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Topic 1 : Books

Example 1: Book making was one off the few jobs that were offeres to females in the 19th century. This was because it included lots of sewing, folding, et. and men were not the ones who exactly knew how to do these things. SO, it was up to the woment o bind up all the books that were given to them.

example 2: books and newspapers were what publically spread the news around the world, with out it, not many people would know what going and, and be shut off from the outside world. Just like prisoners in a jail.

example 3: Finind the correct book can be alot harder to find information on at tines, this is because, people can easily save a link to a website, and go to it immedialty, but with a book, it can take a lond period of time to try and find what information you need for the one specific topic. So the internat, is much faster, more convienient to use.

Example 4: Fame It takes alot more effort to get a book very well known for what it has, this is because not many people in the world anow adays rad too much. Most people sit at their computers all day, doing nothing. It takes just so many clicks of the mouse to be able to find out the latest news on a movie star that you like, and with a book, it has to go through alot of people to be able to get someone or a big group of people to get it going around. People on the internet find out alot of information, and the people who are making the proograms are very wealthy, because people are constantly going onto the computer and exploring. Thos who are writing books, may not geet that high up, or noticed as ealily as these people who are on the computer. For example, the creators of microsoft word are one of the greatest known people for what they did the the world of computers, though they are retiring, they are still very well known for what they did. This s because they have made a very large impact on the way peole word now, it helps them in their everyday lives.

conclusion: the books vs, the internet. what has it doone to our society? Well, what I am really aiming for is, I personally love to read, and do know alot of other peole out there who also share that same passion. TThen there are those people who sit in fron of the computer all day long, thos people I think are gettting a better idea, a better outlook on the world around them, becasue the internet is always moving, always adding new sites, deleting some. This is becasue there is always something going ton in our world that is changing. In a book, once you have published something, you can't go back and change the text. IT is what it is, and you can't change it. So, if there a project that I have to do about a topic in science, then I can not be sure that that information is completely correct. This is because maybe the information they had dicovered then, is different from what is being uncovered now. See, the world isalways changing, so therefore I do not think that the books compared to the internet we have now is really helping us.

Topic 2: Communicating between people Example 1: Letter writing was the main source of commnication among the people of the 19th century. For there were no computer, cell phones, or anything like it. What they had was the feet of their legs, the hooves of their horses, or the wings of their birds. They used what they had, and dealt with the hardships of it. At times though, this method was at a disadvantage, because it take some time to get to the person you were sending it to. Therefore, if it was something urgent, then it may not have gotten there in time. Some though, weren't meant to be sent, for they were peices of writing such as diary entries, and poems,etc.

North Livermore [Maine] Jan. 22 1835

//Dear Brother

I rec’d letter from you some 3 or 4 months since that informed me of the death of your Wife. I intended to have answered immediately and thought I had untill making my returns to government I find no record of it—I can truly say I feel to sympathize with you. if possible I feel the loss of my last Wife more than I did my first—I was then in active life and my mind taken up with business. I am now unable to attend to much business am now unable to do much labor. When I sit down in the house I am one by myself. I am so hard of hearing that when there is 3 or 4 atalking I cannot understan[d] what is said—I sometimes almost regret that I had not have tried to get another Companion—you are now about the age that I was when I lost my last Wife and may live to be as old as I am. But I can not advise about such things. You must be your own judge and will only say that if ever a man needs a Companion he needs one when he is Old—I saw in a Boston paper 3 or 4 weeks since the account of a Hart of Ward being kill’d by a tree’s felling [falling] on him. his Christian name was not given and think it must be one of Father Harts family—the weather has been very cold the most of Decr & apart of Jan.—it is now more mild and has been so for some days—good sleighing about here but none at Portland—our crops were pretty good last season—Mrs. Learned and her daughter went to the state of Miss[issippi] last fall—myself and family are as well as usual except cold.—please write me soon & oftener

I remain your affectionate Jesse Stone//

This is a good example of how letter do in fact take time to get to the person whom you have sent it to.

 Example 2:

What they used was pencils of what they called "black lead", Also known as Graphite.

Now we use graphite, not made of the same material because it is toxic, and we have discovered that it is harmfull. Though it may be made out of different things now, it is stil used for the same purpose.

Most have reservoirs at the top for extra leads. The leads for these were made from scraps too small to be encased in wood, and were made round by forcing them through holes in an iron plate, which scraped off their corners. The __Penny Cyclopedia__ (London:1840) described them as an "ever-pointed pencil..., an instrument so simple and so well known as to require little description." The pencils used with slates contained no graphite, but were merely narrow slips of very soft slate, or chalk. Wooden lead pencils seem to have cost about a penny a piece, and made for a conveniently portable and forgiving writing instrument, as they still do today. Example 3:

If the message was urgent, the mail will not be taken to the person immediatly, it will take time. Even if you took it to them yourself, it wouldn't be fast enough. For the way you would mail anything is by foot. Now we have instant messaging and email, etc.

Example 4

It is mandatory for everyone to know how write, spell, etc. Now that we all have these telephones to talk to each other we doon't raelly have the need to know how to write and all, of course we need to know how to during school. When we grow up and live our lives working, most of the things that we will be doing in the future will not have to deal with any letter writing. We may not need it at all. who knows!! Not many people write letters now, it's all talk. Not many people get mail from one of their best pals inviting them over, seeing if they wanted to hang out the next weekend. That is becuase there is no need to. See, this is the point I am trying to make, I think that people are slowly loosing they traditional way we have all learned. It may not seem like it, but the way people used to talk and communicate with each other is definalty changing.

Conclusion

Letter writing vs.cell phones.... Well, I guess the point I am making here is that over time everything vhanges, the economy, definately, the technology, and even the people. But I know that what happens now will only effect us in the future, whether we make that a good thing or a bad thing. That is only up to us. We write at school, of course, tests, homework, etc. but as we move on in our lives, writing books may not be our occupation in the future. We might be in the garage, working on each others cars, or on the computer, designing the next big video game. Then in the 19th century, writing was very important, the only way people could keep in touch if not a couple miles away. If you wanted to know something, you write and ask about it. simple as that. Personally, looking back at all this, I think that technology now is benifitting us, and that we are using it in a good way. Living here in the 21st century is I think, the best for me.

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