Book Report #4 The book I read this quarter was Glory Be by Augusta Scattergood. Its Lexile level is 680. This book is about a 11-year old girl named Gloriana Hemphill, who now comprehends how much racism is a problem in her hometown in Mississippi in 1963.
All But My Life is a memoir written by Gerda Weissmann Klein. This memoir tells about her experiences during World War Two. Her childhood was full of happiness growing up with her Jewish family. This memoir starts two days after the Nazi invasion of Poland.
Chapter 16 of Readings for Sociology, titled "Deviance and Liminality" by Beth Montemurro describes liminality as "being 'neither here nor there'" in reference to the in between phase of transitioning from one status to the next. An example of liminality is seen at the stage at the end of senior year of high school, but before graduation. Many students participate in senior pranks in the final weeks, or days, of their high school careers. Students often adopt the mindset of thinking that their actions will not matter in a couple months because they will soon be graduated. Students view this time period as an opportunity to break from the conformity of following the rules and participate in an activity that will leave a mark on the school to
In “First Principle”, Gina Mellit is a martian who meets a human named David Hensen. Gina discovers how harsh humanity can be when she is forced to watch over David. The first encounter Gina has with David is not pleasant for her, “David and Barb and I stared at each other, silent. But the message in his eyes was clear. You’re ugly, you’re deformed, you’re monsters, you’re not even human.
Appreciation is one of the important thought that goes through the story. Louise Erdrich is plainly appreciative for what her mom has given her: Saving her own life to permit her later to manage another youngster; life itself through birth; and life once more, through her salvage from the flame. It is her appreciation that pulls Louise Erdrich home to peruse books to her mom, "to peruse so everyone can hear, to peruse long into the dull in the event that I should, to peruse throughout the night. " Although it is inferred that her arrival comes at a pivotal crossroads in her own life (suggested by her reference to her fizzled life), it is an uncommon youngster to demonstrate a guardian such generous appreciation. She comes back to satisfy the capacity that her dad started in the clinic, that of perusing so anyone might hear.
When someone is guided in their literacy development and they are impacted in a positive way, they often can become more successful in the field of literacy, which can lead you to a successful life with good social standings, understandings, and power. When someone has what literacy scholar Deborah Brandt calls a “literacy sponsor” they will tend to become more successful in their experiences with literacy. Sponsors of literacy, according to Brandt, are beneficial because they are well educated, have experience in the field of literacy, and are willing to help others improve and let them into the world of literacy. Specifically, Brandt states in her scholarly article “Sponsors of Literacy” that “Literacy as a resource becomes available to ordinary
In the Essay “Living Like Weasels” by Annie Dillard, she writes on how she encounters a weasel and it leads her to reflect on her own life. A memorable event in my life that led me to an insight about my own life or the human condition is when my school took a trip to Princeton in the woods. First, on this trip there were an abundance of activities to do since we were in the great outdoors. There was basketball, an advanced tag game and more.
In Pat Conroy’s book, “The Lords of Discipline”, the main character often expresses his attitude toward the Institution. In one paragraph, Will expresses a particularly negative attitude. Will’s attitude in the passage is disappointed and even a little bit rebellious. The reason why Will is disappointed is because the Institutes’s plebe system was “destroying the ability or the desire of the freshmen to use the word I.”
“The Chase” is about an adult chasing some kids, but Annie Dillard makes the story transition from throwing snowballs to “wanting the glory to last forever” and how the excitement of life at one moment can affect someone in the future to show that the excitement of life will always be there even when one is no longer a kid. The story starts with a group of friends, imagining how a game of football goes and continues with the encounter of a stranger. From throwing snowballs at his car to him chasing them till they couldn’t run anymore. The whole experience will change the way she looks at adults. “We all spread out banged together some regular snowballs, took aim, and, when the Buick drew near, fired.
Maturity is the feeling of needing to prove that one is sophisticated and old enough to do certain things. In the short story “Growing Up,” Maria’s family went on a vacation while she stayed at home, but when she heard there was a car crash that happened near where her family was staying, she gets worried and thinks it is all her fault for trying to act mature and angering her father. Society wants to prove how mature they are and they do so by trying to do things that older people do and the symbols, conflict, and metaphors in the text support this theme. First and foremost, in “Growing Up,” Gary Soto’s theme is how society acts older than they are and that they just want to prove they are mature. Maria wants to stay home instead of going
The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South takes a profound look into slavery in America from the beginning. The author, Kenneth Stampp, tells the story after doing a lot of research of how the entire South operated with slavery and in the individual states. The author uses many examples from actual plantations and uses a lot of statistics to tell the story of the south. The author’s examples in his work explains what slavery was like, why it existed and what it done to the American people.
In her essay, “The Importance of Work,” from The Feminine Mystique published in 1963, Betty Friedan confronts American women’s search for identity. Throughout the novel, Betty Friedan breaks new ground, concocting the idea that women can discover personal fulfillment by straying away from their original roles. Friedan ponders on the idea that The Feminine Mystique is the cause for a vast majority of women during that time period to feel confined by their occupations around the house; therefore, restricting them from discovering who they are as women. Friedan’s novel is well known for creating a different kind of feminism and rousing various women across the nation.
“Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurtson exemplifies the amount of disrespect and domestic abuse a woman can handle. It also demonstrated how some males view women in a distasteful and unsatisfied way. Gender and sexuality can initiate most of the specific tactics of domestic violence that can dehumanize an individual, especially women. Zora Neale Hurtson’s character, Delia Jones, demonstrates how women can transition from being inferior to becoming superior in a domestic relationship. The story opened with Delia washing clothes for white people on Sunday, and Sykes verbally abused her for dishonoring God because she was washing clothes that belong to white people on the Sabbath day.
In the article “Sex, Lies and Conversation: Why It Is So Hard for Men and Woman to Talk to Each Other?” (1990), Deborah Tannen, discusses why it is a challenge to both men and woman to communicate and understand each other through different stages of life. Tannen is a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University after earning her degree in Ph.D. Her book “You Just Don 't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation” were New York’s bestseller for four years and number one for eight months. Tannen is qualified to write on this subject as it is in her field of expertise and knowledge. The article is compelling and well supported by evidence and research that she has conducted herself.
Abigail Thorn, creator of the YouTube channel, Philosophy Tube, creates videos that have to do with ethical dilemmas, social theories, and art. Among these videos is The Hidden Rules of Modern Society, which covers different theories such as the social contract theory, the sexual contract theory, and critical race theory. Thorn starts The Hidden Rules of Modern Society with the introduction of the social contract theory and then moves on to the next topic: The sexual contract theory. Lastly, Thorn ends the video with an explanation of critical race theory. Overall, Thorn explains each theory and then compares them with each other, mainly to further explain and analyze what exactly the theories are saying.
