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__Assignment 5- Diaries from Multiple Perspectives__

 * = **Who** ||= **Date** ||< **Diary Entry** ||
 * = Kunte Kinte ||= May 1763 ||< Today I went and took care of the goats and I was really excited because one of the goats were really close to giving birth. My friend and I were having fun talking when I heard a growl. I ran toward the sound and saw that a leopard had caught a goat and was eating it. I took out my sling and shot at it, thankfully I scared it away. When I got nearer, I saw that it was the female goat. I was really upset because she was one of my favorites, and so to honor her, I took her skin to my father. My father was really upset with me for not being more careful with the goat, he told me never to run towards a dangerous animal. I learned a valuable lesson from him today, and because of my mistake, mother won't let me go and play with my friends today. I have to stay home and help her with the hut and my little brother. Tomorrow I will be very careful about everything so that I won't have to stay home and help my mother, I can go and play outside with my friends. ||
 * = Kunte Kinte ||= Aug. 1765 ||< Manhood training has finally ended, and I can now return home to my family. On the way home, the only thing I could think about was that girl, Fanta, the one who had beaten me when I was trying to catch my bird. When I got to the village, my father greeted me and gave me his pouch. It made me feel very special, after that I went to our hut, and my mother greeted me with a warm hug. I could tell she was happy to see me, but I am a man now, and men do not get hugs from their mothers, that is for children. She then went inside and gathered my things, at first I was a bit confused, because she started going on and on about a shelf, and then she told me that my father had built me my own hut, now that I am a man, I cannot stay with my family. I took my things from her and set off to find my new home. When I found it, I ran inside, it was beautiful, I was so happy! But then grandmother came and started beating me and yelling that no matter how old I get, she will always be my grandmother, she then told me to get a gift for my mother or my brother. I decided to make my brother a drum and so after putting my things away, I set off to find a hollow log for the drum. ||
 * = Kunte Kinte ||= Dec. 1767 ||< 3. ||
 * = Captain Davies ||= Aug. 1767 ||< So we are on our way to Africa where we are to pick up the slaves and take them back home. I wanted to check the place where the slaves were going to be held, below deck. I went down and the scene made me sick to my stomach. There were chains everywhere, waiting to hold a slave. The little spaces that they have to lay down in were so small, I could barely fit in it, and we were going to fit 170 slaves in there, all together? What kind of job have I gotten myself into? And Mr. Slater, he was one of a kind, comparing the Africans to dogs, and calling them Cannibals. The man almost has no heart. Well, I guess he is right, we are taking the slaves for their own good and helping them follow the right religion. This really is for the best. ||
 * = Mr. Slater ||= Dec. 1767 ||< We finally found enough filthy African's that we can take back. They are disgusting, they smell, and they eat like dogs. To exercise them, we took them to the deck and washed them with sea water, it was entertaining to watch them scream in pain. That is exactly the way they should be treated, like animals. Then we made them dance, oh that was fun, watching them move around in their chains. Also, this time we found a lot of women, and so the crew won't be bored for they will have a lot of bed warmers to keep them company. These blacks are strong but very stupid, they have no language, only groans and grunts. But language does not matter, as long as they can work well and warm our beds, they are fine. I feel as if the captain is not very excited about this, but this is only his first journey, he will warm to the idea. He will soon know that this is best for the blacks. ||
 * = **Sample** **(Kadi Touray)** ||= Aug. 1765 ||< My family and I are still on our way to Kerewan but I'm not sure how much farther we still have to go. Luckily, we accidentally met a local villager named Kunte Kinte who told me that it's one day to Kerewan. The interesting thing is how we met this young man. He knocked Fanta over and spilled our water and knocked over our millet as he was chasing a bird for his manhood training. He obviously needs to learn to run faster because I easily caught up to him and dragged him back to apologize to Fanta for knocking her over. After he clumsily put our stuff back, he bid us farewell and took off again after his bird. I did notice that Fanta gave our visitor a strange look. Perhaps she has been struck by the love arrow. If we do meet Kunte Kinte again, I will make sure he is the right man for my beloved daughter. ||

__Your World Assignment 2__


 * 1) **Explain** one thing that you found most interesting or surprising while doing this project?
 * 2) **Explain** one thing you think you did well in this project?
 * 3) **Explain** one thing you think you need to improve if you were to do another project like this?
 * 4) Name at least **two life skills** you think you practiced during this project. How did you practice these life skills during this project? Be specific.

Answers:

1. One thing I found very interesting while doing this project is that I have been to very few places. I always thought that I had been to a lot of places, at least in Asia. Doing this project made me realize that I haven't been to a lot of places that I really want to visit. It kind of made me realize that in the future I will have had a lot more knowledge on places around the world.

2. I think I did well in my neatness area, because of all little details that had to be put in, it can get very messy but I think I was able to keep the mess to a minimum.

3. I think I need to work on my space sense. I really need to think about where everything is supposed to go instead of just putting it where I like it and then not having space for anything else. I also need to work on using pencil first.

4. I think it helped me with learning more about the world around me. It also helped me notice all the people around me. We all come from very different places but we all come together to form a community.