In the readings and video presented in week 3‚ I think‚ that each one’s main theme was about gender‚ race‚ age‚ intersectionality‚ and the traditional cultures that people were raised in. In Sister Outsider‚ where Audre Lorde discussed age‚ race‚ class‚ and sex‚ she states that within the women’s movement today‚ white women focus upon their oppression as women and ignore differences of race‚ sexual preference‚ class‚ and age. She talks about the struggles of colored women in the todays society and
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Literature Response 2) Title & Author Sister Flowers by Maya Angelou 3) Thesis statement: “Then I met‚ or rather got to know‚ the lady who threw me my first life line.” 4) Summary: This story is about a young lady named Marguerite Johnson who looks up to and admires a woman named Mrs. Flowers. She describes Mrs. Flowers as a beautiful and intelligent woman that is "our sides answer to the richest white woman in town." Marguerite was a smart girl who did well in school but had a problem
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Richard Wright expresses the effects of a racially segregated society by describing his break-free from the oppressed community. Richard describes his uprising through the scene where the school professor prohibits him from having his own speech‚ threatening to keep him from graduating if he didn’t read the “proper” speech. In this dispute between the principal and Richard‚ the author uses word choice such as “baited.snared black young minds into supporting the Southern way of life” (Wright 224) to
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JAMES JOYCE (1882-1941) He is a 20th century Irish modernist short story writer‚ novelist and poet. He was affected from naturalism‚ romanticism and realism. He was a master of the English language. He uses stream of consciousness technique and his works are full of parodies‚ allusions‚ inner monologues. His works are rich in characterization and brood humour. His psychological perceptions and innovative literary techniques make him one of the most influential writers of the 20th century
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SPED 17 & 18 – REFLECTION THE OTHER SISTER This movie portrays how a family‚ who has a member with a disability‚ encountered and overcame adversities from within triggered by several environmental factors. The protagonist‚ Carla Tate‚ who has an intellectual disability‚ seeks freedom from her mother‚ acceptance from others‚ and attention/love from opposite sex. Eventually she got those as the story developed. This only means that a disability should never serve as a hindrance in achieving
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Wilbur and Orville Wright grew up in Dayton‚ Ohio. They came from a home devoted to church with strong family values. Their father was a bishop and their mother enjoyed designing and making small appliances and toys for her family. Wilbur Wright born April 16‚ 1867 ; was quiet yet outgoing and academically intelligent. He enjoyed reading‚ writing‚ and he was a talented public speaker. Orville Wright born August 19‚ 1871; was the more energetic of the two. He was a natural inventor and enjoyed exploring
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The narrative written by Judith Ortiz Cofer discusses some of the many experiences she has encountered throughout her life dealing with stereotypes and common misconceptions of Latin American women. To further engage her audience in the story‚ she provides detailed past experiences that have stood out to her the most. In order for the readers to fully understand those past encounters‚ some of which are cultural and common among Latinos‚ Cofer explains them in careful detail. For example‚ Cofer explains
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women notice that Mrs. Wright had bread set‚ an important detail because it shows what she was doing before the murder. Another instance is when the women find the quilt Minnie Wright was working on and wonder if she was going to knot or quilt it. The men laugh at this; they do not realize that this too reveals a very important piece of evidence. Most of the quilt is very neat and perfect but all of a sudden there is a piece that is made poorly‚ revealing that Mrs. Wright was not her usual careful
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The Promise C. WRIGHT MILLS People are often quick to blame others for their misfortunes. However‚ C. Wright Mills argues that the only way to truly understand people’s behavior is to examine the social context in which the behavior occurs. In other words‚ Mills believes that we need a quality of mind that he calls the sociological imagination. By using sociological imagination‚ we learn how social‚ historical‚ cultural‚ economic‚ and political factors influence the choices that people make
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Emotions are very powerful qualities of humans and often create big impacts on one’s decisions and actions. In the novel The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt‚ the main character Eli begins to understand this idea after he meets the lobby lady at a hotel and falls in love. After experiencing this love for the first time‚ Eli discovers a new path and as a result‚ becomes a kinder and more conscientious person. He begins to care for his family members and wants to get closer to them rather than push
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