The Very Personal Another perspective—a poignant one at that—about the shortcomings of Abstinence–Only comes from Elizabeth Smart‚ the young woman who made headlines after being abducted for nine months at age 14. At a Johns Hopkins University forum on human trafficking‚ Smart (who was raped repeatedly by her abductors) spoke out against the abstinence-only education she received as a child‚ suggesting that it deterred her from escaping her captors. She said that abstinence-only education makes
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Elizabeth Gilbert‚ an author once stated "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts‚ and you are the slave to your emotions. Elizabeth Gilbert. This quote speaks a message about life‚ how a person’s emotions have complete control of your actions and vice versa. Most people continue to wonder why these emotions happen in the first place and how simple emotions may lead to huge decision making. In the tragedy “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare‚ it explains the journey of two star-crossed
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Creating False Memories the article writer Elizabeth F. Loftus wrote from her experience in creating false memory some fascinating experiments and some real life situations‚ like the woman who was convinced that she was raped by her father and forced to abort her fetus ‚but when the doctors examined her they found out that she never been pregnant‚ and the other woman who thought she were abused by her family‚ and other examples. The scientific explanation was that the false memory created from
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Prozac Nation tells the story of Elizabeth Wurtzel’s childhood‚ her troubled relationship with her father who left her and her mother and refused to accept his responsibilities to his family‚ her move to Harvard‚ and her mental decline leading to several stays in hospital and a suicide attempt. Finally‚ after trying many different psychotherapists‚ psychiatrists‚ and medications‚ she tries Prozac and it helps her rise above her despair. In the Afterword to Prozac Nation‚ written for the paperback
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cases such as Plessy vs Ferguson‚ and sought justice for segregation‚ bodily protections‚ and equal protections under the law. Race played a major role in women’s so called “freedom” in society‚ and in their protections by the legal system. In Elizabeth Hale’s Making Whiteness‚ Hale discusses how white supremacy was created as a social movement in response to an increase of black freedom. In her book‚ Hale demonstrates the difference in punishment for violating a black woman’s body versus a white
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Understanding our “Terrible Teens” “Any fool can know; the point is to understand” (Albert Einstein). This wise saying is from Albert Einstein‚ who believed understanding a concept is the most crucial part of knowledge. Elizabeth Kolbert displayed a similar philosophy in writing her passage “Terrible Teens”. Kolbert’s objective was to make her readers truly comprehend her thesis. Making use of personal encounters‚ Kolbert was able to make her thesis clear throughout her passage. Furthermore‚ Kolbert
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The article by Elizabeth Wardle entitled “Identity‚ Authority‚ and Learning to Write in New Workplaces” addresses English teachers. Wardle claims English teacher must direct their focus beyond a student’s knowledge of academic writing‚ to the influences identity and authority may have on one’s writing. The author describes socio-historic theories regarding identity and authority to understand how new workers learn to write in the workplace. The author further discusses identity by explaining Wenger’s
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(One Art‚ 1-4‚ Bishop) Elizabeth Bishop‚ a famous poet during the Modernist Era‚ wrote many popular poems including‚ “Sandpiper.” Bishop’s tragic childhood and role models‚ her birthplace and the era of selective writing in which she was born into affected the style and messages in her writing. Elizabeth Bishop endured a devastating childhood in the Modernist Era‚ in which she wrote “Sandpiper”‚ a poem that shows the struggle and concentration it takes to reach ones dreams. Bishop had a rather rough
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This book is about Elizabeth Wurtzel‚ a chronically depressed Harvard graduate detailing the seriousness of her illness. Although she states in her Epilogue that she does not know what reason exactly compelled to write this memoir‚ she does delineate some elements that motivated her‚ such as the desire for people to understand the Prozac ‘situation’ as well as citing simple reasons‚ such as the need to express one’s story‚ and her own personal need to vent out on paper when so many people‚ she felt
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marriage proposals made to Elizabeth Bennet in the novel: Mr Collins ’ proposal to Elizabeth and Darcy ’s proposal to Elizabeth Jane Austen lived in a mercenary world and this is reflected in her novel. In "Pride and Prejudice" no secret is made of the need to marry for money. Jane Austen reflects different types of marriage in her novel. There is mercenary marriage‚ brought about solely for economic reasons. Such would have been the marriage between Mr Collins and Elizabeth. Mr Collins ’ proposal was
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