<p align="center">Things Not To Be Forgotten</p>
            I have selected four articles from history that are quite important.  They have been set up in a chronological order, and each has earned the right to be preserved and known by later generations.  My four pieces that will be in my museum are one of the Pyramids at Teotihuacán which will be a replica, Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal", Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House", and John Singleston's "Boyz N Tha Hood".  All of which have substantial meaning for each time period that if not preserved might be forgotten.

First as I said is a replica of one of the great Pyramids at Teotihuacán which houses my museum.  People onboard can walk around it observing the sculptures of the Aztec gods that were carved in the sides along with the paintings drawn on it as well.  There will be information explaining how no one still knows who built these pyramids and we might never know now that earth is gone.  The only answer that has ever been given is when the Spanish discovered the city and asked the Aztec's who said it was made by giants.  It would also show the city's significance as a religious epicenter that people flocked to so they could worship.  Not to mention how not only the pyramids, but the whole city was very architecturally advanced for its time.  Scholars of the twenty first century also said that there was evidence that the Aztec's were very advanced in astronomy and engineering. (Benson)  The pyramid not only represents a great mystery but the ability of such an early flourishing race.

Once you are done you will walk into the pyramid and begin to notice a change on the inside.  Time is now jumping years down the road and you will be set in a poverty stricken slum in Ireland; just like the images Jonathan Swift saw when writing "A Modest Proposal".  Information is available explaining how bad the conditions were.  Women selling themselves to get food for just them.  The children running around stealing just to stay alive.  The oldest copy we could find is preserved, but there are other newer versions that can be handled and read by the passengers.  It will show the people onboard exactly how terrible things were for him to create such a piece of writing.  Saying that rather than have these children live in such conditions that it would be better to eat them.  Saying the money would benefit and that one year old babies are good to eat.  He never believed this but one man loved his country so much that he would rather have the youth eaten then to live that way; that is why his work needs to be preserved.

Next you will continue to wind down the corridor of the pyramid and the walls will be changing once again.  At this point you are set in your average size town in 1879 when Henrik Ibsen released "A Doll's House".  A very controversial play that was written about the social norms that were no longer working in society and the need for change.  Once again information would be available explaining the plot of the loving wife saving her husband from death, and only to be turned on by him due to her actions.  Many thought Ibsen was writing for women's rights, but instead Ibsen's response was, "I . . . must disclaim the honor of having consciously worked for women's rights. I am not even quite sure what women's rights really are. To me it has been a question of human rights." (Goonetilleke) Ibsen shows simply in the last quote that the thought he had was not for one but for all.  He saw people's personal free will shackled by these norms that almost enforced them to operate in a certain way.  He was striving to protect everyone's free will which was given to each at birth.  The importance of Ibsen's piece speaks to everyone and shows how far we have come as people since then.

Last but not least we stop in 1991 where the young John Singleton releases "Boyz N The Hood".  The walls switch once again turning into a street located in the heart of South Central Los Angeles.  The film is very raw view into the lives of four young African American men who are raised in South Central Las Angeles.  It depicts the trials and tribulations fellow Americans faced at the time.  Singleton growing up on the outskirts was the only one who could show America what was going on as he had lived it.  Throughout the movie it shows what the impoverished culture living in these situations had to deal with on a day to day basis.  Racism ran rampant still in these times and it was not only in the civilian population.  He shows scenes where police are shoving guns into these kids mouths just for saying something.  The piece is raw and powerful, it allows the viewer a glimpse into their life as hard as it is to watch.  Something that is important for future generations to know about.  Along with his piece which will be playing there will be articles and interviews regarding the Rodney King beating, and the Los Angeles riots which occurred within a year of his films making.  People should never forget the way one citizen of a nation could be treated by others.

The four pieces talked about have represented issues faced not only in the specific areas but by many places while Earth existed.  The people onboard must be aware of what has happened or it will be forgotten.  No matter how hard it is to watch, the viewing of these amazing pieces only strengthens a person.  The significance of these works is quite visible.  Races who have no tools or modern medicine who can build pyramids that people struggled to re-create hundreds of years ago.  A nation so crippled with a government who has turned its back on the population.  The severity of norms that would cause a spouse to turn their back on the person they are meant to spend their life with.  Not to mention the fact of blinding hate that was present for years upon years affecting many Americans.  These things cannot be forgotten for the mere fact that the thought of them being repeated is unimaginable.

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<p align="center">Work Cited</p>
    Benson Ed Sonia G., Baker Deborah J., Hermsen Sarah. <em>Early Civilizations in the             Americas Reference Library. </em>Detroit. Gale, 2005.

Goonetilleke, D.C.R.A. "A Doll's House (Et Dukkehjem) Play by Henrik Ibsen, 1879." <em>Reference Guide to World Literature</em>. Ed. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast. 3rd ed. Vol. 2: Works. Detroit: St. James Press, 2003. 1231-1232. <em>Gale</em><em> Virtual Reference Library</em>. Web. 17 Oct. 2011.

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