The Carolinas

be independent and have agency in their own lives. This is an issue which is addressed in both Dorothy Allison’s Bastard out of Carolina and Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine. Each novel features female characters whose dependence on men hurts them. These women strive to be independent, though some are more successful at achieving this goal that others. In Bastard out of Carolina Bone and Anney and are both negatively impacted by Anney’s dependence on men. Bone is still a child, so she depends on her…

I'm moving to South Carolina to be closer to my mom. My son Charlie loves the thought of moving because we finally will be out of the country and next to neighbors. The neighbor to the left is very inviting, maybe too inviting. She came over and brought us a pie and offered us to come over for dinner, but I made up some excuse to not have to go. I'm not a very friendly person. Charlie told me that I was very rude. The next evening I calmly walked over to Sars house. I apologized for my selfish…

The word resilient means to be able to endure or recover rapidly from arduous circumstances. In Carolina Maria de Jesus diary, Child of the Dark and Victor Montejo’s novel, Testimony the essence behind this word is captured remarkably, even though they are from different countries and time periods. In the diary of de Jesus, she must endure the struggles of daily life in a favela in Sáo Paulo, Brazil with her three children. In Montejo’s novel, he is accused and held hostage for a crime he did…

The only clue to their mysterious disappearance was the word “CROATOAN” carved into the palisade that had been built around the settlement. White took the letters to mean that the colonists had moved to Croatoan Island, some 50 miles away, but . aA later search of the island found none of the settlers. A 100 people mysteriously went missing. I believe that the colonists on Roanoke Island got killed by the Natives because . John White and his men found no trace of the 100 or so colonists he left…

2. What do these documents suggest about societal expectation for white elite women’s role? About the roles of servants and slave women? Women of power during colonial times that owned servants/slaves women had some sort of sympathy. In Eliza Lucas Pinckney letter she references to teaching black women on how to read and she plans on teaching the children also. Eliza in a different letter discusses how she is going to assume control of the plantation with or without her father blessing.…

Before Eunice Nadonga became an Early Child Education (ECE) permit teacher, she attended San Joaquin Delta College, where she took the required general education and early child classes. When teacher Eunice was first hired, she was working toward getting her Associate’s degree. Late, teacher Eunice earned her Associate of Arts and ECE Master Teacher Certificate. To this day, Eunice Nadonga has been working as an ECE permit teacher for 22 years with 21 years spent at the Hazel Hill Child…

I did not pay attention to my laugh. When I laugh, it means I really enjoyed something, at that time I have no time to care about how I laugh. According to my mom’s description, I usually laugh with no sound or little sound but my mouth is always widely opened. I think it is quite similar to my puppy. Every time she laugh, there is no sound, but her mouth is also widely opened. My laugh is not very special. Not so special that each time everybody will recognize my laugh. There is someone that I…

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Dunes Golf & Beach Club, was started by a group of Myrtle Beach dreamers. The first meeting was held on October 29th, 1947, and less than a year later the motivated assembly of peers managed to get a charter from the Secretary of the State of South Carolina. It is still one of the most well-loved places in Myrtle Beach, SC. Robert Trent Jones, one of the world’s greatest golf course architects, designed the layout for The Dunes, and did renovations (after many other upgrades over the years…

This book not only explores the differences between great companies and good companies but also the key elements of being a great company. The author and his team hold investigations among hundreds of companies so that they can find essential ways to improve a company from good to great. Collins illustrates several indispensable points that a great company should possess: “level 5 leaders”, right employees, appropriate attitude towards difficulties, positive culture, and the advance technique,…