After Momaday's grandma passed away, he decides to learn more about his family background. Later, exploring more of his family roots , he realizes that his heritage is very meaningful to him. After learning more about his family roots and thinking about the stories his grandma shared with him before she passed away, he establishes more respect for his grandma and ancestors. I like how the author explains the setting of the story in his writing, like the beautiful landscape where his grandma lived. Also, the author provides the readers detailed information ,which gave me a detailed picture of the Kiowas way of life. I think the main point of this story was it shows the readers how important are ancestors and our own history is to us because…
In London, England, on February 6, 1913, Mary Douglas Leakey was born. Her original name was Mary Douglas Nicol. She had no siblings and two parents who were Erskine Nicol, a scenery painter, and Cecilia Frere Nicol. Due to her father’s work, the family moved frequently. Quite a bit of her initial adolescence was gone through voyaging abroad with her parents through mostly Europe and some parts of Africa. This made her develop a dedication both for prehistory and drawing. Mary’s powerful fondness for animals was introduced, which was a significant part her life, when her and her family spent some time in the home of her mother’s aunt and grandmother, during World War I. When the war ended the Leakey family proceeded with its yearly cycle of European travel.…
The Latin phrase, “memento mori”, connotes the brevity of life as its message continuously remains apparent in art throughout the centuries. Artists illustrate subjects of forthcoming death in various methods, either subtly with dark color schemes or explicitly with symbolic metaphors. The presence of the human skull, an object synonymous with death, envelops the audience with grim thoughts as they are lead to conclude the demise of the artwork’s subject, or of themselves. Currently on view at the Blanton Museum of Art, Guercino’s Mary Magdalena (c. 1637) and Natalie Frank’s Snow White V (2011-14) overtly depict an image of death, yet both of the artworks’ ambiguous context are not completely distinguishable to the audience.…
Jane Dee Hull was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on August 8, 1935. Governor Hull is married to Dr. Terry Hull. Dr. Hull practiced medicine in Pheonix for 32 wears and now works as a consultant. Governor Hull and Dr. Hull have four children and eight grandchildren. Governor Hull received a bachelor's degree in elementary education from the University of Kansas and also did postgraduate work in political science and economics at Arizona State University. She is a graduate of the Josephson Ethics Institute.…
Amelia Bloomer was a very important historic figure. When Amelia bloomer got married in 1840 she started her own newspaper in Homer, New York, and called it the Lily. Amelia started publishing articles on defending women’s comfort of clothing. Everybody thought this idea was insane but eventually Amelia got her wish. Named after her, the bloomers were created. This made a big difference in Women’s rights because the women did not have to wear their ridiculous long dresses and tight corsets.…
I have chosen to write my annotated bibliography on “The Common Woman” poems by Judy Grahn. I will be focusing on the issue of the female stereotype along with sexism/misogyny. I chose this because each of the poems had a very strong message, but they all sounded like stories we had heard before. As a female, I feel like I am a natural feminist. These poems really stuck out to me because there is still people all around the world that feel that these portrayals of woman are in face “a common woman”. I am hoping to find analyses and research on these poems that tell me where each one got its story from. I am also hoping to find the reasons for writing these poems. What was her intention? In order to answer my questions, I will need to find…
Sister Rosetta Tharpe is an inevitable figure in music, especially when it comes to gospel music. Considered as “the Godmother of Rock and Roll”, Sister Rosetta Tharpe played a significant role in the further development of these genres and was a great influence on music stars such as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Little Richard and many more (Graham, para. 2).…
In today’s world, a saint is a very difficult thing to come across; however I believe to have found the perfect candidate for canonization. Her name is Mary Dempster. I believe that the miracles of this woman are real, and not just coincidental, due to her unstable state of mind.…
