Change comes with certain adjustments, and everyone deals with these adjustments differently; therefore, ultimately, the poet suggests that if these adjustments are not met with reality at the right time, it can be costly to everyone involved. In Nepinak’s poem, he describes the grandmother as an old fashioned woman living in the modern day world. The unfamiliarity of her surroundings causes her to constantly live her life within her dreams. The words “berries” and “roots” create an image of the nature she was once surrounded in and suggests her longing to be back in that environment. She takes comfort in the nostalgia of her past, which in turn becomes detrimental to her abilities to cope with the present, and ultimately the future.
It is wrong when it tends otherwise." He supports the idea from two perspectives. First from the utilitarian point of view, he explains that not attempting to conserve wild species jeopardizes resources that humans depend on. The second view, the bio centric position, he emphasizes that wild species have an 'inherent right to exist. I think that to him there are just no other options and he does not want readers to begin to consider not intervening in the lives of wild animals in order to conserve them.
She says “One may also lose one’s sense of humor. That’s the easiest to lose and the hardest to survive without” (Mairs 48). Although she’s lost almost all usage of her left hand and still has a blind spot in her right eye, Mairs continues to do the things she loves. She doesn’t dwell on the fact that she can no longer run, let alone walk without a cane. While she is upset by this, she instead thinks about the things she can do such as, “writing, teaching, raising children and cats and plants and snakes, reading, speaking publicly about MS and depression, even playing bridge” (Mairs 48) In the essay Mairs talks about two women, both with MS, living completely different lives.
GM’s current woes are nothing new. During the early 1980s management and assembly line workers in Fremont, California had reached an impasse. More than one fifth of the five thousand workers failed to even show for work daily. The workers believed that their jobs were considered expendable and management blamed the laborers for GM’s problems. A majority of workers had been there over 20 years and were “resistant” to change.
As an outsider I was the lowest member on the totem pole. After many months I was able to form report and was allowed into the rituals to observe. I learned how the Nacirema people engaged and irreversible body mutation, most of them with consent but one, Noisicmucric, was without consent. I observed the inner struggle to rationalize this amputation. The Nacierma people would not speak about the specific ritual of Noisicmucric, although everyone knew there was a segregation of men who had and had not gone through the ritual and those that have.
Historians estimate that ten percent of peasant infants in medieval times died in their first month, and with their small, crowded homes, their bare minimum of food, and dirty, uncomfortable clothing it is easy to see why there was so much death. Peasants lived in small, cruck
I ran out to our shelter and there was our mum and sister sitting in there but my dad wasn’t. I looked at my mum and she said, “He’s gone.” Suddenly the ground started to shake and then a massive bang, the lights went off and everything was silent. I was clutching onto my sister’s hand, terrified. It’s been a week now since the bomb, we haven’t been outside yet and we have a little bit more food between us since our dad is dead. Our only hope is for the army to save us.
I remember thinking to myself how beautiful and young the girl was. In fact, she barely looked older that myself. It was heartbreaking to see that she was in such a level at poverty that she was completely dependent on others to feed herself and her child. During the week we also helped at a homeless shelter which gave me deeper insight into the struggles that so many people go through each day. As I donned my hair net and took my place behind the cool, metal counter I was sucked into a world that I had never been a part of before.
As life in California became more difficult by the strikers for better working conditions and Ramona get sick with Valley Fever, Esperanza becomes responsible for her mother’s bills by taking on a job of her own and saving money to bring her loved Abuelita. Finally, when her grandmother joins them with the help of her friend, Miguel and her mother comes back. The whole family is complete and happier than ever. Esperanza means hope in English and though it all she learns to appreciate what is truly valuable in life. It is the value of family sharing happiness and kindness, to be happy without rich, money and never giving up.
Many rich homes in America tend to throw away there leftovers. Most of the time it is a lot of food because they tend go big in everything. They don't realize that there are a lot of homeless people wanting that food they threw away. There careless and wasteful doing this and not even thinking about it. In my house since we were little my mom always told us to finish everything on our plate.