Fairy Tale villians: Rumpelstiltskin

A crying baby sounded in the empty room. The cries continue until the women who was asleep, woke up mumbling under her breath with disgust as she heard the baby crying. She never wanted to be a mother and her love or ex-lover left her the minute she told him about the baby. She looked at the crying child who always needed something. He always needed something. Ten years later after that night, the women finally had enough. Once the ten-year boy slept, she packed her things and left before the child woke. Who is the child you may ask? That child is the soon to be famous Rumpelstiltskin. The poor boy woke up alone. “Mummy, Mummy! Where are you?! Mum!” The boy asked after not seeing his mother home, once he realized that his mom left him all alone he began to cry. All alone with no one to turn to, the boy was force to fend for himself. Each day the child was alone, his heart filled with sorrow and darkness. He started to trick people, by making deals. By the age of thirteen he already a good solid five hundred deals with people who were to desperate, to hopeful and to well dumb. What they didn’t know is with every single deal they made with Rumpelstiltskin, they lose something. “Dumb, dumb, dumb that what these people are.” Rumpelstiltskin mumbled over and over. By sixteen he had located his parents with a.., a.., daughter. Consumed with anger, Rumpelstiltskin started to make deals with the poor people because he knew the wouldn’t catch him since they couldn’t outwit him. So he told them to give him their first born, he had taken fifty first born from their parents…weak…useless… and liars... liars! They would leave the child alone just like his parents did to him.      

summary of fariy tale villians

Summary: Rumpelstiltskin was a poor kid, abandon by his parents, force to fend for himself. The only way he survives were the deals he made. This is the true story of Rumpelstiltskin.

The History of The English Language

      There are many words that are used today that have originated from Saxons. How did that came about? It came about because the "Germanic invaders dominated the original Celtic- speaking inhabitants, whose languages survive largely in Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall, and Ireland." And from that the dialects from the invaders which was Germanic and the Celtic- speaking countries mixed together and created what is know as Old English or Anglo-Saxon. "Old English shared its Germanic heritage in vocabulary, sentence structure and grammar with its sister languages in continental Europe."


         How did Old English changed into the modern English we know and speak? As the time passed Old English became the origin of Modern-day English. In between of Old English and Modern English is Middle English. Middle English is a bit more modern than Old English but not as Modern as the English we speak today." Most sermons in this collection are copies of earlier ones in Old English. But this one is different. It is an English translation of a Latin sermon in which we can see many of the changes that signal the end of Old English. The rhythm and pattern of the sentences are beginning to sound distinctly modern. That is why linguists have called it the first text in Middle English." Even today we still use words that came from Old English for example above, about, and, back, bake are all words with Saxon origins.

Hero- Understanding Beowolf

The traits of a hero can be selfless, intelligent and strong-willed because most of the time hero's are presented as selfless since they put others first other than themselves, They are described as intelligent which helps them get out of difficult situations. They trend to be strong-will like for example they don't give into temptations or be tricked.

      
     I believe a person's moral is the most important part because they have a sense of what is right and what is wrong. They know how to handle situations based on their morals or how they we brought up by their parents. Morals is a big part of person because it is a code you live by per se. It can affect how the person perceive the world around them. Morals can help people in their journey by getting through the challenges even if its by the person's honesty or generosity.   

Part IV My Life: Product of USA

Shop local; shop global 9/1/2016


Which one you think is better to shop local or shop global? Kelsey Timmerman writes this in his book called "Where Am I Eating?" Timmerman gives tips on how to become Glocal such as traveling, being a local citizen, being a global citizen, and just be you. "What happens in our community happens to the rest of the world. And what happens to the rest of the world happens to us. The global is local" (Timmerman 277).  Everything that happens in your community is happening everywhere else. There are many benefits with shopping local and shopping global but it also comes with disadvantages. Shopping local can help to bring money to your county or state which really helps the local economy. Shopping local means that the product tends to be more healthier which really benefits the consumers buying the products. Shopping global can help the economy as a whole which benefits the as a whole and other people around the world.  Shopping global gives money to a lot of people because so many people work in companies that are across the world. Also shopping global you can taste many different products from around the world. The disadvantage of being local is that people who work in that business don't get a lot of money unless if it's popular in their county or state. The other disadvantage is that the products may cost more because it is not processed in factories like if you were shopping global. The disadvantage of shopping global is that there is more processed with chemicals and other substitutes. Another disadvantage is that products tend to be less healthier than organic products. I personally believe shopping local is better because you give out to your community and it is more healthier than the products that are sold globally. I also believe that it is a nice way to explore your community and get really involved. So which one in your opinion is better shopping local or shopping global?

