Maxine Waters

Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters United States Rep. Maxine Waters, a Democratic Rep. from the state of California was accused by The House Ethics Committee, with three charges of ethical wrongdoings. As it relates to the charges brought against Waters it’s being claimed that Waters gave inappropriate aid to a financial institution, which she had personal connections in receiving federal bail money. The charges state she broke a house rule that all members should behave in manner that will reflect in favor of the House. She was also accused of breaching the “spirt” of the House rule that doesn’t allow a member to obtain compensation from using improper influence from the persons position, and the source they have access to. Finally, she was charged…

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Anne Sexton and Maxine Kumin grew to be friends during a poetry workshop in Boston. Their confessional style poetry guided them into writing three children’s novels together and assisting each other in their writing, which strengthened their friendship further. Anne Sexton and Maxine Kumin scatter similes and metaphors to bring the reader into a feeling of nostalgia through the themes of a favorite childhood fairy tale and friendship. Both poets accomplish this through a sarcastic tone, and but…

Foundation, honorary degrees, and held professorships at Colgate University and Boston University” (www.poetryfoundation.org). Anne’s work left a huge mark on the world she left behind, as displayed by her numerous awards and honors. Her later works were far less acknowledged, on account of her downward spiral into addiction and madness. However, one award-- worth all of the attention it got-- was given in 1967, “...at the height of her career, Sexton won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry for the…

Around the globe, social expectations towards gender are seen everywhere; magazines, television shows, advertisements, movies, and in many other different places. Societal expectations in terms of gender can be defined as the general standards that male or female individuals within a society are expected to uphold by demonstrating such ideals through their behavior, attire, manners, lifestyle, and attitudes. No Name Woman by Maxine Kingston describes the story of a woman who was forced into…

Through various viewpoints, overlapping timelines and embellishments manifested by the author, Maxine Hong-Kingston is able to examine female roles and their assimilation into Chinese/Chinese-American society and culture; an extensive projection of Kingston’s intimate past and selfhood. Within this memoir, Kingston attempts to resolve the complexity of her own identity, being a Chinese-American, as she continuously discovers her cultural roots and sorts their placement within her own life. In…

In Amy Tan’s essay, Mother Tongue, Tan discusses her struggles growing up as an Asian-American born to Chinese immigrants. She examines certain aspects of the language she speaks and writes, against the language her mother speaks and writes. Amy has a keen grip on “proper” English, most likely due to her being raised in America. Alternatively, Tan’s mother speaks in fragments of English due to her being an immigrant who fled China’s Cultural Revolution (Amy, 1990). Tan realises her different…

Aron’s main skill is endurance as he has to survive for five days with only a bottle of water and a little bit of tools. “I update my hour tallies in my head: 96 hours of sleep deprivation, 90 hours that I’ve been trapped, 29 hours that I’ve been sipping my urine, and 25 hours with no fresh water.” It’s good to have endurance if you’re surviving for a long period of time. If you have endurance like Aron you will have a higher chance pf surviving. Intelligence is used to be a survivor because…

However, sometimes we are proud of some memories that impress us, and we will always remember them. But what if our parents, traditions or our culture are not that remarkable for us? Should we adjust with them, or regret the moment we had with them? Both Elizabeth Wong and Maxine Hong Kingston wrote about their association with their heritage regarding some traditions. For instance, Kingston opens her article “The Catfish and the Bathtub” with a lengthy list of Chinese foods that Kingston’s…

shorts? Maybe in the grand scheme of things it does not matter, but all of the little things, not being able to find certain pieces of clothing, having half the products marketed towards me be pink, being told that power tools and sports equipment are not for me, these are the things that add up to make girls feel small. As much as I appreciate input from boys on the subject, they truly do not know what it is like. A guy might not think it matters that stores don 't sell girls basketball shorts,…