“Lot’s Wife” depicts the fate of a woman following her husband Lot on his departure of their native town Sodom. Sodom was a town that God destroyed‚ yet he granted Lot and his wife permission to flee the town before this occurrence. Wislawa Szymborska and Anna Akhmatova offer different versions and perspectives on the same story. Each of the authors use different elements of poetry to create two very unique poems that have several similarities as well as many obvious differences
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to you that causes you to annihilate them? Nothing. To think that anyone could ever have the mentality to harm animals or anything that’s alive and breathing gets me so distraught! I can’t even imagine the hurt and pain these creatures go through. Example‚ what if you were a dog walking around the park‚ minding your own business and out of nowhere‚ someone totally random comes up to you and kicks you? What if they grab you by the neck and slam your head on the hard concrete? Would you like that? I
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Overcome" (1965) In his speech to Congress‚ Johnson clearly talks about the struggles of African-Americans. This speech was given on March 15‚ 1965‚ after the police attacked a group of African-Americans preparing to march to Montgomery. His goal in his speech was to explain the suffering that was happening in many citizens that were denied equal rights. He showed the idea through much supporting evidence and the use rhetoric devices. Some of the key points of Johnson’s speech was the suffering of African-Americans
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An Emotional Uprising The Pound Cake Speech was given by Bill Cosby in May 2004‚ at an event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision. In this speech‚ Cosby was highly critical of some members and subsets of the African American community in the United States. He criticized the use of African American dialect‚ the prevalence of single-parent families‚ the emphasis on material gain at the expense of necessities‚ and various other social behaviors
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*Good Morning class* *raise your hand if you’.;pre pro-life* *now raise your hand if you’re pro-choice* Where do you stand on the option of abortion? Girls and women should the option if they get raped. The choice to either keep the baby or have an abortion. Do you think women and girls should be able to have an abortion? 49% of the U.S is pro-life of that 49% 32% has had a miscarriage or has had an abortion. Abortions she be legal‚ girls and women need to have the choice. Some women get raped
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In "Why I Want a Wife‚" Brady offers hypothetical criteria for an ideal wife in a satirical commentary on how the work of wives is often taken for granted. The humor of the essay lies in its structure: on the surface it seems to accept the criteria it puts forth‚ while the meaning actually operates in the recognition that the narrator is being sarcastic. Using writing as one of her tools for activism‚ Judy (Syfers) Brady has established herself as a supporter of the women’s movement since she began
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4/20 “Fun” in Littleton Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the horrible tragedy of the Columbine Massacre. Introduction: It was Tuesday‚ April 20‚ 1999. It was an exciting day for me in the fourth grade when I turned 9 years old. However‚ the people of Littleton‚ Colorado remember that day as something more and definitely less exciting than my birthday was. On April 20‚ 1999 Littleton Colorado experienced what we now know as the Columbine Massacre. Two seniors at Columbine High
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Tucker Module 4/ SLP English 101 December 2‚ 2012 Dr. Glen Baxley Why I Want a Wife In Judy Brady’s personal essay‚” I Want a Wife‚” she explains why she would want a wife. In her essay she was trying to teach the unmarried and the married women the role of an uncomplicated wife. Everyone wished they had someone to do things for them. Brady is letting you know she dreams a wife should be. She wants a wife so that she can be independent‚ take care of the children‚ physical needs and sexual
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how Curley’s wife is affected by Prejudice The other men call her and treat her like a tart. She is often demeaned and made to feel oppressed. One way in which I believe she is oppressed is by the way she’s not given a name‚ just referred to as Curley’s Wife‚ Curley’s property. “I ain’t used to living like this”‚ this quotation suggests that she is sick of being made to stay at home all day and just clean‚ cook and do all the chores around the house. I believe that Curley’s wife also feels demeaned
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The Wife of Bath: Female Empowerment In Medieval Europe women traditionally occupied specific gender roles. Some of these roles that women were expected to carry out included wife‚ peasant‚ artisan and nun. Women during this period were constantly told by society and the church that because of their gender they were meant to be weak and submissive to men. Geoffery Chaucer a poet in the late medieval period sought to challenge these constraints placed on women during this period‚ through the
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