The characters from the book, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” become attached to objects that are meaningful to them. It is noticed that a certain object had a significant meaning by analyzing the scene and the character. Dr. Geys assistant, Mary described Henrietta Lacks red nail polish on her toes. She described Henrietta being an actual woman, something Mary never thought of. Henrietta’s relatives described Henrietta with her red nail polish. The red nail polish was a meaningful object to Henrietta because it completed her. Dr. Gey was attached to Hela cells once he made the incredible observation. He didn't experiment for money, he genuinely did it for science. He sent the Hela cells for other scientists to experience the cells for…
In this quote, Wes Moore, had been on the phone with his older half-brother, born to Mary when she was only 16. Tony is protective of Wes, although Wes doesn’t see him as often as Tony spends most of his time in the Murphy Homes Projects and has been dealing drugs since before the age of ten. By the time he was 14, he was a “certified gangsta” with a strong reputation. While on the phone with Wes, Tony asks about school; Wes attends an elementary school nicknamed “Chicken Pen,” where 99% of the students are black and 70% receive free lunches. Tony tells his little brother to “take this shit seriously,” urging Wes not to follow in his own footsteps. Despite Tony’s tough and admirable exterior, he wishes he could undo the past and put himself…
Ida B Wells was born on July 16th 1962 in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Ida’s parents were slaves, so Ida was born a slave. When Ida was only 6 months old her and her family were declared free because of the Emancipation Proclamation. Both of her parents were active in the Republican Party. Ida’s father James helped start Shaw university, which was a school for newly freed slaves. It was at Shaw University that Ida received her early schooling, however she had to drop out at the young age of 16 when she lost her family. Both of Ida’s parents and her baby brother died in a yellow fever outbreak and since she was the oldest, this caused Ida to be the one in charge of caring for her younger siblings. At just the age of 16 Ida was having to be a…
From the way Fitzgerald portrays Judy Jones, for example, it can be determined that internally she is full of youthful vigor and passion. Remarking upon her appearance after a prolonged separation from the narrator, he describes her rosy color as giving “a continual impression of [. . .] intense life, of passionate vitality” (Fitzgerald 190). Whereas as a child, this vitality in Judy is described as only being a “faint glow”. As she grows older, the color becoming more potent and “centered” expresses her growth into a passionate and vivacious woman. This change is a subtle notion that Judy has grown out of her sickly state and into one of power, livelihood, and as proven from her numerous encounters with men,…
This quote is about Susanna Kaysen finally reading a book about her given diagnosis. I do believe she was given an accurate diagnosis and that it was necessary for her to spend some time in the mental hospital because she did try to kill herself even though she never admitted it. I disliked the fact that Kaysen had to be in the hospital for almost two years for her to actually try to get better. Instead of arguing and being upset about being in the hospital she should have gotten over it and started putting an effort to get herself out of there. In my opinion I don’t think Kaysen was in dire need to go to a mental hospital. Kaysen did take fifty aspirins, but I don’t believe she was intending to kill herself. She only took the aspirins because…
For centuries women have been working towards broadening opportunities within the work force. Many women have struggled to gain equality, and some have been successful. On June 13, 1873 in Manhattan Kansas, Alice Stebbins Wells was born, as was the start of her success story.…
Hester Prynne and Abigail Williams have both committed a crime and they are both hated by their societies. However, there are also differences between the two characters. Hester Prynne is the better Puritan woman of the two because she did not commit as many sins as Abigail did, she was not as secretive about it, and her actions only directly affected herself and her child, unlike Abigail who caused the deaths of so many people.…
Ida B. Wells uses a straight-forward writing style to boldly prove multiple arguments against the wrongful accusations of the lynching, rape, and the gruesome murders set forth by the vile southerners. Wells distinguish her examples and theories to disprove the justifications of lynching made by Southerners. Within her book, Wells portrays the views of African-Americans in the 1890s. Since the southerners allowed widespread lynching; while cowardly hiding behind the excuse of "defending the honor of its women." (pg.61, 2nd paragraph) The charge of rape was the common excuse used in many cases to lynch innocent African-American men. “The fact that only one-third of the 728 victims to mobs have been charged with rape, to say nothing of those of that one-third who were innocent of the charge.” (pg. 61, 2nd paragraph) The victim's innocence was often proved after his death. Wells states that the raping of white women by Negro men is an outright lie. Wells supports her statements with several stories about mutual relationships between white women and black men. White men are free to have relationships with colored women, but colored men will receive death for relationships with white women.…
