The Bell

Maikela Benjamin African American Studies paper Faces at the Bottom of the Well- Derrick Bell This book is about the pervasiveness of racism and long-lasting effects after slavery in legal, political, and social life in the United States. Derrick Bell used his on experiences as a black man to write about the circumstances in America. He did this by sharing his views using his knowledge of law and politics he studied at Harvard law school. Throughout the book, he strongly supported the notion…

are the magical faces at the bottom of the well”, Derrick Bell. For as long as humans have existed, the permanence of racism, prejudicialness and separation between mankind has always been prevalent. The idea presented in “Faces at the Bottom of the Well” that, “we shall overcome”, is an excuse for people of color to sit around and wait for an adversary to come and bring them out of the compromising situation Whites has placed us in. Bell elaborates on his upbringing, mentioning how at the time,…

In the diving bell and the butterfly, there were multiple sources of hope for Jean-Dominique Bauby. Some of the sources were his family, past memories, and the alphabet & speech therapist. The diving bell and the butterfly was a touching book to read because the reader was looking into Bauby’s past and the present through his point of view. Every chapter was short and had a meaningful touch because Bauby had to blink in order for his therapist to transcribe his words. I kept thinking throughout…

and suicidal thoughts/actions have played a large role in Esther’s life throughout the book. Her madness takes over most of the text, with the help of many symbols to show life and death in Esther’s eyes. Some examples of these are: The Fig Tree, The Bell Jar, Blood, Mirrors, and her Beating Heart. Going into detail, The Fig Tree is one of the many symbols throughout the text to show Ester’s madness. Specifically, when Esther reads about a Jewish man and a nun who meet under a fig tree, she…

that there still isn’t more that women go through and judged for that needs to be addressed and given into thought. During the 1950s women were seen to be married and mothers and stay home being a housewife as their life career just as Esther, in the Bell Jar, observes a gap between what society says she should experience and what she does experience, and the sad thing is the same mindset is still viewed on women today. Society expects women of Esther’s age and station to act cheerful, flexible,…

Upon entry of the story “Talking Back,” by Bell Hooks she declares that “talking back” means speaking as an equal to an authority figure. “It meant daring to disagree and sometimes it just meant having an opinion,” (Hooks 152). Hooks states that she apprehends that women of different races should be able to express their opinions, not just inside the household but also out. She then reveals some of her early trials as a writer and the complications with being a female, African American child…

While I was waiting for a slot to open up, I went into the Air Force Active Reserve as a Target Intelligence Analyst and at the same time I joined the Bell County Sheriff’s Office, working in the “old” old Jail, built in the early 1900’s. In 1996 I received 60 stiches cause by inmates during a jail escape. Unluckily for them I still was able to remember something that had happened early in the evening…

Gloria Jean Watkins or better known as bell hooks, was an American author, feminist, and social activist. She was born on September 25, 1952 and later in her career, she started to go by the name of bell hooks. The name is derived from her great-grandmother, Bell Blair Hooks. She thought that by going by “bell hooks” that the people would recognize her more of her work, rather than her name. hooks obtained her B.A. in English from Stanford University and then M.A. in English from the University…

Out of this Furnace by Thomas Bell is a historical fiction novel that describes the life of immigrants coming to America. More specifically, this is a story of different generations of the Kracha family’s immigration to America. There are many setting; the central setting being Braddock, Pennsylvania- a steel town. Bell gives a realistic depiction on what the European immigrant’s personal and work life was like during the eighteenth century. A theme that frequently occurred throughout the novel…

Narrator can finally emerge from her experience with madness. 5. Conclusion: Functions of Madness and Liberation In my thesis I analyse three works by North American female writers, Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wall-Paper,” Sylvia Plath’s The Bell-Jar and finally Margaret Atwood’s Surfacing, because they all deal to some extent with the connection between madness and the subordinate position of women in the patriarchal society. The aim was to demonstrate…