Joy Luck and the Power of Positive Thinking One of the most important lessons in life to learn is that each person is responsible for his or her own happiness. Viktor Frankl wrote in Man’s Search for Meaning that meaning for one’s life can be found by the attitude a person takes toward unavoidable suffering (3-23). The Joy Luck Club demonstrates different attitudes by telling stories about four women who have Chinese immigrant mothers and the challenges that they all face. These challenges are universal, they are experienced the world over by countless people. The women in this book are all survivors; however they live with varying degrees of happiness.
Fisher drew her audience’s attention by pointing out herself as a living sample of HIV positive. Like a lot of the audience in that room, she came from a wealthy family, and she was mother of two children. Fisher used rhetorical appeals of ethos, pathos, and logos in the speech to persuade her audience in the situation. Even before Fisher spoke, just who she was brought her a huge amount of credibility. The Republican Party brought her up on the stage on purpose, because Mary Fisher was a perfect example of a “safe” person to speak about AIDS.
She developed such a strong personality that she was able to climb the rungs of broadcasting very quickly, even though very few African American women up to that time had become a major factor in the media. The woman is great at building a harmonious and synergistic atmosphere. Oprah has a positive survivor attitude that has allowed her to build herself up from many of her traumatic experiences instead of letting them break herself down. Oprah Winfrey acknowledged her grandmother's influence, saying it was Hattie Mae who had encouraged her to speak in public and "gave me a positive sense of myself". Her goal in life is to live out the truest expression of herself as a human being.
Additionally, due to the popularity of the book it was evident that I would not have a difficult time finding a significant amount of literary criticism on both the author and the novel. Along with all the reasons above I felt that the issues and themes discussed and portrayed in the novel would be very easy for the average grade 12 english student to comprehend during the remaining parts of my independent study assignment. Conclusively, I chose to read this book because of its relevance in today’s society, the themes, popularity and mainly the recommendation by my teacher. He is aware that my
There are two case studies to help understand her philosophies. Concepts are discussed related to the 10 caritas and how they are related to Florence Nightingale based on her approach to caring. Cara, C. (n.d.). A pragmatic view of Jean Watson's Caring Theory. Retrieved from http://www.humancaring.org/conted/Pragmatic%20View.pdf I enjoyed the website because Jean Watson’s Theory was discussed in a way I was able to understand.
Sarah Miles Professor Sommo Social Stratification February 11, 2015 Half the Sky “Half the Sky” was written by a married couple Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. They have won numerous prizes over the years for their outstanding work and writing skills. The work the couple published in the novel “Half the Sky” is a series of essays and anecdotes that have been worked together to form one large piece of work. The first half of the novel consists of stories of young women, mostly in developing countries, and the dangers they face during their daily lives. The second half is ideas of particular ways solutions can occur.
As you can see what is the point of the hospital sending her very important news about her kid’s health if she could not read the letter (Kozol 257)? Also, as much as knowing how to read is beneficial; knowing how to write goes hand in hand. In his story Laura (the mother) is on welfare to help her with all the expenses and the rent she has to pay to stay at the Martinique Hotel that houses nearly 400 hundred homeless families. During her time there she gets a letter from the welfare office stating that her benefits have been taken away. Her benefits could still be there if she had known how to read and write.
Grit, defined by Merriam-Webster online dictionary as “firmness of mind or spirit”, has been considered since the times of Aesop, who succinctly described it in his fable “The Tortoise and the Hare”, as one of the most important factors of success. In her TED talk “The Key to Success? Grit”, Angela Lee Duckworth, a psychology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, defines grit as “passion and perseverance”. Ms. Duckworth proceeds to talk about the different studies she conducted in many academic, professional and military areas and enhances the notion that grit is just one of the factors of achievement by noting that it was the single best determinant of success, outweighing factors such as intelligence and the socio-economic background
Kayla McKenzie College Prep English December 15, 2011 Mrs. Layne Wilson Dear Ms. Alice Walker, Your book, “The Color Purple,” is a really good book that I enjoyed reading. I like how you told a story of events that happened to a lot of black women in this era. People need to know the history of how they were treated and what people did to stop it. I like the way you made the theme of the book be a motivation to others that may be going through exactly what Celie and other women who were abused by evil men. This story is very liberating to young woman to have the courage to stand up for their selves.
In “Everyday Use” and “The Story of an Hour” the information appears to be reliable. Even though the points of view are different, the narrator is able to convince the reader that the information is real or true. "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker is told in first person narration, from the point of view of the main character, "Mama" or "Mrs. Johnson". She tells us a story about a visit from her daughter, even though her view is one sided and her second grade education limits her ability to understand the thought process of her educated daughter, the reader believes what she says. This knowledge allows the author to effectively create dramatic irony.