Equality

Abigail Adam’s early signs of Feminism Feminism is an organized effort to give women the same economic, social, and political rights as men. Abigail Adams, the wife of John Adams, supported early ideas of feminism or women’s rights, she focused most importantly on girls getting an education, she developed these ideas from her marriage to John and her influential childhood. First, Abigail Adams felt very strongly about girls receiving an education. Judith Sargent Murray felt strongly about…

it has become a social norm for women to accept the lesser role given to them. This creates the issue of the victims not realizing they 're being victimized, resulting in little or no change. Those who are aware of the situation struggle to find equality because suggesting a pay raise may result in firing or…

scale. In Zinsser's On Writing Well he claims that “unity is the anchor of good writing” (Zinsser 50). Tzu creates unity between success and failure by establishing a common base of prewar calculations. By creating a relationship; with the unison of equality between two opposite outcomes that share a common base, Tzu uses this as an iteration of the utter importance of preparing for a war. Throughout his book Tzu tends to avoid tangled, complex sentences in order to keep the attention…

Award-winning author and feminist Ursula K. Le Guin delivered a rhetorically complex speech to the Mills College graduating class of 1983, comprised almost entirely of women. Her speech came at a challenging time for women, as second-wave feminism began to dissolve into a myriad of disagreeing factions. The title of the speech, the “Left-Handed Commencement Address,” is a reference to her book The Left Hand of Darkness, which follows an androgynous race of space aliens. This foreshadows the…

What people ought to do is usually associated with what people have most reason to do. Reasoning is a characteristic feature of humans, an essential tool of thinking that enables people to learn the truth and to rationalize their understanding of the world. Most importantly, reason is the primary source of justification that explains human actions, beliefs and behaviours. By exercising rational reasoning, humans weight up their available alternatives and act according to the best possible option…

Many individuals believe that being human is automatically guaranteed of having humanity. Yet, in Margaret Atwood’s dystopic novel Oryx and Crake proves us wrong that being human does not guarantee to having humanity. This dystopian novel highlights complications of society and the actions of one another can be forever impacted. A common theme that is persistent throughout the novel is the actions of Humanity through the characters of Jimmy and Crake. Theses characters display and define why…

Throughout the first semester of my first year as a college student, I have learned a lot. The change from high school to college was definitely an interesting experience. I have become more independent as the weeks went by. I have had to solve issues I never thought I would’ve come across. We have had the chance to get a taste of various disciplines: Christian, communism, music, culture, and psychology. It was a way for us to view the world from different angles. The first thing we started the…

The excerpt from "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee and "I Have a Dream" by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are both speeches that signify the truth and ideas behind racial injustice by using different types and forms of persuasion. The excerpt from "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee takes pace in a courtroom where a white lawyer, Atticus, is defending an innocent African-American man who was charged of rape. Atticus makes a speech to the jury and audience about how race has been an issue for…

Literary Analysis of Iliad Who owns you? The self-determination of women has transformed over time. In many parts of today’s world, women are treated as equals to men, but in Homer’s Iliad this is not the case. Women in Iliad are portrayed in many ways, but none of them can choose their destiny. Woman such as Chryseis are treated as property or prizes, Helen who is a beauty is blamed for the Trojan War, whereas Andromache is shown as a dutiful wife who is respected by her husband. In the…

Through hand on learning activities, students will be able to sort and categorize objects according to color. Next, students will count the objects in each group and record their results. Learning Standards NYS Science Standards K.MD.3. Classify objects into given categories; count the number of objects in each category and sort the categories by count. K.CC.4a. When counting objects, say the number names in the standard order, pairing each object with one and only one number name and…