In “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” Gloria Anzaldúa tells us that Chicanos are being increasingly discriminated against because so many Americans are trying to force Chicanos into being “American” instead of letting the Chicano culture thrive. Gloria supports this claim by providing many first hand experiences of being discriminated against, such as having to take two speech classes while in University because the school wanted “to get rid of [her] accent.” An article on health.usnews.com was recently published with the results of a study conducted proving that Latino teens are feeling the stress of discrimination more and more, also proving that Gloria’s claim is still relevant today.
In the essay “On Compassion” by Barbara Lazear Ascher, Ascher …show more content…
Barry uses a comedic tone while writing this piece about his wife preparing Thanksgiving dinner. He gives many examples of how he always does things wrong when it comes to the kitchen, and also of how his wife always ends up doing all the cooking. The examples he uses emphasize the stereotypical gender role that “women belong in the kitchen.” Today gender roles still exist in many homes, and no matter how hard the feminists nowadays work to try and reverse them, they simply won’t be …show more content…
Orwell proves his point by describing a first hand experience in which he was peer pressured by the people of an Indian village to shoot an elephant against his will, just so he could please the village people. Peer pressure still very much exists today, though not necessarily in the same form as described in this essay, instead today kids and adults alike are constantly being pressured by their peers into doing idiotic things such as taking drugs, doing illegal things,
In the essay “On Compassion” by Barbara Lazear Ascher, Ascher …show more content…
Barry uses a comedic tone while writing this piece about his wife preparing Thanksgiving dinner. He gives many examples of how he always does things wrong when it comes to the kitchen, and also of how his wife always ends up doing all the cooking. The examples he uses emphasize the stereotypical gender role that “women belong in the kitchen.” Today gender roles still exist in many homes, and no matter how hard the feminists nowadays work to try and reverse them, they simply won’t be …show more content…
Orwell proves his point by describing a first hand experience in which he was peer pressured by the people of an Indian village to shoot an elephant against his will, just so he could please the village people. Peer pressure still very much exists today, though not necessarily in the same form as described in this essay, instead today kids and adults alike are constantly being pressured by their peers into doing idiotic things such as taking drugs, doing illegal things,