The first two paragraphs of the except introduces Jordana Confino as an average high school student who is inspired to make a change in the lives of women all over the world. The authors begin by describing Confino. The readers learn about where she was born, her appearance, and personality traits. The authors also give Confino a sense of importance by stating, “Jordana could have just alighted from a prom queen’s throne.” By including this statement, the authors acknowledge Jordana’s importance and high standing in school. The authors then continue by explaining that Jordana expects equal rights as her birthright, which is a contrast to the way some females all over the globe live. The authors also describe Jordana as “oozing self-confidence”
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These women undergo the dangers of rape, honor killings, medical issues as well as many everyday problems that are not frequently mentioned. In Half The Sky, a novel written by a married couple with the intentions to spread word and make a change, the audience will be informed of many gruesome and horrifying everyday events that happen to females in countries such as Taiwan. The passage will persuade the audience to make a change using the nonfictional story of an average teenage girl who was troubled by the lifestyles of these women. The way women are treated in areas such as Pakistan and Iraq display the inhuman behavior of individuals and the strong effect religion and culture has on populations. Many women and girls lack human rights that people in the U.S are granted at birth. These rights include freedom to express yourself and freedom to a prompt fair trial by jury. Human rights should be granted to every individual without correlation to race, gender, or religious beliefs. Until human rights are honored throughout the globe, equality will never be reached. In many places throughout the world, a girl’s wings are clipped. She loses her ability to become powerful. She loses her self-confidence, worthiness and even desire to live. In order to keep a girl’s wings from being clipped, she must receive an education and learn that she is the only one who holds the scissors and has the power to put them down and
These women undergo the dangers of rape, honor killings, medical issues as well as many everyday problems that are not frequently mentioned. In Half The Sky, a novel written by a married couple with the intentions to spread word and make a change, the audience will be informed of many gruesome and horrifying everyday events that happen to females in countries such as Taiwan. The passage will persuade the audience to make a change using the nonfictional story of an average teenage girl who was troubled by the lifestyles of these women. The way women are treated in areas such as Pakistan and Iraq display the inhuman behavior of individuals and the strong effect religion and culture has on populations. Many women and girls lack human rights that people in the U.S are granted at birth. These rights include freedom to express yourself and freedom to a prompt fair trial by jury. Human rights should be granted to every individual without correlation to race, gender, or religious beliefs. Until human rights are honored throughout the globe, equality will never be reached. In many places throughout the world, a girl’s wings are clipped. She loses her ability to become powerful. She loses her self-confidence, worthiness and even desire to live. In order to keep a girl’s wings from being clipped, she must receive an education and learn that she is the only one who holds the scissors and has the power to put them down and