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Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson, one may ask, how does this book fit into a course addressing genus, genius, and gender? For one, this course focuses on the female geniuses of literature and how they fall into the genus, which is driven by the male gender. In this respect, the narrator in Housekeeping is a young girl, Ruth, who happens to be the genius in this story. She tells us, in quite detail, the story of how her family came to reside in the town of Fingerbone, and the struggles she…

of course race and inequality but also the housing crisis of Detroit as well. Sugrue breaks this book into 3 parts which took me a while to pick up on. The 3 parts was called Arsenal, Rust, and Fire. The first part (Arsenal) goes into detail about how Detroit had such a hard time with housing. Due to the rapid increase of the automobile industry during world war 2 Detroit…

person to interview. Her parents are amazing people and raised her to the best of her ability. She grew up in a small town called Haleyville Oklahoma. This is the town she was born and raised. She grew up playing softball and cheering for her high school. She eventually went to cosmetology school where she became a very amazing hairdresser and still does it today. My mom has lived all over the globe and has seen and done so many different things in her life so far that I think will make for an…

I lived with a drugged up father, who wanted nothing more than to feel that high and not care about anyone else around him, and a mom who went through abuse and neglect but still fought through for my brother and I. I spent a lot of time with a family friend when my father had gotten arrested or put in jail…

Growing up I lived in a small town in Southeast Ohio called Nelsonville. It was a great place for me to grow up, I had all my family around, and that’s all I really needed. I’ve always lived in the country part of Nelsonville, and it’s where I honestly prefer to be. I believe where I grew up, and the people I was around impacted who I am and how I view the world today. In 1814 Daniel Nelson and his wife Sarah Smith Nelson from Massachusetts bought around 200 acres of land that is now known as…

In Rosalyn Schanzer´s Witches! The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem, the town of Salem, Massachusetts, turns to chaos as people accuse others of torturing people through witchcraft. Two young girls had become afflicted with a terrible disease that had not been heard of before. With the lack of the knowledge and tools that exist today they only found one reason for what was happening to them. The doctor thought they were bewitched. The two young girls then started accusing people of…

peers. He ended up trying to explain to his peers his point of view but that didn’t work so in the end he ended choosing what he felt was right. Oscar Romero was forever changed from the instance that he heard the sermon given by the priest from his town. After that he was set in his mind that he was going to be a priest and help people. Also I think that going back to El Salvador after having been in Rome for a while might have had an impact in the type of religious leader that Oscar Romero…

How is Ones Freedom Achieved? We like to consider ourselves as free but, what does it mean to be free? We believe we are born with freedom but that is not always the case. As we grow up, we realize we are not free and try to give freedom to ourselves... we try to achieve the freedom we want. It is obvious however, that we have more freedom today than anyone did years back because, as years pass, the amount of freedom we have also changes. To illustrate, after having to read some of the literary…

basically the United States in the present day. The world’s largest superpower. But yet, they lived on such a simple lifestyle. This set them apart from other civilizations. So, how did they become the biggest? As to every militarial empire in history, The Mongols had some history behind them, and a timeline of how they conquered others. The Mongols used incredible tactics and organisation, that one can’t imagine how they could live on a simple lifestyle. Genghis Khan was the founder of the…

don't know each other at first, but they know of each other. It tells how they met and their adventures together on their way to being great friends. The first main character you are introduced to is 10 year old Dewey Kerrigan. Dewey is an only child and has a father, but no mother. She doesn't like to play with…