Primary Source Analysis-Photograph

James F.

11/30/15

"Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives." School, Shop, Church and Community Building. Gee's Bend, Alabama. Web. 30 Nov. 2015. <http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsa.8c10010/?co=fsa>.

Wolcott, Marion. School, Shop, Church and Community Building. Gee's Bend, Alabama. 1939. Library of Congress, Gee's Bend, Alabama.

          In the photograph, "School, shop, church, and community building."(above)  I saw that picture was very similar to the city, Maycomb, in the novel, To Kill a Mocking Bird. I know this because in the book the city was described as small and as well as this city apppears in the picture. I also saw that in this community that there was not a lot of people because it shows about 20 to 30 people outside. Another observation I made was that there is no paved roads just dirt. This commmunity also seems a bit isolated because I do not see any other building around it.

          This photograph and the way Maycomb is described in the book resemble each other. I know this because in the book it says, "There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County." This shows how Maycomb was isolated and was small. This piece of the text can relate to the picture because in the picture there is not much to see because it is very small and isolated. At the end, I was able to make the realization that this photograph is very similar to the way Maycomb is described in the book.

Theme Blog 11/16/15

Book: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Author: Mildred D. Taylor
Pages: 0-256

The theme I felt best fit this this book is, "Fighting racism." I say this because constantly through the text, Cassie and family are upset and are fighting against racism. An act Little Man does to show this theme is, "Little Man bit his lower lip, and I knew that he was not going to pick up the book. Rapidly, I turned to the inside cover of my own book and saw immediately what had made Little Man so furious." This quote shows how these two characters felt about getting poor conditioned books from the whites, only because of their race.

Another theme I felt best fit this book is, "Never give up on your opinion." I say this because throughout the text the Logan's are showing their hatred towards the way they are being treated because of their race. This relates to the last theme because the Logan's opinion is to fight racism. A way this theme is used in real life is like in court, because the lawyer is given a opinion and has to fight for that opinion. I also feel this theme is just the common thing to do because you should never give up on your opinion unless your opinion hurts others.

My third and final best fit theme for this book is, "Everyone should be treated equal, no matter what race they are." I say this because I feel the author correlates negativity and racism to show that racism is horrible. One of the best parts of this theme is that this theme is still relevant to today because some people are racist. Which being racist is extremely wrong. People also have this theme in their faith. For example, Christianity say all people shall be treated equally. And even the government expresses this theme!