having an individual identity and being an individual is stronger. In the excerpt‚ Millicent is slowly realizing that conforming and being a part of a sorority is not as exciting as it sounds‚ and being an individual offers more opportunities to become a unique person. Millicent is an average girl who no one really notices‚ when one day‚ a sorority group decides to allow her to join‚ but she must past their initiation test first. At first‚ Millicent is ecstatic‚ and proud that she can finally be
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11/20/08 Sociology 444 My Double-Consciousness as an African American College Student Despite the enduring popularity of DuBois’ double consciousness metaphor‚ Adolph Reed views it as an anachronism rooted in DuBois’s Jim Crow segregationist period and thus deems it not applicable to post-segregation Black America (Shaw 9). Some sociologists‚ however‚ possess a very different outlook on “double consciousness” that affirms its existence and application in the present day. Although
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HOW TO SAY NOTHING IN FIVE HUNDRED WORDS Paul McHenry Roberts (1917-1967) taught college English for over twenty years‚ first at San Jose State College and later at Cornell University. He wrote numerous books on linguistics‚ including Understanding Grammar (1954)‚ Patterns of English (1956)‚ and Understanding English (1958). Freshman composition‚ like everything else‚ has its share of fashions. In the 195Os‚ when this article was written‚ the most popular argument raging among student essayists
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as a bashful girl who wanted to be a part of a sorority‚ and later had an epiphany and decided to reject the membership into the sorority. She declined membership into the sorority because she did not want to lose her best friend Tracy. She did not like the thought of losing her sense of individuality‚ and felt as if she did not need to belong to a club to relate to other human beings. Tracy‚ Millicent’s best friend‚ was not invited into the sorority‚ and Millicent felt guilty because Tracy had
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in Lansing High. It is the story of Millicent‚ who discovers that being an individual offers more opportunities than being part of a sorority. In Initiation‚ the author‚ Sylvia Plath expresses the hardships Millicent undergoes to become a member of the elect. Millicent is forced to go through several rituals which decide whether she is capable of joining the sorority. At first Millicent is delighted and proud that she will finally be part of a society however during the process of initiation‚ she
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better. It’s clear‚ that to fill these private prison‚ the government targets communities like so. Gangs as youth groups develop among the socially marginal adolescents for whom school and family do not work. In contrast‚ gangs are like fraternities and sororities‚ well this was the intentions of Freddy Gauge & Walter Wheat the creators of Four Corner Hustlers. The notion of creating a family in the streets‚ to give back to the communities‚ it wasn’t until they became blacklisted by the federal government
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The Minimum Legal Drinking Age Will Not Solve Binge Drinking In College Students Since 1984‚ the minimum legal drinking age has been twenty-one (Fact Sheets - Age 21). Many people have been debating whether or not that age should be lowered‚ especially people with ties to colleges or students in college. These people believe that if the age were lowered‚ the problem with binge drinking in college students would be solved. Despite what many people may think‚ lowering the drinking age will most
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small picturesque campus tucked away in the rolling hills of Oakland. As the heart of this body‚ we young students‚ often want things we cannot have‚ that much is self evident. We want extracurricular things such as on campus sports fields‚ fraternities‚ sororities‚ and other college amenities that this school could not possibly sustain nor afford. However‚ the brain‚ that is‚ the administration
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INTRODUCTION The Chewa originated in the country of Zaire‚ but they emigrated to northern Zambia and central Malawi where they now live. The Chewa people are the largest ethnic group in Malawi and live primarily in the Central Region. The Chewa established their first kingdom around the year 1480. There are presently over 1.5 million Chewa people throughout Malawi and Zambia‚ however they are not considered people of Malawi‚ nor people of Zambia‚ but people of the Nyanja group of Bantu. The major
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this hole and understands who she wants to be. Symbolism in “Initiation” represents the growth of Millicent’s character‚ from unassertive‚ to her sorority initiation changing her into a confident‚ non-conformist who realizes the power of individuality. The look-alike group of sparrows that Millicent imagined represent the cliquey‚ exclusive group of sorority girls. For example‚ Millicent thinks of the sparrows as‚ “pale gray-brown birds in a flock‚ one
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