Readers, particularly women of all ages feel encouraged because Hall’s narratives are relatable. Hall’s self-exposed writing enables a reader to go beyond solely reading about her life, her writing can help a reader feel encouraged to tackle their own life obstacles. Due to Hall’s sincere and personal way of writing I felt encouraged and felt amazed at how much I not only liked her writing but learned from it as well. As I read Hall’s work I gained the impression that I was reading her personal journal. Her “journals,” in other words her autobiographical narratives such as Killing Chickens, “Shunned” and “Without a map” all reveal specific different bitter portions of her life that she has faced and overcame and reassures readers like me, that we can too.
Book Review References The Courage to heal Bass, E. & Davis, L. (1988) Harper & Row, Publishers: New York In this book, Ellen Bass and Laura Davis directly address this growing problem of each survivor in a careful and personal way. They seek to find out where these abused women are in their healing stage or if they have reached the first step in the healing process. This book focuses on the ability and efforts from the beginning to the ending of survival strategy of child sexual abuse. Each stage is explored from deciding to heal to finding a resolution and starting over. Ellen Bass states that when the women felt that she could understand their stories, more women opened up to her.
Article Review Women and the American Revolution by Wendy Martin While reading the article by Wendy Martin on Women and the American Revolution, I felt very emotional and it really made me realize how good we women have it now. These women where very strong and went through so many tiring events. I could not imagine having to see my child killed in front of my eyes. I feel that the author’s primary argument is to show and prove to us through evidence what women went through during the harsh times in order for us women to be where we are today. During the review the author describe each situations and back up her claims with documentation like poems, letters and songs that where written during these times by the women.
Therese Bonney also continued with her primary profession of photography during the war. Because of her strong feelings that the war presented a great threat to European civilization, Bonney set out on a passionate mission to expose the truth of the horrors of war. Millions of individuals throughout the world saw her photographs of homeless children and adults. Her wartime work documenting the plight of the homeless children became an award-winning movie. Twice decorated for military bravery, the United States military selected Bonney as an official wartime correspondent.
The person I have chosen for this leader paper assignment is Kay Redfield Jamison. I first learned about Jamison when researching information about Bipolar Disorder for one of my psychology classes. Jamison is a well-known psychiatrist and is admired by many people in the fields of psychology and psychiatry. What I admire the most about Jamison is the one thing that distinguishes Jamison from her colleagues and that is that Jamison has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder herself and for many years kept her disorder a secret from her colleagues and from her extended family, until a book about her disorder was published. It takes a lot of strength for a person, especially one working in the field of psychology/psychiatry, to go public with something
Everything That Rises Must Converge. Suffering In the story ''Everything That Rises Must converge'' Flannery O'Connor explores brilliantly the theme of suffering by how she describes the life of Julian's mother and the interaction she has with Julian and other characters in the story. Readers can see that his mom does not have the best condition in terms of health due to high blood pressure (1)''she must loose twenty pounds on account for her blood pressure'' which plays a bigger role in the end of the story. They can also see that she cared a lot for Julian through out his whole life by giving everything she has for him to succeed''All her life was a struggle...she had enjoyed the struggle and that she thought she had won. What she meant when she said she had won was that she brought him up successfully and sent him to college...(5)''.
Susan Smith thought she was being raised by two loving parents, but it turned out to be with a mother that was blind to the fact that her daughter was being abused by a man that played the part of daddy. Susan was forced to become the woman that everyone expected her to become but her avoidance of receiving help for her issues may have caused her to break. There is no known cure for Dependent Personality Disorder, but it is recommended that a person that is diagnosed seeks the assistance of a psychiatrist immediately. Had Susan Smith pursued help from the outside prior to her making the decision of murder, she would have been able to receive the proper guidance that she should have received as a young
Because she believes this she writes her will and makes trips to visit all of her children. This becomes a jilt because she doesn’t die. The third jilt is when she is on her death bed and again asks God for a sign. When there is no sign she is greatly disappointed and believes she will never forgive God for
The Human Service field is a female dominated field according to Forbes.com and after observing my life experience with the movie When Harry met Sally, I see myself as a prime example of this daily in almost everything that I do. I realize that I am a very sympathetic person and just how much that has to do with my communication skills. For example; I am a mother and when my son gets hurt I generally run to comfort him and kiss it to make it all better, while his father on the other hand will tell him to get up and be tough. In addition, if a female friend is having problems with her spouse and needs someone to listen to her; she knows that she can call me day or night and tell me anything, while men on the other hand rarely talk about their
Comparing to “I Want a Wife”, the story “The rage behind a woman’s stare” talks about women who are unappreciated for the duties and responsibilities they accomplish around the household. The author tells us in the story that “The Death Look” represents the simmering rage towards a woman’s family and her husband. Donna Britt explains in the article that woman do so much with little help while maintaining an unbalanced life between her career and her life at home. One quote from this story that compares both “I Want A Wife” and “The Rage Behind a Woman’s Stare” is Michelle Obama’s speech in a 2007 campaign event showing how woman manage an endless swirl of duties: “Scheduling babysitters, planning play dates,…supervising homework, handling discipline…keeping the household together…[You men] try to do your part, but the reality is that we’re doing it, right?” Some men do not realize, acknowledge, and appreciate the women’s role in the relationship of a family. Not only was it hard to maintain, but some women felt as if