V-Day

probably the most important piece of political theater of the last decade, at least if we measure a play’s impact in quantifiable terms”(Isherwood). In these monologues, she shows us these issues from the eye of the woman, and not from what rumors say, or what men speculate. Ensler has started organizations such as “V-Day”, and “One Billion Rising”, to help put an end to this. She visited over 40 countries to interview women that underwent abuse. Ensler herself grew up with an alcoholic father that abused her. She also started a movement named “City of Joy” to give the women of the Congo that had experienced sexual violence a safe and healthy community. In a 2012 article Emine Saner mentions that “fundraising performances of the play are staged all over the world, and the movement has raised $85m to fund women 's projects, including an ambitious centre in Congo, officially the worst place to be a woman, to support women who have been raped” (Strike Against). Ensler’s organization called “One Billion Rising: Revolution” has held thousands of events in 200 countries. These events have given millions of women the freedom they deserve to talk about these dire issues. “V-Day” raised $30 million as of the year 2006. She has raised millions, if not billions of dollars total, in her efforts to help women. Ensler has also talked about sex slavery and trafficking. She mentioned in an online article that, “I am thinking of the price list leaked out from the ISIS Sex Slave Market, that…

In 1954, the United States Supreme Court saw that segregated schools were unconstitutional and decided to remove those policies. The actions to join both white and black children into one school left many upset about the ruling. During this troubling time, R.V. Cassil wrote The First Day of School to illustrate the struggles of an African American family joining Joseph P. Gilmore High, a previously all white school. Throughout the story, R.V. Cassill progresses John’s personality, feelings,…

change and sways national sentiment. In today’s America, this is seen almost on a daily basis with the extremes of both sides of the political spectrum taking photos out of context and fueling impassioned campaigns and protests instantly, using the distribution network online. Political photography has been an integral part of the democratic process in the United States since the invention’s first exposure in the country. Take the image of this sailor and nurse on V-J Day in 1945 by Alfred…

focused on tyrants and royalty, he also covered ordinary people in their daily life. When Eisenstaedt took “V-J Day in Times Square”, he was an experienced photographer and worked for Life Magazine. The day this picture was taken, was the same day Japan…

“V-J Day in Times Square” by Alfred Eisenstaedt (1945) is a picture well-known across the United States and possibly as well as in other countries. People see the photo as romantic and impassioned, showing love during a time of celebration. However, some also believe this public display of affection could possibly be sexual assault. During this time in the photo, people were gathering and celebrating over the announcement from the president that Japan had surrendered and they have won the war.…

It was a hot, sunny Thursday at Camp V-Bar; “the hottest camp going”. I had just finished teaching my favorite class; fourth period paddle boarding. I was playing a game of sharf with the rest of the Aquatics Staff under the rain fly. After a vigorous game of sharf, which I won, I was off to my next class. It was my fifth period small boat sailing class; a class I did not enjoy. I was not too thrilled about teaching sailing because the people you would teach would have to be engaged during…

Henry V has the ability to communicate with people from all walks of life. Henry gives this Saint Crispin's Day speech to his men just before a battle in which they are terribly outnumbered. In this speech, Henry V demonstrates this ability to prepare all of his men to feel valued and equal. In this essay, I will examine three examples that show Henry V speaking to his men and demonstrating that they are all in the battle together. In the beginning, one of the examples in the Saints Crispin’s…

From Pearl Harbor to V-J Day by D. Clayton James and Anne Sharp Wells, Published January 1, 1995 Ivan R. Dee Publisher. 216 pages. The second world war was histories largest war in numbers of nations and soldiers, allotting to over sixty million total deaths and over four hundred thousand American Deaths. In the novel From Pearl Harbor to V-J Day, D. Clayton James and Anne Sharp Wells tell the story of how America got pulled into World War II, the conflicts that America faced during World War…

I really like how it was written and I liked the contents of the story. We have the English army led by what many consider to be a carefree spoiled boy, who is upset because France won’t let him be king. They are tired, they are in worn down armor that is old and far inferior to the French armies, and they are losing hope. Nothing about this scene relays hope that victory will come to the English. The scene of Henry V standing up and says, “We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he today…

V-E Day had come and gone. Two atomic bombs had been dropped on Japan. The Cold War had sprung up out of the Soviet Union’s paranoia of the spread of capitalism. Spain had just barely escaped developing into an autocracy. Needless to say, the world was changing in 1949, and, in some eyes, it was taking a turn for the worse. Many nations either chose to turn a blind eye to the resurgence of totalitarianism in Eastern Europe and Asia or merely succumbed to its wrath, becoming just an…