Ina May Gaskin on Birth Matters: A Midwife's Manifesta Reflection Ina May Gaskin talks about the birth matters that how the natural childbirths are far more worthy than the medicalization processes. She takes apart the technologies used for the labor, such as inductions or C-section and others. She says that many people argue that technology is better than the nature. More importance is given to the technology instead of nature. However, let’s consider some law of nature that anything which is natural can cause less complications compared to the complications caused by the technology.…
The Effect of Making Hard Decisions Every day people face decisions they have to make. Although most times the right solution is obvious, some situations in life are not so simple. The lines between the “right” and “wrong” answer blur together as morals and multiple perspectives begin to play a role. This often causes the person to feel conflicted and trapped since whichever path they choose leads to some sort of regret.…
Abigail Adams was the wife of John Adams who played an important part in the American Revolution and went on to become the second President of the United States. In this letter, Abigail Adams is addressing her son, John Quincy Adams, as he travels with his father on an embassy to France. John Quincy would later become the President of the United States and played a key role in the forming of America. Throughout this letter, Abigail Adams establishes appealing to pathos and illustrating key ideas through the use of maternal tones, familial duties, patriotic appeals, and allusions to historical figures and nature to promote applying one’s natural talent and gaining wisdom from experience. Adam integrates appealing to pathos through maternal overtures and promoting nationalism to construct an argument for her son to apply himself on his travels and throughout his future life.…
In the short story collection Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri, the two stories, “A Temporary Matter” and “This Blessed House,” illustrate how the differences between two people can ruin the relationship in the long run. The first story in the collection is about a couple who lost their baby after birth. This traumatic event causes them to drift apart and to not feel the same love for each other that they once had before. The second story is about a newly married couple who, after buying a house, learn that they can not cooperate with each other. The couples’ personality differences are brought out when dealing with challenging situations.…
As Miranda fights with Pablo, she contends that at times, it is “necessary to break everything” to find purpose (85). This sentiment can be modeled in Jeevan’s transformation from cave dwelling to enlightenment (as defined by Plato), as it takes the collapse of society to change his values. Station Eleven plots Jeevan’s growth as he learns to work for his passions rather than for survival. After all, “survival is insufficient” (58).…
Part A Following the Supreme Court decision of Roe V. Wade in 1973, the arguments for abortion has reached a fever pitch, both socially and within the political sphere. The highly contentious argument surrounding the pro-life and pro-choice positions of the abortion debate begins with the diametrically opposing viewpoints of when human life actually begins. Furthermore, there are other issues involving women’s rights that can also be challenged within the scope of abortion.…
The great depression was a sad, poor time. These are three articles are very good at giving you an idea of how bad the great depression was. Even though the great depression was a sad time, it is fun to learn about. To start off with, the article “digging in” did an excellent job of giving you an idea of what the great depression was like. The article talks about a small family that was in the great depression.…
The train station for example is set between two fields or sort of hilly valleys. One side of the station is brown and very dry, while another is very green, full of trees, and full of color (Mays 591/593). This area represents the two options Jig must face. The side that is full of color represents life. In this case it would be the unborn child’s life.…
Jig believes that the baby is a white elephant insofar as the father rejects it, though she would like to have the baby (Weeks para. 7). Complexity, and irony is added to the white elephant symbol as we see the contention over the unborn child develop and as we recall, the actual white elephant is a rarity in nature, and is considered sacred and precious, as well as being revered and protected (Weeks para. 10) Likewise, the American is also symbolic for the basic belief systems and cultural differences between them; as well as exemplifying the distance between the…
The market in women’s reproductive labour is one that is complicated and contentious. Many people view the selling of women’s reproductive labour to be an unacceptable form of market exchange as compared to other forms of labour market exchange. It seems intuitive to people that the treatment of women’s reproductive labour as a commodity and its exploitation for money, as compared to other forms of labour as commodities, is worse. This view is known as the asymmetry thesis. In the book “Why Some Things Should Not Be For Sale”, Debra Satz agrees with the asymmetry that exists.…
Belonging is an essential division of life for individuals and a group as it creates a sense of security and trust, and can in turn influence beliefs, experiences and perspectives people have on the world around them. Belonging to a group involves effective communication with other individuals and a sense of security on both sides. The exceptional memoir The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do reveals how belonging to a group can influence one’s life course, morals and values, both positively and negatively. Having a positive sense of belonging can lead to having an easy and comfortable relationship, which in turn can lead to having a better outlook on the world. Anh and his family belonged to Vietnam, but left because of the war going on at the time.…
In the play “The Crucible” written by Arthur Miller we see many themes and lessons in the story. The main theme is focussed on deceit and lying and how lies can lead down a dark road which results in the ruin of many. The Crucible is a fictional play based on the Salem Witch Trials which occurred between February 1692 and May 1693 and resulted in over 150 people being accused of witchcraft and 20 executed. The story focusses on the story of John Proctor and Abigail Williams, his niece, and how lies, jealousy, revenge, and deep seated feuds caused a community to turn on each other in a vicious circle of accusations and misunderstandings. The characters in the play who lie significantly are Abigail, John Proctor, and Mary Warren…
The short story, A Temporary Matter, was a very sad and depressing story to read. A young married couple had just recently lost their baby and were unable to recover from this tragedy. It had left them isolated from the world and from each other. They lived together but never seemed to talk to one another or eat together anymore. It was almost as if they forgot each other’s existence.…
In the movie, “Babies” by Thomas Balmes it showed the audience four different babies from four different countries. The babies where: Ponijao who was from Namibia, Bavarjargal from Mongolia, Mari from Japan and Hattie from the United States. The author’s objective was to expose the living condition of each babies in their country. This movie shows the audience that not everybody grows up in the same life style.…
Chapter 17 Mother’s Love: Death without Weeping Scheper-Hughes, Nancy. " Mother 's Love: Death without Weeping. " Conformity and Conflict Readings in Cultural Anthropology.…