The Housemaid

The poem “La Migra” by Pat Mora shows the reader the circumstances of the struggle of the mexican immigrant versus the government border patrol. It is told through children playing a game. In the first stanza, one child is playing as a border patrolman. The child has a badge and gun and chases the other child, playing the mexican maid. He says that he could do whatever he wants and the maid can do nothing about it. The view point in the second stanza then switches to the mexican maid. The…

“This is the even-handed sealing of the world!” He said. “There is noth-ing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!” (Dickens, Charles.) From the words of Ebenezer Scrooge, we see that society in England during Charles Dickens’s life despises the poor and harshly judges the rich who seek more fortune. Set in the Hungry Forties, A Christmas Carol portrays a time of famine, hunger, workhouses, and innocent…

The black dog is a malicious spirit and an omen of death. Heathcliff is the black dog that haunts the moors of Emily Brontë’s novel, Wuthering Heights, and she uses dogs as both hallmarks for Heathcliff’s savage behavior and heralds of his misdeeds. The canine comparisons also bleed into descriptions of Hareton, whom Heathcliff raised in his image. Additionally, the actions of the dogs, as well as Heathcliff’s actions towards them, give insight into his beastly character and foreshadow his…

“No, I’m going to win,” claimed Alex Boatwright to Nathan Smith. Nathan replied, “Well you are narcissistic.” Nathan and Alex have always been rivals in academics, since they were little. From spelling bees to test grades, or anything education related. Nathan loved to learn and always wanted to know what did what. Alex always had to get the better grade than everybody in the class, and always wanted competition. Yet he always wanted to win, and was sore loser. This time the boys were arguing…

(Nowrouzi,Sohila and Esmaeil). In her play, Hansberry gave each of her character’s jobs that would represented the job discrimination. Walter worked as a chauffeur for a rich business man, Ruth does laundry and cleans kitchens, and Mama worked as a housemaid for a white family. Walter’s father also worked as a chauffeur, further portraying the pattern in their family (Hansberry). Hansberry deliberately points this out in order to bring attention to the inequality in employment and how the…

tell the story of Barbara, a middle aged profound journalist who goes undercover taking minimum wage jobs, seeing if she can afford to pay her rent, keep herself clean, and be able to afford the essential things in life. She worked as a waitress, a housemaid, a nursing home…

Shanghai Calling is a movie that describes a man, Sam, is ordered to work in China. Therefore he arrived China as a worker immigrant. He met some Chinese people and start the story with a scam. Sam almost lost his job during solving this problem. Finally, he decides to live in Shanghai and start his new career. This movie brings out several problems that are common to migrants. After watching the movie, I have integrated some problems that the migrants might face. There are four points: The…

of Human Rights, “all human beings have the right to equality.” In a recent case, the Hughes v Narrabri Bowling Club Ltd [2012] NSWADT 161 saw the responsiveness of the law against sexual harassment. Hughes was employed in July, 2008 as a casual housemaid at the motel and has complained to the Anti-Discrimination Board that she has been sexual harassed by Mr Welsh (manager of the motel) between June and August 2010. The applicable legislation for this case is the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977…

AN EXEMPLARY LIFE A person who lives an exemplary life is someone others can look to when identifying ideals they value. This exemplary person is not faultless, but ultimately lives a life others notice and can model their own lives after. When thinking about a person like this, I immediately considered Alice Blackwell, the main character of Curtis Sittenfeld 's novel, “American Wife.” Over the summer I read this book multiple times and I realized the tale was so grabbing because of how much I…

Frederick Douglass, the famed 19th century abolitionist leader, once stated “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men” (Douglass). As parenting style continues to bend around societal factors that are relatively unpredictable. The one value that has stood the test of time, is an unconditional love for the youth. Although I’ve yet to have kids of my own, I have experienced firsthand the triumphs, and struggles that my parents endured to raise me. Throughout Lareau’s work in…