difficulty. Her mother and grandmother exposed Marji to reality at a young age, so she would not be afraid of it when she grew older. Both radiated love on her, always making sure that she knew how important she was to them. They raised her in such a way that allowed her to keep an open mind, but to always be conscious about her ancestor 's fight for freedom. A sense of pride was instilled, a pride in her heritage and the country in which she was raised. This allowed her to remain true to…
quality, in the plaintive-poetic language Miller has chosen for him” (Oates 18). Others also approved of Miller’s criticism of the American dream, and felt that Miller’s plays constitute “some of the most devastating comments ever made on the American way of life” (Riley 332). Critical acclaim from fellow peers and critics aside, in an ocean of praise there are bound to be currents flowing in opposite directions. Miller’s work was and is currently deemed by some a “naturalistic sob-story...some…
my house that evening planning on killing anyone”. He said. “We all make mistakes, you just got to live and learn, but I’m always going to be here for you” I said. He smiled with a sense of relief, I smiled back. Then we held hands walked all the way home. The next few days, I looked for Zaire to come out van but I didn’t see him. Then my phone rang and I answered “Hello?” “Hey! You missed me?” it was Zaire. “Yeah, I did” I was smiling ear to ear. My co-workers were looking at me and they…
Being the youngest in the Sober Living, I live at, it’s like I have six moms and/or older sisters. All of the women have inspired me with their recovery and learning a new way of life, as so am I. One of the ladies I live with Tiffany P. (for anonymity reasons can’t write her full name; she is in a 12 Step program as I am) is a Hawaii-born lady, straight from Honolulu, Hawaii. The reason why I’m writing about her and not the other five ladies, is because our story starts in Acton Rehab almost…
Diversity and Equality in today’s society It seems today that diversity is something that should be embraced but diversity is as distant as equality. In his essay “People Like Us,” David Brooks acknowledges that American society as a whole does not really embrace diversity and equality. In fact, most Americans group themselves with people who are just like themselves thus leading to the argument that likeness shapes American culture, not diversity and equality. “But people love it. Make no…
of the mills in the south to the criminal owners and finally the memories that these hardworking Americans will have for generations to follow. When the mills first opened in the south in the early 20th century, they opened a new world and a new way of life but not a new amount of money. Mills were created in villages which also provided housing, grocery stores, local churches and schools. Even with the promised community the paychecks were minimal. This was…
1. Describe the Milky Way. What does it contain? The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy, which looks like a pinwheel. At times, people can look up to the sky and see the faint band of light, the glow of stars in the galaxy’s disk, which gave the Milky Way its name. The galaxy is of an average size, 100,000 light-years across and 1,000 light-years deep. It contains about 500 billion stars and many planets. The center of the galaxy contains a supermassive black hole, which is the cause of our…
During my visit to the Memorial Art Gallery, they were and still are showing M. C. Escher: Reality and Illusion along with other exhibitions. Many of his artworks seemed to correspond to the topics discussed in class. There were several artworks that stopped my eyes. Out of those artworks, Stars created in 1948 is a wood engraving portraying two chameleons in a hollow octahedron 3-compound with other similar, smaller figures colored in yellow, blue, and pink in the solid black background. Escher…
To humans who live on Earth, we perceive Earth as a large mass of land that has been around for about 4.6 billion years. But the Earth is only a small part of what makes up the Universe. Earth is located in the Milky Way Galaxy, and contains billions of stars, which is only a small fraction of the 100 billion galaxies. While the Universe has been around for roughly 13.82 billion years, everyday we learn more and more about the complexities that were once hidden from us. One of the main things…
in an ordinary book. Two of the characters who are not a part of the Younger family are the men in Beneatha Younger’s life. Hailing from decidedly different upbringings, George Murchison and Joseph Asagai provide opposing viewpoints on the American way of life. Through the contrast between Beneatha’s love interests Hansberry shows the conflict between assimilation and heritage in the eyes of a young African American. Joseph Asagai originates from Africa and expresses a strong love of his…