Restoration

1. Research The Glorious Revolution (sometimes called the Bloodless Revolution) online or in one of the textbooks. Write a paragraph summarizing what happened, and then another that explains why you think the event was so important.
The Glorious Revolution was also known as the Bloodless Revolution. The Glorious revolution begined in 1688, whereas king James II was the king. He fled from France and left his kingdom to suffer. King James II was exiled and captured by his daughter Marry and by his son-in-law William of Orange. They became the King and Queen of England, but also known as the monarchs of England. this meant they were rulers and had established a well found government in their eyes. Marry and William enacted the English Bill of Rights and this gave everyone a understanding of whats right to do and whats not right to do.
* The reason why I think that this event is so important is because its a big transformation from the Renaissance. Meaning now you see people going into a different stage of relying on one person as their ruler, king and queen ruler. Also how evil and crooked the kings were back then, King James II. I thought this period was one of the best because it established control and disclpline towards people. That's why I think that it was important an d also the fact that people raged against this idea, showed how everyone was almost equal, because everyone got used and punished the same way.
2.Define "satire". Don't just copy and paste a definition from another source. Read the definition, and then explain it in your own words. Once you have done that, provide a few modern-day examples of satire (television shows, movies, magazines, etc.).
Satire is the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. Which means you humiliate or make someone feel stupid because of what you said and how you said it.
Examples: Like on TV you may talk about another product and called it all types of names and actually make them loose customers. So basically if you talk bad about it. Also advertisement do it when it come to Tobacco, they say smoking is bad and how it'll make you look five years from now. Others:" Even though the first two Star Wars prequels sucked, you should see the third one, because it's much better. "
" The reason I don't throw out back issues of the New Yorker is that I might read the short stories some day. "
3.Read "A Modest Proposal", which may be difficult at first, but if you stick with it, the message will become more clear. Once you are finished reading, you should write a short response to what you read (4-5 sentences), and explain how this is a work of satire.
This work of Satire was true in many ways. There are many kids out there in the streets who grow up into a life of poverty just because their parents introduced it to them first. Then there are some kids grown up in a healthy environment whose lives can turn out either poor or okay. The satire is said in my opinion as "some kids are poor, while the others maybe poor or may not be. Who knows what the outcome is?" The satire in this proposal focuses on the differences and alike's of kids in poverty and those who aren't.
4. Read either "from the Diary of Samuel Pepys" or "from A Journal of the Plague Year" by Daniel Defoe, both of which can be found in the purple anthology. Once you have finished reading, write a 1-2 paragraph response to what you have read. Please be sure to include some direct evidence from the text to help show what you are responding to.
The story that I read was A Journal of the Plague Year. This story talks about the many deaths and changes of the St. Jiles community. It says that many people were infected with the plague. the first outbreak for them was the killing of two men in December 1664. Then the second one died in February. This outbreak spread killing many people in that area.
In my opinion, I thought that must was very hard on the people in that town for them to loose a whole community that they all build up from scratch. This incident of the plague was very serious and I see why people were scared to even show or tell people they were infected. For example in the story it said, " There was some of them who want to leave and jut never show the truth of them being infected." So most of all the people tried to leave before it spread and got them, but for some it was to late. For example in all over 2,000 people had died from the plague within that year. I mean to me it just seemed like everyday someone just died. The plague really caused many problems for these people back then, I'm glad that now we're aware of most things and can treat most things before they spread. I feel bad for all those peoples that were lost and who suffered the illness of the PLAGUE.
5.What do you think was most important to people living in this time? Write a 1-2 paragraph response to this question in which you use direct evidence from the texts you read to support whatever arguments you make.
In my opinion I think identity was the most important to people back then. The reason why I say that is because during the Glorious Revolution, the kings and queens wanted their people to be guided and noble to them. This shows that their opinion and reputation was at state if people did not abide by their rules. Also people were always judging one another and worried about taking risks even if it was their last. For example in the satire story many kids grew up with nothing while some grew up with anything that they wanted. Those were the ones that were spoiled and the ones who looked down at people based on their background. So that story was trying to tell people that they should be thankful for whatever they have.