Betsy Ross

Intro Imagine you’re at the Copa nightclub in 1965. The Supremes had just performed their opening song and your truly blown away. You ask Diana Ross for her autograph, and she remarks “This is the first autograph I’ve ever signed.” You then realized that this group of girls was going to inspire thousands of people. And that’s exactly what they did. Diana Ross, Florence Ballard, and Mary Wilson were three incredible women that made their mark on history. The Supremes were the top group of the…

So no one told me life was gonna be this way. This is going to be legen wait for it dary. On September 22nd, 1994 Monica, Chandler, Ross, Phoebe, Joey and Rachel starred in the first episode of Friends. More than ten years later, Lily, Marshall, Ted, Barney, and Robin starred in the first episode of a show about a man telling his kids about how he met their mother. Both shows are situational comedies set in New York City. The shows both star a group of white, twenty-something year old adults…

What is going on? In 2018 our society is ran by a corrupt racist Donald Trump billionaire and the police killing young black men like ,Michael Brown, Tamir rice and Trayvon Martin. These are the same issues Marvin Gaye called out in 1971 in his iconic song What is going on? “Marvin starts the song by saying Mother, mother There's too many of you crying Brother, brother, brother There's far too many of you dying You know we've got to find a way To bring some lovin' here today.” When this song was…

According to Kubler-Ross (2013), the grieving process is comprised of five formal stages: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally acceptance. The first stage, denial, actually enables the person to initially endure an incredible loss. While it may seem counterintuitive, denial is actually a critical aspect of the healthy healing process. It is comparable to entering a stage of shock. The act of denial actually is a protective mechanism that helps a person cope with the overwhelming…

these tragedies is known as grief or grieving. Grief is a natural reaction to loss and at times can be a very strong and overwhelming emotion. In this paper the writer will define and describe the model of grieving by the psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. Through the Biblical…

This paper will discuss Woterstorff’s refection on the death of his son, Eric, in the story Lament For a Son. How Woterstorff experiences the five stages of grief will also be addressed. In addition, the meaning of death based on the Christian narrative will be explored, and conclude with how resurrection can bring hope. Death can be an extremely difficult situation to handle. When the person who dies is a family member and/or passes unexpectedly, it can prove to be more challenging. In the…

The five stages that we all normally experience during the grieving process are denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. This process and its stages are natural and not exclusive to western culture. People from all walks of life, cultures, and religions experience the same stages of grief. Denial and isolation are usually the first things we experience when someone we care about or a beloved pet dies. We also experience this when we or some one that we love is…

“... the New Women of the 1920s boldly asserted her right to dance, drink, smoke, and date...” (Zeitz). During the early 1900s, women were considered inferior to men. Women were expected to take care of the home, children, and religion. On the other hand, men took care of politics and business (Benner). Significant changes occurred in the 1920s for women regarding politics, labor, and appearance. A major event for women during the 1920s was the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment. On…

Our grieving process is based upon on our faith, our personality, and our experiences and thoughts towards life. People usually face different grieving process depending on their personality type. Knowing about these personality griefs can help one know what to do when someone or the person themselves have faced a loss and are going through the process of grieving. The types of personality griefs are Nomads, Memorialist, Normalizer, Activist, and the Seeker(“Types of Grief Personalities”). A…

focus on the single thing that is consuming his or her thoughts, day in and day out, which is probably why they don't understand or realize that their feelings of grief are coming in many stages. In 1969, a Swiss author by the name of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, came out with a book called On Death and Dying. This book had the first appearance of the 5 stages of grief. Hamlet is a perfect example of how the five stages of grief can be just as relevant back in the day, just as it is in our modern…