Thursday, September 29, 2011

My Writing Style

I don't really have a set writing style, except I like to write things in a simple way, none of that fancy, smart talk. When I need to write something, especially if it's a long paper, I like to listen to music. The type of music depends on my mood; sometimes it's calm music and other times I'll want to listen to hip-hop. It doesn't matter to me where I write, as long as I'm comfortable.

"Waiting on the World to Change"

The song that I feel reflects American life in 2011 is Waiting on the World to Change by John Mayer. This song reflects American life in 2011 because it shows that all of us are just sitting here waiting for change. It shows how we have lack of faith in the government.
"Now we see everything that's going wrong
With the world and those who lead it
We just feel like we don't have the means
To rise above and beat it"
It reflects the opinion that we just sat back and let 9/11 happen instead of taking the action necessary to prevent it. Instead of "waiting on the world to change" we need to take action and change the world.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

President Word Cloud

The words most used in inaugural speeches by the president have varied slightly depending on what was going on at the time, and what the president was most concerned with. President Obama used words like nation, people, and work because he is concerned with getting the nation as a whole in a better situation than it is now, especially economically. If you go about 150 years back to President Abraham Lincoln, different words like constitution, law, government, and slave were used. These words were used in this case because at the time the civil war was just starting and people were disagreeing over the slave problem.