Social Connection

Charles Fishman, author of The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water, presents in chapter ten, “The Fate of Water”, the importance of recognizing the value of water in order to solve water problems all over the world. Fishman uses Senator Arlen Specter’s town hall speech and an app called “Water Your Body” to point out that the real problems with water are water illiteracy and water mythology. He adds that water problems will be solved when people understand the beauty and qualities of water. In continuance, water has a personality and the presence of it can change moods and help people feel better. For instance, the WET company helps people see the beauty of water through magnificent water fountains. Above all, one’s behavior

Monique and the Mango Rains is the compelling story of friendship than a decade of author Monique, an extraordinary midwife in rural Mali. It is a story of Monique’s unquenchable passion to improve the lives of women and children in the face of poverty, unhappy marriages, and endless hard work and his tragic and ironic death. In the course of this very personal story because readers immersed in village life and learn firsthand rhythms Monique would come to know her as a friend, a mother and a woman who inspired struggled to find its place a male dominated world.

In the beginning of the novel, Leah is a young Christian, American girl who looks up to her father, Nathan Price. Leah looks up to her father, describing him as “having a heart as large as his hands. And his wisdom is great” (42). This shows how much respect Leah has for her father. She puts her father on a high pedestal as he “understands everything” (66). She does not talk back or say one bad thing about her father that would bring him down from that pedestal in the first part of the novel. Leah “[hasn’t] contradicted [her] father on any subject, ever” (66). This shows that, to her, he is all knowing and will alway know what is best. Due to the fact that Leah holds her father in such high regard, she is always trying to do things well enough to “suit” her father (37). Leah believes that at the age of fifteen, she “must think about maturing into a Christian lady” in order to gain Nathan’s approval (103). Leah also holds a strong faith in God which may stem from the pursuit of her father’s approval. She has

They teach kids from a young age how to work together as a team, which they can then build on and use in other facets of their lives.

In her play A Raisin in the Sun, author Lorraine Hansberry conveys that a change in character is essential in order to attain one’s dreams. Such changes can include a shift in perspective or personality.

I was born and raised in Ethiopia, a country in the east of Africa. Currently, I live in the United States of America. Growing up in a developing country, I witnessed health, environmental, and social problems endured by communities, and specifically that people were unevenly affected based on their literacy level and livelihood. For instance, many citizens lost their lives due to limited access to and expensive costs of medical care. Subsequently, I have noticed similar issues in the United States. Social issues such as high cost of medical expense, limited access to healthy and affordable food and people being marginalization based on their livelihood. These issues are caused by systematic problems that affect minorities within the countries.

Do you have a smartphone? Do you get on it everyday? In “Is Technology killing our friendships”, by Lauren Tarshis, she talks about how Technology is killing our friendships. One in 4 teens are on their phone constantly. Technology is killing our friendship.

How powerful is a single story? At Ted Global 2009, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a Nigerian novelist, expresses her view of single stories and the ways in which they are used to create stereotypes and divides us as a people. Adichie’s talk, “The Danger of a Single Story”, stimulates careful consideration to what happens when people and situations are reduced to a single narrative. She believes single stories are highly correlated with the power structures of the world and have the ability to strip people of their humanity. In my rhetorical analysis essay, I will detail how Adichie’s talk is effective in persuading her audience because of the Cause & Effect Analysis, Exemplification, and Metadiscourse rhetorical strategies.

Experiences with people, places and/or things, shape and affect an individuals choices, either to strengthen or break connections and relationships. Through past and new memories and experiences, we are able to reflect, assess and explore our owns concept of connections. There are however, obstacles and barriers one must meet to fully understand our selves and the complicated world of connections and belongingness.

Awilda Pedraza, bilingual mother of two, has been in her field of counseling for many years now. She is a Penn State and Kutztown student who is know working in the mental health care. Working since 1997 she has learned many new important tactics and ways to living the life she owns today. Pedraza states, “Work is a way to provide for my family and a place to help influence others.” Her typical day at the job is giving her clients the advice they need to make it in their everyday life day, but Awilda does more than talk to her patients. She has gone far enough to even help a mother therapeutically meet the requirements for Children 's Services and regain custody of her children. Awilda’s nature of helping goes a long way as guidance is a part of counseling. This is one of the greatest days

In Monique and the mango Rains, there are many connections to course concepts. This book connects to the anthropological perspective which includes holism, cross culturalism, and cultural relativism. She also experiences culture shock.

In a life or death situation, people help each other in order to get through the situation as demonstrated in A Private Experience, a short story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Chika, the main character, was out shopping with her sister in a local Nigerian market when a riot unexpectedly breaks out. Through this she meets, a Hausa woman who helps her to safety.Throughout the story, the characters help and support each other during this very emotional time. Through dialogue and description, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie demonstrates that a dangerous situation can cause people to overcome their differences and work together towards mutual survival.

I used to belong to a group called Alcoholics Anonymous. Some might say it was a stimulation I sought that led me there. Stimulation's that share qualities is a way I identify generalities to help me make sense of the world (Bodenhausen, Kang, & Peery, 2011). That sounds like a positive way to say I enjoy alcoholic treats. The group Alcoholics Anonymous defines itself with a set of twelve questions, if one answers these questions in a certain manner they might want to find a group and join (Is A.A. for, 1973). Alcoholism can cause a problem for some people and the group is meant to have a place for them to go to get help, companionship, and a place to make sense of the world.

The continuous increasing demand for the food requires the rapid improvement in food production technology. In a country like Ethiopia, the economy is mainly based on agriculture and the climate conditions are isotropic, still we are not able to make full usage of agricultural resources. The main reason is the lack of rains and scarcity of the land reservoir water in some areas of the country.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s coming-of-age novel Purple Hibiscus narrates the story of Kambili, a girl in Nigeria, who deals with religious hypocrisy and abuse of her father, a product of the British colonization. She and her brother, Jaja, visit their aunt and receive a different perspective on their family’s lives. This novel takes place in the Igbo region of Nigeria, after the Nigerian Civil War that ended in 1970 and colonialism of the 1900’s. In Purple Hibiscus, Adichie conveys her views of the Nigerian Civil War to the reader by using the setting, specific events reciprocated in history, and contrasting characters within the novel.