Jimmy Santiago Baca’s A Place to Stand shows the change Baca goes through while in prison for six and a half years. With several charges of drug possession‚ no one believed he would be a better person. However‚ through the power of poetry‚ he managed to become an incredible writer‚ he was able to come out of prison a new man. Many believe that the prison system needs a reform‚ that people going in are the same or even worse when coming back out. Yet‚ Baca was different‚ he managed to stay away
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Civil Disobedience‚ a Stand on Moral Ground Joseph A. Werner John Daughters PHI221 Stevens-Henager College 5 May 2013 Civil Disobedience‚ a Stand on Moral Ground This country has a rich history of civil disobedience. In fact‚ the men who founded our country used civil disobedience to protest against unjust laws that they felt threatened their future and the future of generations to come. Tim DeChristopher used civil disobedience to stop the auction of oil and gas leases being held by
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activists fighting for two different causes but fight for the same thing: freedom of group of people. Neta Golan is a current activist while Harriet Tubman is a past activist; they share similarities and differences between their actions and cause. ISM stands for international solidarity movement. ISM is an organization that is focused on assisting Palestinians in the Israeli- Palestinians conflict‚ this conflict began in 1948 between the Jews and Arabs after the Holocaust‚ fighting for the territory in
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Golf: A Sport I Can Stand The topic that I chose for this essay I am very passionate about. Since I started out golfing when I was young‚ I had quite a few stories that I could talk about. I have participated in it one year in high school so far. After doing this‚ I learned some of the proper techniques that I shared‚ and I incorporated my experiences on an actual team. I tried to include pathos by adding a paragraph on golf’s importance to me. This was one of the more interesting essays to write
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In Taking a Stand Against Ageism at All Ages Margaret Gullette (2011) dives into ageism and the effects it is having on society. Her stance is that U.S. society is pushing out older individuals claiming they are “useless”. She also mentions that middle aged people are starting to experience ageism at work as well due to U.S. society being obsessed with youth (Gullette‚ 2011). Gullette (2011) states in references to older people‚ “people are likely to be a “burden”‚ unworthy of resources.” This
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Everyone has features that make them who they are. Our strengths and weaknesses make us individuals. What makes me stand out is my willingness to learn‚ work‚ and grow. With these skills‚ I hope to find a career that I enjoy and excel in. I pride myself on my ability to learn quickly and apply my knowledge to nearly any task. Willingness to learn something new and grow as a person is something I pride myself on‚ as well as not being afraid to get down to business and work hard. A number of experiences
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Coriolanus: A Tragic Hero that Stands Alone The story of Coriolanus is a very unique Tragedy‚ for instance unlike other Shakespeare tragidies where the plays are littered with deaths; in Coriolanus‚ Coriolanus is the only character to die. This is not the only reason‚ I believe‚ that separates Coriolanus from all of Shakespeare’s other tragidies: Coriolanus is the most unique tragic hero‚ when compared to all the other tragic heroes Shakespeare has written about. Unlike most of Shakespeare’s tragic
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effects on a persons life. Working can change and influence a persons personality in many ways. Working is a necessity in life and depending on the job‚ can determine how that person acts in their daily lives. A paragraph from Tillie Olsen’s‚ “I Stand Here Ironing‚” reads this‚ “After a while I found a job hashing at night so I could be with her days‚ and it was better. But it came to where I had to bring her to his family and leave her. It took a long time to raise the money for her fare back
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inside and out‚ or simply pushing themselves education wise‚ those people who wonder usually after a period of hardships‚ to eventually succeed in what they are looking to succeed in. When it came to Jimmy Santiago Baca in his memoir "A Place to Stand" he had to take a good look at his life‚ and lifestyle‚ convince himself that he can do better‚ to eventually overcome a lot of his in his life so that he could accomplish his main goal of overcoming illiteracy. Jimmy Santiago Baca‚ after growing
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“I Stand Here Ironing” Responses to questions: 1. The narrator is not a good mother because she does not care about Emily’s future. The narrator is the mother of Emily‚ Susan‚ and Ronnie. She says that the father of Emily left her “[…] before [Emily] was a year old” (paragraph 55). She had to get a job and work during Emily’s “[…] first six years” (55). The narrator went to Nursery School because she believed that it was the only way “[…] [she] could hold a job” (13) during the Great Depression
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