The Audacity of Hope

In Christianity, signifies a person’s audacity to attempt to role of God, and is therefore severely punished. This concept is one of the core ideas in Frankenstein; William Frankenstein attempting to defy the laws of nature and create a living being as if he were God. After he successfully achieves…

continue; she did not. Hester stayed faithful to her town and took her punishment, because she stayed she was staying truthful to her punishment and Arthur Dimmesdale. Many in Hester’s situation would have fled the society in hopes of continuing their lives, yet Hester had the audacity to stay and face the whips. Hester never ran away from her sin or try to hide the fact that she had done wrong; thus being faithful to her sin and to the community. Hester was not one to escape her ignominy but…

He was family to Maggie. Maggie’s family did not care for her, they cared for money. Frankie is holding on to hope, but Maggie is not. She had to lose a leg. She starts to lose hope. She would bite her tongue to hurt herself and did that more than once. Frankie did not want to Euthanatize Maggie, but eventually did to stop her suffering as she wanted. He had the heart to do what she wanted. Million…

jurors judge someone’s guilt or innocence based on their appearance or temperament? Is that fair in the eyes of the law to convict someone based on those accusations? So many questions I had, and not enough answers. The more I think about it, I can only hope if I somehow am found in a position that I am judged for something I did wrong that I am not judged based on what I am wearing. Though, I would know to dress up, but should that…

Why does my stunning personality outshine my award winning smile?” “Oh you know, you 're just you.” The bell rang and she scuttled to her next class. I saw no indication that she was embarrassed at her complete lack of social skills, but one can hope. The second…

heavy and hurting so bad. You always seem to know what’s in my heart and the pathway to guide me in. Ever since you left, I had to learn how to be strong and independent just like you are but Tete this burden is heavy for me to bear on my lonesome so I hope you do not mind if I vent to you. Also, I know you hate the “race thing” and you believe that racism only exist if you continue to bring it up but this “colorblind” way of thinking is problematic and…

Blue Lives Matter pop up to protect the rights of police officers, it is often looked down upon by those who are not related to a police officer or do not have strong feelings for the cause. Organizations such as All Lives Matter, who sprung up in hopes of uniting each side and bringing peace, get the same treatment. Black Lives Matters protesters often cause violence as well. It seems almost every time some case gets blown up by the media, the following day there is massive amounts of looting…

The excerpt by Robert Perrucci and Earl Wysong gives a great historical start on the workforce in the US. The part that interested myself the most was the ‘creating the new working class’ section on the downsizing of firms, downsizing the workforce, being laid off, and claiming that companies are more profitable which benefits the workers. The truth about downsizing is far too familiar within my household. Some history of my hometown will explain the workers’ point of view. I am from a small…

What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right" (Albert Einstein 1). The question stands before us, does one do what is right and accept persecution if no one else is like-minded or do they conform to popular beliefs despite their own principles? The central theme of these two books, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, is unquestionably law versus morality. There were several instances in The Adventures of…

In Gina Frangello’s book, Slut Lullabies, her stories give many examples of the gender roles and stereotypes of women. In “Saving Crystal”, Crystal and Jenna’s fathers relationship represents the stereotypical gender roles of man and wife. Jenny also uses her sexuality to bribe her teacher. Gina Frangello shows the strength of women in her short story Slut Lullabies. She is able to show us the power of women and how the main character is able to push past any challenge, as well as many…