In the story “Blue against White”‚ the author‚ Jeannette C. Armstrong‚ writes about a native girl coming home to her reserve after spending time in the city. The topic of memories is very apparent throughout the story as the main character‚ Lena‚ is reminiscing through most of it. Whether we like it or not‚ life always goes on and sometimes‚ there are things we don’t really pay attention to until it’s too late. Memories can help to keep the past alive and get us through some pretty tough situations
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“Blue Against White” Jeannette C. Armstrong This intense‚ short story contains flashbacks of a woman named Lena’s childhood. She was constantly embarrassed of her culture and family. She yearned for assimilation and could not handle the pressure of being different all her life. Lena finally decides to leave the reserve and pursue her life journey in the city‚ where she would also be schooled. Not only does Lena find out that the city is not the greatest destination‚ she realizes that again‚ she
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“Stupid blue door why can’t you just be like all the others”. These thoughts often flooded Lena’s mind when she came home. Lena’s father painted the door of their house blue while all the others on the reservation were white. Jeannette C. Armstrong the author of Blue Against White clearly shows that Lena is troubled with the life pressure of being different. Immaturity wants assimilation maturity supports individualism. Lena leaves the reservation for schooling in the city. She finds that she
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Blue Against White Memories are different for everyone. The point of memories is so we can look back on our experiences with some distance and perspective. Lena experiences many memories on the walk home pertaining to the front door of her house. Some of them almost make her turn and run‚ but the good memories of her parents kept driving her forward. In the short story‚ Blue against White by Jeannette C. Armstrong‚ readers should learn that the significance of memories is personal and individual
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Armstrong’s primary goal of this passage is to show the ways in which "p & ~ Bsp” and "p & Bs ~p”cause the audience to see them as paradoxical. Through his theory of meaning and communication Armstrong indicates the differences between these two cases. Armstrong’s theory of communication states that when a proposition is uttered the audience “A” infers that it is the speaker’s objective that “A” believes that the speaker believes the speaker’s proposition. In order for “A” to unravel the meaning
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Blue white selection is a widely used method in screening recombinants in cloning. This is based on the gene product of lac z gene. The plasmid vectors contain this gene which produces β galactosidase enzyme. When a gene is inserted close to lac z gene‚ the reading frame will be distorted and the gene is inactivated. So the transformed cells will not produce this enzyme and are called competent cells. After the recombination‚ the bacterial cells are grown in a medium containing X gal (5-bromo-4-chloro-indolyl-β-D-galactopyranoside)
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Power Outages Louis Armstrong’s “Black and Blue” uses simple questions for someone to recognize both he and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man are comparable. To be comfortable and confident in your own skin is a recurring problem for people of color and seems to always be brought up in today’s society. Louis Armstrong goes on to say that “his only sin is his skin” and asks “how will it end?” (Armstrong). Different skin tones have separated all humans to a point of no belonging. Invisible is convinced
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Horses‚ about the life of her grandmother‚ Lily Casey Smith. Dish: The Inside Story on the World of Gossip‚ about the role of gossip in the United States. Jeannette is a journalist and a gossip columnist. Setting: Nevada‚ California‚ Arizona‚ West Virginia‚ and New York City. From approximately 1957 to 2005. Main Character: Jeannette Walls-She is the narrator of the story. She tells the events of her life living with neglectful but loving parents. Other Characters: Rex Walls-He is
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shear ingenuity is a testimony to the flexibility and beauty of children. Jeannette Walls’ true story flashes back through a childhood with crazy addicted parents (the father to alcohol; the mother to art and idealism and the father) who raised three children in spite of recurrent poverty‚ nomadic tendencies‚ and a heritage of rebellion. The heiress-mother ends up rummaging in a dumpster‚ homeless in NYC‚ as Jeannette rides in a limo‚ recognizing her. The memoir unravels from this image. It
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Moral Courage Hero Jeanette Rankin EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Jeannette Rankin believed‚ “What one decides to do in crisis depends on one ’s philosophy of life‚ and that philosophy cannot be changed by an incident. If one hasn ’t any philosophy in crises‚ others make the decision" (Lewis‚ 2011). This quote introduces us to the life of an amazing woman who dedicated her life to the rights of women‚ children‚ blue-collar workers‚ veterans and most importantly - peace. Many times in this paper‚ Jeanette
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