Roberta

small Mayan community of the highlands of Guatemala. When Rigoberta was growing up she “traveled alongside her father, Vincente Menchú, from a community to community teaching rural compassions their rights and encouraging them to organize.” In 1992 Roberta Menchú received the Novel Peace Prize for her work within the indigenous community and shortly after she opens a foundation that is called Rigoberta Menchú Tum Foundation (FRMT) “to support Mayan communities and survivors of the genocide as…

society tells us men there is one way to fulfill our dreams by becoming successful."(Grant, 87). Men are wired mentally to fantasize about beautiful woman so when a male grows up he tends to want a gorgeous woman to show off as a prize; according to Roberta Grant,"Ironically, many men seem to want an old fashioned girl on the side: someone pretty yet passive whom they can conquer sexually and dominate intellectually.” Moreover men are set with the goals of becoming successful based on what…

Mrs. Mallard's conflicts are internal because she fights with herself when she is distressed and thinking that now that her husband has died she is lost. At the same time, she is also experiencing the freedom of not being married any longer, consequently feeling guilty about the relief she feels being free. She is in sorrow at first due to her husband's death but also experiences joy to be free. I believe that Sammy's intentions are not to judge the customers but are his perception of reality…

Brendan, Bremser LCS121-AE Gateway Reflection Prompt I: Information Literacy As a writer, I have always been good at examining sources for their credibility. This is a skill I began to develop in high school and have only improved since then. Being able to search the internet and find sources which can directly relate to a paper topic is not extremely hard; however, finding resources of specific identities, such as academic journals or magazines has been difficult at times. For example, for…

There were many errors seen in protecting the patient’s privacy. When the doctor goes to Mildred’s house, the caregiver packs Mildred’s bags for her and goes through her stuff. At the hospital while the nurses were changing Mildred, the doctor walked in with the curtain wide open. The nurse yells out that Mildred wet the bed and she needs help changing the sheets. The ward told Mildred’s daughter that her mother could not talk and when her daughter asked what else was wrong with her he said he…

housewife re-entering the work force, Ehrenreich realizes that she is unlikely to get hired based on her application alone. From a pay phone in the front of a Wal-Mart, she phones personnel and speaks with Roberta, who tells her that she can offer her a job after she completes a survey. Roberta tells Ehrenreich that she has gotten three answers wrong and they must discuss them further. Ehrenreich is able to account for her answers but is worried about the drug test. Many people face the dilemma…

The movie Donnie Darko is about a teenager named Donnie Darko who has vision of a ghost named Frank, who is dressed as a giant rabbit. Frank tells Donnie that the world will end in exactly 28 days. While Donnie is with Frank at the golf course, a jet engine from an airplane crashes into his bedroom. Donnie feels that he owes Frank because he saved his life and that he should figure out why the world will end. Frank makes Donnie do things such as flood the school, steal his father's gun, and burn…

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual, queer, intersex, and asexual people in America face discrimination in their everyday lives. Gay Rights is a highly controversial topic; everyone has their own opinion towards the subject. Although, the United States Supreme Court had ruled that all 50 states are required to license and recognize same-sex marriages on June 26, 2015. Mississippi is said to be one of the last states to fully legalize gay rights. The fight for equality still continues to this…

The next day she went job searching but made up in her mind that she did not want to do waitresses, housecleaning, or nursing homes. Barbara put in an application at Wal Mart. She lied and said she was a divorced homemaker reentering the workforce. Roberta offer her a job at Wal Mart. She also applied at Menards housewares store. She was required to take a personality test first and after Paul review her test, he sign her to plumbing. She had orientation for Wal Mart and Menards. Menards was so…

In the novel, Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich, the author has earned a Ph.D. in biology and one day she is having lunch with Lewis Lapham, an editor who hoped to have her write for future articles in his French magazine. During their lunchtime conversation, they started to talk about poverty. This led to the question, “How does anyone live on the wages available to the unskilled?” (Ehrenreich 1). Lapham, then challenged her to act as a journalist, live the life of the unskilled and with…