I apologize so much for getting this blog up late. I'm not very good with computers and such. this past week I really liked the connection that some people made between nations wanting to design themselves off of Europe and disney songs. I thought it was a really good analogy and clever. it was really interesting to me also how nations would even want to have a foundation in European modern customs and traditions after they tried so hard to try to get rid of the European influence on them. I mean, all the places we have talked about had become independent of Spain or Portugal because they felt that there was too much power over them and then many individual problems. And then right after they declared independence, it seemed like they just didn't know what to do with themselves, so they looked towards Europe to help them out. Okay, so I understand why they declared independence and all that but I have just one question: why would they try to model themselves off of the nations that they tried so hard to become independent of? I mean, I'm not saying it was a bad idea. They needed something as a foundation to become a thriving nation. It just confuses me how some countries could fight so hard and shed so much blood over independence and then just kinda go right on back to being like them. They should definitely have some kind of idea of how they need to become a nation and what they have to do, but isn't the whole purpose of being independent is to be your own country? To be individual and different?
Gabbie Redpath
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