The extremely large and descriptive book, “The way we never were” by Stephanie Coontz. She was born in late August 1944. She is an author, historian, and professor at Evergreen State College teaching history and family studies and was a Director of Research and Public Education for the Council on Contemporary Families from 2001-2004. She has authored and co-edited many books about the history of the family and marriage including “The way we never were”, “The way we really are” and many more award winning books.…
n the article, "Suzy and Leah" by Jane Yolen, Suzy Ann McCarthy, or the girl with the yellow hair, helped Leah Shoshana Hershkowitz, the girl with the dark braids. Suzy was helping with Leah English when she came to America as a refugee. This was important and helpful for Suzy to do this for Leah even if she didn’t think it was so important. Leah and Suzy weren’t close in the beginning. They didn’t understand each other so they didn’t really feel like they should be close or even talk unless they were working on Leah’s English.…
I the poem “Momma” by Crystal Meeker the narrator chronicles a childhood recollection confessed by a sibling. In this epic account, the speaker gives reasoning for immense guilt that one feels for arguing with their mother. Primarily, the author discovers the commitment possible of a mother honoring altruism love. Regularly, children are unaware of the hardships their parents are facing. Our author states “Momma stood vacant-eyed and hollow-cheeked by hot suds / waiting for the end of some inaudible incantation of Homer.”…
Introduction From the opening line, author Loretta Kelley shows not only her passion for mathematics, but also how she feels mathematics is not being taught properly by most instructors. Kelly’s appeals to her audience by telling how many current math teachers do not include the history of math in their curriculum. Kelly feels this is an area where instructors can help to make math interesting to the masses. Without seeming overly critical, Kelly does a wonderful job getting her point across by showing which specific areas math can correlate with history. In doing so, Kelley presents the idea teaching mathematical history can capture the attention and imagination of students.…
Suzy and Leah One of the characters in the story “Suzy and Leah” by Jane Yolen is Leah. Her full name is Leah Shoshana Hershkowitz, she is a refuge, “with two dark braids and bangs nearly covering her eyes.” Her relationship with a girl named Suzy changed a lot, they got to know each other, and they became friends. In the beginning, Suzy and Leah did not know each other or quite like each other either.…
In the media, black people and black men in particular are villainized and portrayed as disturbed and violent individuals. Statistics of incarceration and crime rates are often cited in rhetoric debasing the black community. Yet in just a few pages, Ta-Nehisi Coates expertly dissects how America’s institutionalized racism and eagerness to turn a blind eye to social issues contributes to the hostile environment many black people occupy in his book Between the World and Me. In his book he talks about the difficulties of being raised in an impoverished and violent neighborhood and his realization that these conditions are remnants of America’s history - such as the over-policing of black Americans and police brutality, which breeds fear and feelings…
Humanity as a whole has some pretty weird rituals. For example, when taken out of context, the idea of putting one’s hands together rapidly in order to make a noise as a way to show approval is very strange. Yet as far as historians know, clapping has been around for as long as humans have been around. It is one of the oldest known human traditions that is still around today. Yet these rituals aren’t always a good thing.…
“The Perpetual Adolescent” is an observational piece by Joseph Epstein. He suggests that modern adult acts much more childish than the previous generations of middle aged people. A big part of acting like a younger person is dressing like a younger person. According to Epstein, the dressed down adult is the immature adult, which in turn leads to many adults trying to copy the modern and hip youth culture. This in turn created more relaxed environments across all career fields, leaving less “true” adults. He feels that American now want to stay young forever instead of maturing into the adults of their parent's generations. Epstein believes that this mentality is flawed, leaving the people in positions of power striving to act like their children.…
the movement of individuals from the social position of their parents into one of their own as adults…
Most of the American history serves a great deal of pride, acknowledgement, and importance to its culture. Spreading democracy and liberty all over the world yet forgetting some part of the history full of abusement, racisms, and evil. The novel, Between The World And Me, written by Ta-Nehisi Coates, who is know for expressing black culture by writing novels, talks about some of this history. In his novel, he confesses all the fears filled in black Americans’ body in a letter that he writes to his fifteen year old son. When I first learned about the history of African Americans, I was shocked and I wanted to know even more about their culture and their backgrounds since, my culture is different from theirs. I was also disguised because American history was so cruel. One of the reasons that I took this class was also to learn more about African American culture. Ta-Nehisi Coates is also African American which helps the novel show his personal feelings and opinions…
Between the World and Me is a book written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and published three years ago in July by Spiegel and Grau. This book is structured as a letter to the author’s 15- year old son. In this letter, Coates speaks to his son about his overall place in America as a young Black man, being that this is a nation rich in racism and discrimination. To further delve into this topic with his son, Coates uses an excerpt from The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin as well as his personal experiences growing up as a young Black man in America. This novel has found continued success because of its level of relatability within the Black community; in so many words, it is everything many Black men needed to hear for themselves,…
Inferences are based on judging or having knowledge of something we are unsure about. Inferences are used daily, sometimes we are unaware that we are using inferences on a daily basis whether it’s reading on a person or judging a person that we just met or seen based on their looks. In the “Hostess” by Donald Mangum, I was able to understand that the woman in the short story was caring and thoughtful. The woman showed a lot of compassion towards her family. When reading the of short story, you can kind of feel her actions from the way she was speaking.…
The transition from adolescent to adulthood is something everyone has or will go through in their life, in the new generation of Millennial this transition seems to be elongated and now referred to as “Emerging Adulthood”. Emerging Adulthood is a coined term by Jeffery Arnett for a new transitional period between adolescence and adulthood where people experience self discovery, instability, optimism, and self-focused in the ages of 18-25. This new transitional period is a phenomenon that only occurs within individuals in developed countries, middle class socioeconomic status, and most often attending a secondary school. It is a fascinating new time period in which has the media roaring in questions about what this will mean for the future…
Initial Summative Research: The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger BIOGRAPHY Audrey Niffenegger is a professor in the Master of Fine Arts program, as well as the Department of Creative Writing, at the Columbia College Chicago Centre for Book and Paper Arts. In between courses, Niffenegger is an editor for hand painted graphic novels. The Time Traveler’s Wife is Niffenegger’s first novel which has become an award-winning, blockbuster piece of literature. Originally an artist at heart, Niffenegger only produced graphic novels which she sold to art galleries at the beginning of her career.…
In the act of folly, youth often react to this due to the lack of experience. In the article, “David Foster on Life and Work,” he explains that youth often feel that they have the freedom to do whatever they want. They are “the center of the universe” because they have not yet entered that mundane lifestyle that he perceives getting old is all about. He believes that once you get past your 20’s, you “might as well shoot yourself” because life is now a plan instead of an adventure. The way he depicts going to the supermarket is more of a hackneyed involvement because it has already been done for so many days and years before. The youth have not done those daily tasks so it is more of a learning experience. The common theme is that elders just live in a routine due to the daily challenges of life. Youth often are excited to finally live on their own but don’t know what they are actually getting themselves into. They have to go through new stresses such as work, money, marriage, and so much…