A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink discusses the shift of our generation's needs for different types of thinkers. According to the book, there are two types of thinking. Left-directed or left-brained and right-directed or right-brained thinking. L-directed thinkers are much more analytical and factual than R-directed thinkers, who are artistic, sympathetic, and more emotional. In the past, the industrial age required physical laborers, mostly for factory work; however, as the informational age crept in, the need for l-brained people expanded.
In the poem, “Becoming and Going: An Oldsmobile Story” by Gerald Hill the speaker is traveling down a road in the Fort Qu’appelle Valley. He notices his father and his son are also driving down this road. The speaker then begins to list the two men’s characteristics. As he lists them we see that the father and the son have both similarities and differences in their personalities.
Book Paper: 37 Words I had the opportunity to read the book “37 Words: Title IX and Fifty Years of Fighting Sex Discrimination,” by Sherry Boschert. In this book, Boschert presents the story of women working in higher education in the 1960s and fighting for gender equity. These women realized that their frustrating experiences at work were not isolated incidents but rather part of a larger system of discrimination against women. Their activism led to the passing of Title IX in 1972, which prohibited discrimination on the basis of gender in all schools receiving federal funding.
In the essay, “Carnal Acts”, Nancy Mairs speaks about the difficulties of coping with MS and how her voice as a writer helped her through it. At first, she has difficulty making a connection between dealing with multiple sclerosis and how she discovered her voice as a writer. After deliberating for weeks about the connection between these two very different aspects in her life she gets to the realization that they are connected. She first describes the difficulties of dealing with MS and societies perception of a woman with a disability. Then she talks about the struggle of coping with the shame she feels about herself.
The well-known author, Laurie Halse Anderson, is known for using sensitivity and humor in her writing to tackle tough subjects. A review from David Mowery states that “Laurie Halse Anderson masterfully gives voice to teen characters undergoing transformations in their lives through their honesty and perseverance while finding the courage to be true to themselves.” Her book, released in 2014, Impossible Knife of Memory, is no exception. Most of Anderson’s books center around a struggling character that has to deal with internal conflicts as well as their loved one’s issues. Another best seller, Chains, is about a young slave who has to decide whether she is willing to spy on her masters while still trying to take care of her sister.
In her article "Out of Her Place: Anne Hutchinson and the Dislocation of Power in New World Politics" Cheryl Smith discusses how women of puritan New England were oppressed and controlled by gender roles. At a time where men were in power and women were controlled in an attempt to keep them from gaining any type of authority. Smith discusses Anne Hutchinson, a women on trial essentially for expressing her voice freely and forcefully. Hutchinson had over stepped her bounds as a women when she expressed religious beliefs different from those of the church leaders. Smith also discusses how some modern women still feel like women are not able to fully speak in public with authority and must make themselves seem small to keep from losing their sexual
Despite the fact that Nancy Mairs chose a well diction and sarcastic tone to evoke readers empathy toward her essay , she also evokes a sympathetic response to her audience by telling reader that she does not feel sorry for being a cripple. She uses satirical description of her feelings , by allowing reader to see that she also felt sympathy for herself. Although Mairs, evokes empathy when telling her story, her sympathetic response toward her illness shows that she felt disconnected with her illness and that she did not have nothing else than to take what her destiny brought her. According to Mairs “
Imagine having cerebral palsy and not being able to walk, talk, or even giving a simple wave. I am reading a book called Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper. It is about a girl that has cerebral palsy and she has a lot of ups and downs in her life. I think the theme of the book is stick up for your friends and here is why. First reason I think “stick up for your friends” is the theme because, Rose learns that being a good friend is something that is a good thing.
“The Veldt” is a short story by Ray Bradbury. This story can be analyzed using a Marxist and psychoanalytical perspective. For both of these perspectives, the main evidence is found in the kids and their relationship with their parents. For Marxist, “The Veldt” shows how the family relationship reveals the oppression of the lower class and their battle to become the new upper class. The structure of power in this can be connected to the power struggle of today’s society.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Ken Kesey, considers the qualities in which society determines sanity. The label of insanity is given when someone is different from the perceived norm. Conversely, a person is perceived as sane when their behavior is consistent with the beliefs of the majority. Although the characters of this novel are patients of a mental institution, they all show qualities of sanity. The book is narrated by Chief Brodmen, an observant chronic psychiatric patient, who many believe to be deaf and dumb.
The Novel Away by Michael Gow strongly amplifies the sense of uncovering what is hidden to reconsider what is known. Another text that relates to this is the Good Place. Both texts explain what is hidden and what it takes to explore and to think about what needs to be uncover. This makes the characters in the texts find that it is easier to unwind and explore what is hidden to try and discover something new and live a happy and worry free life. They find that they need to release their emotions and tell someone about what is happening in their lives.
The book Out of My Mind, by Sharon M. Draper, was an astonishing book. It was very nicely written and captivating. The characters have a lot of personality, especially Melody, an eleven-year-old girl who has cerebral palsy. The author did a very good job at showing off the characters traits and emotions. The theme is acceptance, because everyone around Melody has to accept her for who she is, and that isn't always easy.
This quote shows that even though Mairs sometimes has difficulty accepting her illness, she knows that there is a growing acceptance of people who must deal with the difficulties that she faces. This ultimately lends a hopeful and positive tone to an otherwise serious and depressing section of her essay. This contrast in tone, but general feeling of hope is key to the type of emotions that Nancy Mairs is trying to educate her readers about. Mair is successful in using multiple rhetorical strategies to connect with the reader.
Being a woman in the early twentieth century, she simply followed what her husband told her. She did not have her own voice and kept her thoughts to herself. With that being said, it is as if her identity is simply that of the average woman during her time. However, the days she spends in confinement go by, the identity of that woman drifts away and she is overtaken by the identity of her own mental illness. As said in Diana Martin’s journal on “Images in Psychiatry”, while the narrator in isolation she becomes “increasingly despondent and nervous”.
Sanity vs insanity; a choice most will face during their lifetime. The definition of sanity is ‘The ability to think and behave in a normal and rational manner; sound mental health’. But what is normal behaviour? Sanity vs insanity is society’s version of placing people in boxes with neatly wrapped bows; a way to ensure conformity or face punishment. In Girl, Interrupted examples of society’s expectations and how they can be the downfall of someone’s proposed ‘sanity’ are clearly seen.
