Pop Culture: De Con

Looking back I have read two novels that show decolonization. First, The Kite Runner was about the struggles of a young boy from Pakistan who moves to the U.S. Second, recently I read Things Fall Apart which is about a village colonized by the white man and it is about their struggles to fight it. 

Also, I have seen many movies on this subject including Babel, The Kite Runner (movie), and The Kingdom. 

WHO in Kenya

Looking over the WHO stats for Kenya I saw some good data and terrible data. First, I found it shocking that the life expectancy rate is 51 and 50 for women. This is scary because this means that I would live on average 25 years longer than these people which is simply unfair for me to live more than half of their lives longer. Although, there were some good stats on the amount in poverty and who are literate which are relative of course. This also scares me because I sometimes take for granite my education and the money my family has. Lastly, I hope that these numbers will get better as time passes but looking at the data it is only getting worse. 

Final Project Sources

Factual: http://www.battleofthebulge.org/monuments.html This is a website run by veterans which gives the overall specs on the monument.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bulge/timeline/ This website shows a detailed timeline of the Battle of the Bulge and what happened during this great fight. Also, it is argumentative because it talks about how this battle was Hitler's last stand and how it was a turning point in the war.

Augmentative:

http://www.record-eagle.com/local/local_story_351095009.html This source is very argumentative because it is a interview of a veteran that fought in the Battle of the Bulge and he talks about the battles significance and overall importance to the war. 

Rosie The Riveter

During WWI and WWII the role of women were pretty much the same. Their roles included working in factories, nurses, and anything that need to get done while the men were off at war. Although, during WWI and WWII these roles seemed to be portrayed differently. First, during WWI women were a huge role but when the men came back the women were not as recognized and did not get as many rights as they should have. In WWII, when women went to work it was portrayed as patriotic. Rosie the Riveter is a prime example of this because she was part of a huge propaganda series trying to get more and more women to work. So, the U.S had to create a character which would change the view on women working. Rosie the Riveter showed women that they were being patriotic when they worked in the factories and that the had a huge part in the war (which they did). Lastly, Rosie the Riveter made such a big impacted because women felt that Rosie represented more rights for women.