The Diligent was written by Robert Harms and discusses the fifteen-month voyage of the Diligent to Martinique, including the world of the Atlantic slave trade. In his book, Harms uses the recently “discovered” journal of First Lieutenant Robert Durand. The author of the book makes references to Durand’s journal as well as the overall Atlantic slave trade. The Diligent can be viewed as an accurate representation of what the Atlantic slave trade was like during the eighteenth century right down to the business of the slave trade, the voyage itself, and the middle passage. Most ships that European slave traders used on their voyages to go into Africa were owned by merchants similar to the Billy brothers.…
The empathy and short stories have helped me look at the world in a differently in many ways. Such as the the short film we watched called “ Under the Surface”. This film helped me realize that everybody has something going on that you don’t know about. It also taught me that nobody is perfect and that you should never judge anybody because you don’t know what their life is like outside of school. It was a film that had pictures of people at school and what is going on outside in their life.…
Does This Mean Anything To You?" I think what made her write the essay was the fact that she saw a teenage girl going through the same thing she went through when she was her age. Yes, it was very moving for me. I have seen something like what she went through and it is very tough to do what she did alone, with no support.…
Ruth flourishes in her life cooking and writing food reviews, when her mother constantly tries to put her down and questions her life ambitions. In the end we see the complete shift of the woman Ruth has become living happy, healthy life with a husband she adores. Ruth’s mother on the other hand is suffering from bi-polar depression and needs help from the people around her. Despite it all, Ruth became a stronger and better person, from learning to nurture herself and find what makes her happy in life where food becoming the driving force behind it…
I chose to watch the video 56 Up. What I found interesting was how each kid turned out. Some did exactly what they said they would when they were 7 and others did something completely different. The one I found most interesting was Symon. He grew up in a Children’s Home funded by charity.…
This relates to modern day because in certain areas the police are viewed as bad, what makes police bad can be a variety of different reasons. Though in the book they showed how police are bad when when the policemen came pounding on the door every girl went into hiding because she was terrified of them. The girls most likely went into hiding in fear of police brutality or being shamed/embarrassed in public since this seems to be what police do in the story.…
Also makes a very good point when she discusses how the others from Hati were living, she went into detail and gave me a sad picture of how they were living and being treated. I have to agree here becuause living basically piled up not being aple to go outside, or anywhere for that matter and not having the freedom would make anyone feel that they are in prison. And it's sad to see that the kids were practically begging to be able to go outside and play like the dream of any kid but the parents had to say no,, so they kids suffered a great deal to. I feel as if they are the kids who didnt have a child hood and were forced to grow up fast and grow up in a world full of dictator…
Personally, I feel like race is a difficult subject to talk about. I never want to step on anyone’s toes, and I feel as if I don’t have the right to talk about race. I have never experienced a disadvantage because of the color of my skin, but I am aware that I am held at different standards because I am white. I realize that racism is an issue that many people deal with on a daily basis. Therefore, I try to be aware of my biases and try learn more about myself.…
Theme Analysis Essay Moving out to the plains, helping give birth to a baby, and cutting off a man’s finger is part of “Plainswoman” by Williams Forrest. In this story, Nora moves to the plains with her husband, Rolf. At the plains, Nora is forced to do things that cause her discomfort. The people around Nora make her change to help them and herself. In this story, the theme is sometimes you have to adapt to help the people around you.…
Watching the documentary Through Deaf Eyes was extremely informative. I was able to experience a side of deaf culture that I did not really know existed. It was incredible to see how far the deaf culture has come and learn where it came from. The documentary showed me just how cruel society could be when you are not seen as “normal”. The deaf community just wanted to be understood and treated with respect.…
I think it was very courageous of Susan Hamovitch to make a documentary of her family’s most painful, protective secret at that time. In the early 90’s, when people were judged, criticized, made fun of, and in some cases even punished for what Susan tried to reveal to the world, was very daring. It must have been not easy for Susan, nor for her family, to reveal their family’s secret to the world as the mother said to Susan when she told her her intention of making a documentary of their family secret “well, you’ve certainly dropped a bombshell.” It was a bombshell for the family because of what they kept secret of their whole life was about to be revealed to the world. The secret of the family was Alan, who never developed the ability to speak as his…
Beth constantly was pretending and telling other people that her family was perfect, but her stories were her way of trying to cope with her problems in all of the wrong ways. In order for…
Berger states, “Parents can be the most important bond in a young adult’s life.” (2016) This principle is certainly true of Beth. Despite her desire to exert her independence, her family play a big role in her life and she dislikes being so far away from home. She reflected that “her parents and sister are the most important people in her life.”…
After watching the documentary Paycheck to Paycheck, I was left with a lot of uncertainty about people living in poverty. It is truly devastating how can single mothers survive with having such low income. It makes me extremely mad the fact that there is no more help for someone in this kind of situation who really needs a hand. It is truly amazing to see how Katrina manages to raise her three children by herself making that little amount of salary. Sincerely my heart was breaking watching this because I can totally relate to her story.…
What are the strengths/weaknesses of the author’s arguments? The author’s greatest strength in my opinion is how he used the cases of David and Marie and other child abuse and neglect cases to assist his arguments. He broke down the cases so they were more tangible for the reader to understand and gave valid reasons why there are problems with family preservations. However, the only issue I did find with the book itself was how it was laid out.…