“The Cardboard Room” by Teresa Pitman is about a teenage girl who comes from a judgmental family. Particularly, they are not fond of a refugee family, who according to them do not belong. When assigned to work on a project with a member of the family, Eric Nye, she begins to understand how someone’s appearance does not define who they truly are. After spending more time with Eric and his family she quickly realizes that people should not be judged and criticized for their circumstances. Eric informs the protagonist about events that happened back home and the struggles it took to get where they are today.
The novel Evicted, for me, gave difficult stats a story and face. As seen during studies, sometimes humanity is lost. However, Matthew Desmond has taken the sensitive topic of eviction and housing instability in Milwaukee, from both sides of tenant and landlord, and delivered a powerful story of what it means to be disadvantaged. In this report, my personal feelings towards the book will be discussed, as well as, the topics of how the housing market is exploitative, the role that evictions play in destabilizing lives and communities, and a few options to help reduce the social problem of evictions. Exploitative Housing Market
Every person has their own definition of home. In the story “The Round Walls of Home,” Dianne Ackerman is saying her home is the earth. She uses the word “round” because the earth does not have walls like normal homes, but the walls are the outside of the earth, making it round in shape. When most people describe their home they would mention the color of the walls, what sorts of belongings, and how many rooms. But, Ackerman describes her home as a, “big, beautiful, blue, wet ball.”
Ted buys the engagement ring and is ready to propose to Sami, when Sami confronts him about what he has been doing. He’s about to tell Sami the truth when STEVEN (50) approaches Sami and calls her by the name “Stone Cold.” Steven tells Ted that Sami is a whore. At first, Ted thinks it’s a prank because she learned about his cuddle business, but Sami’s surprised about what he has been doing.
This episode gives the audience background information on the friend group and insight from parents on their thoughts of the Murdaugh's. In this episode it shows the boating accident and the body cam footage from the scene and how Alex came to the hospital trying to get everyone to “keep their mouth shut.” It took search parties a week to find Mallory’s body, and it ended up 5 miles down the river from the accident sight. Morgan talks about Paul wrecking his truck and her trying to call 911 but Paul through her phone so that he could call his dad. His family showed up to throw out the beer cans and pick up all the guns that were around.
As the younger sister, Nenny is often Esperanza’s responsibility, and though her innocence is a major source of annoyance for Esperanza, it also signals Nenny’s independence. In many ways, Nenny is a pesky little sister. Esperanza must introduce Nenny to her new friends and keep her away from bad influences, such as the Vargas kids. Nenny also has qualities that Esperanza covets, including two names “Nenny” is short for “Magdalena”, pretty eyes, and shiny, straight hair. Though Nenny can be a nuisance and a tag-a-long, and her actions often embarrass and annoy Esperanza, she frequently demonstrates her independence.
Bloom used the fallacy of appeals to emotion on page 160 when he was explaining how at first it was extremely difficult for him to throw food away, yet, at the end of three months of working with produce, it became easier for him to throw the food away. He is appealing to the readers emotions by showing that he felt bad for what he did, but why did he still throw food away if he felt so bad? Why did he not tell the manager that the food should not be thrown away? He is making the reader also feel bad, because he feels bad, which makes the reader forgive Bloom for what he did when at that point in time he should have said that food should not be wasted. Since he did not stand up to his manager about the food waste, he should have included in
The House on Mango Street: Facing Realities In The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, many characters struggle with facing the realities of their lives and economical situations. Two prominent examples of this struggle are houses and trapped women. One girl, named Esperanza, is raped while she is visiting the carnival with her friend Sally. Esperanza said, "Sally, you lied.
In the sketch “Those Who Don’t” in the house on Mango street by Sandra cisneros, the narrator believes Esperanza is entrapped as the theme where when she tries to go to a neighborhood of another color but she can’t. To illustrate this theme, cisneros claims that “All brown around, we are safe. But watch us drive into a neighborhood of another color and our knees go shakity- shake and our car windows get rolled up tight….” In other means that they are pretty much only welcomed or allowed in there neighborhood and can’t go anywhere else but theirs. This may suggest that because of their skin color since they are brown probably don't have as much privileges as white people
No Place Like Home is a travel account based on historical research. Here Younge gives a new perception on race relations in America. In this book Younge through his conversation with civil rights activists tries to explore the history. He visits schools, universities, military establishment and tracks long lost cousins. It is also a journey towards self discovery.
Fenno's theory of home style applies itself differently to Arizona State Legislature than its intended purpose in the US Congress, because in Arizona legislature the representatives spend more time at home and less time in session. The Arizona State Legislature also breaks up time in session and time out of session so that session is all at one time, where the US Congress has many sporadic breaks. These small differences largely impact the representative's interaction with constituents. Fenno's theory looks at how interaction with constituents relates to actions in Washington, using this theory the differences in interaction with constituents in the Arizona legislature, should translate to differences in how legislators vote and act while in
Despite some differences between Minnie Foster from Trifles by Susan Glaspell and Ruth from Still Stands the House by Gwen Pharis Ringwood, they have many similarities. Although their relationships with their respective spouses are in stark contrast, they do share qualities like their seemingly inadequate femininity and lonesome lives. Firstly, Ruth Warren, the wife of Bruce Warren can be described as sweet, caring and even somewhat passive. When Hester Warren, her sister in law treats her coldly she replies with kindness, only saying “Please—I’ve never had a sister, and when Bruce told me he had one, I thought we’d be such friends—” (Ringwood, 6).
Societal expectations are a part of everyone’s life, male or female. From the day people are born, there are roles they are expected to assume-- wife, homemaker, father, provider, mother and many others. While these aren’t necessarily negative, the stigma of not fulfilling these roles can be unpleasant. While the roles we are supposed to choose aren’t always clearly defined, the judgement that comes from choosing to take certain actions in life, like settling down or becoming a mother is palpable. Throughout The House on Mango Street, Esperanza’s view of the world is largely shaped by the people around her, which are her neighbors, family, and friends.
In the history of the world patriarchy has always been present in people’s lives. Patriarchy by definition is a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line. It can also be classified as a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it. In the novels The House on Mango Street, Catcher in the Rye and White Girl female characters experience patriarchy in a few different ways. While the characters Sally (House on Mango Street) and Sunny (Catcher in the Rye) live their lives controlled by men to impress and to satisfy them, Martin’s mother (Grandma) changes the frequent patriarchal role to a matriarchal role in the novel White Girl and she shows who is in charge and does not let any man or anyone take control of her.
Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen was highly criticized for undeniably demonstrating woman’s issues in the 19th century. While the play doesn’t change setting much at all, Ibsen clearly focuses in on the characterization of three insightful characters: Mrs. Linde, Nora, and Helmer. Mrs. Linde is a minor character; however, that doesn’t alter her effect on the play. She provides the mold for the perfect, idealized wife. Nora, the main character, develops rapidly in the play, and her character is a stark contrast to Mrs. Linde.