How does Austen present Elizabeth’s family as Embarrassing During the Netherfield ball? Jane Austen presents Elizabeth’s family as embarrassing at many different times during the Netherfield ball such as her mother Mrs Bennet with her flamboyant speech by exclamation marks after many sentences and she “bellowed”, her sisters behaviour like Lydia’s outrageous flirting and Mary’s piano playing and tone-deaf singing at the ball and Mr Collins’ dancing or his general appearance which makes many a people cringe or think little of him. Mrs Bennet is one of the main comical characters in the book. She isn’t the brightest of women and her sole aim is to marry her daughters off to rich young men and she will do anything she can to achieve this. At the Netherfield ball Austen shows how Mrs Bennet’s overly direct, loud comments are an embarrassment to her husband and daughters as she loudly tells the guests on her table her mission to marry off her daughters.
In the 1950s the normal American family consisted of a breadwinner father, homemaker mother, and several children. The mother and father of the children were not just cohabitating, they were married. Today, it is a lot more common to see families that consist only of a mother. Society has somewhat shifted its view on single mothers since the 1950s. Instead of single motherhood being a total negative situation to be in, it can also be viewed as a positive.
Colton Scott 07.20.08 Eng101-2DND Essay 9 Gas Effects Everything Rising gas prices in America have had a substantial toll on how Americans live. In 1990 gas prices ranged at about a dollar and a half per gallon. Now, in 2008, gas prices range around four dollars a gallon. Many people complain that these rising gas prices effects how much they travel, but it effects more than that. Prices in gas have changed how much food cost since the transportation of these goods needs gas.
She cannot even take a picture of her family’s house without critics attacking this act as her need to prove where she came from. Dee’s generation is experiencing a Cultural Revolution and Dee is embracing these new ideologies. These accusations, along with others, are an unfair critical view of a sharp-witted, attractive, intelligent women who has used her God-given qualities to better herself, wish better for her family and try to identify not only with her present day heritage but also with the ancestral heritage that many black Americans share. Not only do her critics find this display of cultural insight a slight to her true heritage but her Mama appears to have some reservations concerning her daughters’ motivations as well. Prior to Dee’s arrival home, Mama is recalling her recurring dream of how she thinks Dee would prefer Mama to look and act.
On top of this inequality of available jobs, there is also inequality in working conditions. Women work shorter hours every day and have longer vacations. They also have a very generous maternity leave and may or may not come back to work if they please. One may think that this is a glorious idea, however the real reason for these rules are selfish and centered for the man’s well being and not that of the woman or her child. By not working as hard and as frequently, women of the twentieth century are more beautiful and graceful compared to their ancestors of the nineteenth century (Bellamy, XXV, 125).
Her parents raised a Puerto Rican doing their types of rituals. Then one day they had a career day at school where she was suppose to dress to impress. Her and her friends got in trouble for wearing too much jewelry and accessories, when in Puerto Rico it was a good thing to wear lots of jewelry. In the essay “You can leave the island of Puerto Rico, master the English language, and travel as far as you can, but if your Latina …the island travels with you” meaning that she grew up with differences from others and just wanted to be treated equally. Although she faced many differences she was a lucky one, she had the privileged to get educated and she traveled around the U.S. trying to get people to get past the fact the she was different color, accent, or what she would wear.
However in their studies, the main difference can be associated with social class more than racial identity. Minorities tend to share homes with extended family and live closer because they help more with day to day activities and practical tasks. However whites are more likely to give financial and emotional support to their families. It is not that there is a breakdown within the family that is impeding one race to succeed more than others. Because of the economic class of minorities they are not able to contribute financially as much so they tend to help with everyday problems and issues.
Joblessness and persistent unemployment continues to drive the poverty rate higher. The economic damage extends to the broader workforce and the country in general, through lost wages, income and wealth, as well as higher poverty. The national unemployment rate is currently 9.1%, and it has been at or above 8.8% for the past 28 months. The underemployment rate has remained between 15.7% and 17.4% since the spring of 2009, and it currently stands at 16.1% (Mishel). Because of the current state the economy is in, it has been difficult for people to earn a decent paycheck or even sometimes find a job to support their families.
Wilkerson had been forced to slash prices on their highly recognized and high-volume commodity product line, the pumps, in efforts to maintain their competitive ranking as a major pump supplier and in response to the reduction of pump prices by competitors in the marketplace. As a result of the adjustment, gross margin of pump sales in March 2000 has plummeted to 19.5%, significantly lower in comparison to their planned gross margin of 35%, as well as contributing to the decline in pre-tax margin to 3%, a considerable disparity from their previous admirable 10% margins. The company produces flow controllers, which are customized to meet varying requirements of different industries. Thus, this product line demands more components, production runs, labor, and shipment than both valves and pumps. Unlike pumps, flow controllers are not confronted with pressures of extremely competitive market.
There will be some products like gold and diamonds that will never meet the wants. Sometimes however there is inflation at a greater than normal rate, this is called hyperinflation. “Most economists agree hyperinflation exists when there is at least a 100 percent rate of inflation in the time span of just a few years.” (Black, 2003) When a country prints money at extremely fast rates the value goes down. Because there is always inflation, the buying power of a currency is also going down. The products that someone bought last year or even last week will cost differently.