The overall theme of Abuela Invents the Zero by Judith Ortiz Cofer is to always treat others with respect. If you don’t show respect towards others, you won’t have respect for yourself. In the story, Connie is very disrespectful towards her grandmother. In the text it states, “I try to walk far behind them in public so that no one will think we’re together,” (Cofer 4). This quote shows how Connie is embarrassed to be seen with her grandmother, and has little respect for her grandmother’s feelings.
Mary Ann Shadd Cary, who was an abolitionist, a lawyer, and a publisher, worked with the fugitive community to help the fugitive slaves who crossed the border into Canada. As the injustice against slaves escalates in the United States, Shadd Cary wants her newspaper to deliver outcries of the fugitives slaves. In her passage, Shadd Cary uses metaphor, logical appeal, and rhetorical questions in order to convey her message that the newspaper is needed. In the first paragraph, Shadd Cary uses metaphor to describe the importance of the newspaper.
This argumentative essay is about mary surratt & mary was a normal housewife with a few friends. John wilkes booth was a friend of mary’s & he was set on a mission to kill the president of the united states because he was a confederate & the united states won the battle against the confederates so that made booth furious & enraged. I don’t think Mary should have been hanged for her crimes of helping booth with hiding some guns and binoculars in a tavern because she only thought that she was helping a friend with a few errands. Even though mary 's name wasn 't on the letter she still got tried for her crimes. Mary surratt should have been truthful when the cops came to her house & maybe then she might have gotten off a little easier than
Vera Claythorne is a murder for killing a young boy named Cyril. She killed Cyril because he would inherit all of the family money, and not her boyfriend, Hugo. Hugo was too poor to support a family, so he and Vera couldn’t get married. Vera’s family will probably be affected by this because she was an innocent woman until she killed this poor little boy. Claythorne’s family will never be trusted with kids for generations after generations.
“A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor begins with the introduction of the grandmother. It can quickly be noted that this woman holds herself in high regard. Grandmother views herself as a prim and proper lady. However, she does not possess the qualities of a lady. She is dishonest, selfish, and hypocritical.
Tasha Cruzat-Green serves as the president for the Illinois Voices for Children. As president, she works as a non-partisan advocate to advance policies and public investment for the betterment of Illinois children. Preceding her role as president, she served as the chief of staff to the Cook County President, Toni Preckwinkle. In her role as chief of staff, she oversaw an operating budget of 4.2 billion along with, overseeing all of the offices under the office of the president.
Mary Maloney is a very loving and devoted house wife and mother-to-be. Though her dream of having the perfect American family was destroyed by the bewildering news of Patrick choosing another women over Mary and their child. Innocent is all Mary Maloney is, due to her indistinct state of mind caused by her heinous husband’s decision to desert her and her child while she is unable to control her emotions due to her being pregnant. Mary is not guilty of murder instead innocent due to diminished capacity.
Maria W. Stewart was one of the most prominent African American feminist and abolitionist during the 19th century. She used her voice and writing to advocate for the rights of her communities during a period when she was barely considered human. Her most famous speech in 1832, “Why Sit Ye Here and Die” was a shocking and powerful speech that urged African Americans to fight against oppression. Despite the challenges she faced, Stewart became an influential figure in the fight for racial and gender equality in the United States and was a trailblazer, paving the way for future feminist and Black activists for years to come. Maria Stewart was born in 1803 in Hartford, Connecticut to one of the few free Black families at the time, though their
Alyssa Stongle Session 1 - Journal Throughout all my 26 years, I have done a lot of really diverse, amazing things in my life. Starting out with dance when I was about 5, I continued to be in dance companies throughout my younger years. Then, while in middle school and high school, I was on a competitive dance company which really was the highlight of my life. I did a lot of volunteer work in high school as well as joining cheerleading, the diving team, FBLA, made honors in choir becoming a regional choir member and then going on to join all-state honor choir which is an absolute gem in itself to be a part of.
Killing your husband is no big deal, right? Not for Mary Maloney. A casual day is not typically when your house is turned into a murder scene. Sometimes you can’t blame people for their impulse actions; for example, Mary Maloney. Should Mary Maloney face punishment for her wrong doing?
Grandmother is obviously grouping herself in as a nice person, despite how she has treated her family in the little bit of time that the readers have observed her. This shows her ridiculous lack of
The Queen's proclamation represented the belief and ideology of Queen Victoria, in the reading we are presented with two monarchs point of view towards India. Both monarchs hold the same belief but a very distinct point of view. Issued in 1858 Queen Victoria's proclamation announced that England was taking full control of Indian colonies. Signifying the removal of british administration. In the reading we come across Queen Victoria stating “ none will be wised favored nor molested or disquited by reason of religion or fate.”
Nursing has been around since ancient times. People have needed the healing hands of nurses for thousands upon thousands of years. In Africa, the healing techniques of witch doctors and medicine men were taught to chosen children. The medicine men and witch doctors were like the nurses for the entire village. However, these more primitive techniques have evolved into much more evidence-based practices.
“On Excellence” 1. Through out Cynthia Ozick’s essay, “On Excellence,” she uses the words lavish and confined to define excellence as well as phrases like ripe generosity and condemned by my own nature. Ozick uses stories of certain things her mother did when she was growing up to explain how excellence is defined in each of their perspectives. For example, according to Ozick, she describes her mother as “endlessly leafy and flowering” (242) and herself as, “a pinched perfectionist” (242). Ozick points out that her mother and her type of excellence are completely different but each is still considered a type of excellence. She understands that her mother’s life was lived to the fullest and that it had its own form of excellence which was not paying so much attention to the small things, like her type of excellence, but to pay attention to the main thought.
The Metamorphosis is about a boy named Gregor Samsa. Gregor wakes up to figure out that he has turned into a big beetle of some sort, without any explanation. His family is scared of him, and his father is so fast to hate his son. Since he hates his son, he begins to lock him up. Gregor’s sister is the only one who still loves him.
