The Descent

The Author of “Everyday Use” is Alice Walker, in “Everyday Use” she uses mother-daughter conflicts to describe her own beliefs about how should people honor their heritage , as heritage is very important, because it gives us a sense of belonging and provide us with insight on where we come from .The conflicts Alice walker discussed in her story are; over a family’s home, her daughter changing her name, and some heirloom quilts.…

“That is inhumane, gruesome, and most of all against my beliefs.” A person’s cultural views can differ from another’s by a great and can create rifts between people and oneself. A person looking at a “6” may interpret it is a six while a person who is standing on the opposite side may view it is a “9”. The way someone looks at something isn’t the only way to see it. There is no right or wrong way to view something because it all relies on your cultural background and how one was raised to see…

The 1973 short story “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker is a tale of culture, heritage, and Family. Walkers claim in this story is that some things can mean more to an individual than meets the eye. Just because something does not look valuable does not mean it is worthless or to be put to everyday use. This story follows a mother and her two Daughters on a small farm in Georgia post-Civil Rights act. Dee, the oldest daughter, wants the quilts that were hand stitched by her Grandmother, but Mama…

Wonder How would you feel if one day your parents decided it was time for you to start school, with facial deformity, after being homeschooled your entire life? This is exactly how August Pullman felt in R.J Palacio’s “Wonder”. Many would argue that Auggie’s experiences at his school, Beecher Prep, had a negative impact on his life. I, on the other hand, believe it had a positive impact. In fact, I believe that Auggie going to school changed his life for the better. I have reason to believe…

immigrant having the lowest hazard ratio (0.59) and Canadian-born women of continental European socio-ancestry having the largest (1.00), closely preceded by Canadian-born mothers of non-European descent (0.98) (Urquia et al., 2012, p. 1616). Following the same trend, Canadian-born women of European descent had the largest hazard ratio of alcohol consumption during pregnancy (1.00) while recent immigrants had the lowest (0.30). When it came to tobacco consumption during pregnancy, the two…

labor required of slaves with African descent, there is still…

Current Educational Issue Paper: “Ethnic Identity and Acculturative Stress as Mediators of Depression in Students of Asian Descent” In the article, “Ethnic Identity and Acculturative Stress as Mediators of Depression in Students of Asian Descent,” the matter of the well-being of college students of Asian descent--because these students had higher rates of depression is addressed (Lantrip, Mazzetti, Grasso, Gill, Miller, Haner, Rude & Awad, 2012). In my current college education, I can say…

nationality impacts people of Haitian descent in the Caribbean. She looks specifically at the exclusion of people of Haitian descent from citizenship in the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic; two democratic countries seen as the most civil liberty and political right in the Caribbean. Belton explains her main idea by looking at contemporary thought of nationality by focusing on Hannah Arendt notion of the “right to have rights” (126), how people of Haitian descent in the Bahamas and the…

side of kinship is much less important and the generational difference is not distinguished between father’s kinship. (Page 281; Cultural Anthropology; 14th Edition; Ember) The Crow system in this case is strongly matrilineal, so kinship keep their descent associations through the matrilineal line, in which they trace their family through their woman…

Fall is a sudden and uncontrollable descent. Why did Rome fall ? Well there are many reasons for this . First the quick changes of leadership in the years 235 CE to 285 CE made them weaker by the gaps in between leaders making it susceptible to attack. Then they started to not use their armor which gave them a “Soft Belly” making them vulnerable to attack .Finally about how many attacked rome frequently attacked Rome frequently during a 69 year period. Rome was just starting to head into…