The Housemaid

Morgan Freeman born Memphis, Tennessee on June 1, 1937. After high school Freeman joined the air force so that he could become a pilot, later on he realized he wanted to be an actor. It was hard for an African American man to find a job as an actor back than, but in 1967 Freeman landed in a all African American Broadway production of "Hello, Dolly"! During that time as well Freeman was performing on a off- Broadway production known as "The Nigger Lovers". Than in 1971 Freeman appeared in a…

"The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men." A quote by Alice Walker conveying her strong belief in feminism and racial equality. The author 's life had an impact on her writing. Between attending segregated schools, poor family and a victim of bullying, Alice Walker converted her struggles and beliefs into award winning writing. She worked as a social worker and civil rights…

How far is too far to end prejudice, help save people’s lives, and better the social interaction in total. Harper Lee’s book Go Set A Watchman, the sequel to To Kill A Mockingbird, Jean Louise Finch is all grown up and working in New York. Her past has shaped her to be the non racist, strong willed woman she is today. Her father is ailing as he grows older, and her brother Jem dropped dead of a heart attack at age 28. Everything thing was going pretty decent until Jean Louise returns home and…

Have you ever watched a movie based on the events of a book or vise versa? Usually the movie follows the events of the book. But not in this case, the movie “The fall of the house of usher” contains some major differences from the book. If I were to just watch the movie, I would have never even know what the book is about. That is how much they differ. There are three major points in which the story and the movie differ. The storylines of both the book and the movie differ by way of a couple…

Millie says “My mama was a maid and my grandmama was a house slave” which shows that the women in their community have not been allowed the education to be able to break the cycle. Also when Millie gets fired her daughter also starts working as a housemaid which means she presumingly quit school due to poverty as shown also by children in the film Standing Tall. The film shows discrimination and segregation due to the colour of someones skin, examples of this is how the white women do not want…

She almost always knew where Juliet was and what she was doing. Thus, the Nurse serves as the ideal housemaid of the Renaissance time. Similarly, Lady Capulet is an example of a stereotypical wealthy wife during the Elizabethan time. Unlike today, women of this time were used more as an object then they were a person in power. Throughout this time period…

that were in the north and the type of labor was needed would be different according to what was needed in that region. Sex also determined the type of labor the slaves would do. Men would mostly work outside where the women could be more like a housemaid or caregiver taking care of the children. An example of this would be Mrs. Laura Smalley from Hampstead, Texas and Fountain Hughes from Baltimore, Maryland. Mrs. Laura Smalley and Fountain…

Leo Li Asian 385 December 4, 2016 In the past decade, South Korea has experienced massive economic growth, by rising to the top of the electronics industry and becoming the leader of the world stage of entertainment with outstanding unique drama movies culture and pop music. Nevertheless, it is questionable that whether the culture of Korea is truly becoming as liberal and open as its sparkling screen projection. Nowadays, society seems to question traditional gender roles, and feminism is often…

The Co-Dependent Novel Imagine you are in a bookstore and it is overflowing with amazing literature. How many of these novels can stand on their own as a story to tell? Do some of these novels require prior text to understand certain aspects, such as a second book in a series? This brings forth the idea of intertextuality in which it is defined as reference of a text which is mirrored and reflected in another text (Eyvazi 155). Jean Rhys took it into her own hands to create a novel on Bertha…

The book, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd opens with a fourteen year old white girl, Lily Owens. She lives in Sylvan, South Carolina with her abusive father T. Ray and her housemaid, Rosaleen. Lily was only four years old when her mother died. She heard that it was because of her as well, and this is the only memory she has of her. The only physical items from her mother she had were a pair of gloves and a picture of a black Mary. Rosaleen decides to register to vote once the Civil…