Anna Quindlen A Quilt Of A Country

According to the article by Anna Quindlen called “A Quilt of a Country,’’ there are ideal facts that tell us how we connect to people in the United States, and that is by tragic incidents and communication. In the essay, an example of how we all communicate is when the tragic incident of 911 happened we all came together and investigated what happened with communication. The purpose of her writing this is because she wants to show that it does not matter who you are it is about how we get along in a way others can’t.

Images can evoke strong human emotion, both positive and negative, and Marjane Satrapi effectively uses graphic images to symbolize events in her life and to tell the reader of her deep, moving story of nationalism, social classes, and the loss of innocence. The use of images to symbolize important events in a story is a beneficial strategy that can be seen throughout the book. Topics that play huge roles in Persepolis are nationalism (one’s pride of their country), social classes (the separation of the rich and poor), and the loss of innocence (when a person loses their naive nature to the corruptness of the world). These ideas shape the story through persuading people’s actions. For example, nationalism gives people the courage to stand up for their country, as Marjane’s family did during the war.

"I saw a world where everyone was struggling in the body he or she 'd been given. That world and struggle seemed bearable to me, and even beautiful. "(Alvar 154). This quote is a good summary of the message that Mia Alvar is trying to portray throughout her various short stories in Into The Country as she chronicles the lives of those who are outcasts or abnormal.

For civil disobedience to be ethically wrong or right, one must take a step back, and see who exactly is the question being asked to-a women who fought for equality and rights in the 1960’s, a politician, police, or any government official who despised those who began sit-ins, rallies, and riots, upper or lower class, especially colored races, for instance, African Americans. Many African Americans and Mexican Americans began political reforms using violent and nonviolent tactics to voice their oppression, such as Martin Luther King or Cesar Chavez, who would rather have spoken or used peaceful means to get their point across, compared to the Black Panthers, who were outraged and angered, which only fueled their cause with harsh strategies and actions.

As Benjamin Franklin once so eloquently spoke, "either write something worth reading or do something worth writing." (). Perhaps the individual most personified by these words, Harriet Breecher Stowe believed from a young age that her actions and innate gift at writing could change the world. Of her most famous novel, Uncle Tom 's Cabin¸ her exposé on the brutality and immorality of slavery fed the currents of change that had already begun to rouse the country and American society.

Rhetorical Analysis on Border Patrol States After a bad experience with border patrol agents Leslie Silko, a Native American writer felt the need to fight back in the only way she knew possible, by writing “Border Patrol States.” She eloquently writes an article that is timeless and relatable even today about the unjustness people feel at the border checkpoints. Silko’s article is able to pull feeling from the audience through the use of multiple rhetorical devices. It’s clear while reading the article that Silko was raw with emotion while writing the piece, but the article falls short in the author's overuse of pathos and limited evidence to support her claim. Silko begins building her argument with anecdotal evidence and reputable sources, citing convincing facts, and successfully utilizes emotional appeals; however her attempts to appeal to readers’ emotions weaken her credibility and ultimately, her argument.

Child Labor Analysis Child Labor was one of Florence Kelley’s main topics at a speech she gave in Philadelphia during a convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Kelley talks about all the horrors children were going through and the injustices they were suffering. She talks of the conditions children working in, the hours they were going in, and all in all, how wrong child labor was. Her purpose for this was to gain support of people to petition for the end of child labor. Kelley’s appeals to Ethos, Pathos and Logos through the use of great rhetoric is what allows her to achieve her purpose.

In A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini exposes the scenario of that time of society under the rule of fundamentalist government like Taliban and with this also exposes the suffering of women in that environment. He reflects the cultural, political and social structures of Afghanistan in degrading Afghanistan women. At various instances in novel Khaled Hosseini tries to reflect the situation of women or how they are being treated by the male dominant society which reflect other themes as well as relates with their oppression and hope, the senselessness of War, also points toward women education with other issues. Throughout the novel one may see in the characters who retain themselves with a particular hope dealing with certain oppressions.

Have we ever realized that war can make people act strange? In the novella leaving Gilead, Pat Carr expresses how war can be deceiving. Geneva has given the name mother a whole different meaning. Mothers are a big part in our world, they help us go through hard times that life throws at us. It is better to lose a parent thru death than it is through emotional abandonment.

Kate Chopin and Roald Dahl both use irony as well as similar themes of betrayal and heartbreak to motion their two very different storylines forward. Though the works take place in antithetical eras, each holds a similar calamity that results in the breaking up of the protagonists and soon to be antagonists. These moments of heartache hold relevance due to their unfortunate relatableness in today 's society. Upon further inspection of the themes and irony in Lamb to the Slaughter, and Desiree’s Baby, the reader can better understand the possible cruelties a relationship can hold as well as it 's sometimes unavoidable hardships. Both narratives bear a conspicuous similarity using irony.

World War II was a period of time when life was depressing and difficult. Throughout this depression, people would come together and form a uniformity to surpass the negative emotions the war has caused. John Knowles, the author of A Separate Peace has revealed feelings of the war by showing different situations of the war through the use of diction, selection of details, and imagery. The war has caused many negative feelings to the citizens in the United States.

The last time I took my wife to the Smokey Mountains, I bought her a hand sewn quilt that was made in a factory. We had gone to that area to enjoy a little nature and get out of the city for awhile. We had a great visit and on the way out of town we decided to stop at a local shop that had a lot of craft like items. My wife has always loved quilts and I saw her eyes light up when she laid eyes on the quilt hanging from the wall. She asked the store clerk about the quilt, and she told me how nice it would match our bedroom at home.