Reading Log Questions #1

Shakib Momen
English 1101
2/4/2016
Prof. Young

Part 2

1. Today I am responding to Jannah El Hassan's reading log post. The way Jannah uses to support her answer is by careful description. The way she write puts a nice image in your head about whatever she is telling us about.

2. The quotes relate Jannah's answers is because she's using them to prove the point shes making.

3. I personally think Jannah didn't have to do much else to elaborate on her answer. They were explained well with great examples from the book.

4. I was very much engaged with the graphics used Jannah's post. They added a lot of comic relief to this very serious book.

Reading Log Question #1

Shakib Momen
English 1101
2/4/2016
Prof. Young

Part 1

1. The Good Lord Bird represents understanding, as stated in the book "a feather from a Good Lord Bird'll bring you understanding that'll last your whole life"(McBride, page 33). I suppose it connects to the title of the book because this whole book is about making people understand that slavery is wrong, which is why John Brown is trying to abolish it.

2. Henry's new nickname is "Little Onion." Henry earned this named after he took a bite out of the "dried, dusty, covered with feathers, cobwebs lint, and other junk"(McBride, page 23) onion that The Old Man gave him to hold because he thought The Old Man wanted him to eat it. 

3. Henry's rationale for living a lie is because he's scared. Henry just saw is father get killed right in front of him and now a white male is kidnapping him, he doesn't know what's going to happen to him. Slave life is also a bit easier for girls, so Henry is also hoping on that to live easy. It is completely justifiable because he defending his life. Henry is trying make it out as safe as possible.

Is it OK to Lie?

Shakib Momen
English 1100
2/1/2016
Prof. Young


        Everyone lies, it's no secret. I would applaud anyone who hasn't told a lie in their life. Most people associate lying with ill-intent and that it's wrongful of someone to do so; that's not the case all the time though. I personally feel that it's okay to lie provided it's so small that you're not hurting anyone in the process for the long run. A good example is actually concerning myself. See, my family is Muslim and most of them are religious, some more than others. My parents have been getting myself and my brothers to become more religious by having us pray with them and what not, but I honestly don't feel the same way about religion as they do. I really don't think it's for me, and after discussing it with some friends, it's pretty safe to say that I'm pretty Agnostic with the way I view God. I'd like to come out my family but they're pretty adamant about Islam, and I fear that they would either push me out or shove Islam down my throat even more, and with myself being adamant about being Agnostic, I'm always telling them little white lies. If they asked if I prayed that day, I would tell them "yes" even though I didn't, and there is also this little thing where you have to cleanse yourself before praying which is required or else your prayers won't go through, if they asked me if I cleansed myself properly, I would tell them yes, just because I really don't care to do it properly. As you can see, I am lying, but no one's getting hurt here, it also saves myself lectures about religion, which I really don't need, and no one in my family needs to get upset about it. I strongly believe in the phrase "what they don't know won't hurt them."