Jack+Faust

I chose blacksmith because I thought it would be fun and interesting.

__ About my Blacksmith__ Name:Adam Smith

Age:24

Gender:male

Marital Status:Married with two kids(Sam and William)

Location:London, England

Religion:Catholic

Role in Feudal Society: Peasant

Reason:He is free but not born of the noble class.

Activities:being with family and working

Interests: Money

Education Level:slightly educated

Occupation (job): forging metals for money

A Day In The Life Of Adam Smith Morning At __**4:30****A.M**__ in the morning I wake up and stretched after a seven hour sleep on a bed of straw. It's not until __**5:30A.M**__.that I was really awake and I got dressed quietly so I did not wake up my wife and kids. Around __**6:00A.M**__ I ate a small breakfast of porridge and walked to my forge not far from the castle on the other side of the village in Asher Beglar's manor. At __**7:00**__ I arrived at my forge and just like every day my brother Sheldon Smith beat me to the forge. He had already started the fire to heat up the metal. Five minutes after I arrived, my apprentice George Johnson arrives. I started by putting the finishing touches on some armor I had to have done by today for Sir Chucky A. Meat. George watched me and I explained him some important things about blacksmithing. At __**8:00A.M**__ I was done with the armor and a few customers started coming in to pick things up and asked me to make other things. So I got to work making some armor and I asked Gorge to tell Sheldon to make a few swords. Sheldon usually deals with the swords and weapons and I do most of the armor. Then at about __**8:30A.M.**__ one of my regular customers, Sir Ryan Monroe, came in. He dropped off his armor and weapons for me to do. Even though I am not a nobleman, Sir Ryan and I are very close friends so I do all his armor and weapons. We talked for a while but after about half an hour I ended the conversation because I had a very busy day today. My brother and I are very busy everyday because he and I are two of the best blacksmiths in England. So I said goodbye to Sir Ryan. By __**9:15A.M.**__ I was back to work from my little chat and began fixing the armor and weapons dropped off by Sir Ryan. At __**10:00A.M.**__ I am still working on Sir Ryan's things when a Knight that I didn't know walked in and asked for eight horseshoes for his two horses. I continued on Sir Ryan's request and told George to make the horseshoes to see if his skills were improving. At __**11:30A.M**__ I finished working on Sir Ryan's things and I noticed that it was nearly lunchtime. I quickly checked on George's progress with the horseshoes,and he was making so little I told him to break for lunch. I pull out some black bread and cheese that I brought from home and George, Sheldon and I sit down for some lunch.

Afternoon

After lunch Gorge and I got some coal to keep the fire going for the rest of the day. Around __**12:30P.M.**__ George returned working on his horseshoes again and gave him some pointers as to how to do the job better, I finally started some of the requests I got in the morning which were to make a hammer, fix some armor,and make a shield. First, I started fixing the armor because it was going to be the easiest thing to do. Not soon after I started I was interrupted by George who finally completed the first horseshoe and asked me if he did it right. I told him it was fine but he still needed seven more. Around __**1:00P.M**__ I start the hammer thinking it would not be as hard as the shield. Unfortunately I was very wrong, it took me an hour just to figure out how to make the head as the customer wanted. So then I only had the shield left to make. It was not so hard because shields are my specialty. Then about __**2:30P.M.**__ a Lord came and requested eating utensils for an upcoming banquet at the castle. I began working on the utensils and it took me about an hour and a half because they had to be fit for a King. At __**4:00P.M.**__ Gorge finally had all eight horseshoes done and left for the day. As I was getting ready to close, Sir Ryan came back though his things weren't supposed to be done until tomorrow. He knows I always do his things first so we talked for half an hour for the second time today and he picked up his order. When he left at __**4:30P.M.**__ I put out the fire and close the forge and walk home getting there at around __**5:10P.M.**__ Evening At __**5:15P.M.**__ when I got home from what seemed like the longest day ever, my wife had made pottage which is a kind of stew. When I sat down to eat dinner I asked Sam and William how their day was and they responded "BORING" and then they asked, " How's uncle Sheldon " and I said that he was just fine. After everyone finished eating we sat and talked for another hour in front of the fire. Tomorrow will be another long day so I know I need to get to bed early. My wife brought me some water in a basin that was warned in the fire and I wash off my hands and face. Around __**9:00P.M.**__ I give my children a kiss and crawl into the fresh bed of straw my wife gathered while I was at work. And I fell asleep knowing that I'm going to do it all over tomorrow.

