because people have to make difficult choices every day. People choose to do something to fit in with other people. This reason convinces them to choose a specific decision so they can feel better about themselves. In “Abuela Invents the Zero”‚ by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ it is portrayed that Constancia made her decision so she would fit in and wouldn’t be made fun of. For example‚ when Constancia knew that her friends saw her with her Abuela in the church‚ she thought‚ "I just know that on Monday my friends
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In Judith Ortiz Cofer’s “First Love”‚ the speaker is opportunistic and infatuated. The narrator is opportunistic because she did not let a sense of morality stop her from taking advantage of whatever opportunity she had to get what she wants. Simply because the narrator wanted a mere glimpse of her crush who worked at a grocery store‚ she hoped her mother “[smoking] with so little enthusiasm”(Cofer 1) did not mean that she’d have to stop going to the store to pick up cigarettes. The narrator did
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and overcome challenges‚ for in doing so they gain an appreciation of self and self worth. Conversely‚ those who do not test themselves and the barriers‚ can only experience a superficial sense of belonging that can not result in a deep connection. Judith Wright’s poem “The Surfer” presents an individual who puts himself up against the waves everyday‚ and thrives on the feeling he gets when he conquers them. Luhrman’s film “Strictly Ballroom” is focused around the standards of ballroom dancing by which
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in adolescence. Children are judged by if one is ‘wearing glasses‚ they must be smart’ or ‘one is tall so they must play volleyball.’ Society should not judge a child based on their looks especially since they have not developed their identity. Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ author of “The Story of My Body” published in The Latin Deli in 1993‚ shares her story of dealing with self-image and finding her identity‚ "My skin color‚ my size and my appearance were variables - things that were judged according to
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My response to the title of the poem was a fifteen-year-old Latina girl becoming of age. Quinceanera can be compared to Sweet Sixteen or becoming eighteen-years-old all of which represent the transition into adulthood for a young lady. Traditionally a Quinceanera is celebrated among the Latino culture and catholic community. The poem demonstrates tone well using her emotions and feeling toward turning fifteen. This author takes her own experience and puts it into the poem. She describes the time
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Exploring the life of an ordinary girl and discovering her emotions is the main theme in the novel One Whole and Perfect Day‚ by Australian author‚ Judith Clarke. The book‚ aimed at young adult readers‚ portrays an important moral message that advances the readers knowledge of growing up. Irritating and stressful problems arise in this novel‚ which are faced generally by the main character‚ Lily. She experiences changes throughout the novel as she overcomes the challenges of maturing to an adult
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late 1700 Woman Susanna Rowson and Judith Sargent Murray were women from the late 1700s who had their own image of the ideal woman. Susanna Rowson’s Charlotte: A Tale of Truth and Judith Sargent Murray’s On the Equality of the Sexes were written to educate‚ inform‚ and to guide women in the right path. Murray and Rowson hoped to change the way women were being seduced by men and the way they were viewed by society and themselves‚ Susanna Rowson and Judith Sargent Murray saw women’s roles in the
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The assignment I chose to revise is my literary analysis of Judith Ortiz Cofers The Story of My Body. I have made some local‚ but mostly global revisions to the paper‚ as well as addressed some of the feedback made by the instructor. The local revisions include: making complete sentences‚ rearranging words. For global revisions‚ I rewrote the conclusion‚ broke a paragraph into two‚ and as suggested by the instructor I added more analysis and connection to the young girl. In the first paragraph
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Judith Thomson’s argument through her article‚ “A Defence of Abortion” is one that adopts the premise that the fetus is a human being from the moment of conception. By doing this‚ Thomson is distancing her argument from the various theorists who maintain the moral view that it is wrong to kill another human being‚ such as (Marquis‚ 1989). This ultimately allows her to assume various hypothetical situations in which the cognitive status of the fetus is otherwise not considered. This is important.
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“Beside Oneself: On the Limits of Sexual Autonomy” By Judith Butler Based on your reading of the selection “Beside Oneself: On the Limits of Sexual Autonomy‚” answer the following questions. Place the page number (s) and paragraph (s) to each answer. 1. What are the questions that Judith Butler would seek answers in this essay from beginning to the end of essay? - Answer: What makes for grievable life? pg. 114‚ 1st paragraph 2. What does loss indicate for the human? -Answer: That if we’ve
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