All Religions Are One by Blake does not make sense because the title does not seem to go with the poem. If all religions are the same then why does Blake only bring up the good Christianity points and no other religions are mentioned. It's like he is not backing up his statement and does not really think that all religions are the same. It is true that most people no matter what religion they are, are similar in how they act or what they write. However, the customs of different religions are so different that the people are not the same. What Blake really should have titled this was All People Are Similar Despite Religious Activity. There is some proof to the theory that most religions have the same source and backgrounds but I do not see it. Its like the only people who say that all religions are the same are just arrogant Christians or Catholics.
In life, there are always ways to get around the laws and do things that are wrong. Even though child labor laws exist today, people still do not listen to the laws and employ children in dangerous factories for little pay. How else do you expect to get all of our clothes to be so nice and relatively fair priced? Sure, people complain about the abuse of children but are we willing to pay more for our clothes to make things right? I do not think people would do it. In The Chimney Sweeper, Blake tells of the life of young children working as chimney sweeps. Their parents sell them to the company, or the children working are orphans or illegitimate. There are so many laws that prevent child labor, child abuse, and people are still arguing about abortion. Americans try to pretend like we enforce all of the rules but I am starting to doubt it. I think that some people just over look the laws to get what they want or they are just too busy to care. We have come to a problem in life, we are all infatuated with the media and obsessed with ourselves and our material possessions are running our lives for us. We need to start caring more about others than being self-centered.
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Jenni,
I am glad to see you posting on your blog, and I think you are very brave to take on a challenging poet like Blake with your first post. I like the way you focus on two of Blake's poems from the reading assignment, rather than trying to generalize about them all. I would prefer that you quote Blake and discuss his exact words, though, rather than paraphrasing him and attacking his ideas as expressed in your words (rather than his). With poets, the specific words and images matter, and rephrasing them almost always moves you farther away from the message. Also, if you talk about two works by an author, I would like you to try to make at least some connection between them, rather than just making two separate and apparently unrelated observations.
I think you are off to a good start here, but those two suggested changes would make your next blog even better.
I look forward to reading your next post!
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