Part V Apple Juice: Product of Michigan China

Inspection of imports; pesticides

Pesticides are great for killing insects or other bacterias that can harm other plants or animals. The benefits of inspection of imports is that there is less harm to the one's consuming the product. Kelsey Timmerman touched about this subject in his book "Where Am I Eating?" There many excellent example that he gives from before the FDA began inspecting the imports and after FDA starting inspecting the products. "Each year 5,000 Americans are killed and 325,000 hospitalized by contaminated food" (Timmerman 200). This is a reason why the FDA passed a law called FSMA which is The Food Safety Modernization Act. The purpose of this law is to give authority the FDA to check that the importers verify their supplies have proper food safety. The purpose of that is the consumers won't be eating contaminated food. EPA regulates pesticides by the law FIFRA which is the  Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. If there was a lot of pesticides that would also harm the products that are going to be imported. The importer must take it to Notice of arrival (NOA) to get the products checked for the amount pesticides, time arrived and where the product can be inspected. I believe all of the products should be check whether it is food or pesticides so we can avoid all of these dangerous situation. Foods are contaminated because they might have come from a dirty environment or whatever may be the case because that happens because the food is not being inspected beforehand. Then if you have a large amount of pesticides that's bad too because it can harm humans and animals that consume the products. Which is why I believe the inspection of imports; pesticides should be more enforced for our safety. There are laws that regulate the inspection of imports; pesticides but I don't feel like it is being enforced as much as it should be because you still hear about people going to the hospital because they ate contaminated food. In my opinion people should be going to the hospital in that amount of rate that should be down the minimum since we have all of these resources to use. What do you think we should do about the inspection of imports and pesticides?  

Part IV- Lobster: Product of Nicaragua

Do People Care

The Lobster business is a main occupation in Nicaragua even though it is a very dangerous job. Many of the divers are struck with bends and end up with paralysis or even dead. What is bends you may ask? Bends is a disease caused by divers descending or ascending rapidly which nitrogen gases are
dissolved which creates bubbles in your body. So what happens to the divers? Well the government don't pay them if they are injured or killed nor does the companies. The companies don't really care about the divers who get the products they buy because still get their product no matter what. People care but there's nothing they can do because they having to make a living to provide for their families. Unfortunately nobody wins other than the companies because the divers die, and then their families lose a love one and are left with no choice but to marry somebody else or move somewhere else. The captain of the boats can't do anything because they aren't getting paid enough money to help the families in need. The people can't do much either because they can't afford to do anything other than watching their love ones die. The companies don't do much because they just don't care what happens to them just that they make money. So do you think people care?  Even though people are dying from diving in the depths of the oncean the divers still continue to work because they need to make a living for themselves and their families. They still because it's the only job they really have so even though it means their death they still work. I believe people do care but they can't do anything about the death because they just can't afford to do anything. What would happen if the people would have money to afford getting out of the bad system that they are in? Do you think people would care and actually do something about it if they had enough money? The one thing that is for sure is that the companies would never care what happens to the people who do all of the hard work. That is why the lobster business is a very dangerous job and unfortunately it is all they have to live off.

Part III Bananas: Product of Costa Rica

The American Pallet 8/23/2016

There are many different kinds of bananas in the world but we most know about one or two kinds of bananas. Why is this you may ask? Well Kelsey Timmerman explains this in his book "Where Am I Eating." He learns that there are many different kinds of bananas and he discovered this because of a banana farmer in Costa Rica. There are plenty types of bananas around the world but the industries only pick one banana to sell. "People don't know that there are these options, but the Cavendish is highly productive and [the industries] is looking just for the money"(Timmerman 148).  Most people don't know there are more choices other than the Cavendish because that is what the industries put out in the market because it makes more money. Which could be a huge reason why the American pallet doesn't have a wide range of different taste of  bananas since they only eat one type of bananas. "All consumers are demanding Cavendish because it is the only banana they know" (Timmerman 148). So many countries are a big consumer of bananas the industries only put Cavendish in the market could be another reason why people don't have a wide range of taste when it comes to that. Since the indusries only pick one product to sell which leaves the consumers without knowledge of other types of banana that exist. Do you think we should have different types of bananas or stay with the Cavendish? What happens to the other kinds of bananas? If people were allowed to taste other kinds of bananas would they like it or not? If they taste other kinds that would probably change the American Pallet. Then the American pallet would have a wide range of taste for bananas. Which can contribute a better pay for farmers because if the American Pallet changes that would mean other productions of bananas not only the Cavendish. Then they would be able to taste different varieties of bananas from "big and small, and blend and sweet" (Timmerman 149). That way the American pallet can be diverse and it helps everyone in the process.

