You are required to individually read the book The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck. This book identifies the effects of imperialism as it is happening. Please take notes on the text for each chapter. Your focus is on imperialism and how the author conveys the causes/effects on the social, economic and political aspects of China. The author's message may be direct or blatent. It may be subtle or indirect. You need to find out how the author feels about the impact of imperialism on this area.
Complete these questions every twenty pages or so:
1. Describe the main characters.
2. Describe their actions, personalities, beliefs, religions and moral systems.
3. Describe the main characters' lifestyle/setting/socioeconomic situation.
4. Do you like this character? Explain your answer in detail.
After each chapter, answer these questions briefly:
1. Has imperialism arrived in this country yet? If so, identify how you know this citing instances (subtle or blatent).
2. If so, has imperialism helped or hindered your main character? Cite!!!
3. If not, do you think imperialism will help or hinder your character? Explain. Cite examples to support your reasons.
Try to think about this from the natives' and from the imperialists' perspectives. Think about White Man's Burden and also the burden on the native people. Look for subtle clues why imperialism will/has helped or will/has hurt the natives.
Blog entries: Blog entries are not required until Jan. 25th. I will post a question a day from Jan. 25th- 29th about the book. YOU MUST RESPOND TO THE DAILY QUESTION.
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1. While my groupmates and I have been doing this prject, we have been engaging in many different steps. Our topic is "Imperialism during the time of the Opium Wars", which takes place in China. We all have certain jobs that we are responsible for, which helps to keep things organized. First we all had to complete our articles and make sure they were perfect. after that, we had to begin to think about what our acual magazine was going to look like. This was by far the easiest step because it is fun to come up with interesting designs that the readers of the magaine will enjoy. I find this project to be very helpful because it helps us to understand the topic while making a fun magazine at the same time. This shows the certain steps that my group and I engaged in while completeing this project.
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- If there are four people in a group, and we each are responsible for completeing two articles, must we do all 9 on the checklist?
3. Interesting Information:
-There were actually two Opium Wars.
-Opium is an addicting drug that can also be found in heroine.
-Opium can have very hrmful side effects.
The last comment is by Kayla-Marie Candella, my name isn't showing, sorry.
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