Today in English class we took a vocab quiz consisting of literary terms and the vocab words from sections 4.1-4.8. Once we finished the quiz, we were supposed to write a quick 5 minute journal responding to this question: Do you believe that humans are innately good, evil, or both? It was interesting to here everyone's answers. Eight people thought humans were good, seven people thought humans were both good and evil, and only one person thought humans were evil. We discussed the different reasons why we answered what we did, and everyone made a good case for their answer. The many different answers forced all of us to really think about our opinions of the human race. Later, we took notes over the time period of the American Renaissance also known as the Romantics period and the two types of groups in that time period. Dark Romanticism refers to the people who thought humans are both good and evil and Transcendentalists thought humans are good. We ended our day by beginning to read a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne called, "The Minister's Black Veil." For homework we had to finish reading the story and answer some Reading Guide questions.
I, personally, really liked our discussion in class today. The topic about humans being good or evil really pushed me to think about my opinion of the human race. I think that humans are both good and evil. I believe that God created all of us to be good, I do, but I also believe that he gave us the choice to be good. Mia Gerachis said in class that God created all of us in His image to be good and I agree, but some people don't make it to the good side. There are some people that are just naturally evil and some that are naturally good. I believe God has a plan for everyone, and He gives everyone signs and opportunities to be good, but some people just don't take them. The few that do, however, and truly carry them out are the lucky ones.
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