Wednesday, September 1, 2010

The ♥ of the West

In Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Percy has survived middle school, caused his math teacher to vanish, found out his Latin teacher is really a centaur and his best friend (Grover) a satyr, watched his mom disappear, defeated the minotaur, learned the Greek gods are real, and discovered that somehow he is part of all of it.

That's ALOT for a kid to handle!

When Chiron (the centaur formerly known as Mr. Brunner), is giving Percy a tour of Camp Half-Blood, he explains to him that the home of the Greek gods (Mt. Olympus) follows the heart of the West.  What he means is that the gods go wherever Western civilization is most dominant.  In our time, Chiron explains, that place is America.

When people think of Western civilization, they think of democracy.  Greece was the first democracy, and now America is the most powerful democracy in the world.  Another characteristic of Western civilization is the idea that all citizens are created equal and should begin life with equal opportunities.  These are just two examples of our culture.

What, in YOUR opinon, are some of the best things about our culture (Western civilization)?

13 comments:

  1. -The food
    -The tv shows
    -The things we get to do that others can't
    -parades
    -the curcis
    -carnivals
    -we get to go to school and learn
    Cameron Calhoun

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  2. the shows the foods the thing we can do like other can,t do :Rodney T.

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  3. watching tv,buying stuff from the tv shows,paitning,listing to music, playing outside ,hang with friends,county fair
    **CrYsTaL.b**

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  4. buying stuff
    watching movies
    eating food
    playing music
    driving cars
    reading books
    *Trevon collins*

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  5. - the food
    - the cars
    - the music
    - county fair
    DeQUAVIOUS E

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  6. THE CARS
    THE FOOD
    THE HOUSES
    TV
    BUYINGTHINGS
    NEHEMIAH .D

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  7. that we got
    cars
    coles shos
    homes
    shors
    tvs

    austin g

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  8. I like the
    Freedom
    animols
    Money
    cars and the food

    Nicholas Frost

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  9. -freedom
    -having fun
    -doing what we want to do
    -believeing in god
    ~(Preston H.)~

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  10. ~WATCH T.V.~
    ~EAT FOODS~
    ~PLAYING VIDEO GAMES~
    ~SCHOOLS~
    ~GOING TO NEW PLACES~
    ~WORKING (JOBS)
    ~SHOPPING~

    *~ZAKREIA MARBURY~*

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  11. 1# freedom
    2# jobs
    3# school
    4# driving
    5# internet
    6# college
    7# friends
    8# news
    9# contests
    10# play with friends
    ~Jesse H.

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  12. *freedom *technology *school
    *tv
    *game
    *college football
    *sports
    ~Austin M.

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  13. I love that we can be ourselves. We don't have to worry about speaking our mind or practicing our religous beliefs or wearing a certain type of clothing. I like that there's something for everybody...we have every type of food available for us to choose from (Mexican, Italian, Greek, Chinese, Japanese, Southern....etc,etc); there are sooo many different types of music (rap, country, hip-hop, rock, pop, classical, blues, jazz, opera, new age, techno, etc...); and our country is SO big that you could never run out of something to see or do!
    Despite all the big things, I love seemingly simple things too. For instance, I can take a hot shower every day, eat and drink all I want, get in my car and drive wherever I need to go, access the internet, turn on the lights in my house when I need to, and do so many simple things that people in some other countries consider to be luxuries.
    Because of all these reasons, and many more than I could ever name, I am proud to be an American.

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