Make Her Say

grace. She also is telling us what teachers have to be like and what a good teacher is. In other words she is telling us that getting annoyed is the way of life and we need to learn to show grace to others. The word gestures sounds intimidating and makes me think that this will offend someone.…

means of elevating her status, as she refuses…

girl in a family of 7. This includes her 3 brothers, a mom, a dad, and her grandma. Their family name is the Logans. The Logans are one of the few black families that have their own land. They are so poor that the father has to work on railroads almost all year. There mother tries to protect them from this racist world. She is keeping the innocent or more commonly know as not really knowing what is going on. In chapter 5 Big Ma (the grandmother) is taking Cassie, her older brother Stacey and…

judged by the very characteristics that make us black. Because these so called ‘differences’ separate us from every other race and gender, people who are different from us and do not understand black women and want us to conform to the standard look and attitude. For some it is the “unmanageable” hair that stops us from getting a job, so why not get a relaxer? For others it is the “thick voice” that stops people from listening to what we actually have to say. Why don't you practice talking at a…

also enjoys drinking coffee. She says, “I went from using it when necessary to really enjoying it, the aroma itself simmers me down and helps me feel calm”. In our consumeristic world, coffee has become so much more than just a source of caffeine. It is symbolic of being a device to be reunited with a friend, for being pumpkin flavored in the fall and for being gifted as a simple random act of kindness. Nataly Caal, also a student at University of San Francisco says, “I love coffee, hazelnut is…

novel. We eventually meet her and form our own opinion but at first we only have the opinions of some of the men and they give unanimously a bad character. The themes in this represent the themes of dreams of the migrants and of the women- The American Dream. Steinbeck illustrates the novel with the Great Depression with class division amongst the white and black people. The general…

children, innocent in the beginning of the story; furthermore, both lose their innocence during their first true love. In Shakespeare’s epic tragedy Romeo and Juliet, Juliet makes a serious of rash decisions that show her losing her innocent, transforming from the rich, young daughter of the Capulets, to the suicidal lover of her family’s mortal enemy. In the first scene of Shakespeare’s tragic tale Romeo and Juliet, Juliet falls in love…

effect that cost her to become counterproductive. She became overwhelmed with work, lost track of her objective and that her grades started to drop. Her instructor advises her to master the art of saying “no” to people when they request things that she felt would not help her development in her own personal goals. She did as instruct and transformed herself from being exhausted to exhilarate. I made a similar change in my life by becoming more aware of when to say no and when to say yes. I was…

Of the three types of conflict, man vs. man, man vs. nature, and man vs. self, which is the dominant conflict in the story? Is this conflict resolved? “The Stirring Within Her” Throughout “Hills Like White Elephants,” the dominant conflict that remains is man vs. self. The decision to have this be the conflict provides insight on the girl as a character and the relationship that she has with the man, as well as aiding in the resolution of the short story. This conflict is instilled in the…

entails her being given a letter or letter combination, and saying the corresponding sound. In my opinion, the approach from the list we were given for this assignment that would work best for this goal would be the model-lead-test strategy. The teacher will show Amanda a card with a letter on it, the teacher will pronounce the sound of that letter, and then have Amanda say the sound along with her. After doing this will several letters the teacher will then show Amanda a letter and have her…