The Coldness of Ashes Susan Pfeffer’s story “Ashes” teaches a lesson about how trust is decided on past‚ not relationships. Ashleigh‚ “Ashes”‚ with divorced parents‚ talks about how when she is with her dad‚ the sun shines just a little bit brighter‚ but according to her mother‚ he is just an “irresponsible bum”. Ashes was a nickname her father gave her‚ which her mother hates. Ashes‚ says that her father hardly ever keeps a promise‚ such as when she was a kid‚ he told her that the stars were
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Field Journal Entry- Coping Among the most constant and most influential stressors in my life‚ lies school‚ specifically assignment deadlines and exams. Previously‚ I had “priority” classes‚ which I held higher than others and worked my hardest on them. Lately‚ however‚ all eight of my classes have become “priority‚” adding to my stress. No longer do I have a class in which I can take my time for all of them require my utmost and undivided attention and effort if I am to keep my grades. And‚ since
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Trifles by Susan Glaspell addresses ideas about justice and gender deifferences. In the play gender roles are an important theme. Women in the 1900s often took care of the home. In this play the women distrust men and the men underestimate and underappreciate women. Ultimately‚ the audience has to decide if the women that protect Mrs. Wright from punishment are justified. Was murdering Mr. Wright a just punishment for his poor character and the killing of a canary? Perhaps leaving him would have
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The short one-act play Trifles by Susan Glaspell‚ was years ahead of its time. Its time was 1916 but the subject matter is timeless. The aspect of this play that most caught my interest was the contrast between the men and women characters. This is a play written in the early 1900s but transcends time periods and cultures. This play has many strengths and few weaknesses‚ but helps to provide a very accurate portrait of early American women and the issues they dealt with in everyday comings and
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One protest issue we learnt about this term was Racism. Racism is a form of discrimination based on race‚ especially the belief that one race is superior to another. In “Strange Fruit” Abel Meeropol protests and raises awareness of the treatment of African Americans in South USA. The song describes the scene of lynching of Black American’s and their resemblance to a fruit hanging from a tree. We also studied the poem “took the children away” by Archie Roach which similarly portrayed a great understanding
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Jamaica It is a little disconcerting ‚ the laid back attitude of the hire car companies employees as we assumed a half asred job. The first road sign we see when departing the airport is keep left‚ obviously put out by the hire car company. So of course‚ we are driving on the left side of the road as we wheel into the first roundabout‚ horns honking and Mum muttering. I tighten my seatbelt for our rather frightening drive to Beeches Negril Resort on the island’s west shore. Jamaicans seem to
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Defense Mechanisms Denial: Refusal to accept reality. Difficulty accepting what is true. Ex) My family could not accept the fact that my niece was diagnosed with a fatal‚ cancerous brain tumor. Displacement: Emotion pointed on something that brings lesser risk. Ex) When I got my first F in school I went and told my mom instead of my dad because she takes things lighter. Intellectualization: Focusing on only intellectual parts of a situation to avoid direct emotional ties
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Strange Fruit/ Blood on the Leaves Strange Fruit is a famous song sung by Billie Holiday in 1939.The song itself was originally a poem written by Abel Meeropol in 1937. This song was to protest racism and especially against the lynching of African Americans. Lynching specially means to put to death‚ especially by hanging‚ by mob action and without legal authority. The Klu Klux Klan were basically known for being against the whole civil rights for blacks and against them having voting rights. They
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Rhetorical Analysis A Strange Love Affair The narrative essay "A Strange Love Affair‚" written by Jan Myrdal takes place during the 1940’s however‚ it wasn’t until the 1960’s that it got published. Myrdal writes about a married man that reconnects with his first love. Not only that‚ he almost commits adultery in having sex with this women‚ but turns down B because of the reason that he loves his wife. He tries to cover up his doubts by saying that his feet stink because of a long journey through
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Just because things may seem impossible‚ they never truly are. You can overcome any obstacle as long as you put your mind and your heart to it. Ever since I can remember I have struggled greatly with finding a way to cope with mental illnesses. At a young age I was diagnosed with severe anxiety. Anxiety is a genetic mental illness‚ which I got from my dad. By the age of 7 I was already attending therapy sessions. My father and I have always had a close bond and I like to think it’s because of how
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