Barbara Henry

debate continues as to what constitutes a fitting response. However, after analyzing a commencement speech authored by first lady Barbara Bush to Wellesley College, I can conclude that it is a fitting response according to Vatz’s view of the rhetorical situation because Bush’s rhetoric assembles a situation through choosing to underline a specific connection the…

A parchment of leaves is story about a Cherokee woman name Vine. Vine is said to be a beautiful woman and can cure people who came to her for help. A white man named Saul Sullivan comes to Red Bull Camp to do some work and meets Vine. Saul fall in love of her beauty and by her mesmerizing looks. Vine and Saul had a connection with each other and knew they wanted to be together. The Cherokee woman marries the white southerner named Saul, during World War I. After Vine marries Saul, she leaves…

Barbara Ehrenreich spend a month in each of three places—Key West, Portland-Maine, and Minneapolis The novel Nickel and Dimed is written by researcher Barbara Ehrenreich, a middle aged upper-class woman. This novel details Ehrenreich’s study of the average, lower class, working woman. The author knows though, that she truly couldn't perfectly conduct this experiment to replicate her life as the “average woman”. She did not have children to bog her down and deplete her salary. The main point of…

1. What are lancet arches? Describe how and why they are used. Lancet arches are pointed arches over long openings. They are often together in groups of 3 or 5. 2. What are flying buttresses? Describe how and why they are used. Flying buttresses are wall supports that have a masonry block at the ground and an arch that connects the block to the wall. They are used to allow windows to be placed higher. 3. What are gargoyles? What are their functions in architecture? They are stone carvings that…

Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible discusses how cruelty can often act as the driving force for social or political change. It does so by introducing Nathan Price, a missionary from the state of Georgia that exhibits various negative character traits. His ignorance and stubbornness is displayed in “Book One: Genesis” when Nathan disregards Mama Tataba’s advice and cultivates a garden with Leah his own way. He classifies her wisdom as native stupidity and believes it to be evidence of how…

In the book Nickel and Dimed the author Barbra Ehrenreich puts herself through an experiment working low paying jobs to meet her ends meet. Ehrenreich chooses to do this at time in the United States were the economy is booming. The book is a firsthand account of the different experiences working low income jobs. Barbra Ehrenreich’s first job is as a waitress was she then transitioned to a hotel maid in Florida. She then moved to Main were she became a housecleaning maid; and lastly as a…

where economic struggles in the 1900s continue to reflect in the 20th century. The quote, “It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change,” by Leon C. Megginson relates to Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich. In other words, it only takes one person to achieve change and you don’t have to have a PhD to create progression. In her introduction, she describes the reasoning behind her development of her book that consisted of a series of…

Tipping Point” by Malcolm Gladwell. The reason why I have chosen this photo is because the book has taught me that the little things around us can make a big difference. The seventeenth photo I had taken is a photo of a book called Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich. The reason why I have chosen this photo is because it shows how many people who live in the U.S work full-time are receiving poverty- level wages and the author is just mentioning how can people survive under these conditions.…

Hunt Like a Girl Living in everyday society there are certain things that are expected of you, they’re not written down as any law but everyone knows them and almost everyone abides by them. In Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible the Price family has to exchange their old morals that they were raised apon for some completely different. The Prices were completely unprepared for the life ahead of them; they thought that would arrive the Congo and start ¨calling the shots¨ (22) but that…

Steadily Fading Most people think that being in college and living far from their family is a relief. Lisa Parker’s “Snapping Beans” tells how a young lady’s college experience was different. It wasn’t a relief from home. The “hickory leaf still summer green” blown off the tree symbolizes the young lady because she left her comfort place when she left for college in the North. She blew away from her family, as the leaf blew away from the tree. Smoldering inside, wishing she could answer her…