Second Essay
In Might Be Our Powers, How Sisterhood, Sex, and Prayer Changed a Nation at War by Leymah Gbowee, Chapter 11 Gbowee is in the right when she takes control of her life when she graduates and finally regains support from her father and begins to become a leader by taking the hard road and doing it quite well. Even though Gbowee’s father was never really supportive of her life decisions, he finally comes around when she graduates. Her father for the first time in a long time showed that he was happy with what his daughter had accomplished. Gbowee says when she looks at her father, “I thank you for your insults. If you hadn’t insulted me the way you did, I might not have made the changes I was supposed to make” (112). I noticed that when Gbowee saw her father shed a tear over what she just said to him, that Gbowee finally got the respect from her father that she rightfully deserved. …show more content…
She is chosen to be the coordinator of “WIPNET” and at first she does not feel like she is right for the job but she later rediscovers her confidence in transforming women to look at the positive in themselves and not the negative. “When Thelma came to Liberia, she chose to announce WIPNET’S launch and my selection as coordinator” (115). Gbowee receives the confidence booster in a way because Sugars says to Gbowee that, “I will support you. You need advice, you come to me. You need anything, you come to me”
In Might Be Our Powers, How Sisterhood, Sex, and Prayer Changed a Nation at War by Leymah Gbowee, Chapter 11 Gbowee is in the right when she takes control of her life when she graduates and finally regains support from her father and begins to become a leader by taking the hard road and doing it quite well. Even though Gbowee’s father was never really supportive of her life decisions, he finally comes around when she graduates. Her father for the first time in a long time showed that he was happy with what his daughter had accomplished. Gbowee says when she looks at her father, “I thank you for your insults. If you hadn’t insulted me the way you did, I might not have made the changes I was supposed to make” (112). I noticed that when Gbowee saw her father shed a tear over what she just said to him, that Gbowee finally got the respect from her father that she rightfully deserved. …show more content…
She is chosen to be the coordinator of “WIPNET” and at first she does not feel like she is right for the job but she later rediscovers her confidence in transforming women to look at the positive in themselves and not the negative. “When Thelma came to Liberia, she chose to announce WIPNET’S launch and my selection as coordinator” (115). Gbowee receives the confidence booster in a way because Sugars says to Gbowee that, “I will support you. You need advice, you come to me. You need anything, you come to me”