Dorothy Allison's Analysis

Isabel Wilkerson is very thorough in this reading. She covers the exodus of blacks from the Deep South beginning with the First World War up to the end of the Civil Rights Movement, and even slightly beyond. Because this occurrence of migration lasted for generations, it was hard to see it while it was happening, and most of its participants were unaware that they were part of any analytical change in black American residency, but in the end, six million African Americans left the South during these years. And while Jim Crow is arguably the chief reason for this migration, the settings, skills, and outcomes of these migrants ranged as widely as one might expect considering the movement’s longevity. I liked Wilkerson’s depiction of Ida Mae,

When you can be yourself and it becomes an art, that’s when writing is fun. Barbara Mellix shares a great example of when she wanted to use "proper English", instead of her "black English." While doing so it made her feel uncomfortable and out of her realm. ""Thank you very much," I replied, my voice barely audible in my own ears. The words felt wrong in my mouth, rigid, foreign. It was not that I had never spoken that phrase before-it was common in black English, too-but I was extremely conscious that this was an occasion for proper English. (Mellix 259) and "My concern was to use "appropriate" language, to sound as if I belonged in a college classroom. But I felt separate from the language-as if it did not and could not belong to me. I couldn 't

Deborah Tannen, a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University, is a popular author in the United States of America. Mostly of her focus in her articles and books is on the expression of interpersonal relationships in contentious interaction. Tannen became well known after her book You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation was published. However, this was not her only claim to fame. Along with this book, she also wrote many other essays and articles including the popular article “Marked Women, Unmarked Men.” In the article, “Marked Women, Unmarked Men,” Tannen differentiates how women and men are judged prematurely by their attire and appearance. She explains how women are judged and marked but men are not, but I believe that men are also marked in society.

In “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros, shows Rachel as a shy person. An example of Rachel being shy is when she says, “I wish I was invisible but I'm not” (pg. 235). The evidence reveals Rachel is shy because she wishes she was invisible. In the middle of the text, Rachel also says, “I put my head down on the desk and bury my face.” (pg. 236). The evidence reveals that Rachel is shy because the author makes it seem as if Rachel doesn’t want to be there. When Rachel puts her head down on the desk and buries her face she is acting like she doesn’t want to be there. In conclusion Rachel’s character trait is that she is a shy person because of the way the author describes

“‘I can’t’ are two words that have never been in my vocabulary.” This is the inspiring story of one girl, whose first breath was a miracle and her mobility had seemed to be taken by the paralyzing disease of polio, yet this same girl turned out to be one of the world’s fastest runners. Wilma Rudolph’s story is not just for runners like me, but for everyone. It is a story of sadness and joy, challenges and victory, yet determined Wilma pushed through it

Have you ever been scared of going somewhere new? How about enrolling in a certain program? Did you want to just conceal yourself from the world around you? Maybe you stay that way for a while, but then you get up and realize that you have to move on, confront your fears, get on with life. The poem “Speech to the Young” by Gwendolyn Brooks is a poem talking to younger people that advises them on their lives going forward. It tells them to never give up, don’t let people deter them and always have sights on what you want to accomplish. Clarified explanation of the message, effective and clever use of hyperbole and metaphors, and choosing a certain audience all contributed to the overall relevance and flow of this poem.

1. Idiosyncrasy- noun: A mode of behavior or way of thought particular to an individual (p93)

The author uses this quote, told by John, to express her feeling towards religion, beliefs, actions, and feelings. During this period of the book, John sees a horse being mistreated by his master. His words hold deep meaning and insight into what he feels is right. John lives a life in which he cares for everything around him, men and animals. So, it angers him to see people take a creature 's well being as well as their mental and physical state, with a grain of salt. During this time especially when religion was so important to people, Anna Sewell makes a valid claim with this quote that tells that even if you are highly religious, it means nothing unless you practice what you speak of. Many like to flaunt their status in world as well as

In the story “The Books of Elsewhere,” by Jacqueline West, the main character, Olive Dunwoody, faces many difficult, gruesome, and life-changing challenges throughout the story of the book. All of these challenges affect her emotionally. What are the emotional changes that Olive experiences throughout the book, and how are they expressed?

Pappy and Harriet 's, December 12, 2015. Micah casually panders the crowd for a joint. The crowd is happy to oblige. As any good smoker tends to do, he sets the fire in rotation and continues on with his banter. It was a great show.

Slater 's theory that we spend our lives paying attention only to information that is consonant with our beliefs, and we ignore contradictory information that might cause us to question what we have built is extremely important because it exposes how people become close-minded about other beliefs.

It is worth it to know a little bit about this woman, because being a woman who wants to help wasn’t easy during her lifetime. Despise any difficulties that were brought on her she didn’t give up and was one of the greatest advocates for peace, liberty, social justice and human rights deeply interested in social issues. The purpose of her writing was to convey the experience of people who could not speak out, showing human suffering, paying attention to the shortcomings of the social system and discussions on finding remedies. Dorothy Day embodies the view of the human person that has emerged from our discussion of Christian theology and tradition by believing in inherited dignity and social reconstruction, as well as having the anarchist view.

Ellen Toliver is the main character in this book. This story takes place in a winter of New York. One day, Ellen’s grandfather breaks his ankle when he was on ice because he slipped and he asked Ellen to bring an important letter to his far away friend Shannon that will give it to George Washington. the problem was it was in a different state and the rules does not let girls to go in a boat alone so she had to become a boy. She did it by cutting her hair and wearing boy close because they would not let any little girls or girl on the boats. To not have much attention grabbing activity on her, they put the note in a loaf of bread wrapped around in a blue blanket. She had to go in a ferryboat, but accidentally she went in a British boat with

The two poems, “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe and the poem, “i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)” by E E Cummings, have similarities because they both have the same theme of love. In the poem, “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe, the author writes the poem in a very overwhelming and emotional way. In this poem, the author talks about losing someone that they love and having the person taken away from them. Even though the poem is very gruesome and mentions death, it still is very powerful due to the theme of love. In a passionate and determined tone, the author states, “But our love was stronger… Nor the demons down under the sea, can ever dissever my soul from the soul, of the beautiful Annabel Lee” (Poe 27, 31-33). In the poem,

Many experts believe James Augustine Aloysius Joyce had a great impact on the global culture. Author’s biography shows his father lost most part of his fortune and often changed jobs to earn money for his family. Joyce reflected this childhood experience in his works. Main characters of his short stories Grace and Counterparts meet this image partly. Works have several similarities, like the described period of time, family’s financial state, the amount of children and husbands’ drinking issues. They also create a similar feeling of incompleteness, as the author finished both stories on the culmination, and readers do not know how characters will