Anne Fadiman’s professional background is that of the Hmong lifestyle with its cultures against the entire American culture. In his background, there is miscommunication resulting from the refusal of the give medical dosages and other medicines due to the misunderstandings and mistrust. According to Barnsteiner , (p.71), there is also the inability of the US doctors to treat those people deeply rooted in the Hmong culture and they are also unable to learn that culture in the most helpful. Hmong is a refugee family in the US and that is where Ann Fadiman comes from. They come from provinces such as Laos and Sainyabuli which have tried to interact with the healthcare system in California and Merced.
In the short story The Bride, written by Christina Granados, we are taken into Lily’s perspective. Lily describes her childhood with her sister, Rochelle, who has been planning her wedding since birth. To plan her wedding, Rochelle uses the “five- pound bride magazines” (Granados 502). She plans the songs, the food, the guests, as well as the dress from these magazines. Rochelle, throughout the story, never seems to accept any traditional Mexican- American wedding practices.
As our country reached the late 1800’s, Americans found themselves face to face with era known as the ‘Gilded Age’. Companies were created and grew rapidly during this time period. Some of the most famous entrepreneurs were John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie, who seemed to be the perfect models for the ‘rags to riches’ story. Many people debate which entrepreneur was a better role-model. Due to his low prices, the high demand for his products, and the way he sought to eliminate any possible competition, John D. Rockefeller is clearly the better role-model for today’s entrepreneurs.
The book “Wild” written by Cheryl Strayed in 2012 evokes strong emotion and resolution facilitated by her hike on the Pacific Crest Trail. Her journey does resemble a road trip by displaying the urge to go someplace else, to use the trail to find something that was missing inside of her. Strayed is often lost throughout her journey, physically and metaphorically, which also aligns with the road trip narrative. Lastly, by choosing to endure solitude throughout the hike, she finds healing and acceptance, which parallels the trope of the open road. The story of her hike first breaks the reader’s heart and then repairs it, just as the walk did for her.
Rough Draft Ever since grade school, Melinda and Rachel had been best of friends. In the book it talks about how Melinda was raped. With multiple other people, Rachel thought Melinda just called the police to crash the big end-of-summer party. Melinda’s biggest inspiration to open up about her story is Rachel. Once she finds out Rachel is Andy Evans new victim, she felt obligated to speak.
“My grandpap say he a great big old windbag.” (1.1) Seth Holly’s main focus was to have a stable life. He worked nights and during the day from time to time to make sure he had enough to get by. His dreams were to open his own business making pots and pans rather than just doing it on the side for Mr. Selig. Since Selig provides the materials and sells the items, he collects a bigger profit than Seth does.
Entrepreneurs controlled the Gilded Age creating a growing economy with booming businesses and yet this has not changed over the years. John Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie can be compared to those with the names Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. Multibillionaires, who know what the consumers desire, is what these men are best at. They knew and now know business well enough to be able to control our country’s’ economy. However, these successful business men do not do it together.
I choose to do my report on Margaret Graner because she seemed like a brave woman. She made a brave and dangerous escape to freedom with her family. Margaret wanted what was best for her children, even if that meant killing them. All she ever wanted for her children was for them to never suffer the life of a slave. Margaret was an African-American in pre-Civil War, born into the life of slavery in Boone County, Kentucky on the Plantation of John Pollard Gaines on June fourth 1833.
In the books It Ends With Us and It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover, Lily’s life is tough and she runs into some struggles. She proves that not all toxic relationships end in a loss of the partner, but a growth and realization that there is someone in the world for everyone. Lily takes charge of her dreams while coming into conflicts that would take some people to their breaking point. Lily sees her father treat her mother in a sickening way and becomes disgusted with her father and his actions. Lily’s first romantic relationship and the impact she and Atlas had on each other and the connection they had.
In any relationship, one changes, whether it is with a family member or a more romantic relationship. Interaction with others affects how one sees themselves and how one will change through the course of the interaction. Janie Crawford, in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, experiences three different romantic relationships -- each different in its own right. Janie learns a great deal from each relationship.
“An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he’ll quickly learn how to chew it,” said by Roy Ash. An entrepreneur takes risk that the general populace is afraid to take. The masses do not like to gamble away their savings for an invention causing them to struggle to survive as a human, the struggle becoming too much to handle, especially with a child to take care of. Yet, regarding an entrepreneur, a man, a modern man, is always part of the definition.
Author Robert White tells his own tale in an entertaining, informative, and easy to read book called And then I met Margaret. The title might have you believe that it is a work of fiction, or at least those were my initial thoughts, however it is anything but. The book details Robert’s life as a youth from a small mill town to becoming successful in the real estate and restaurant business.
A young, 27-year-old, co-founder of the frozen smoothie kit company PACK’D, Luke Johnstone, was named young entrepreneur of the year in 2016 (“From Freezing Shed to Frozen Drinks Rise of the Smoothie Operator” par. 1). Like the Woodstock entrepreneurs, Johnstone quit his job to start his business, but he was not lucky enough for his dream to happen in just a short nine months like the other four men, his took two years of living in a shed in the back of his parents garden (“From Freezing Shed to Frozen Drinks Rise of the Smoothie Operator” par. 4). Another young entrepreneur, like the Woodstock entrepreneurs, is high school sophomore, Natalie Abbott. Abbott turned her 4-H project into her business, The West Hill Honey Company, where she sells honey and lip balm(“Chi-Hi Student Wins State Business Award” par. 1). Although Abbott is younger than the Woodstock entrepreneurs, they are alike because she did not work alone, she had help of her mother and father, just as the four men had the help of each other (“Chi-Hi Student Wins State Business Award” par. 1).
1. What are the major ethical/moral conflicts in this scene? Identify as many as you can, then choose one to analyze in depth. Lancelot Gobbo’s battle with his own conscience.
Gender Issues Poetry Analysis There has always been discrimination against one group or another. Some of the most prevalent issues are gender based - society places body standards for men and women alike. Katie Makkai’s poem, “Pretty,” paints a vivid picture about such standards through the perspective of a young women. The narrator in the poem is a girl who grows older as the poem progresses who has a mother that is obsessed with body image and it wore off on her daughter. When she was just a young girl, her mother criticized her looks and wanted to have her “imperfections” fixed.
