Hailley's Impact On Relationships

In Jerry Spinelli’s novel, Stargirl, Leo Borlock, the protagonist, occasionally has been perceived as a jerk. This idea was evidenced by many examples from the book, such as the conversation between Stargirl and him regarding her popularity. Furthermore, Leo had previously been educating Stargirl on the norms of high school, and he was specifically explaining his opinion on appropriate behavior when assembling in groups. He claimed that every member should resemble the others. When Stargirl acquired why she needs to change herself to accomplish this, Leo cruely replies, “Because nobody likes you...That’s why. Nobody likes you” (138). She later altered her personality, making drastic adjustments to her appearance, personality, and even her

The book I chose to read was called “Shattered” by Debra Puglisi Sharp and Marjorie Preston. It depicts Debra’s life and how she was kidnapped from her home in April, 1998. She was a loving wife to her husband, Nino, who died being shot by the kidnapper. She also has two twins who were in college at the time named Michael and Melissa. Debra was tending to her garden when she then goes back into the house and is hit on the head by the kidnapper knocking her off her feet. The kidnapper then rapes her, puts her in his trunk, and drives off. He takes her to his house where he holds her captive and ties her hands and feet together. While there, she is raped repeatedly and is assaulted. She can’t help but think of her husband and children. Eventually, she finds out that her husband has been murdered by her kidnapper and can’t help but think of getting back to her kids that need her. Five days later, she gets up the courage to escape the room she’s been held

In a well-developed argumentative essay, comparison is important because in order to back up the thesis with evidence, it also has to prove why what the opposing competitor who is thinking otherwise is not as correct. We saw Wallace do this on page 151 when he demonstrates how Austin’s autobiography did an acceptable job displaying her achievements. However, he then came to argue how those achievements were not brought up by what she had to go through to get them. He used examples that helped with comparing what she used with what she could have used that allowed for his argument to be credible. For example, Wallace explained how in the autobiography the examples of how she got to being an incredible athlete were examples such as growing up in a poor family or not making a quality tennis team at first. But then Wallace shows how the stories she told did not compare to the stories that truly developed the athlete. This was used on page 151 when Wallace stated, “getting sideswiped by a van and having her leg shattered through sheer bad luck.” The use of comparison that Wallace used helped credit his idea that Austin’s story was not worth the money paid for

Susan says this about herself, “ Her boniness would blossom into curves? She would get contact lenses? She who had been told by not one, not two, but three different doctors that her corneas weren’t shaped right to allow her to wear them?” she wants to look like Betsy and be popular and gorgeous without any efforts. Susan has these negative connotations and thoughts about herself that causes her to feel sympathy for herself. This causes the readers to realize things about themselves in a negative way. This would not be good at all because at that age stress and depression occurs the most other than for adults, but these teens feel that it’s worse than adults.

In the short story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”, by Joyce Carol Oates, Connie met another character named Arnold Friend. Throughout their interactions Connie evolves in the story. In “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”, Connie evolves as a character through Connie's relationship with her mother, interactions with Friend, and her emotional and physical status.

Victims of domestic violence are not at fault for the abuse that is inflicted upon them. A lot of people ask why the victim stayed in the first place, but in some cases the answer is not always so simple. According to Why Do Abuse Victims Stay, “We often put ourselves in the place of the victims and imagine ourselves leaving at the first signs of abuse. But breaking free of abuse is not simply a matter of walking out the door. Leaving is a process.” A lot of times when people hear and talk about domestic abuse, the lines are blurred around the term victim. Too many times people forget the true meaning of that word, especially concerning instances of domestic violence. There are many reasons why victims stay.

After reviewing Leslie Steiner ted talk: ‘Crazy Love’, I found it to be an eye opener as well as a life long lesson. As I was evaluating her speech, I thought she did a good job overall, although some areas could have used some minor adjustments and/or improvements. Starting with her Topic selection; I thought it was a great topic considered it appealed to the audience who looked like they were between the ages of 20-45, just around the age she had mentioned for domestic violence victims. I thought her introduction were missing a few elements that could have made it that much better. I felt her introduction could have been more confident and including an audience adaptation could have made her introduction that much stronger. I found her

