Throughout time, epic heroes recurred in myths and ancient stories and they embodied the characteristics of bravery, a great leader, and often time on a quest to find great values for him or his people. Odysseus, the main character from Homer’s epic poems, symbolized all of the following traits as an epic hero. The hero is also, in many ways, similar to an ordinary person and must undertake the journey and obstacles along the way. In the modern day, Malala Yousafzai is considered a modern day hero with the same qualities as Odysseus. They were both identified as brave leaders, undertake extraordinary journeys, and embodies the highest value of a culture. Firstly, Malala has the trait of great leadership which helped empowered the people around…
The Liberation of Aunt Jemima is a work of art intended to change the role of the negative stereotype associated with the art produced to represent African-Americans throughout our early history. This piece was to re-introduce the image and make it one of empowerment. Although the sight of the image, at first, still takes you to a place when the world was very unkind, the changes made to it allows the viewer to see the strength and power…
Cobby was walking alone from the train station along Newton Road, Blacktown around 10 pm, when the gang of five men drove up beside her and stopped their stolen HT Holden Kingswood. Two men leaped from the car and dragged her into it, kicking and screaming. A 13 year old boy and his younger sister heard someone screaming from their house directly opposite and had gone outside in time to see Cobby forced into the attackers' car. The boy ran across the road to help but the car drove off before…
The word responsible is incredibly hard to define. It has a different meaning for each and every person that gets asked the question. Different cultures think of it differently, different communities think of it differently, even two sisters would answer think of it differently. According to Ronald Wright, in his book A Short History of Progress , the world responsible means sharing. Responsible citizens would take their wealth, both physical and metaphorical, and share it with the world. The smartest people in the world would share their knowledge with people who may not be so smart, or have the means to be as smart, and the wealthiest people in the world would take all of that hard-earned cash, and share it with poverties across the world. This idea is slightly flawed, and relies on human generosity, something that is not exactly easy to come by. In the opinion of this author we need to rely on human ingenuity. We need to rely on the ability for humans to innovate and evolve, before…
The rise and expansion of Islam both broadened and restricted women's rights throughout the 20th century. There is evidence of prior advancements towards women's rights found in the ancient writings of The Holy Qur'an. Women in every religion, especially Islam, had to fight for their own rights. In Islam, that fight is continuing and many documents, photos, quotes and other sources show the back-and-forth struggle to get women out from under the veils and into the lights.…
1. What is the image you first think of when you hear the brand name Bitter Girls? What are both the strengths and weaknesses of selecting this brand name as to the goal of empowering young girls?…
The novel, Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs, is a powerful story of a slave girl who would do anything for the freedom of herself and her two children. Jacobs wrote this novel to bring awareness of slavery to Northerner, especially to women. Jacobs used the pen name Linda Brent to compiled her lives to bring and show the reality of slavery; the cruelty, the physical violence, the separation of families, the sexual relationship between master and slave, the psychological abuse, the danger of escaping from bondage. Three important arguments Harriet Jacobs makes to convince her audience that they should oppose slavery were the corrupting power of slavery through immorality and dehumanization, the psychological abuse of slavery, and physical violence. The evidence Jacobs present to support those arguments were the uses of her personal experience as a slave, the lives of other slaves and the lives of slaveholders.…
In "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl", Harriet Jacobs writes, "Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women" . Jacobs' work presents the evils of slavery as being worse in a woman's case due to the tenets of gender identity. Jacobs elucidates the disparity between societal dictates of what the proper roles were for Nineteenth century women and the manner that slavery prevented a woman from fulfilling these roles. The book illustrates the double standard of for white women versus black women. Harriet Jacobs serves as an example of the female slave's desire to maintain the prescribed virtues but how her circumstances often prevented her from practicing.…
Harriet Jacobs provides a firsthand narrative on the issue of slavery and the injustices associated with the actions made by the men and women who owned slaves. Within the first few pages of her retelling appropriately named “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” the reader is made aware of the long and troublesome plight that Jacobs is made to endure because of the color of her skin. The troubles brought to light by her writing address how being a female slave is particularly more taxing than being a man and how the slave holders respond to any type of resistance.…
In “Malala Yousafzai: A ‘Normal,’ Yet Powerful Girl,” the host, Michel Martin, had interviewed Malala Yousafzai, a sixteen year old female advocate of children’s education, to discover more about her. The discussion Malala had with Michel Martin revealed that she was greatly impacted by suffering and adversity in many ways. Malala had said in her interview, “There has been a discrimination in our society … but this time we women are going to bring change.” This indicates that suffering of discrimination had caused her to take action and strive to bring change. In the interview, Malala had also told Michel, “Before this attack, I might have been a little bit afraid how death would be. Now I'm not, because I have experienced it.” What Malala…
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is the story of Harriet Jacobs, who, for her protection, named herself Linda Brent in the story. L. Maria Child, a prominent white abolitionist, decided to edit Jacob's book, even though she seemingly did slight modifications to the writing but to reorganize some segments, recommend the elimination of one chapter, and add material to another. "Reader it is not to awaken sympathy for myself that I am telling you truthfully what I suffered. I do it to kindle a flame of compassion in your hearts for my sisters who are still in bondage. " While slavery was dreadful for both men and women, the latter grieved its own tragedies.…
South Asian women largely undertake the role of cooking foods for their families; their responsibility lies in the home and kitchen- we can apply Parson’s theory of gender roles here and how women’s role in society lies in the domestic sphere (Parsons 1951). It is arguable South Asian communities delegate such responsibilities to women as it instils social order, moreover expectations of cooking responsibilities to re-enforce the role they are expected to undertake within their families and the wider society. The way which the food has been sourced, the production of the food and most importantly the taste of the food are all reflections the family who the women who has cooked the food is from (Stein, 2012). When the food is enjoyed by the…
Crisis workers take on many different roles on a daily basis. Crisis workers also come in many different career fields; they are law enforcement officers, therapists, doctors, hospital staff, and many other careers. The responsibility of each individual is broken down into several additional roles. Similar to law enforcement, a crisis worker’s job is always to protect and serve the public.…
In Robert Trennert’s essay, “Educating Indian Girls at Nonreservation Boarding Schools, 1870-1920”, there is an argument on the federal government’s policy on sending young Indian girls to schools to be “Americanized.” During the 1870s, the government provided education for Indian youth of both sexes. The schools started in 1878 when Captain Richard Henry Pratt, in charge of a group of Indian prisoners at Fort Marion, convinced the government to educate eighteen of his young male inmates at Hampton Normal Institute. Hampton Normal Institute is run by General Samuel C. Armstrong and is an all-black school. Pratt and Armstrong had success in their experiment so they requested more students. Armstrong concluded that Hampton should have half Indian women and half Indian men.…
My name is Lara Rifai and I took BSC 1010 this semester. I enrolled in the extra credit biology reading workshop and attended all 5 sessions with Ms. Cooper. However, I did not receive my two extra credit points towards the class. I was wondering if you could possibly look into it for me, as I did complete the workshop from October 20th- November 17th I believe it was. Thank you so much for your help.…