From an early age, Pearl’s small figure is the radiance of her own elegance, “shining through the gorgeous which might have extinguished a paler loveliness (AL, p1400).” Pearl never lost her trait of passion. If she had grown fainter in any of her changes, she would have ceased to be herself. Pearl’s temperament appeared to obtain variety, as well as depth but lacked adaptation to the world that she was born into. She is described as determined, imaginative, and intelligent. “The flightiness of her temper” (AL, p1401) is recognizable by Hester, her mother; just like her desperate, wild, defiant mood is evident in her disposition.
Nduka Onuchukwu Shiladitya, Sen College Writing September 18, 2012 Rough Draft The Individuals Right The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks shows how an individual’s personal rights can be effortlessly breached when it involves medical science and research. Being in their position, doctors could say many things to a patient that the patient could deem true, and what was really the truth, was kept confidential to those who only studied science. “Everybody knew black people were disappearing cause Hopkins was experimenting on them!” (Skloot 169) clarified the mindset of the people, specifically Bobbette in this quote, who did not know and were kept out of the loop. The conflict of the plot, and in society at the time, is whether it wrong for a doctor to take samples from a person’s body without them knowing? It could be seen as immoral, but what if Henrietta had been told her cells were going to be used for testing?
Henrietta Lacks is a woman who died of cervical cancer in 1951. Henrietta did not live a long live, Henrietta grew up on a farm and never really complained about her problems until she became aware of cancer when she gave birth to her child, she complained about the pain she had and became really concerned about the problem when she started experiencing vaginal bleeding at the wrong time of the months; She decided to see a doctor that later informed Henrietta of cervical cancer which have been growing at a fast rate. Scientists found her cells to be different due to the cells’ unique structure which allowed them to survive for long periods of time consequently allowing HeLa cells to reproduce indefinitely. It was a major scientific discovery because prior to this, scientists have been failing their attempts to recreate the reproduction process using countless numbers of different human cells in their labs in order to learn about the cells’ reproduction process. They named those cells “HeLa”.
The simplicity of such a statement is what makes it immensely powerful. The well-educated Mairs, attested to in line 16 ”it has an honorable history, having its first appearance in Lindisfane Gospel” uses her diction accordingly to her story. She applies distinctive and variant jargon in order to be understood. A rhetorical structure, by all means, is admissible to this genre of explanation. Mairs uses allegorical idioms such as ”my god is not a handicapper general, in order to equalize the great race of life.” to show her sense of humor yet convince herself to be crippled and not handicapped.
During the 17th and 18th century, the lives of Mary Johnson and Grace Growden Galloway defined the meaning of the American experience for colonial women. It was a very difficult time for them, but they were both able to live free, get married, own crops, and start a family on their own will, something most women could not do. Both of these women lived very full lives for their time periods, which was surprising as most people would die from diseases or murder. However, these women are from very different worlds, centuries, and race. Grace Growden Galloway was a white woman of social class from Philadelphia who defended herself in her husband’s name with marriage laws, but ultimately ended up being defeated in a tragic way.
I love obvious and in fact simple sentences like “love is more beneficial than hate“. I mean everybody knows that love is more beneficial than hate, but she uses such statements, because they are easy to understand and therefore they aren‘t hard to remember and you keep them in mind. It emphasizes the importance of love as the number one thing for a peaceful life. In this paragraph she also talks about forgiveness and charity. Terrible things happened to her, especially in her childhood.
Toni Cade Bambara reveals the many different labels a 1970s Brooklyn community unconsciously gives an older African-American woman. Throughout the short story, My Man Bovanne, a woman by the name of Ms. Hazel stresses that her main focus is to give back to her community. Ms. Hazel is also a mother of three and although she seems to always have good intentions, her children seem to think otherwise. The conflicting representation of Ms. Hazel through her clothes, nurturing tactics, and form of dance is evident through the way her children view her actions and the way Ms. Hazel intends to be viewed. Ms. Hazel’s children do not approve of her fashion because they do not think it is appropriate for a woman her age.
Her strength and endurance revealed something unique and marvelous about her personality. "Everything she said seemed to come right out of her heart." (Page 258) Ántonia sometimes seemed silly in her own nature but was reliable and always listened and did what her heart told her to. She was a torch that lighted everybody around with her enthusiastic personality. "If she once likes people, she won't hear anything against them."
I admire that Kesha is real and does not put on a fake act to satisfy others. She has taught me to be myself no matter what. In an article in a Seventeen magazine I read, Kesha said, “ I hope my albums can become more of a youth movement for really accepting who you are unapologetically and really loving yourself for every imperfection.” I find those words very inspiring, and I just wish the people that bash Ke$ha would realize that being mouthy and speaking one’s mind can be a good thing too! Kesha celebrates life and nature in many interesting ways. One instance happened to be when she hosted a meet and greet where everyone was told to bring his or her pets.
Debra Hall Eng 111 Sept. 24, 2013 Writing assignment #2 The Migrant Mother The “Great Depression” caused many struggles and challenges for her family. She became an icon of the Depression, by the “Migrant Mother” pictures. Her story is a story of the many hardships and struggles of the American people during this depressing and impoverished time, and her story also encouraged the American people to become more giving and thoughtful to those in need and suffering. She was the average, everyday American wife in those days and times. Her name was Florence Owen.