S Bala’s Online Journal

Manchester During Urbanisation

Dear Diary,

I’m still living in Manchester in this small market town with under 10,000 people. In my opinion, this is a good thing because there is more space and less people so that it’s not over crowded. However, if it is over crowded the likely hood of diseases is greater. I am pretty happy here as I have a job as a farmer which is actually not that bad.

It is now the 19^th century and the population is increasing every year. From 1801 to 1820 its doubled and then doubled again between then and 1581. BOOM! CRASH! BANG! Jumped up my alarm clock waking me up. I ran down stairs washed my face then turned on the TV and finally Manchester have been crowned a city isn’t that great? We are now Britain’s second city.

March 1951, Today I am going to try and get a job in the factory and mills apparently, they pay a lot of money. It was really hard today they showed us what we will have to do to be selected man that looked tough their was over 18,000 people I wonder if I am going to get a job. Good morning diary I received a phone call and I feel heartbroken I haven’t been given the job. Maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to become a large city I never knew it would be this hard to get a job anyway I’m off to work.

Work was extremely hard today the weather conditions were poor so we had to work at our full potential. I read the paper this morning and it said Manchester have been nicknamed cottonopolis because of the growth in the cotton industry.

November 2012, it’s been a long time since I spoke to you but I’ve got some enthralling news many robots have been made to work in factories which means many people will be left unemployed this is tragic people will become homeless, wont have much money and some could starve to death. Since Manchester have become a city it’s been worst than hell out her many jobs lost, much more homeless people and many more diseases due to overcrowding. Why can’t Manchester still be a village? It has gone from less than 10,000 people to over 700,000 people.

STEVEN BALA

GEOGRAPHY HOMEWORK

Dear Mr Bacca,

                        My name is Steven Bala, i am writing to tell you that i find your poems really intriguing and i’ve been waiting to ask you some questions.

As you know my name name is Steven and i’m from the capital of Albania. i go to school in central London and my English teacher Mr O’Brien ,handed me one of your poems and I’ve got to say its one of the best I’ve read. i really enjoyed your poem and i like your hunger and determination to fight for what you wanted to achieve. lastly i think your poems are really inspirational.

Whilst reading your poems in our classroom we had a discussion about the poem immigrants in our own land and about your childhood. i don’t mean to be rude but is it true that you grew up in an orphanage? if so was it tough? and how did you stay positive?

Anyway, moving on i would like to talk about your eagerness and why you were so eager to study literature? Theirs many other subjects like maths and science but why did you choose literature? Was it a natural instinct? I really like your desire and fight to battle for what you wanted to achieve. This shoes me that you didn’t just make one poem and become complacent you carried on going.

Reading your poetry inspire me but i want to know what inspired you? your dedication and passion was  the key figure that helped you overcome your anger at least that is what i think. i can guarantee you that many other people in your situation would have given up but you strived for excellence which is why you are who you are.

Lastly, i would like to know how prison was like? when you watch television shows they make it look so painful and like you’ve been abandoned it seems like hell. If i was in that situation i would have lost hope, i would feel like i am unwanted. But how did you bounce back and use that time to do something constructive i certainly would have never been able to do that.

To conclude i think your extraordinary efforts have been rewarded and that your poems are excellent especially who understands me but me. This is my favourite poem because it shows the tough and difficult stages in life and it encourages young men to stay on the correct path and to choose the future that is most beneficial. Please can you take time to read this letter and can you please come back to me with well executed answers.

your sincerely

steven bala

In The Absolutley True Diary Of A Part Time Indian Junior is considered as an outsider in both places because in Reardan he is the only Indian and in Wellpinit he is thought of as a traitor. Junior is thought of as a traitor because he left Wellpinit to go to Reardan. The author suggests this by using the quote “part time Indian”. This book explores many ideas but the main one is how junior is an outsider. In this essay we will explore the theme of junior being an outsider through the stages of his lives. Such as Poverty, Physical defects and much more.

