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    teaching aspect‚ one that aims to teach the reader a lesson‚ usually about life or values. One of these great American writers was Dorothy Day. Dorothy Day was a journalist by trade‚ as well as a social activist and an upstanding Catholic. Day was raised an agnostic‚ meaning her family did not practice a religion. However‚ she attended church services with friends. Dorothy found a sense of passion in the congregational worship of the church‚ and those close to her said she could have been an excellent

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    Throughout Dorothy Day’s writing‚ she shares many experiences where she practiced sacramentality‚ mediation‚ and communion. In one example‚ she shared a story of traveling on the Third Avenue El‚ an elevated railroad system in New York City. In the corner of the train‚ there sat a “shabby” looking man with his eyes closed. He wore ragged clothes‚ and he was underdressed for the cold conditions. While he had his eyes closed‚ he continued to outrageously shout the words of what a conductor would say

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    The Long Day By Dorothy Richardson After reading‚ “The Long Day” the manner of which people lived and survived during the depression has astounded me. Where she first boarded with Miss Jameson she didn’t have any sense of home and bliss. She had shared with her friend Miss Plympton and described her sense of home and bliss as living in country side. And when she later boarded with Miss Pringle she had felt a sense of home when she saw her stove little Lottie. After receiving kind words from Miss

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    section seven‚ Dorothy Day describes her experience with Ms. A and her family. Ms. A is a woman who has had four children and an unemployed husband. Dorothy describes how she tried to explain to a social worker why Ms. A and her husband chose not to practice contraception‚ which is something the Catholic Church is against. However‚ the social worker does not understand this reasoning‚ since Ms. A and her husband would not so many financial problems if they had less children. Dorothy day also talks about

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    messages and warnings to the people. This may seem like an old term ‚but there have actually been many modern day prophets who lived in our times! An amazing example of a modern day prophet is Dorothy Day‚ who was a journalist‚ author‚ Catholic convert and a social activist‚ whose goal was to promote non-violence (also known as pacifism)‚ and help society become united as a community. Dorothy has acted much like the biblical prophets‚ from she changed her way of life‚ to how

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    Comparison of Movies with Road to Emmaus Both “Up” and “Dorothy Day” share many similarities to “The Road to Emmaus.” All three are stories of a spiritual journey‚ all going through these journeys in different ways. However‚ all three go with others through the journey. They a mentor joins and teaches them. Following that‚ there usually is an invitation for the mentor to become more involved in a person’s life. The teaching becomes an “aha” moment‚ where the people on the journey now understand

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    Dorothy Day (1897-1980) Born in Brooklyn‚ New York on November 8th‚ 1897 Dorthy Day was a very influential person in the catholic economic lifestyle. Her father‚ John Day was out of work when she was little‚ which gave her empathy for other then‚ and later on in life because she also knows what its like to be there. When she moved to Chicago her life turned for the better‚ Her father became sports editor of a major Chicago newspaper. In 1914 she received a scholarship for the

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    Dorothy Day was born in Brooklyn but raised mostly in Chicago. In 1916‚ her family moved to New York and she went with them‚ to pursue a career as a revolutionary journalist. She became a regular correspondent for publications such as the Call and the New Masses. She got involved in the issues of the day including women’s rights‚ free love‚ and birth control. In 1917 she joined women in front of the White House‚ who were protesting treatment of women suffragists in jail; she wound up serving thirty

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    Dorothy Day Response Paper What audience did Dorothy Day have in mind when writing her autobiography? Who was she trying to reach and what was her message? When Dorothy Day wrote her autobiography I don’t believe she had a specific audience in mind‚ in fact I believe her intention was to reach average individuals in hopes to inspire. In her book‚ she mapped her entire journey out in a way that just about anyone could easily relate to at least one part of her life‚ whether searching and yearning

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    sometimes easy while others may have a harder time finding their path to serve. This is how it was for Dorothy Day. Throughout her life she struggled to find her purpose in life and it wasn’t until she found her love of God through the Catholic Church that her joy and purpose was to help others. Her path to service was not an easy one‚ despite her enriched upbringing‚ she had her struggles‚ but Dorothy always fought for what she believed in. Once she found her calling to serve‚ she found joy in what

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