Assignment #2

Assignment (Due 9/24): Choose a quote from Chesterton and write it out on your blog. Under that write your interpretation of what you think the author is trying to say. Then, after that write out your own explanation of the meaning of this passage and why you chose this specific quote. Next class, we will talk about the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution.

Quote:"In truth it is inequality that is the illusion. The extreme disproportion between men, that we seem to see in life, is a thing of changing lights and lengthening shadows. A twilight full of fancies and distortions....It is the experience of men that always returns to the equality of men; it is the average that ultimately justifies the average man. It is when  men have seen and suffered much and come at the end of their elaborate experiments, that they see men under an equal light of death and daily laughter; and none the less mysterious for being many (p. 19)."

Interpretation: The quote above states exactly what kind of world we are living on. One were one becomes equal after suffrage or needs. The inequality in different origins and different ethnicity is nothing but a color. A shadow is more like a mist. Inequality exist because of the american experiments. As stated in the reading Americans are afraid of Immigrant because they don't know whether they bringing death or life into their country.Following the rules of the system they have built is very cruel. It is very disproportional and unfair. At the end end of the day is all and "experiment" and the different or the others (non citizen) will always get questioned like Chesterton did when filing out his passport at the american consulate.

I chose this quote because to me is the whole central idea of whats going on then and today still. The inequality in immigration status is a very big controversy. Should Americans treat immigrants with so or no little respect. Like stated in the reading "to travel is to leave the inside and draw dangerously near the outside". Immigrants are leaving their country were they are safe and are taking  a big step in wanting to join this country for a better life. So why does it have to be so difficult to allow a new culture to embrace their learning's and their beliefs in our society. It is a ridicule to ask such shame questions like they did to Chesterton while filing out his passport. Immigrants invest their life in the country they take the jobs that Americans don't want or are to high class to do. So yes we are all human beings with different color skin but that doesn't give Americans the right to deny new or maybe even better.