Kevin Baietto Dr. Cotter Forms of Lit November 1, 2015 In the poem Talk the point of view is told in the first person by the author Terrance Hayes. Terrance Hayes was born in 1971 in Columbia, South Carolina. He not only is a writer but a successful artist and athlete as well. Hayes attended Coker College where he succeeded in his athletic success and earned his bachelor’s degree.
In Beverly Tatum’s, Defining Racism: “Can We Talk?” she states the difference between racism and prejudice. According to Tatum, prejudice is “preconceived judgment or opinion, usually based on limited information” (Tatum 67). While racism is the belief that one’s race is superior to another. Prejudice is derived from limited information and is formed based on beliefs or misconceptions of others.
Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, is a fictional story placed in Merrywether High School in Syracuse, New York about the life of a social outcast and rape victim, Melinda Sordino. Throughout the story, Melinda struggles to cope with the fact that she was raped by Andy Evans at a high school party. Melinda can be classified as both a round and dynamic character. A round character is classified as a character with varying emotions and feelings— someone whom the audience can understand and hear the internal thoughts of.
The book Speak by Laurie Anderson is about a high school freshmen girl named Melinda that has a big secret that she has been keeping since the end of the summer. A big incident happened at the end of summer when a party has gone wrong. Melinda is having trouble academically, her grades are going down and she is starting to skip school. The book shows that Melinda is lacking communication.
Introduction: The book, What To Say Next, by Julie Buxbaum, is an amazing story about friendship. When the popular girl Kit loses her dad in a car crash When she starts hanging out with David who has no friends. Kit likes Davids honesty and David likes having Kit around as a friend. When Kit asks for help figuring out the car crash her dad died in David would love to help.
As they come together, some couples start a family. The kids are now being raised in a world where mothers are doing more thing fathers once did and vise versa. I believe that men and women have major differences both physically and emotionally. The physical differences between men and women are easy to see.
The theme of self growth and isolation can be seen throughout the novel Speak (1999) by Laurie Halse Anderson, which follows the main protagonist, Melinda Sordino through her freshman year. When Melinda is first introduced, she mentions a secret that she is afraid to talk to anyone about. Melinda later reveals to the readers that she was raped by a high school senior at an end of summer party. Everyone at school acts hostile towards Melinda for calling the cops and ruining what was the best night of their lives, unbeknown to them, that night still haunts her dreams. This causes Melinda to become isolated from everyone, as they only see her as the freak who called the cops.
In The Listening Woman, Margaret Cigaret, which is a shaman who enjoys chatting with the people who need help involving healing, they meditate and then afterward embraces a Sing or Way for them to be cure. Unfortunately, when Margaret is considering Hosteen Tso, the unthinkable happens. Both he and Margaret’s young helper are killed. Luckily the murderer did not see Margaret, which she was reflecting at this time. Margaret could not be any assistant to the police when it came to this situation because she is blind.
In "Sex, Lies and Conversation" by Deborah Tannen, the author explains her reasoning on why women get the impression that men do not listen. Some examples that Tannen states in her discovery are that men often change conversation quickly while women tend to talk about one topic at length. Women also complain about men not listening because they seem to be distracted as they look at things around the room and not specifically at them. The author proved this by saying that she analyzed videotapes created by psychologist Bruce Dorval on interactions between same-sex friends. Tannen noticed how men often turned at an angle not facing their friend, while women looked at each other directly.
Chapter two in the textbook Reflect & Relate an Introduction to Interpersonal Communication by Steven McCornack talks all about what “self” is and how to achieve complete fulfillment for one’s self which is also known as self-actualization. The components of self, as described in the book are, “ . . . self-awareness, self-concept, and self-esteem” (McCornack 39). Self-awareness is the idea in which one can take a moment to move feelings, beliefs, and other external influences aside and just evaluate oneself in a holistic perspective that is not skewed by opinions of others, etc. Having the ability to actually think about who one is brings a lot of power and mental stability in such a way that allows for improvement.
The main points that will be looked at are the different genders, backgrounds, and groups. These are used to help to better understand why language is used differently. The research done by Deborah Tannen showed that
This diversity between men and woman causes many problems. Men tend to have a harder time switching from aggressiveness and excitement to calm and collective. Having this difficulty, women may often take a man’s response to a question or statement out of context and see the man as being rude or a threat to them. This leaves the man to figure out
Sex, Lies and Conversation There are many differences between a man and woman, communication is just one difference. Deborah Tannen, a University of California graduate, got her PhD in linguistics at Georgetown University; there she studied the communication between men and women. Tannen has published over one hundred articles and wrote over twenty books, including You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation (1990), which spent almost four years on the New York Times best seller list and was translated into twenty-nine languages. The article Sex, Lies and Conversation appeared in the Washington Post in 1990 and gives insight to how opposite sexes communicate with each other. From an early age we are programed to play and be friends with the same gender as our own.
Improving oneself does not come without sacrifice and discomfort. However, the resulting growth can make it all worthwhile. As demonstrated in the story of Private Talk with Holly by Henry Gregor Felsen, change can be difficult; especially for the “Dad” whose “big little girl,” Holly has always been by his side. The theme of sacrifice and growth is then pursued as the “Dad” discovers how, in the midst of discomfort and uncertainty, letting go can be the right thing to do, and perhaps even more freeing than remaining in his state of comfort and contentment as love can be shown in more ways than one.
One of these perspectives is analyzing communication through gender. In the book, You Just Don’t Understand, Deborah Tannen (1990) popularized the term “genderlect” to describe the way in which men and women communicate with each other. She suggested that men and women have different styles of conversing, forming two distinct dialects. In a review of Tannen’s book, DeFrancisco (1992) attributed the differing communication styles of men and women to the respective cultures in which they grow up. Because of such gender differences, misunderstanding between men and women creates a gap in the communication process.
