Here are the major statements Samuels makes through out the article that show Samules included one sided opinions. “even those who eschew pursuing European-looking hair still take a tremendous amount of pride in looking well groomed and put together, and still need to devote time and energy to achieve this effect”, “spending close to a billion dollars each year to control their hair. These same women passed down these perceived notions about hair to their daughters”, “Any self-respecting black mother knows that she must comb, oil, and brush her daughter’s hair every night. This prevents the hair from matting up, drying out, and breaking off”, “Having well-managed hair is not just about style, it’s about pride, dignity, and
Even if she was not dressed in high-end designer clothes, she still had a very unprofessional outfit to be interviewing in. I agree with Emily’s summary of her wardrobe – “a frumpy blue sweater and a grandma skirt.” 3) Would Miranda have given Andy a good recommendation? The movie ends on a good note, Miranda giving Andy a positive recommendation at the New York Mirror newspaper. I believe this recommendation was completely out of charter for a woman like Miranda and would not have been the case in the real world. Miranda clearly showed her true self when she organized a coup to save her job.
In the middle of Satrapi’s book, she said, “I never realized how much they loved me. And I understand how important they were to me” (149:7). Family played a big role in Satrapi’s book, throughout the book we get to see her family struggle through problems together. I feel like she humanized Iranian people this way. In another part of Satrapi’s book, she says “I got to go to my first party…my mom let me go, she also knitted me a sweater full of holes and made me a necklace with chains and nails.
But one women in particular seems to stand out from all the others, the one who is trying to change and break away from all the pain and sexist rules. This woman as referred to in this poem is a “star-gazer” she is full of optimism and hope that she can change and show everyone that woman are far for capable to work in an office and not just cooking in the kitchen. In India, women don’t get very far in their education. Many stop school after the 10th possibly 11th grade to get married. Parents seek desirable husbands for their daughter and send her away to live with him and her in-laws’.
She went to the department store she found a pair of silk stockings that suited her. She bought it and as she tried it on she felt the freedom of not having any responsibilities. As she went on shopping she bought stuff for her own and felt nostalgic for her old life and how she had been longing for it. Once all her shopping was done she went into a restaurant and the theater. After all of the spending for her desires, she rode on a cable car and remembered about the family that she totally forgot.
Graduate Degree Paper: Reasons for an MBA A successful women’s clothing designer Diane Von Furstenberg was once quoted in an American Express credit card ad referencing her years as a young professional. She stated that she never knew what she wanted to do but that she always knew the kind of women she wanted to be. Diane was referencing the hardships she experienced as a young professional while trying to figure out what career path she should choose. Yet during this time she was able maintain her integrity, which enabled her to become eventually an established designer. Like Diane I too have experienced many hardships as a young professional while trying to figure out what career path I should choose.
Kaira Gonzalez Akeelah and The Bee Paper English___________ 11/12/2009 Akeelah and The Bee Akeelah is an outstanding speller. Labeled as the brainiac in her school every student makes fun of her. Akeelah tries to keep her smarts to herself in order to protect herself from other students who mean harm to her. Akeelah is offered to go to the spelling bee nationals but she doesn’t want to be considered a freak if she accepts. No one from her school has ever had a offer like this.
This passage is relatable to my life because although the women are wished luck in certain cultures she can be cast off by her family into a new world in a new house and style of living. A like college life for me I have not been able to ask my parents for help all too often but rather live my life by myself with my own money and experiences. Bateson sat in on a day of preschool for her daughter. While at school she realizes the big culture difference between the groups of humans when the teacher throws away all of the drawings done by the children during their drawing time. This passage shows the huge difference between a cultures that rewards creativity in children to not showing any concern in their creativity at all.
Her mother is also not well educated. In the short story her mother has to fill out a paper so that her daughter can admit to the school. She can’t fill it out, because she can’t read or write. So she asks for help from the woman who stands beside her, to help her fill out the paper so her child can join the school. The mom says:” I don’t know how to read or write, and I’m askin you to help me.” The woman then begins to smile, she feels good about herself because she’s superior and the mom is inferior.
Where the Gods fly by Jean Kwok is about a struggling Chinese mother and her daughter Pearl. While her parents work in a clothing factory in Chinatown, Pearl gets discovered at her school by an impressive ballet school and ends up receiving a scholarship. Ballet starts to become an important part of Pearl’s life and her mother feels distant to her. Originally she allowed Pearl to dance ballet so that she would have a place to be after school, instead of at the factory, but Pearl ends up only caring about ballet. The father ends up dying from cancer and the mother is going to make Pearl stop doing ballet because she wants her to have a real education.