Girl like Us‚ by Rachel Lloyd‚ is a memoir the author’s childhood traumatic experiences such as not feeling love by her mother‚ being abandended by her father‚ and molested by her stepfather. “As a girl you reserve your harshest judgment for your mother; as a woman‚ you see yourself‚ for better or for worse‚ in your daughter and you’re alternately frightened and envious. Yet your mother is the one person who is ‘supposed’ to love you and protect you‚ no matter what. It took me a long time to understand
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subject. Larkin entitled the poem‚ MCMXIV. These are the roman numerals used to represent 1914; the year the war was initiated. Our attention is captivated through the use of roman numerals as they are a foreign concept to the imperial numbers that we use today. The roman numerals could signify the place in time this war has and all it symbolises. As Larkin wrote the poem after the war‚ the roman numerals signify the contrast of life then and life when the poem was written. MCMXIV is frequently
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Black psychology‚ in my opinion‚ is the study of behavior and mental processes of African Americans as it pertains to our identity as African Americans‚ identity as Americans‚ struggle with oppression‚ and being able to deal with white supremacy. Black psychology wants to know how we as African Americans deal with these former issues and continue to survive. According to John S. Mbiti‚ "African people behave and are motivated by what they believe‚ and what they believe is based on what they experience"
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This is 2017 and people still celebrate whilst dressing up as racist stereotypes such as this black face party‚ therefore I felt outrage. I would think that since the post Jim Crow era in the 1960s‚ people especially Americans would be educated to not to condone such activities that discriminate others as it was done earlier during the 1830s-1970s when white people would dress up as Black people to entertain the audience‚ resulting in mockery towards Africans Americans. I could not believe how insensitive
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Throughout ‘A Doll’s House’ and ‘Girls Like That’‚ both Nora and Scarlett are placed in situations where they are expected to behave in ways that society has pressurized them to. In ‘A Doll’s House’ Nora seems to be aware of the pressures society force upon both women and men‚ but for the early stages of the play she still implements her role as a “kept woman” despite it not being what she wants to say or do. Part of Nora wants to live up to what is expected with her‚ and have an easy‚ happy‚ work-free
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What Happened? The sight of burned bodies‚ The smell of rotting human skin‚ We are surrounded by the victims of war’s wrath. How horrid can a war be? The landscape which used to be green and lush‚ Now black and barren. The rivers which used to roar with pure blue water‚ Now tainted with the blood of millions. As we walk through what used to be a beautiful village Now charred flesh and bones. One woman‚ barely recognizable as such Is found cradling her child of no more than 1 year old. And I can’t
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Many young girls and women face barriers and discrimination because of their gender in the U.S. today. Stereotypes are made that females are weaker‚ slower‚ and shy‚ which makes them feel less than a man. The always campaign called “Like A Girl” addresses the limitations girls face and how the world views them when asked to describe things girls do. The always commercial expresses emotions through self-reports‚ others perspective on girls‚ and experiences. As well as showing us that the always pad
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I am a black female. My Afro is often met with stranger’s hands and I was once told that my lips made me look clownish. For better or worse‚ my identity as a black girl has shaped my every experience in this world. It affects not only how the world treats me‚ but also how I perceive it. Many people look at me and they don’t see past my race‚ they see a swirl of stereotypes and assume they know me. They don’t know that I am funny‚ that am a college student‚ that I love improv‚ and that one day I want
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“Ozymandias”‚ is a poem written by Percy Bysshe Shelley to tell its readers that wealth and materialistic pursuits are fleeting. The storyteller in the poem is a “traveller from an antique land”. This is a nameless traveler talking about the sights he is seeing. This produces a sense of mystery. Shelley is recounting something heard from another person. The statue is a manifestation of the artist who created it for Ozymandias. This poem celebrates the perpetual ability of nature and longstanding
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Jamaica Kincaid’s poem “Girl” seems to be a mother guiding and teaching her daughter about life and how to do many things. “Girl” makes me think of southern mothers including my own. My mother has taught me how to sew‚ cook‚ and to be polite and treat everyone equally. This may seem like the classic standard women are held to but‚ to me‚ it is much more than that. Being taught to sew has enabled me to be independent in being able to mend my own clothes. This allows me to help my family so they do
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