Harvest of Shame

Language is a tool humans use to communicate with each other. English, Spanish, and Chinese are few examples of these carefully crafted tools. Tools that were shaped in different ways, but for the same purpose. English in particular is a beautiful systematic sequence of carefully crafted words in a rhythmic pattern. But with the beauty of the language comes the complexity and it is difficult for immigrants from other countries to adapt to the language. In Amy Tan 's essay “Mothers Tongue”, she…

she did. Mrs. Moore was trying to encourage the children to get an education like she did so that they can afford these toys for their future children. Each student’s job when rewriting the scene was to show how the white individuals re-embodies shame. By ridiculing the group of African Americans, these individuals are regenerating racial hierarchies. In several re-writes of this story, the students add a white store owner into the story. This white store owner overhears one of the children…

are asking for responses that are matters-of-fact, consumers are encouraged to report what is already established and what they already have knowledge or awareness about. The last set of questions, I believe, could possibly elicit hesitation and shame due to their sensitive and subjective nature. Their placing at the end of the form, I believe, makes it easier for consumers to open up about such touchy…

I so sworn as you Have done to this.”(I.vi.55-60) Another example of her cruelty is when she says she is ashamed to have a white heart, or to be kind. That suggests that she is evil and that she loves to be evil. A quote that supports this is, “I shame To wear a heart so white.”(II.ii.64-65). Lastly, she isn’t afraid to think about her crimes. This is shown when she says, “Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers. The sleeping and the dead Are but as pictures. 'Tis the eye of childhood That fears…

It can make them put on a front, act overconfident. Opposing to these reactions, fear can also make people run away or hide. In the mid to late 1900’s during the Vietnam War, soldiers were faced with this same fear. The men did not want to appear weak to each other, their community, their family, or to anyone. In Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried he reveals stories of the Alpha Company, a United States unit of foot soldiers, that he was in during the Vietnam War. Some men went to war to…

something we all have as human beings. Nearly all humans are quite uncomfortable with this unfortunate truth. Many self-help books address the basic issue of imperfection. One such author focuses on overcoming specific imperfections in ourselves such as shame, fear, and guilt. On a more positive note the book also discusses embracing our true selves and living wholeheartedly. Dr. Brene Brown is the author of the book “The Gifts of Imperfection”. she is a researcher, writer, and professor. She is…

throughout the story, her progression from shame to optimism, her inner strength and compassion, and how much criteria of a protagonist that she exemplifies . In the novel, Hester Prynne best exemplifies the protagonist, as we always follow her throughout the story and she is always in the spotlight after doing…

He forces Mariam to wear a burqa, and shames other women who don't, he hides her when he has male friends over, and tells her to go upstairs, and uses his excuse of "meeting his needs" to force Mariam into non consensual sex, believing it is her duty as a wife to only please her husband, and…

“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.” - Ernest Hemingway. In the book, “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon, the protagonist, has low mental ability. This story takes place in the 1960s, and during this time period, people used different ways to measure intelligence. Charlie faces the decision to artificially increase his intelligence by having a surgery performed on him. Intelligence is not worth it when your happiness is at risk. Charlie Gordon should…

Reading the WOR version after reading the RRA version changed my view of Rodrigues home life and the environment he grew up in. Before reading the WOR version, the theme of the essay represented the challenges in the lack of authority from his parents in regards to education. At the beginning stages of his road to the scholar student, the nuns at his private school became the figure of authority. He was embarrassed by the lack of education his parents had compared to his figures of authority,…