My reaction towards this chapter was almost bipolar. On one hand, I enjoyed reading about the empowered women who took their lives and independence into their own hands and stood up. I really admire people like this, because they fought for a cause they believed in and that I believe in. And what’s more, they fought with what they had, which were not the most advantageous tools for equality, but they were the ones they were able to use. However, on the other hand I feel that Zinn over-exaggerates.
She destroyed a very large part of each of our family members. We all carry immense anger for her. For my parents it was horrible. She started drinking when she was 13. They tried everything to control her.
The bulk of the story explains her experience with different writing styles after her decision to focus everything on English. When Amy had initially started her career as a writer, she had tried her hardest to use a complicated, “overly sophisticated” form of English with lines such as: “That was my mental quandary in its nascent state.” She had never taken the time to think about the possible audience of her stories at this stage in her career. This has caused many lines in the original drafts of her stories to ultimately get scrapped because of the major breakthrough in her career. She had decided to begin writing in a style that would, “make sense” to her mother, using a dialect that would allow her mother to completely interpret and understand her stories. What she didn’t mention was what had caused such a change in her writing.
Throughout both Harriet’s and Frederick’s life, they both had experienced very traumatic events. These events include physical and emotional punishment or abuse that they received. Although they experienced different types of punishments from their slave owners, it left both of them feeling embarrassed, vulnerable, and angry. Harriet received sexual harassment and emotional punishment from her owners at the young age of fifteen by Mr. Flint. He would show her naughty pictures, talk to her in a vulgar way, and eventually touch her physically.
Each one of these people faced different challenges in their life. Each one that would affect anyone in their progression. There was specific story that stood out from the rest. The story of Lydia Hausel Lebovic, the Holocaust survivor. The trials she faced through that traumatic experience is without doubt one of the most horrific things any human could experience.
Jesaiah’s little pink face and happy eyes ironically gave me stability in the middle of my shaken world. After all, she was the reason my life was chaotic. I thanked God then for the peace this little girl gave me. Everyday she reminds me to keep improving myself as a human being, as a Christian, and as a mother. I had found such a wonderful role and a purpose.
In Madam Valmondé eye’s, “ Désirée had been sent to her by a beneficent Providence to be the child of her affection. For the girl grew to be beautiful and gentle, affectionate and sincere, - the idol of Valmondé (23).” The only issue with the Valmondés positive upbringing of Desiree is that they enabled her to be accustomed to affection and attention, which is what later led to Desiree’s love dependency for Armand. Armand’s changed personable demeanor from his excitement of their marriage and new child, “was what made the gentle Désirée so happy, for she loved him desperately” (24). Armand’s happiness brought her great joy, “when he frowned she trembled, but loved him. When he smiled, she asked no greater blessing of God” (24).
Analysis of “The Wall” When humans go through a very hard time we can have problems showing our feelings. Instead we lock them up in our self, and create a place inside us filled with hate, anger and guilt. This is also what happens to the main character in the film “The Wall”, Pink. Pink has felt a lot of pain in his life. He lost his father in war, his wife was him unfaithful, he had controlling teachers in school, and he had to deal with a very overprotective mother.
The food shortage had caused many children to suffer from chronic malnutrition and anemic. Many of these children are physically and nutritionally stunted. The children also suffer from emotional problems as they have to live in constant fear for the safety of themselves and their family members as many Palestinians are being killed. Many children in Gaza strip are suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorders and mental health problems as they are being exposed to bombardment, shelling and witnessing others being killed. While children under siege mainly has been affected from shortage of food and medical supply, children living in West Bank which under occupation have to live in pressure as the curfews forces them to stay at home for days and weeks.
The Pursuit of Perfect by Tal Ben-Shahar Abstract The Pursuit of Perfect by Tal Ben-Shahar is a book that can benefit all of us, even if we feel content with our lives, there is always room for improvement. In the beginning of the book, the author starts off by talking about Perfectionism and how most of us seek it because we believe it is the only way we will gain happiness. He provides several examples of how this can affect us and how we can approach the Optimalistic mind-set by embracing the obstacles that we may face in life and move forward. He explains that perfectionism can affect our relationship with others and ourselves. Towards the end of the chapter he provides strategies and exercises that we can practice and use in order to change our Perfectionism ways.