treated differently. Sojourner empowers the audience by repeating the question‚ “and ain’t I a woman?” By doing so‚ and repeating this rhetorical question she makes a commanding statement. She allows the women in the audience to feel empowered and motivates them. She compares her equality to men by saying‚ “Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted‚ and gathered into barns‚ and no man could head me! And ain’t I a woman?” This statement shows how she believes that if she is able to do the
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friendship with Zero was a very impacting point in the book because‚ Zero drove Stanley to be more compassionate and inspired him to be brave. Zero is large influence in Stanley’s life‚ he made him more compassionate towards Zero and other people . In the book‚ Stanley finds Zero laying under the boat about to die( Sacher‚155). Him seeing Zero like that ‚ caused him to try to get to God’s Thumb no matter the cost. The old Stanley would never go after Zero if it meant
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inferior gender and some think of them as slaves. Black women‚ still in this century and in the past‚ faced many difficulties due to their lack of rights. Speeches such as “Ain’t I a Women” by Sojourner Truth and “Equal Rights for Women” by Shirley Chisholm show how much rights black women had in the past. The speech “Ain’t I a Women” by Sojourner Truth shows how much right a black women had. In the past‚ black women weren’t treated fairly like other women. In paragraph 2 of the article‚ it states
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million records ain’t mean the hood‚ It’s a cold world‚ everybody in the hood And everybody doing time‚ staying here strong‚ You still got a chance to let‚ even though you did wrong. Chorus: Oh the spotlight light is not for me I close my eyes and imagine I’m home! I miss the days when life was simple‚ But if I never try to follow that rainbow In search for the pot of gold! Sometimes I try to do good‚ But I just can’t be! It’s hard to get myself to do things that ain’t me. You all should
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though there’s no lake‚ some people still go. No one actually wants to go to Camp Green Lake‚ but Stanley Yelnats had to‚ and it changed in many ways. Stanley changed throughout the novel Holes‚ by showing friendship‚ sweetness‚ and careness. At the beginning of the novel stanley is overweight but sweet‚ and no one really cared about him except his parents. As the author said in the first few pages‚ Stanley was overweight. “He was overweight and the kids at his middle school often teased him about
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Ch. 1) “You crazy fool. Don’t you think I could see your feet was wet where you went acrost the river to get it?” (Pg-9 Ch. 1) “Blubberin’ like a baby! Jesus Christ! A big guy like you.” (Pg-9 Ch. 1) “Aw‚ Lennie!” “I ain’t takin’ it away jus’ for meanness. That mouse ain’t fresh‚ Lennie; and besides‚ you’ve broke it pettin’ it. You get another mouse that’s fresh and I’ll let you keep it a little while.” (Pg-9 Ch. 1) “Says ‘positively kills lice‚ roaches and other scourages.’ What the hell
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Streetcar Named Desire is driven by dueling personalities of Blanche and Stanley. The source of their animosity toward each other comes from many sources. These sources include instances where Stanley assumes Blanche sold Belle Reve‚ Blanche asks Stanley to compliment her‚ and when Stanley attacks Stella. The first source of Stanley and Blanche’s animosity toward each other is when Stanley assumes Blanche sold Belle Reve. Stanley questions Stella‚ “she didn’t show you no papers‚ no deed of sale or
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because Stanley doesn’t know he’s changing‚ but when he finds out he is‚ he realizes that he belongs anywhere he wants to be. In Holes‚ Stanley has been impacted in many ways‚ from the other boys‚ Zero‚ and even a little bit of himself. Stanley wasn’t the same at the beginning. He was shy and didn’t want to talk‚ and he wasn’t always loyal to Zero. Text evidence to support that is‚“Theodore whirled and grabbed Stanley by his collar.”My name’s not Theodore” he said‚”It’s Armpit.” He threw Stanley to the
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Other common ground that Blanche and Stanley share is that they have both hurt their spouses‚ and felt remorse after the incidents. Blanche is full of guilt‚ feeling responsible for the suicide of her husband‚ Allan. As the story progresses‚ her remorse becomes more and more apparent. She regrets calling him “disgusting” after discovering that he was having an affair with an older man (133). Blanche feels as though Allan’s blood is on her hands because of her harsh judgement‚ and lack of compassion
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loyalty.Through the influence of Zero’s friendship‚ Stanley changes from un-loyal to loyal. In the beginning of the novel‚ Stanley has a hard time accepting true friends. First‚ we see Stanley’s initial view on Zero. “He took his place behind magnet‚ in front of Zero” (Sachar 84) Here we can see how Stanley moves up the totem pole to popularity and barely acknowledges Zero. To continue‚ in this example of evidence we can see how little Stanley cares for Zero. “He needed to save the energy for people
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