So What.... does that second paragraph say?

From the discussion I figured that the biggest part that would help would be the So What? I believe that people need to write things that have a reason. It's pointless and a waste of time to write or read something that doesn't have a reason to it. Why even read it? It's not worth it.

Another was the problem-solution essay. I think it's very important to have straight facts that are also in depth when talking about a topic. I think that if you leave stuff out of a paper or a discussion, it will significantly hurt the attempt to get the point across. if you give a bland answer it will be hard to write about.

Okay, so the last paragraph probably doesn't make a lot of sense but i hope you get what im trying to say. But anyway, anther point is to have 3 or 4 sides of view for one topic. If you think about how you see the issue, how they see the issue, how people are for/against the issue could really help the essay or discussion.  

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Points I Found Helpful

Deciding Whether to Say I

Having the paper talk, not the author in the essay

Beginning at the Beginning

Leads are the most important part of the essay, its hard to write one and the writer really needs to focus on it.

Writing Multiple Leads

Knowing this is the most important part of the paper, write a few to know where you want to take your paper.

The Different voices of Research

The way someone writes changing how similar topics can sound different

Writing for reader Interest

This is a great idea because your basically writing for the reader. You want to write a paper that will be enjoyable to the reader all the time.

Questions in class

One of the questions that had the most check marks on it was “Why did the sugar boycott work when most others seem to fail?” I would be able to tie this into my essay in multiple ways. I  can start out by talking about who started the boycott. Then I would be able to talk about how the boycott took form and how long before people started to notice that sugar wasn’t being purchased. I can also talk about how effective it was. I can talk about how it affected the economy. I can put in the background information about how important sugar is to the British. That they need it for their tea, tea is a very important drink to have in British culture.

            The next question I had with the most check marks was the “why do boycotts work?”. This question alone can be used to write an entire paper on. This can go in so many directions with how broad the question is. You can talk about where they start, how they develop, how important it is for people to continue to back up the boycott, how important people are to the boycott, who is in the boycott (how important the person is, what level of government do they hold). Many questions can be developed from this question. I can also use this question to put in an example of a boycott. I can also list successful boycotts and how each of them were successful in their own way.

My Essay

As of right now i want to write how boycotts are effective. These past reading were useful because of how the boycott of slave grown products were used. I think there would be plenty of information regarding this topic from the civil rights movement and other famous boycotts. I will use parts of this book to show how boycotts are effective in an effective manor.

Summary of Pages 324-354/365-366

In these pages in Bury the Chains, Adam Hochschild went with the continued theme of abolishing everything that has to do with slavery. Elizabeth Heyrick was a woman introduced in the these pages who wanted to create a boycott. In this boycott was to get everyone to stop buying the goods created by slaves. This boycott was effected because of the heavy support that the woman gave her.

We also read about how the British Parliament worked. We learned that through certain requirements people who chosen for candidates. Through these candidates the Agency Anti-Slavery Committee was formed to continue the efforts of the complete banish of slavery. This Committee also spread fear of revolt to the remaining slave owner because the touched many people with what they say and spread about slavery. It took about five years to completely release all people from slavery. Finally ending in the last 1830's.

Chapter 21

In Chapter 21 of Bury the Chains, Adam Hochschild wrote about how the abolitionist were still attempting to stop slavery in Britain. After a bill was created and passed to stop 2/3 of the slave trade, within a year another bill was passed to completely abolish slavery, the only opposition was the amount of revenue Britain was making off of the slave trade. This was overlooked and the bills were passed, getting rid of slaves in Britain. 

Chapter 18

In chapter 18 of Bury the Chains, Adam Hochschild talks about one of the largest slave revolts in history, the St. Domingue revolt. St. Domingue was the beginning of travel for most slaves because it was the largest atlantic slave trade market. This revolt had a huge effect on the slave trade because within a few year, slavery ended in St. Domingue. This happened because when the revolt happened, it forced people to take sides.