Roberta

Comparative Critique In 2006 obesity was making headlines. Journalists plastered the papers with articles. Each journalist had their own unique opinion on the issue, and their articles offered a window into their perspective. Some journalists, like Roberta Seid wrote about America's obsession with being slim, others, like Amanda Spake wrote about the the health issues that accompanied obesity. Although these authors were commenting on two very different parts of the weight debate their arguments…

The Life of a Class Clown Recently, I have encountered the film Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life based on the book series by James Patterson. Protagonist Rafe Khatchadorian has been expelled from every school in his district because of his behavior and pranking tendencies. Because of this, he is placed in the last school that would accept him: Hills Village Middle School. With a Code of Conduct containing over one hundred rules, strict advisors, and a dress code, Rafe makes it his…

Even with five daughters, only one of them desires a relationship with their father, Nathan Price, and that is the older of the twins, Leah Price. Being only fourteen (and a half) years old when Nathan takes his family to Africa, she is determined to stick by her father and be the best missionary in his eyes. The Price’s have the privilege of residing in the best house in Kilanga, which was previously run out of by past missionary families. However, before the Price family flew in, they were…

A person’s perspective is a key factor in their personality. If a politician has an early 1900’s racist mindset then the public knows they’ll attempt to limit the right of non-whites. If a male employer has a deeply rooted sexist mindset than it can be inferred that he would never employ women. These are all simple decisions that if implemented could have long lasting effects on a community, but what if someone’s perspective leads to a decision whose repercussions will literally last for an…

Indicator of First Essay As everyone knows, correct grammar in making an argument, a valid reason in supporting an opinion, and great evidence in confirming a reason are all important parts of critical writing skills. These essay skills were also my key indicators in my first essay. In particular, grammar was the part on which I spent most of my time for the paper, because the ability to deliver an argument with proper grammar is my weakest point. In this class, however, my faulty reading…

widening the applicant pool, driving up the competition, which will help create a more meritocratic society. Objection 3: Who is to say that a first nation role model is absolutely necessary for a first nation student to succeed in university? Take Roberta Jamieson for example. She is the first, first nations lawyer to get her law degree, and one can argue that she did not need a first nation role model to help her succeed because she was the first to do it. Rebuttal: I agree that some…

that I’ve ever heard any of my relatives utter this phrase, but I know that is a sentiment shared by all of them. To call my family “big” would be an understatement. My mother was the seventh of the twelve children born to my grandparents Hugh and Roberta. She married my father in the 80’s and they had ten children, I am the third oldest. On my mother’s side there are more than sixty grandchildren. My dad is fourth of six children born too my grandparents Bruce and Helen. From those children…

Elizabeth Marshall’s text, “Girlhood, Sexual Violence, and Agency in Francesca Lia Block’s ‘Wolf’”, addresses the issues of liability and “victim power” in Francesca Lia Block’s contemporary tale, “Wolf” (Marshall 225). Marshall sets “Wolf” against the older stories of the “Little Red Cap” and “All Fur” by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, and argues that Block challenges predefined cultural ideas about a girl’s body in relation to rape (Marshall 218). However, Marshall claims that Block inadvertently…

Lev, an AWOL from the first book, and the rest of his team. Cam Comprix, the first ever rewind, was introduced lastly. Cam was an important experiment. Every bit of him was hand selected from talented children. Camus was like a living Frankenstein. Roberta, Cam's caregiver, had worked with him to help build up all of his physical and mental skills. The book will later discuss Lev's new plan of rescuing unwilling tithes. He had a giant house where these tithes lived, new recruits coming…

Disney makes to the fairytales from which they base their movies? In Disney’s “The Little Mermaid”, the mermaid is made to be more dependent on males, more materialistic, and more ungrateful than she had been in the original tale. Many authors such as Roberta Trites, Gwendolyn L. Hofmann, and L. Dundes and A. Dundes agree with the fact that Disney completely changed the moral of the story and made it much more sexist than it had previously been. These authors have written articles examining the…