AIDS is the world’s leading infectious killer. To date, the illness has killed approximately 25 million people around the world. In the memoir Breaking Night, Liz Murray wrote about her mother’s slavery to cocaine and how it lead to her contraction of the HIV/AIDS virus and eventually to her death. Her mother’s death was only one of the difficulties that plagued Liz’s life from birth to age 18, which was the amount of time spanned by the memoir. Homelessness, hunger, and [something else] were enemies of Liz in her youth, however, she managed to heroically turn her life around and conquer the obstacles standing between her and a better life.
As a social worker and reformer, Florence Kelley utilizes asyndeton, juxtaposition, and rhetorical questions in her ardent speech for the attendees of the convention for the National American Women Suffrage Association to “enlist the workingmen voters” in helping with the implementation of more stringent child labor laws to encourage the protection of children, especially girls, from working in factories at such young ages. Kelley’s employment of asyndeton in the second paragraph as she states, “Men increase, women increase, youth increase in the ranks of the breadwinners…”, makes her speech more passionate and effective by speeding up its rhythm and pace. She applies this rhetorical strategy to segue into the fact that despite the increase across different demographics, none is so exponential as the growth of “girls between twelve and twenty years of age.” She describes this fact before the convention to depict the extensive hindrances this particular contingent faces.
In this article, Jan Rosenburg discusses the neighborhood of Park Slope, located in Brooklyn. While reading this article, it becomes obvious that Rosenburg favors the urban lifestyle to rural life, and this opinion becomes clear through her description of the various aspects city life provides. News and media outlets always depict cities as dangerous places where crime just runs rampant, so to support her opinion, Rosenburg cleverly uses positive imagery and descriptions counter this mind set and paint city life as a safe and great place that appeals to all ages and groups. To start out, she addresses young adults by depicting a vibrant nightlife, one which they so crave. Rosenburg refers to an area of Park Slope called the “Saturday Night
As can be seen in the image, humanity and human individuals attempts to search for comfort and fulfillment in different landscapes. In Gwen Harwood’s At Mornington, the author represents the place that nature and landscapes have within humanity’s search for satisfaction and the perpetual nature of the environment around us. Harwood employs form, structure, the perspective shifts and her choice of language within her representation to augment this relationship, with the consistent interweaving of past and present creating juxtapositions between the constant of the environment and the ever-changing nature of human life, Humanity seeks to find meaning in the transience of life, and Harwood illustrates this concept through examining the persistence
Over the course of this book, she learns how important it is to speak up because if you stay silent you're letting the person who immensely changed your life for the worse win and get away with things that are unacceptable. In our society young women are being assaulted and are the victims of rape quite frequently and this book really stretches the importance of speaking up for your rights and to
She first mentions how coming off of the recent women’s rights movement, women all around the world are rising up, and not backing down. She relates these women to the graduating class of Mount Holyoke College, saying “Mount Holyoke is the home, to borrow Wendy Wasserstein’s phrase, of ‘uncommon women.’” By labeling the graduating class as “uncommon women”, Albright forces the listeners to view themselves as important participants in the women’s rights movement, and make them feel like they also have the ability to rise up and create change. To emotionally tie her listeners to the importance of creating change, she also states anecdotes from women around the world. From her travels to several countries, Albright tells the stories of women she has seen.
Tuesday of the Other June by Norma Fox Mazer is an incredibly relatable story if one has ever had a problem with a bully. The story brings us into the life of June an incredibly happy go lucky girl until she meets a bully, also named June, at the swimming class she attends every Tuesday. June’s tale reflects a struggle many people encounter throughout their lives. First, June’s story reminds me of every single mean girl I’ve discovered in books, movies, and tv. Whether it’s Pansy Parkinson in Harry Potter, Josie Pye in Anne of Green Gables, or Mackenzie Hollister in Dork Diaries June simply joins the ever growing list of fictional characters with petty, shallow, backstabbing enemies.
In doing so, these working women began to have the ability to support themselves, and, therefore, tended to rely less on men. However, these women not only defied the workplace’s principles, but also condemned society’s gender
Edwidge Danticat, short story, “New York Day Women”, records the lives of a Haitian immigrant woman and her Americanized daughter both living in New York City. In the short story, her daughter, Suzette, surreptitiously tailgates her mother as she meanders through a part of the city that the daughter had speculated to be unaccustomed to her. Therefore, she recognizes previously unknown things, such as her mother's amusement of window-shopping. The authenticity of her mother gazing at extravagant commodities utterly surprises the daughter, but that she cherishes native attire engages the daughter into the intricacies of her mother's views.
The book ‘No Ordinary Time’ by Doris Kearns Goodwin provides an exclusive historical approach to the lives of the power couple; President Franklin Roosevelt and his wife, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. It cruises through their relationship, personalities and how they managed to lead America through a series of crises. The book concentrates more on the historical period between May 10th, 1940 and April 12th, 1945. Its title is derived from the speech made by Mrs. Roosevelt during the National Democratic Convention in the year 1940. The five year period dates back to the end of World War II.
From the earliest of times in society, females have had to consistently fight for equality in society. The mistreatment of women often included violence, abuse, financial inequalities, harassment, voting inequalities, and many more inequalities that men have not had to face compared to females. These unacceptable actions that are often seen as “normal” in society are a grim reminder of what women endured and still have to endure today. Many women never had a platform to fight for change and call out injustice in fear of their safety, shame from others, and the threat of breaking “social norms”. However, many influential women risked many things for the basic rights that men have been enjoying for centuries.
This intentional emphasis on empathy, friendship, and solidarity highlights their collective strength in overcoming adversity. Through the female characters' mutual support, the author emphasizes the transformative power of women and girls standing together to challenge oppressive norms and find strength in their shared experiences. By doing so, Anderson aims to champion the idea that united, they can break free from societal constraints and emerge stronger and that young readers should take charge of this issue. Do you believe that “Speak” has encouraged people to believe victims of sexual assault and for them to speak up? Anderson's hope for 'Speak' was to inspire people to speak up and change the narrative for countless victims.
The book, The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg has many relatable characters but the one most relatable for me is Nadia. Nadia and I have several things in common such as we are both a waiter and a watcher. I know this is true for Nadia because the book says, “All the sixth-graders-- like Mrs. Olinski herself--were new to Epiphany Middle School, but Nadia like Mrs. Olinski herself--seemed most disconnected. Both were watchers and waiters…” I know this is true for me because I am a very, very, very patient person and I normally observe people rather than talking to them. Another example Nadia and I are alike is we can both argue or debate ourselves out of a problem.
In spite of everything, I still believe you will pay attention to how Anne believed that everyone was good at heart. Anne is one of the many victims of the Holocaust and is known as a reminder of the sin that is war. However, her diary shows how it really did not affect her. Let us find out why from her quotes.
So much has changed since our first week of reading. As women gain an independence in America, more and more females are making choices for themselves. A major change that I found throughout the materials this week was the choice to pursue a husband and family or a career. More job opportunities are now available for women and pleasures once held only for men were now the indulgences of women as well. Since women no longer felt the need to get married as soon as possible, a new woman is created.
