Barbara Branden

Comparative Paper on Dance of the Banished and Red Leaves “Dance of the Banished” by Marsha Skrypuch is an action and love story about a couple who gets separated during WWI, with either one on each side of the war, trying to survive without each other. “Red Leaves” by Sita Brahmachari is about 3 kids struggling with family problems, and run away from home. “Dance of the Banished” would be a better fit for the IB program novel study because it enhances their learning of caring and risk taking…

Does the United States truly support its citizens and allow them to prosper? In Barbara Ehrenreich’s book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America, Ehrenreich investigates this question by living as a low-wage worker for three months in cities around the United States. Her experiences teach her that as her jobs change, so does her place in society. Nickel and Dimed effectively argues that low-wage jobs severely restrict the workers’ mobilities and that American society does not properly…

The novel The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver is a wonderful story that depicts the lives of missionaries in the Congo. The Price’s, who are staying in a small village, illustrates the hardships and joys the African desert can bring. Each daughter teaches a lesson while their mother, Orleanna acts as a comprehensive voice. One of the main aspects of this book is women. The storyline battles with misogyny and the patriarchy that defines their societal norms. The women have a strong…

colour scheme for this photograph is monochromatic for the most part, with the exception for the red. Barbara Kruger is known for the majority of her pieces to be black and white, with elements of red thrown in the colour palette. The original location for this photograph is Washington D.C and it was made in 1989. The subject matter of this artwork is about the support of reproductive freedom. Barbara Kruger is known for her feminist undertones to her works, mostly focusing on gender…

It is really easy to blame your financial difficulties on money. Yet what some people forget, is that this medium of exchange allowed us to create what we have today. Without something to use as currency there would be no society. A society consists of a group of people working together to create an orderly community. The creation of which would not be possible if the basic things that humans need are not satisfied. Money helps create stability by setting a certain value on all the commodities…

Helena Maria Viramontes’ short story “The Moths” follows a latina narrator as she recounts her childhood struggles with religion and family. To escape beatings from her father, her mother would send the narrator to “help Abuelita plants wild lilies” and other plants in “coffee cans”(322). Throughout the turmoil of her teenage years, the narrator’s Abuelita was always there to care for her. As the story continues, it is divulged that this time the help will be different because Mama Luna is dying…

Nickel and Dimed on (NOT) Getting by in America, by Barbara Ehrenreich, is a journey into the low working class in the United States. Ehrenreich leaves her “normal” life in the upper-middle class, to investigate poverty by entering the low-wage class. Throughout the book, she moves city to city, with just enough money to get her started, and a desire to work. She discovers that many of these low paying jobs are “physically demanding, some of them even damaging if performed month after month,”…

look down on people who work lower level (and therefore lower-income) jobs. Although jobs are often seen as an extension of a person, the connotations associated with certain career choices should not define an individual. In “Serving in Florida,” Barbara Ehrenreich explores the lifestyle of lower-working class America. Through personal anecdotes, Ehrenreich allows members of the middle and upper classes to understand the difficulties employees suffer while working at the poverty level.…

The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver’s debut novel, was written while she was pregnant with her first child. The novel was published 1988, soon after the second wave of feminism, and shortly before the third wave. The Bean Trees follows the journey of Taylor Greer, as she leaves her hometown in Kentucky and travels across the country in her push start Volkswagen, to escape the traditions of Kentucky – such as teenage pregnancy, getting married at a young age, and frittering away her life. She is…

Barbra McClintock was born June 16, 1902, in Hartford, Connecticut (Editors). The third of four children born to physician Thomas McClintock and wife Sarah, McClintock was christened Eleanor, though her parents soon began to call her Barbra believing the nickname better suited her pragmatic demeanor (“Barbra McClintock”). Barbra demonstrated an interest in science from a young age, perhaps influenced by her father’s profession (Editors). At the age of seventeen, she graduated from high school…