Ellen

My True Friend Lynn Smith- Lovin a Duke University sociologist and Co- author to “Friendless in North America” written by Ellen Goodman is about a face-to-face study of 1,467 adults. Goodman’s study reported that one-fourth of these adults have nobody to talk to about important matters, a quarter reported they are only one person away from nobody, and the number of people who have no one to talk to has doubled from 1985 to 2004. Also, the number of confidants of the average person has, has…

Ellen Grace Jones wrote an article, “Why the U.S. should not ban guns”. and she argues why the U.S. should not ban our guns. Jones points out that banning guns would produce the same result as the prohibition did. Jones also states that all that outlawing does, is willingly supply and control to gang cartels and remove things from the hands of law abiding citizens. Criminals and the mentally ill intent of murder or mass crime will all still be able to get their hands on guns, no matter what the…

Jane Addams is an early leader in woman’s suffrage and a pioneer settlement worker in social reform in the United States. She is an exceptional woman who advanced the welfare of working class for adults and children, by political advocacy and by providing practical opportunities. She wanted to help immigrants with education and to have a better life in the city. She believed that women should make their voices heard in legislation and should have the right to vote. Addams studied the effects of…

Anne Mazer and Ellen Potter have come together to write a young writer’s handbook because of the numerous letters they have received from fans asking about writing advice. This guidebook goes in depth of the writing process and advises how to improve writing in a friendly and easy-to-comprehend format for young writers. It offers many tips and covers many concepts such as how to find a voice, develop characters and plot, make revisions, and overcome writer's block. In addition, the book has…

In Ellen Goodman’s essay, The Company Man, she has a certain attitude towards the main character, Phil. He is a work-aholic that is a slave of the business world. Goodman shows disgust and disappointment towards Phil and his decisions. She is saddened that he wasted his life in the office, and ignored his children for his job and executive status. She hints that Phil literally worked himself to death. Goodman uses several rhetorical devices to prove to the reader that Phil wasted his life away…

In her 1981 bibliographic essay, religious scholar F. Ellen Weaver highlights a lack of creative studies on women and gender in early modern France. To answer the “exciting challenge” of combining women’s history and religious history during this period, she calls for not only the translation of some of the best French studies and primary sources, but also innovative studies which will use new perspectives, raise new questions, and make use of “the sources available in French archives,…

males and females, especially as reflected in social, political, educational, cultural, etc. It is often said that women are more capable of succeeding than men, but this is just creating a gender gap. In the essay “How to be a Woman Programmer” by Ellen Ullman, she says that women today face a new, more virile and virulent sexism but, such thing didn’t stop her from being a programmer and she explained how much she struggled in her field being the only woman around. She states an example in her…

This book takes place in Denmark during the 1940s. The main character is Annemarie Johansen whose best friend is Ellen Rosen. This story takes place over a very short period of time. This book shows just how quickly everyone’s lives were turned upside down. Annemarie, her sister Kristi and Ellen are walking home from school when they are stopped by soldiers that question who they are and how they do in school. When they get home their mothers are “having coffee” and worry about what the girls…

At first glance, Ellen Garvens’ St Sebastian appears to be a tangle of metal, but a second look reveals the artist’s powerful political statement. The piece consists of a hanging construction of copper tubing, a black and white photograph and a sheet of aluminium. Garven uses the photograph to symbolize the oppression of nontraditional sexual orientations and the metal to symbolize the expectations of a heteronormative society. The photograph depicts the left side of a young man’s torso, from…

longest running series in Shondaland. Currently in its 14th season, Grey’s Anatomy is continuing to be a success, the entire production from cast to producers, to writers won a total of 69 awards and 206 nominations. (IMDb contributor, 2017) As of 2015, Ellen Pompeo the actor who plays Meredith Grey is the highest paid actress on a television series. The lead protagonist, Meredith Grey, who starts as surgical intern and later becomes a surgeon constantly tries to get the guy and keep the guy.…