What would you do if you had a gun pointed at your head by your spouse several times? Or beaten twice a week? Leslie Morgan Steiner, has been though domestic abuse and creates a speech to answer a question most people ask, “Why does she stay?” (Steiner). In the speech logos, pathos and ethos are used to make her point proven on how domestic abuse is an important issue and why it need to be spoken about.

article he focuses on the impact of mass incarceration on African American families and the challenges that they faced. He also includes the 1965 report “The Negro Family”. He also talked about different stories and victims, he gives data tables and graphs, and also digs up information from history. Coates article is 84 pages long so I am sure he had a lot to get off of his chest. Coates stated, “Family breakdown” “flows from centuries of oppression and persecution of the negro man. It flows from the long years of degradation and discrimination” (Coates 24). Everything about this is absolutely correct. In any situation or problem there is always the very beginning of that situation. So when Coates says “flows from centuries” he means that

“A key objective of this book is to give voice to a marginalized group of women who, for the most part, have suffered in silence” (DeKeseredy & Schwartz, 2002). The book Dangerous Exits: Escaping abusive relationships in rural America, gives insight to the hushed topic of intimate partner violence and specifically women experiencing violence from attempting to leave their partner. Women are constantly advised to end relationships that turn violent, but this act could potentially put them at greater risk for further victimization. The authors take on a feminist approach to try and decipher this phenomenon of “a war against women”. More specifically, there has

Phillip Perez was incensed when he walked in the small apartment. He made his presence known by slamming the door open with an immense strength fueled by drunken rage. He has received some upsetting news that is the cause of this inappropriate entrance on this late night. His girlfriend, Melanie Krizek is flirting with another man according to a friend he was with at the club earlier. His unreasonable response to this rumor is to loudly enter the small apartment and wake the two ladies occupying the home. Phillip pulls Melanie out of the comforts of her bed and drags her into the bathroom, shutting the door, and leaving their toddler daughter to scream and cry on the other side. Each hit and kick to Melanie’s face and body is just punishment

Sam Hamill writes his essay “The Necessity to Speak” not in response to a particular event, but the series of violent, harmful events that lead to a silence that must come to an end. He effectively uses different methods of persuasive argument, namely the tools of rhetoric. Hamill has the clear purpose of advocating “the articulation of one’s truest and deepest response” to a world of “lies and silence about violence” (Hamill 473); he desires a world where instead of people refusing to speak, people refuse to stay silenced. The best way to get readers to abandon their silence is through the use of ethos, pathos, and logos.

Dillard includes a shift from inside the plane to back outside in the twenty-ninth paragraph and uses mundane diction choices. While flying in the plane was exhilarating, once they landed, Dillard and Rahm simply “climbed,” “walked,” and “wandered.” These mundate diction choices are used in order to emphasize how being inside the plane juxtaposed to being outside of it. Inside, life was amazing and breathtaking, but outside, everything was mundane and average. The audience can understand how Dillard’s view on life outside the plane had changed--she no longer was interested in it, and desired her new-found life in the sky. She includes another shift in her attitude in the following paragraph. Dillard opens the thirtieth paragraph with the

Kevin was actually a police officer, and its surprising because everytime he goes home he does an awful crime to someone he states to love. Kevin had no respect towards Erin. He abused her and made her life nearly impossible to live. The relationship could start off just like Kevin and Erin’s, and for the first year abuse was not even in the equation then a few years in they become comfortable and feel as if they can take control. Kevin got out of work and started drinking a lot, then started to hit Erin, “He struck fast and hard, his fist as a piston, firing at her lower back.” (Sparks 143) Erin described the pain as if it was a razor and she couldn’t even show the slightest bit of emotion because that would make him angrier. Kevin abused Erin to the last possible extent, and it made Erin’s life nearly impossible to live. Kevin made Erin feel uncomfortable and unsafe at her own house. Erin was unhappy, and needed to find an opportunity to get out whenever she found the chance too. Erin’s past events will later have a positive effect on her future relationship with Alex. Since Erin has survived through the worst experiences she made it through and is going to push for her relationship because she knows its real. Erin knows how it feels to get treated the wrong way, and will not let it happen again. She deserves so much better, and that is what Alex will provide

1. Obsessive-compulsive behaviors often start in one’s adolescence or young adult stage of life, often times making an appearance by the age of 19.5. Although its most common during this time frame, it is not completely uncommon to begin during one’s childhood and is actually quite possible.