish from right and wrong.
Testimony: It was arrogance that gave me the right to waltz into Sayeeda's house with her man on my arm...How dare I?" (Guy, 121).
Samuel Yihdego
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A 11:00-11:50AM
07 November 2011
Evolution of a Revolutionary
Questions from chapter 5
1- What was the feeling of Afeni before and after the birth of Tupac? Because she said that “if I thought I was getting out, I never would have had the baby” (guy 16)
2-Do you think Afeni’s arrogance lead her to success? If yes how? , If no why?
3-Do you believe that, Tupac completely inherited his mother’s personality?
4-What was the reason for Afeni’s involvement with the Black Panther party?
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