Examples of Outstanding Blog Entries

A good example of economic advice is given by Paul in his blog entry entitled Blog Thing. His advice to relieve America of its economic ailments is purely satirical, stating "There is no limit to what we cant do or who we can conquer." He argues that imperialistic conquest would quickly solve the current unemployment problem by referencing the rise in employment during the 1940s due to the manufacturing of military resources. "It is argued that it was the Second World War that cured our countries economic crisis of the 20s, 30s and early 40s, the number of unemployed workers declined by 7,050,000 between 1940 and 1943 and the number in military service rose by 8,590,000, but the recovery came, for the consumers, with the end of the war."

Diana's blog entry, Honors: A Thousand Splendid Suns, describes the use of metaphors in the book, A Thousand Splendid Suns. "...when the movie Titanic became a huge hit, Laila and Mariam would always watch it, and thats where this quote came from; "Everyone wants Jack," Laila said to Mariam. "Everybody wants Jack to rescue them from disaster. But there is no Jack. Jack is not coming back. Jack is dead." (page 270) Such is a metaphor for life under the Taliban which was dangerous and a scary place." Diana explains the role of the metaphor, as well as its use in the book.

Ana's blog entry, JFK's Speech and Today's Society, analyzes the similarities and differences between the words of JFK during his inaugural speech and America's current foreign relations. "One of the goals Kennedy set out to accomplish was creating and maintaining good alliances with other countries. Kennedy went on, "So let us begin anew--remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof.” He continued, “Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate." This an example of America attempting to build strong ties with other countries. Today, Barack Obama is setting up attempts to negotiate with Iran. Just a day into office, Barack Obama is making plans to talk to Iran, "'without preconditions' and will work towards the abolition of nuclear weapons" This negotiation seems like a strong attempt at keeping both nations safe." She clearly outlines that Obama's attempt to build friendly relations with Iran reflect Kennedy's words by using multiple quotes to support her claims.