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different ethics. He was very compassionate, diligent, and courageous. While reading the novel, one will see that while having these certain ethics it indeed helped Walt in solving the crime. Throughout the entire book Walt was a very compassionate man. Walt showed so much compassion for his job, he even sacrificed time with his family and friends so he could do work. Once he got word that there had been a murder in his town, he set his whole heart on trying to solve the mystery. Which, in the…

The media uses diction and juxtaposition to characterize society as primitive and sexist in its treatment of menstruation. In his article “Free the Tampons,” reporter Rony Caryn of The New York Times notes that “even in the age of oversharing, periods are treated like a dirty little secret” (Caryn). While “dirty little secret” refers to a truth that people conceal from others because they perceive it as too embarrassing to share, Caryn’s use of the word “even” indicates that he sees this view of…

It was a dark and stormy night in July. My friends and I were fishing in a boat on Sylvan Lake, and the water was beginning to get very choppy and bubbly. As the water splashed into our boat, we tried to paddle towards the docks. We began to panic as the waves pushed our tiny boat further out towards the center of the lake. Soon we got tired and stopped paddling all together. The current forced us to a strong, spinning whirlpool that took up the entire center of the lake. All of the…

In Chrys Ingraham’s “Heterosexuality”, she discusses an angle of women’s oppression that stems from heterosexuality being normalized in society. This normalization is not natural, and is instigated because it helps men stay above in power. It is a social institution that has a bias in favor of heterosexuality and romanticize heterosexual relationships and related rituals. The main argument of Chrys Ingraham’s “Heterosexuality” is that heterosexuality is not something people are born with or…

Respecting myself is what I consider to be one of my defining characteristics, so when I heard one of my male cross country teammates saying offensive things about me and my female teammates, I had to say something. At this time four out of the six girls on my team were dealing with some type of injury. Problems with our hips, knees, and ankles were some of the issues we were dealing with. This particular male teammate was saying things like, “Our girls team is really slacking right now.” In…

culturally preconditioned to subconsciously believe that men are more superior to women, yet morally see them as equals without even realizing it? Perhaps so. Hugh Garner’s “The Yellow Sweater” begins with a successful, plump middle-aged business man who is driving home from his most recent business trip. As he passes by several hitchhikers on his way home, he refuses to help any of them; except for one young teenaged…

“Speak up, we can’t hear you” “why don’t you talk more?” “Women talk too much”, these sentences are often heard by women throughout their lives, and women seem to never be able to catch a break with communication. In addition to women speaking too quietly, not speaking enough, or speaking too much, women are also judged on how their voices sound. I’m sure everyone has heard another say, “her voice is too high pitched to take seriously” or “she talks so loud and stern, she’s probably a …..”.…

The short story, “Lust”, written by Susan Minot uses style, tone, and imagery to explore the universal idea of helplessness. She uses a style of writing in which there are short paragraphs that tell multiple stories of experiences she has had in her life; it is much like an itemized list. This allows the narrator’s voice to be strengthened and begins to address the issue of helplessness. Minot wrote, “it was different for a girl.” This one sentence, she composed as a paragraph, has a meaning…

The speech by Patrick Henry was very persuasive and it makes me want to fight for the way. I was one of the delegates who was invited to the convention, which is where I witness the Patrick Henry’s speech about going to war with Great Britain and finally gain our independence. Within the room, I felt the passion of the people as Patrick Henry read his speech, but I also felt the anger of the ones who disagreed with the speech. As the speech was being read, I looked around and saw all the…

Within the system, a woman demonstrates all of her roles that not only pertain to her within society, but also those she plays within the prison itself. In normal society, the woman is both a wife, a mother, a form of a teacher, a civilian, and a caregiver or provider, whereas she is all this plus a prisoner, a criminal, a menace, a inmate, and ultimately a woman. Demonstrating all the different roles a woman plays within both society and the private prison systems contributes to the association…