In the first 3 stages of the short story, Claudette adapts well. She is “reading at a fifth-grade level, halfway into Jack London’s The…
In Avianne Tan’s ABC News article “Texas Mother Who Sparked Change to Textbook ‘Downplaying Slavery’ Believes ‘More Needs to be Done’ ” she speaks about a concerned mother who is criticizing the McGraw-Hill company because their history books mention slaves as agreeable immigrants rather than unpaid laborers. Tan explains that McGraw-Hill Education is planning on revising their history textbooks because Roni Dean-Burren, a Texas mother, complained about a caption for a picture that slaves were “immigrants" (1-2). The next day Dean-Burren made a video criticizing the caption (3-4). Tan mentions that in response to Dean-Burren’s criticisms McGraw-Hill stated they would make changes in the digital version of the book, and the company is offering…
Thesis: The Dominican Republic, Punta Cana is It is one the most amazing places I have ever visited, I created memories from the tropical scenery, the food experience and the culture of people that will last a lifetime.…
Heritage doesn’t say anything about you and what you do. Heritage just tells you where you ancestors came from and what your back ground is. Your acts and your achievements to tell us something about you. Betty Marie Tallchief was faced with prejudice and hatred but she overcame it.…
The video we watch regarding the veterans from 761st really sparks a lot of questions within me. I never quite understood why African Americans fought to defend a country that was not their native land. Nor could I figure out why they would want to defend the same people who enslaved them and ignored them even after they helped them win the war. However the video was really insightful because it allowed me to see that we truly are the reason America is so great and without us it would have crumpled. This video shows that if we wanted to make this black america because we have put more into this society than the white man ever could. It was very sad to see that even though those African American males were the reason they won the battle, they still did not get credit until years later.…
Addie, the mother of the family, and the driving force behind the deterioration of her family’s world, has a bitter perspective of love and existence. Her internal thoughts, which appear only once in a chapter later in the book, reveal her complicated emotional view towards her painful situation. Her language is dark and cold, and she often reiterates the idea that “words are no good” (page 171). Addie’s voice is of a woman who has only known the empty love of her father, and of Anse, and the hardships of motherhood. Words have never been true to her, and therefore she cannot understand their importance. Her morbid and angry voice is most present when she expresses a want to injure her students, and murder her husband. Her hatred for humanity is clear when she compares them…
This study was inspired by the literary elements in the book Prietita y la llorana. The book used to be passed down orally through generations, until it was published. It demonstrated how literacy was taught and passed on in their culture. Schools in South Texas believe their Mexican-American youth are not at the same literacy level as the rest of the children. However, the Family Institute for Early Literacy (FIELD) used this book to begin a study to see if these children are in fact literate when they begin school, they just aren't aligned with the current standards of teaching. Their goal was to discover the methods that these parents used to teach their children literacy.…
Sundiata is described as one with a difficult childhood, as he could not walk on his legs until seven and did not possess the beauty of his father. Sundiata, however, was unlike his peers in other ways as well: his intelligence surpassed his age and his father was able to speak to him like an adult, he found things that a child would be amused with boring and did not lash out against the ridicule towards himself or his mother.…
Who designed it? Firmin Didot (1764–1836). Cut the letters, and cast them as type in Paris. His brother, Pierre Didot (1760–1853) used the types in printing. When? The most famous Didot typefaces were developed in the period 1784–1811. Why? Firmin’s brother, Pierre Didot (1760–1853) used the types in printing. His edition of La Henriade by Voltaire in 1818 is considered his masterwork. The typeface takes inspiration from John Baskerville's experimentation with increasing stroke contrast and a more condensed armature. What style of typeface does it belong to? The typeface of this font is Modern 1800-1900. Didot truly fits the category of “Modern” as although the design is classical and traditional it fits any era from when it was made…
In this quote Marguerite was embarrassed that Momma did not use a verb when she responded to Mrs. Flowers and proclaims how much she hates Momma for showing her ignorance. This quote gives the reader an insight on Marguerite’s perspective of education and communication. From Marguerite’s perspective, education has a positive effect on communication. People who are uneducated are ignorant, and it is obvious to others they are illiterate by the manner of how they…
The third thesis topic is Equiano narrative attracted much attention, and the right attention. Once Equiano settled down after he bought himself out of slavery he starting writing a book about his slave experience and his life. Equiano did everything he could to attract the attention of society to share the issue of slavery. He caught major attention from British political leaders, and he attracted numerous of readers across the world. Furthermore, Equiano writing skills has also caught readers’ attention. His writing style has been seen in other popular literature documents. Equiano shares his experience through his work as a testimony of suffering of slave trade and slavery during those times. He wrote this autobiography to tell slaves are also human beings and their lives matter. He flourished by bring awareness of slave life and the slavery operations, and increased abolishment movement.…
Task: Find 5 symbolic or important objects from the reading. Provide an illustration, graphic or photo of each object. Cite the page number each object appeared on. Then, in 1 solid paragraph for each item, explain its symbolic value or significance to the story.…
The Italian Renaissance artist, Titian, was arguably the best painter of the Venetian school. Titian was born in 1488 in Pieve de Cadore, Venice, Italy and died there on August 27, 1576. He mostly composed religious and mythological pictures, setting standards for physical beauty and lust (C.S. Forester, 695). For example, in Titian's work, "Venus and Adonis", he constructed an image of a nude woman viewed from the back reaching for a male in one of his mythological pieces (W.R. Rearick, 25). His reputation has never suffered a decline and was even declared by art theorist, Giovanni Lomazzo, "the sun amidst small stars not only among the Italians but all the painters of the world" (Marco Sampaolo, 696). Titian's two major cycles of paintings of mythological and religious subjects are considered as one of the most influential and crucial creations of the Italian Renaissance. Even today his paintings continue to cloud their image as portrayed by scholars (W.R. Rearick, 23).…
Born on May 31, 1819, Walt Whitman was the second son of Walter Whitman, a housebuilder, and Louisa Van Velsor. The family, which consisted of nine children, lived in Brooklyn and Long Island in the 1820s and 1830s.…
These are thesis statements from student essays in a previous course I taught. After reading them over, consider what works or doesn’t work about each of them, specifically as interpretative claims regarding social practices or visual texts. While analyzing each thesis statement, ignore any grammatical errors or factual inaccuracies. Please print this page and bring it with you to our next class meeting.…