Summary Wally Lamb’s book Couldn’t Keep it to Myself is a book that tells the stories of 11 different women who were (are) incarcerated in the York correctional institution. These women who’s stories were told, were women who had committed all sorts of crimes, from embezzlement to homicide in the first degree. Their stories include stories of their lives before prison, how the got to prison, and their lives in prison. There were common factors in some of the stories of the women who ended up incarcerated. One factor that spoke out to me was that in most of their lives, they had a man harm them in some way or neglect them.…
Out of all the topics discussed and read so far in this course, I connect more with the domestic violence topic. Before taking the course I did not understand why someone, specifically a woman would want to stay with a physically abusive or mentally abusive partner. After reading Domestic Violence: Intersectionality and Culturally Competent edited Lettie L. Lockhart and Fran S. Danis I was enlightened and slightly informed. Once we went into depth in class I had a greater understanding and became very informed on the topic. I found out that there are several reasons why women choose or have no other choice but to stay.…
In "Why Domestic Violence Victims Don't Leave," Leslie Morgan Steiner described her personal story as a survivor of domestic violence. As a twenty-two year old Harvard graduate working for a Fortune 500 company, Steiner's boyfriend held a gun to her head and threatened to kill her. Yet, she remained in the relationship because she felt she was a "strong woman who could help him face his demons" from abuse at the hands of his stepfather. Eventually, she left the abusive and dangerous relationship. Not having exposure to domestic violence, Steiner's messages educated me on the facts of the issue and faces of the victims.…
What will be humanity’s next step? This question has been addressed by every science fiction writer in the genre’s history. The predictions made by these writers in their fiction are usually based upon the current state of politics in the time in which they are writing, with some of the most famous works coming in the time following World War II at the height of the Cold War. Some write of a bright future, where all of the world’s nations have unified into one government and humans have become very technologically advanced and may be expanding out into the dark unknown of outer space. Others write of a more dystopian future complete with some form of nuclear holocaust or governmental corruption.…
Bradbury conveys a communistic dictatorship in the futuristic United States under the mask of a utopia, a world where the Nazi party could have succeeded in their world conquest or even if the cold war had actually happened. Where the government has taken control over all written text and descended into madness with their use of censorship and demanded that no man, woman, or child shall be allowed to read. All books are to be burned by “fireman”, “Burn them to ashes and then burn the ashes” (Bradbury 8.). This novel is populated with characters that follow the government blindly by allowing themselves to be doped up and dumbed down with the government pushing drugs.…
Through the stories these women voiced and the impacts of their partners’ behaviors the Power and Control (P&C) wheel was created (Wynn, 2010). Ellen and her colleagues at DAIP designed the P&C wheel to describe what happened to battered women when their intimate partners beat them (Dasgupta, 2010). The P&C wheel acknowledges the signs of “…intimidation, threats, emotional abuse, economic abuse, male privilege, using children, and minimizing and blaming as well as physical and sexual violence”(Gondolf, 2010, p.993). The wheel has become a teaching tool to identify the acts of abuse that are hidden in psychological explanation of behaviors. Ellen’s contributions to designing the P&C wheel encapsulates a battered women’s story…
In “Perceptions of Domestic Violence Myths, Victim’s Relationship with her Abuser, and the Decision to Return to her Abuser,” Niwako Yamawaki highlights important information on why we as a nation should care more about domestic violence. With the countless victims of this tragedy, a majority experience difficulty when deciding to leave the forceful relationship. The average women will make five attempts to leave her abuser before ending the relationship; however, “50% to 60% of battered women return to live with their abuser after being discharged from a shelter” (Yamawaki, Ochoa-Shipp, Pulsipher, Harlos, & Swindler, 2012, p.2). Reasons for returning to their abusers include a lack of financial; resources, inadequate help from police or from other formal support systems. Women have a tough time dealing with this tragedy and the approach the NFL takes against this crisis is disappointing.…
Wheatley’s message has caused me to reflect on the issue of domestic violence. In the case of domestic violence, it does take courage to begin the conversation and having to face uncomfortable feelings. The issue of domestic violence does make most people uncomfortable because the idea of one partner abuse the other is disturbing. However, the conservation needs to be had because that is the only way to make change socially and legally in regards to victim protections and perpetrator punishment.…
In “The Veldt”, Bradbury, considered “the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream” (Jonas), has authored a thought-provoking story about the effects that technology can have on young minds. He shows clear understanding of the psychological issues at work by creating Peter and Wendy as immature, manipulative, and lacking morals. Their personalities were a result of being “raised” by technology and deprived of social interaction and experiences.…
It can be difficult to pin point an exact number of Intimate partner violence cases. According to the Center for Disease Control (Black et al., 2011), one in three women and one in four men have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner during their lifetime. African Americans, and Native Americans, experience Intimate partner violence at a higher rate than Whites (Black et al., 2011). Intimate partner violence (IPV), within diverse communities of faith, experience Intimate partner violence at an increased rate (Black et al., 2011). In an effort to address the need for culturally sensitive training materials and models that consider the role of religion and spirituality within Intimate partner violence, a program was developed call S.T.A.R.T., an Education and Intervention program.…
In Ray Bradbury’s story, The Veldt, excessive technological use and its repercussions are analyzed. Through juxtaposition, imagery, symbolism, the author presents an underlying societal critique of the world’s growing dependence on technology and how it can have sinister repercussions. Is life with a strong dependence on technology (not manually tying shoes, brushing teeth) really living? Throughout “The Veldt”, sensory details are used to accentuate the alarm that readers should be feeling as the parents are introduced to the unforgiving territory of the African veldtland.…
People need to recognize the reasons why women would ever stay with the abusive partner weather he be her boyfriend, fiancé, or husband. The World Health Organization evidence suggests that women who are abused women adopt strategies to take full advantage of their desperate situation and for their safety of them and their children. Heise and colleagues (1999) suggest that if a woman is inactive to leave it may be a deliberate calculation to protect her children and also herself. Some of their reasons why a woman would not leave the violent relationship is because of her fear that her partner out of anger, would retaliate against her in a violent matter for example finding her and assaulting her for leaving him. Most predatory partners that abuse their partners also control all the finances and will not let their partners get a job which blocks any means of escape economically.…
The content in the authors book is a surge of energy behind his words and a contagious optimism in his writing, he is realistic about some of the challenges, but there is still an undertone of positive lightning. Bradbury offers a ton of takeaways and recommendations to his readers by giving reasoning to help improve their writing. Topics of invention in the authors writing is to help his readers in their writing suggesting things such things as: read and write every day, get out in the world and experience life to enrich your writing, utilize word association to generate interesting ideas, activate the readers senses, make the skeletons in your childhood closet dance, write a short story every week for at least five years, play with story…
Bradbury’s Warning To Society Bradbury’s novel can be used as a warning to society because he’s indicating that technology can take over a society completely. In today’s society technology makes up over half of most of our lives. We rely so much on it that we as humans start to not think for ourselves. We just let technology do all the thinking for us. Witch eats away at our ability to become more intelligent.…
L (2013), Why abused women stay in bad relationships; Retrieved August 16, 2014, from http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/10/opinion/steiner-domestic-violence This source documents research on females whom stayed in an abusive relationship fearing of retaliation or in a hope of changing the abusing partner. The research shows the complications to the situations, particularly how a woman who’s being abused still tries to maintain a positive image to the world about their relationship. Some of the women who attempted leaving the relationship ended up with no societal support, or worse yet, died. This article gains credibility from its’ author Leslie Steiner.…