In life, men and women tend to miss things that are not obvious because our mind is focus on expectation of what we think and what we expect to see. Expectation is a barrier that keep us from seeing beyond and being aware of the things that are the most important. In the essay, “ This is water ” by David Foster Wallace and “ Seeing” by Annie Dillard , we see that we have to learn what to think and how to think. If we choose to open our mind and noticing the unexpected, it will lead to happiness and clarity, but being small-minded and focusing on expectations will affect the way we see the world by keeping us from seeing beyond and being happy.…
Frances, aka. Fanny, Wright was born on September 6, 1975 in Dundee, Scotland. She was a Scottish lecturer, writer, freethinker, feminist, abolitionist, and social reformer; also in 1825 she became a United States citizen. Wright had a very wealthy background with her father being a designer of Dundee trade tokens. Unfortunately, both her parents died leaving behind their three children. When Wright was three years old, she was taken to an orphanage but inherited a few figures. In England, where she later was transported to an aunt, is where she began her journeys back and forth to pursue her love for writing, and by adulthood, she had accomplished her first book. (Wikipedia)…
The Lady of Landuc’s actions were a consequence of Yvain's dishonorable oath on courtly love. Yvain married The Lady of Landuc saying, “I’m wholly yours; I’ve pledged today to yield to you and to obey all your commands.”(Bédier, 1973, p. 56) Yvain’s pledge is relevant because it plays a major significance later when he neglects her. Yvain ignored his oath completely when she commanded him to come back to her within a year of fighting for his pride of self-reputation as the best knight. Yvain became aware of how he overstayed and his lady sent a maid to take what she had given him to protect him in battle, “The ring will be your mail and shield.” (Bédier, 1973, p. 73) When the maid confronts Yvain she accuses him of treachery and makes it clear…
At the turn of the 20th century, the toll that years of injustices took on American minority groups rose to a breaking point. The plethora of new technology which arrived post-civil war led to many unaddressed socioeconomic issues (“Progressive Movement.”), which caused many discontent individuals to unite to form malcontent groups. Known as the Progressive Era, the first 20 or so years of the century consisted of movements led primarily by working class citizens, african-americans, and women. The various organizations they formed had a “wide range of positions and goals” (“Progressive Movement.”), but were generally united in their desire for obtaining their inalienable rights. Among the leaders of these groups was Margaret Sanger, an…
“Now that you have started reading this essay, you and I are now connected by a web of connections.” This is what Susan Griffin, author of “Our Secret”, a chapter taken from Griffin’s insightful book A Chorus of Stones, most likely would have declared. Griffin argues that, “all of us, especially all of us who read her essay - are part of a complex web of connections” (265). But how are people who do not even know each other connected? Griffin implies that people are part of a “larger matrix” and have a “common past” (265). The “common past” between people that Griffin asserts can be proved by examining the unique underlying comparisons and analogies she applies in the chapter. “Our Secret” is a collection of Griffin’s own life story and the life stories of others, including Heinrich Himmler, Heinz, a painter, a friend, Holocaust survivors, a homosexual man, and her sister. She even uses RNA and cells as analogies to indicate how even the materials that compose people have similar functions to people themselves. Although people may question how…
SAMPLE ANALYSIS OF A POEM “Lament” by Edna St. Vincent Millay Listen, children: Your father is dead. From his old coats I'll make you little jackets; I'll make you little trousers From his old pants.…
Tennyson's poem "The Lady of Shalott" relates the story of a woman cursed to remain inside a tower on Shalott, an island situated in the river which flows to Camelot. No one knows of her existence, as her curse forbids her to leave the tower, forever bound to weave a tapestry illustrating the wonders of the outside world by the means of what she can only see through the reflections of a large magic mirror. As the poem progresses, so does the lady's tiredness of her lonely existence in her tower, growing "half sick of shadows" (Tennyson 71), until one day Sir Lancelot on his way to Camelot "flash'd into the crystal mirror" (106) enticing the lady to "[leave] the web, [leave] the loom" (109) and look down onto him immediately breaking the curse.…