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Billy the kid is based in the time of world war 2. It is about a young boy called Billy who is an amazing footballer who plays for Chelsea. Things start to go well for him and he begins to get recognized. However its at the brink of world war 2, so many kids have to be evacuated. As Billy gets older he is forced to join the British army and has to go to war. Unfortunately for him, this is something he must do.

Billy has returned from war and he has been badly injured. He has returned to his home which has been demolished. Unluckily for him he has also lost his family and his career in football has been ruined.

In this essay I will analyse the theme of discrimination in the novel roll of thunder hear my cry. The novel was written by Mildred D. Taylor in 1976. She was born in Mississippi but grew up in Ohio. The book is set in 1930 when black folks suffered and faced tough situations. For example share cropping, share cropping is when a family work on a landowners land for free but he gives them accommodation.This is discriminatory because only black people had to work on the land. In this book the Logan’s face tough situations such as being splashed by a minibus, automatically being last in a queue and receiving books once they have been used and destroyed.

The first time discrimination is shown in the novel is when Little Mans class have been given old destroyed books. This can be seen when the author writes “they give us these ole books when they didn’t want em no more.”This shows discrimination because they gave the black students the books when they weren’t needed. Also because they considered black people as a lower class.

The next time discrimination is shown is when we are told about Great Faith Elementary school, where Cassie and her brothers attend. The school is for black children and we quickly learn that schools are segregated in Mississippi,1930. “Great Faith” suggests that black people had a hard, depressing past because they need faith.

Another example of discrimination in the novel is when the Jefferson David school bus splashes Cassie and her brothers. This is discriminatory because every morning they splash the Logans to intimidate them and put them in a bad mood. Also because at that time there was a lot of racism and black folks were considered a second class citizen. They do this because it makes them fell big and powerful. In the novel this is shown when Taylor writes “Little man chest deep in water scooped up a handful of mud and in an uncontrollable rage.”

An act of discrimination is shown when Lillian Jean a white child tells Cassie to “step off the side walk.” Cassie has just come from a confrontation with Mr Barnett and after bumping into Lillian Jean she faces another confrontation. Cassie refused to apologise but Big Ma forces her to apologise as she knows what consequences Cassie would face for disobeying a white child.  Cassie has had a terrible day and Lillian Jean hasn’t made it any better. This shows discrimination because this young white girl is bossing about a child the same age as her just because of her colour.

The last act of discrimination is when Big Ma, Cassie and her brothers set of to strawberry market. Big Ma sets up her stall and asks Cassie to fill in her orders. Cassie gave Mr Barnett the orders and waited. A few minutes later a lady enters the store and pushes in the queue. Little Man gets really annoyed and yells at Mr Barnett. Mr Barnett replies and quotes “get your black self over their!” This is discriminatory because the shopkeeper has allowed a white person to push in the queue just because their white.

To conclude I think this book gives you an insight to how life was in the past. It paints a detailed picture of how black people were treated and how they handled it. I think Mildred D Taylor really achieved her goal with her book and I think it was really successful.

Cassie and her brothers have sulked for one week about the bus incident but they are determined not to confess. On the way to school T.J shows Stacey a cheat sheet for the test he rips up the first one but he had made another one at lunch and passes it to T.J during the test who then gets caught by mama. Mama is really disappointed and she gives T.J a few lashes. mama asks him to confess if he cheated but he says no, knowing stacey wont tell of T.J and T.J wont take the blame Stacey gets in big trouble and is annoyed with T.J. Stacey chases him down to the Wallace store and beats him up. luckily for T.J L.T stops and breaks up the fight.

As they approach the house they spot Harlan granges silver car. mama tells them that Harlan Granger has been bothering her about the land again.

W.E.B Du Bois was an american sociologist,historian,civil rights activist and pan-African author and editor. He’s name is William Edward Burghardt he was born on February 23, 1868 great barrington, united states. He was the leader of the Niagara movement, it was a group of African-american activists who wanted equal rights for black people. Racism was the main target of Du Bois’s campaign. Du Bois wrote one of the first scientific treaties in the field of american sociology and he published three auto-biographies which all contain insightful essays on sociology.