Melissa Hoebee Argumentative Essay

March persist fulfilling her grandmother’s dreams and for all women through the generations. March uses this appeal for her audience to feel sadness while reading this essay about how her grandmother passing, and how all she wanted for Hillary Clinton to appear in office for women across America. In her essay she notes, “We’d lost Mary, but we could win for women” (March 2). As a reader, this quote makes one feel as if sad for March and how she wants Hillary Clinton in office for the sake of her deceased grandmother. One may feel as if she uses this type of style to create empathy for her through her readers.

“The Courage My Mother Had” by Edna St. Vincent Millay was a very touching poem for me to read. Edna was a poet during the late 1800s to the mid-1900s. The poem was about a girl’s mother who passed away and the writer explains what courage her mother had which then was passed on to her daughter. This poem had left an impact on me when I had finished reading it because of such loss. Though I cannot say I had lost my mother but I did lose my sister a few years ago.

Despite the war and her abusive marriage with Rasheed, Laila has positive outlook on life that serves her in numerous situations. This includes her decision to return to Kabul, a place where her family once called home. Laila portrays her hopefulness for the future by becoming a teacher for both boys and girls in the orphanage to demonstrate that gender equality is the norm. She takes on the role of behaving as a motherly figure for the children in the orphanages because their parents are unable to support them or because they are dead from the wars in Kabul. The only family that they have is Laila and her family, which leaves Laila with the responsibility to raise the forgotten children of Kabul.

We are all destined to die one day, we are all only here for a period of time, for a purpose and after we have fulfilled our purpose God takes us. The short story “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,” by Katherine Anne Porter discusses an older lady known as Granny Weatherall who is very sick and on her deathbed. Katherine Anne Porter does a great job in describing what it is like to be on the deathbed since Katherine herself was once in that situation. Katherine Porter is so detailed in the way she describes Granny’s last days of life and I can imagine this is what it is like for those who die of old age. We have all seen someone we loved pass away and it is a very hard thing to see.

Eleanor Roosevelt unfortunately had to face adversity with the death of both of her parents as a minor. This taught her how to accept the disappointments in life- and also showed her how to overcome adversities. It is important to understand the struggles she faced because they greatly shaped the person she became. She overcame the hardships in her personal path and dedicated her life to helping others. A significant emotional event happened in her life when her grandmother decided to send her to boarding school in England.

In “The Sanctuary of School” Lynda applies her personal life to the fact that some people think cutting down budgets for public schools will benefit when times get tough. Also that art, music and the creative ideas will be the first to go when budgets are cut. Lynda had a rough childhood where her parents had money issues and family members that needed temporarily to stay at her home (Barry, 721). The lack of attention from her parents made her look for attention elsewhere in this case the school. Lynda saw her teacher Mrs. LeSane as a mother figure.

She spent extended periods of time with her beloved great-grandchildren, teaching them all manners of hobbies and crafts. (Heifner) Although she was often ill and had several medical issues in her later years, she insisted on carrying out family traditions, such as the giving of quilts and crocheted blankets to expecting family members. (Heifner) When she passed on, she was remembered by her family as kind, caring, and fair. (Heifner) Perhaps the reason why she spent so much time with her great-grandchildren in her later years is because of how she regretted how she raised and treated her children when they were growing up. In conclusion, Ruth Baker changed throughout her life.

“Gwilan’s Harp” presents the reader with the most examples of loss. “The Washwoman” uniquely demonstrates the loss of a loving son to care for and love his elderly mother as opposed to the loss of a destroyed material object or the death of a friend. “The Last Leaf” strongly demonstrates the sacrificial loss of life through Mr. Behrman’s death. The readers can learn great lessons from each of these meaningful stories. The loss of the cherished harp in “Gwilan’s Harp”, the loss of an attentive son in “The Washwoman”, and lastly, the sacrificial and unforeseen loss of a friend in “The Last Leaf”, all are moving examples of valuable

Heather Souder Mrs. White 12A Career Paper First Draft 13 February 2018 The Amazing Career of A Nursing Assistant Choose a job you love going to. Not a job you are dreading to go to. I have choice nursing assistant because I love helping people. Making people feel better makes me happy. I have helped my mother, who is a CNA, with my uncle who has MS.

Jane Addams was a young woman when her mother friend and caretaker, Polly passed away and Jane witnessed it. After words came to Jane Addams and her family that Polly was dying, Jane went to Polly bedside in the middle of a winter storm. Jane Addams trait in helping others and taking care of other people needs was established by that incident. • Jane Addams father was her hero, she worshipped him and he taught her most important trait which is, honesty and being a leader in society. Jane Addams always feel the need to tell the truth, at a young age if she ever did something that was considered dishonor in her eyes she would go to her dad room during the night to confess.

Glenda’s family and her stopped moving when both Glenda and Scott decided to retire from the Air Force in 2008 making their permanent home in Newport News Virginia. Just before retiring, she decided to get her degree in teaching. After receiving her degree, she retired and became a third grade teacher at Greenwood Elementary School, Newport News, VA. Glenda Price-Carter is my mother and to me the strongest women for her sacrifice of so many years to her country. I believe that if Glenda allowed racism of the 70s and 80s around her stop her, she wouldn’t be the women she is

Catharine and her sister became the first teachers in the seminary. Catharine did not adhere to the belief that women were solely homemakers, but rather believed that women needed to be well educated in order to achieve moral development and education of their children. Catharine was ambitious and wanted to teach her students subjects that she had not learned herself. She took lessons in Latin from her brother, Edward Beecher, head of the Hartford Latin School. A few weeks later, she began teaching it to her students.