I WISH I WERE A JESTER

Advantages and of a Blacksmith

Being a blacksmith has some advantages. For example, I'm provided with a lot of things like land from lords and protection from knights even though I'm poor and a peasant. Also, a blacksmith has an advantage because he can make a lot of money for a peasant because there very few blacksmiths in a village so everyone has to go to him. As a peasant, a blacksmith does not have as many rights as a lord or a knight or kings. Still, he is free to earn his living. Also lucky for me I have little chance of being killed because I don't fight and like a jester, I don't have to worry that the King will kill me if I don't entertain him.

Disadvantages of a blacksmith

Some disadvantages that I have are that I don't have much free time and a lot more responsibilities than many other medieval peasant. For instance, I have to stay in my shop all day while I make things and my apprentice George watches me and holds the metal in place. Also there is a lot of pressure on me because I make most of my stuff for knights and lords and occasionally the King so I have to make everything fit for a King. Luckily all blacksmiths take a lot of pride in their work. I also have to make and repair things on time and like everyone else owe my loyalty to the king even if I don't like him.

Advantages of a Jester

jesters were mostly lords so they had many advantages like freedom of speech that only the Jester had he could talk freely about anyone or anything and not get in trouble with the king. Right that Jesters had was they got some loyalty being a lord and probably was the owner of a manor. Jesters also got to entertain and hang out with the king a privilege that most people didn't have. Jesters lived in the castle most of the time so they got free food and shelter. Also Jesters get to dress crazy and tell funny jokes and do acrobatics and stunts.

Disadvantages of a Jester

A jester also had a lot of responsibilities, They had to be ready whenever the king needed or wanted to be entertained. It was very important that a jester had new ways to impress the king or make the king laugh. If a jester didn't impress or make the king laugh the king could order him imprisoned, banished or even killed. It must be have been very tiring to have to impress kings and lords in crazy outfits every day.

Modern Day Blacksmith Adam Smith Qualities My blacksmith has many qualities. He is nice, caring and outgoing. He is not educated but he is extremely talented at making things of iron and steel because that is his job and the only thing he knows a lot about. My blacksmith also has a lot of friends because he sees and talks to the same knights and lords and peasants mostly every day. Also to become a blacksmith he had to learn fast and make sure he knew how to make anything that was asked of him. He also had to be a good teacher because he would eventually need to take on an an apprentice to learn the job so the village always has a blacksmith.

Steve Jobs's Qualities The blacksmith, Adam Smith, specialized in making tools, utensils, armor, and weapons in medieval times. A modern day blacksmith would be Steve jobs because, like Adam Smith, he specialized in making tools for the every day man. Steve Jobs started the companies, Apple and Pixar, and made our everyday objects like the computer, I pad ,I pod touch and movies. Also another thing that is the same between Steve Jobs and a medieval blacksmith is that they both had a big effect on the village or in, Steve Jobs' case, the world. The only difference between Steve Jobs and Adam Smith is that Steve Jobs was a genius and Adam was just an average guy. Steve Jobs worked with electronics and Adam worked with iron and steel.  Comparison of Steve Jobs and Adam Smith Steve Jobs and Adam Smith have a lot in common. Still, Adam Smith is slightly better and that's saying something. Without a blacksmith in a village, the village people could die because there would be no armor or swords to protect the village. Without Steve Jobs, the world world not have an I pod touch, a Mac computer or "Finding Nemo." While some of us may think we would die without Steve Jobs' inventions, they are not really a matter of life and death. Adam Smith and Steve Jobs made equally amazing products for their times. Still, Adam Smith is better than Steve Jobs because he had to complete all his work with only the help of his apprentice. Steve Jobs had hundreds of people to do his work. Adam Smith was also in better physical shape then Steve Jobs because his job required lots of hard physical labor. Steve Jobs can make a very nice computer but Adam Smith, the blacksmith, is still the better of the two.