Week Three Reading Notes Julia Serano‚ Whipping Girl I found this book as disturbing but yet inspiring as well. This book is about a transsexual male to female. Transsexual is a person who has undergone a sex change operation whose sexual identification is entirely with the opposite sex. I could say that the book is disturbing because as I go through words and sentences‚ images keep showing up in my head. He was discriminated because of his change of sex and his behavior (girly boy). Being
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negative affects towards the children in those families. Although the children are not the ones who are unemployed‚ they have to suffer the poor outcomes that come along with this hardship. The article‚ “Unemployment from a Child’s Perspective‚” by Julia B. Isaacs show that more than one in six children are affected by parental unemployment in the year of 2012. Though different families cope with this situation differently‚ it is proven that the children tend to go downhill due to their parent’s stress
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curtain falls to allow a new play to begin in her place; we get up from our seats and leave popcorn buckets behind‚ leaving her alone. Her role is done‚ she’s left the impression upon young hearts and change will not be standing by. "Old Heroines" by Julia Alvarez is about this. Focusing on the affect a heroine has on other women‚ and what happens to her afterwards. In the first stanza of the poem‚ Alvarez describes our heroine. She has just completed her task‚ her giant push in what she believes is
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which can quite often lead to revolution. In the novel In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez‚ four sisters Minerva‚ Patria‚ Mate‚ and Dede revolt against Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo‚ in hopes of making their country a better place. When power given is used unjustly‚ citizens are forced to resist‚ this can be reflected through literature‚ history‚ as well as personal experience. In Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of The Butterflies‚ Minerva Mirabal
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Based on the novel Julie & Julia by Julie Powell that converted into a movie directed by Nora Ephron‚ one of the character that inspired me the most is Julie Powell . I had learnt that we must not give up easily as Julie show us an example by making boeuf bourguignon because there an editor called Julie that the editor want to have dinner at her house Julie was very happy. As in our life‚ we faced a lot of obstacles ‚ depression and disappointment . I used to get A at math when I was primary but
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Struggles of faith Is struggle always a part of believing in something? A part of having faith? A part of religion? Struggle builds strength and allows people to grow. Oprah Winfrey states‚ “Where there is no struggle‚ there is no strength.” In Julia Alvarez’s novel In the Time of the Butterflies‚ struggle‚ religion‚ and faith have always been a part of the Mirabal’s family. While the three of the sisters‚ Minerva‚ María Teresa‚ and Dedé‚ lose touch with their faith‚ Patria battles to keep a strong
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school. Students should have the right to wear what they please to school. At many schools‚ the dress code is unfair. It’s mostly only directed to females when it should be directed to males as much as it is to us girls. We should go to school to learn‚ not to be told we can’t wear what we want. This is causing students to get more and more angry about not being able to wear what they want. The dress code at most schools is unfair to us girls. According to Brenda Alvarez “ boys whose trousers
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In her novel In the Time of the Butterflies‚ Julia Alvarez tells a tale that shows how life can be both beautiful and horrible at the same time. The book is set in the Dominican Republic‚ where an oppressive dictator named Trujillo is in power. Living under his iron fist is the Mirabal family‚ a relatively normal family with four beautiful daughters. While the girls are protected relatively well from Trujillo’s political patriarchy‚ a few of them are introduced to patriarchy via minor oppression
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children why they had to leave the country It’s a difficult read for this reason. It can be confusing at times‚ as it was for me. However‚ if you are looking for a fun novel‚ then read the novel. This story is in a way a story about the author’s life. Julia did come to the United States in 1960‚ when she was 10 years old. This was her first novel‚ and since then she has written many more. Some of them include In the Times of the Butterflies‚ iYo!‚ Something to Declare (non-fiction)‚ Homecoming (poem)
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“Diet for a Warm Planet” by Julia Whitty is an interesting article. Throughout this article‚ Whitty made her argument for her proposal about reaching a consensus that the earth is currently heating up because of human. According to the author‚ she also discusses many ways that can help people reduce the carbon by installing more efficient lighting‚ heating and cooling in the plants. However‚ Whitty noted that dieting and losing weight were able to reduce the amount of energy‚ which can reduce atmospheric
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