Beyond just culture shock and homesickness, the Price family finds themselves thrown into an alien world as they attempt to “enlighten” the natives of the Congo. Orleanna Price and her four daughters narrate the story as they live out their day-to-day lives in the small Congolese village of Kilanga as a Christian missionary family during the year of 1959. What the girls believed would be a quick sojourn suddenly turns into a nightmare when their father coerces them to stay and spread the word of God despite the chaotic political climate following Congolese independence. The situation worsens when their mother and youngest sister, Ruth May, both appear to fall ill while their father is busy preaching. In this journal, I will be predicting Ruth…
The play, Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen, is about defying society's limitations in order to achieve disclosure of one's essential self. The protagonist, Hedda Gabler, is cunning, deceitful, and manipulative; her disposition is displayed most prominently within passage three, after she acquires Lovborg's manuscript from George Tesman. In the passage, Hedda attempts to convince Lovborg to commit suicide and burns his manuscript after he leaves. In a grasping attempt to seize control over her life, Hedda conceals her true motives and beliefs from the public eye through her wariness of her words and actions.…
"The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them". This quote was stated by Ida B. Wells. Wells was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1862 and died in Chicago, Illinois, in 1931 at the age of 69. When Wells was young, the epidemic " Yellow Fever", ravaged through Mississippi, killing her parents and her youngest sibling. She became a teacher in order to support her remaining family. Despite the racism she had faced during her teaching career, her first act of defiance towards discrimination was in Memphis, 1884. Wells was ordered to leave her seat on a train even though she had paid for a first-class ticket. She refused, and the conductor coercively removed Wells from the train, bringing applause from other passengers.…
The relationship between Ruth and Idgie is based on more then just friendship when a deep romance emerges between the two. Their strong bond went back to when Idgie was just young, and Ruth dated Idgie’s older brother Buddy. After his tragic death Idgie became a runaway, for she no longer had Buddy or Ruth. At an early age, Idgie falls in love when Ruth comes back to Whistle Stop, but this love between the two is abruptly sent to a halt when Ruth announces she is leaving to go back home to marry Frank Bennett.…
Key Characters in the Book of Ruth are Naomi, Ruth, Boaz. The book is one of the most poignant in the Bible. It is a story of love and loyalty that is an unadulterated distinction to today's pessimistic society. This short book consisting of only four chapters demonstrates how God can use all people of any background, status, sex in optimistic and miraculous…
It is apparent throughout the Virgina Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway that the character development and complexity of the female characters of the story are concentrated on far more than their male counterparts. It is my feelings that the magnitude of this character development comes about because of the observations and feelings of the main character Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway. From the beginning we get this description that she has a feeling of having an extremely good sense of character yet she is shallow, admitting she does many things not for herself but for the sake of other’s opinions. I think that the other female characters portray the qualities and good traits that Clarissa wished that she herself possessed. They also serve to parallel and reveal Clarissa’s attitude and personality making her persona more dynamic.…
The plot centers around a love affair between Ruth Barlow, twice a widow, and Roger Charing, a no longer young man with plenty of money. The story of their relationship is told by the 1st person narrator, a convinced bachelor. He is apt to treat the subject-matter of marriage lightly and is inclined to admire Roger for his acumen in getting rid of Ruth. At a cursory reading this compositional device leads the reader astray, making him/her mistake the story for a humorous one and side with the narrator and his protagonist. Only after some reflection on the peculiarities in the development of the plot, and the means of characterization used to bring out some essential features in the characters of Ruth and Roger does the reader fully comprehend that it is a story of a man's cruelty and callousness to a woman, having social significance and consequences.…