Within society there is a carefully molded hierarchy. It is like the Eastern civilization caste system‚ though not as uniform and strict. I was born into the lower middle class and by the ideology of the caste system‚ it is the only class I will be a part of. In America this idea is prominent. Poverty is a cycle. It’s hard to escape from it and to do better in life‚ but the same is said of the middle class.The rich though‚ will stay rich. My life experiences have rejected the average lifestyle society
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Throughout civilization‚ humans have used conformity and obedience to be accepted in society. They do this in order to be praised by superiors for following orders. This can happen with anything in their lives‚ from working‚ religion‚ and even at school. However‚ there is a darker side. Many of the greatest atrocities of human civilization have occurred because of the desire to be obedient and conform. Even if it means that they must violate their own values‚ they will do so in order to maintain
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Anne Frank‚ quite a famous name with a lot of emotion behind it. She was alive during one of the worst genocides in our history. Yet why is SHE considered a hero? Why not the soldiers who fought against the Nazis‚ or those who risked their lives for people who were being killed. Anne may have written words of hope and optimistic thoughts‚ but no one was saved just on those words. Anne Frank wrote what she believed in and what she thought to be right. The young Jewish girl never showed these words
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Malala Yousafzai once said‚ “We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back”. This means that women cannot succeed when they have less power and rights than men. Mulan is an example of how women are held back in a society. She has to follow the stereotype of women by getting married and taking care of her family. She later disguise herself as boy to go to war in her father’s place. By breaking the stereotype‚ she has decided her own faith. In the Disney movie Mulan‚ Robert D.San Souci portrayal
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During the Jacksonian era‚ many reforms sprung up because of many campaigners following moral concepts of equality and good virtue. Religious beliefs were the main foothold for change‚ as the ministers were now preaching that salvation could be achieved by everyone. From 1820 to 1860‚ reform movements played an important role in shaping America due to the rise of engagements dealing with temperance and education; but even though there was much change alongside the new cultural values from the Second
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Female agency implicates on putting the female at the center‚ which has been explored to a certain degree in the characters Tessie Hutchinson in Jackson’s “The lottery”‚ Louise Mallard in Chopin’s “ The story of an Hour” as well as Joyce’s “ Eveline.” The three stories arise together from the unavoidable fact of women discrimination and patriarchy. This conflict is the key factor on explaining the main point of the stories which is the attack of the society’s ideas of fear‚ equality‚ and freedom
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To every problem there is a salutation no matter if it is near or far. In the book “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelo‚ the main character‚ Marguerite faces many challenges. Racism is and always has been a big problem in this world. This can be fought by people sticking up for themselves‚ using open ended questions‚ and using the idea that everyone is equal. Interestingly‚ one of the many problems that Marguerite faced in her daily life was her facing the problem of racism. “Virtue
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Education is the key to success. Sadly the reality is‚ not everyone can have access to this key. Prior to the 1950s‚ it was uncommon for an African American to receive an education‚ considering that blacks were slaves‚ slaves could not have an education‚ and not being able to have an education will affect their lives in many other aspects. During and after the Civil War was a time when it was uncommon for colored people to have an education. “...during the Civil War...it was illegal for slaves
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Malala Yousafzai‚ an advocate for education for women in underdeveloped countries‚ once said‚ “The extremists are afraid of books and pens‚ the power of education frightens them. They are afraid of women.” (Claire). In the past‚ women had always been seen as the “weaker class”. A notion was present that women did not have the intellectual ability to learn and process information. Overtime‚ society has begun to generally accept that women are able to perform the same tasks as men‚ but this idea of
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human rights activist Malala Yousafzai. She fights for education for all‚ specifically girls in third world countries. While speaking on anti-discrimination‚ she said‚ "There should be no discrimination against languages people speak‚ skin color‚ or religion." In today’s world‚ though we like to pretend otherwise‚ there is a lot of hate centered around those things. People see someone different and instantly separate themselves from that person. They become ignorantly hateful. Malala speaks against that
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