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Kylée Overby-Allen November 30, 2006 English 4th

The Incans were very interesting people, from their language to their arts. The Incans began and ended their settlements both in a tragic way. But, from the time they were here until the time they ended, they helped to shape different cultures, along with the Mayans and the Aztecs. However, in this paper, I would like to discuss the Incans language and communication, government, religion, and arts. The Incans had no written language, so their language and communication is very different from the languages people know today. Their language and communication was transmitted through quipus. Each quipu had a main cord that had several different colored strings to it. Every color stood for a different item and knots of different sizes at certain intervals stood for numbers.Also, quipus were used to store government officials and traders recorded information. The Incans government was organized very carefully. The emperor had nobles to govern each province that was to be governed. The nobles had a census to count people, so they could collect taxes. Local officials had crops from each village collected as tax. The government however cared for the poor, sick, and the elderly. Incans, just as the Mayans and Aztecs did, worshipped many gods. Inti, "the sun god," was one of the most important gods to the Incans. The beliefs of the Incans about Inti, was that they believed Inti was their parent. To themselves, they were known as "the children of the sun." Viracocha was the most important god to these people. Viracocha was important because he was known as the creator of all the people of the Andes Mountains. The classical Incan pottery was called imperial Cuzco. Mostly along routes, taken by the Incan armies, many platters and beakers have been found. Incan pottery wasn't made on a wheel, it was made by carefully winding long strips of clay together. Incan pottery was made with four or more colors to decorate the pottery. The background was ususally red or white and designs were mainly geometric. Also, the pottery included stylized people, animals, birds, fish, and plants. So, from a few different aspects of this culture that I have discussed, I hoped to have taught you something that you didin't know. The Incans were very differently cultivated people. The Mayans and the Aztecs were influenced in many ways by the Incas. But, while being influenced by the Incans, the Mayans and Aztecs helped the Incans to also influence other types of cultures such as these. The Incan culture is different and diverse and now you know a few ways how.

Overby-Allen, Kylee

March 30, 2007

English I 1st Period

Night Reflection

The interview with Oprah and Elie Wiesel was so heartbreaking. The way the camp was set

up amazingly. There were buildings and barracks everywhere. It was set up very sufficient for

the Nazis to kill and dispose of the bodies easily. The way the Nazis planned all of this, the

"indifferent" people's deaths, was very smart, but horrible. There were so many ways and

places where people were killed.

The way the movie, interview, was shot, was what I consider perfect. It gave plenty of face

shots, so you could just really understand the hurt and pain in Oprah and Professor Elie

Wiesel's facial expressions. They took shots to where the scene behind Oprah and Elie was

visible as well as they were too in the shot. Watching and knowing what the camp looked like

hurts me. It hurts me to see th places where so many died and seeing people's remains and

property. It's degrating to the human reace to know that man did such a thing to another man,

something so inhumane. Brothers and fathers killed each other.

Watching this interview, I see how hard it was for Professor Ellie Wiesel, as a survivor, to go

back to this scene and tell his tory as well as others' stories. The interview was set up to show

they ways of the Nazis and the camp. The camp is so heartbreaking and just makes me think

twice on being evil or just mean. To know this is what these people had to go through, can

really change a life.