[feral]

History....

We all can learn from it, but often we have to live through our own experiences in life in order to fully appreciate the things in life that many others throughout the ages have endured. Hopefully in the weeks to come I'll be able to throw some topics out there for discussion on various different historical events, places, people, etc, etc. Within every ancient tome is a lesson to be learned. I'll try not to disappoint on the historical part. The learning...well that's up to us I guess.

My first victim will be none other than the lovely and enigmatic Dracula...

More to come...
"Without memory there can be no insight. Without love there can be no appreciation." (Anne Rice)

[healingme4me]

Well, am certainly looking forward to some historical insight.

Hmmm...what about the enigmatic Dracula, are we about to learn?!

[feral]

The historical side of the story Vlad the impaler.

[Travelinglady]

So, I'd like to know the truth about this Dracula guy. Did he really do vampire type things? How did the story begin?

Originally Posted by PAYNE1

So, I'd like to know the truth about this Dracula guy. Did he really do vampire type things? How did the story begin?

the post should only be about dracula, right?

[LiteraryLark]

History in general, with feral leading the discussion. Teach us, oh great kimo sabe.

Originally Posted by DrSkipper

History in general, with feral leading the discussion. Teach us, oh great kimo sabe.

Oh okay. so it can't be about any discriminatory acts or anything right?

I hate to go off topic but i feel like i should.
Arts & Humanities - The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 - Collection Connections | Teacher Resources - Library of Congress
here's the play:
"Ah Coy. I telly you, white man big fools; eaty too muchee, drinky too muchee, and talkee to muchee.
Sam Gin. White man catchee plenty money; Chinaman catchee little money.
Ah Coy. By and by white man catchee no money; Chinaman catchee heap money; Chinaman workee cheap, plenty work; white man workee dear, no work — sabee?
Sam Gin. Me heep sabee.
Ah Coy. Chinaman plenty work, plenty money, plenty to eat. White man no work, no money, die — sabee?
Sam Gin. Me heep sabee.
Ah Coy. White man damn fools; keep wifee and children — cost plenty money; Chinaman no wife, no children, save plenty money. By and by, no more white workingman in California; all Chinaman — sabee?"

the reason why the chinese were not allowed to get married was that they could not bring their wives over. many americans felt that they didn't have any family values or something like that.
the men who acted in this play were making fun of the way that they spoke. my teacher couldn't even help laughing and neither could i.

history is a pretty interesting thing to learn if you ask me. Have you guys learned about the chinese exclusion act? i doubt anyone did. basically the chinese were driven out of here because we didn't need them anymore. They were building us railroads and that's how we treated them.
Our teacher showed us a play about it. The lines go... eatee too much, drinkee too much, and talkee too muchee. It was kind of racist but most of the kids laughed.

Originally Posted by PAYNE1

So, I'd like to know the truth about this Dracula guy. Did he really do vampire type things? How did the story begin?

Vlad the impaler was the inspiration for bram stoker's 'dracula'. Vlad didn't do any vampire type things He did however torture his enemies in very cruel ways. But considering the time period (middle ages) and the historical background (wallachia was constantly at war with its two powerful neighbors, Hungary and the Ottoman Empire) it was natural that he had to find a way to stand up to his enemies. This was just a very very brief historical background

[jan16th]

Is it true he killed people, dismembered them and put the corpses around the perimeter of his property as a warning to would be trespassers "This could be YOU!!"??