Part II Chocolate: product of Africa

Slavery 8/18/16

Slavery has been happening since we can remember. You would think that slavery is gone but no, in some countries slavery still exist. Kelsey Timmerman goes on a journey to Africa discovering the truth behind the Chocolate business. In this journey Timmerman meets a slave named Solo who he tries to free but with a country that allows slavery It was hard to do so. They sold Solo a dream that when he was finished with his year working at the coco farm that he would get paid but all of that is a dream because they promised slaves their money but at the end the slaves wouldn't get nothing at all. It was a false hope system because the slaves wanted to get out of the coco farm but couldn't because they had no money to go anywhere and at the end of their contract they wouldn't receive the money that they were promised. Timmerman felt in need to help Solo because he was a slave. Timmerman asked Solo all these question like if he was abused and many more. So Timmerman started to jump to conclusions without really knowing all of the story also along the way there were lost of communication between Timmerman and Solo. Timmerman makes this plan to free Solo which was to take Solo as his translator for a couple of days. His plan was to buy Solo and have him be free again so he can see his family. Well Solo's owner didn't like the idea that Timmerman was going to take one of his slaves. All that Solo wanted was his freedom and he even spoke to his owner about it. The owner told Solo that after he finished helping Timmerman he would return to the farm then after that he was going to get paid so he could go home. But of course that was a false hope for the slave. Timmerman gives Solo forty dollars which Solo spends on two alcoholic drinks and after that he says he is going to the bathroom and he escapes. It was weeks until he heard news of Solo. When Timmerman finally heard about Solo, they said that he was back on the coco farm. Moral Timmerman wanted to help but in reality he couldn't because Solo had no papers or enough money to make it through the journey. Was it worth all the trouble that Timmerman went through to make an escape plan for the slave? What would have happened if Timmerman brought the slave as his own? I believe it wouldn't have changed much if he bought Solo because he didn't have papers so he wouldn't be able to leave the country at all. I can see why Timmerman wanted to help but there was just no way that he could have free a slave especially in a country who allows slavery. If he had freed the slave the owner wouldn't been so happy which just means harsher punishment for Solo. So was Timmerman helping or hurting Solo more?

Part I Coffee: Product of Columbia

Are we or aren't we helping with purchase 8/15/16

Are we or aren't we helping with purchase? Most of the products people buy are from other countries around the world. Most of the time the farmers don't get the fair share for their work which is brought to light in the four chapters of "Where Am I Eating?" by Kelsey Timmerman. He stated in chapter one "About one cent of a fancy mocha at Starbucks make its way back to the farmers in Colombia." The farmers don't receive much out of the purchase of that fancy mocha at Starbucks. Which we aren't helping much with the purchase because they don't get fair share. Even with all of the purchases we make it's still not enough for the farmers to make a good living. "[B]ut not so impolite or to imply that I'm an idiot for paying such a price for a 12-ounce bag of beans. They get less than a dollar for selling that amount of beans." They would still make less than what Timmerman bought the beans for. A concept that we need to understand before deciding whether or not if we are or aren't helping with purchase is we the people pay more money for the product and the producers get the bare minimum while the companies are getting money from the producers and the consumers. It's  just a matter how one sees it because partly we are helping with buying the products and that same time we aren't because they don't earn much from the purchase but is that our fault or the companies. "The world is drinking more coffee--- and paying more the privilege to do so--- but that unfortunately doesn't mean that farmers like Felipe are seeing their livelihood increase on the scale." People are drinking and buying more coffee while farmers don't see their life progressing. Even though people are buying more coffee it doesn't really help the farmers because they don't see that money but the ones who see all of that money is the companies. "I hope the new agreement between the United States and Colombia can help me earn more for my coffee." This person hopes that the new agreement would help their coffee business. Who is there to say that the farmers don't deserve half of the money for the purchase we make. They deserve half of the money of the purchase we make since they are the ones who do all of the hard work to bring us the coffee we drink and purchase. The coffee we buy is all thanks to the farmers who harvest them and bring the coffee beans to us so in return they should be earning more than what they earn for a living. How would you feel if you were in that situation? Would you want the purchases of the consumers to help or not?  It makes you question if we are helping or not. In a way we are helping with our purchase because they still have a job even though they earn a lot of money. So do you think we are helping with purchase are helping or aren't?