Summary Of On The Flip Side By Nikki Carter

Entering the world of Dolores Price, who is the focal center in She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb, is no peaceful journey. We go through the events that shaped her into an emotional disturbed lady. After suffering multiple travesties – one after the other – she demonstrates signs of personality disorder. We are engaged in a story of strength, and manic all at the same time.

Chapter eight of The Way We Never Were by Stephanie Coontz focuses on sexual reproduction in the United States. In this chapter, Coontz claims that the root cause of higher sexual reproduction rates in teenagers in the past rather than now is a result of cultural changes and advances in technology such as birth control and other mechanisms that prevent unwanted pregnancy.

Leaving the comforts of the first world, Jessica Alexander abandons her job, fiancé, family, and home to venture into the misleading volunteer work of Humanitarian aid. Chasing Chaos: My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid by Jessica Alexander is a conglomeration of stories that are written from Jessica’s memory. “It is a true account based on [Jessica’s] best recollections of the events and [her] experiences.”.

Though the parents constantly ensure that they do the opposite of the social norm, they’ve made sure to inspire Jeannette with the values of schooling. Alongside Jeannette’s parents value instillments with an added extra persuasion from her sister, Jeannette takes the leap and enters into the world of academia with an Ivy League college acceptance. “I applied to its sister college, Barnard, and was accepted.” (Wall 250). Even with her upbringing Jeannette is still bright enough to make her way into a good college, a college that most would say “trash” like her didn’t deserve to attend.

In the short story “Both Sides of the fence”, written by Teresa Bateman, the author expresses the idea that there are two sides to every argument. In the story, Alberto attempts to prevent people in his pueblo from benefitting from his tree that was left for him by his family. As the story progresses, he suspects his neighbor from purloining his apples, but then realizes his wrongdoings and foolishness. This theme is revealed through the main character’s transformation, a significant passage, and the title of the story.

In the essay "Don't Just Stand There", Diana Cole explains her views on speaking up against prejudice and offensive jokes or phrases. Cole's essay explains how she believes that speaking out against prejudice always makes a differences, even if it is not an immediate one. Cole explains the proper ways of speaking up, stating that lashing out usually ends badly but remaining calm can put a person in control. Cole discusses the proper way to respond to something offensive, how to handle speaking to an unresponsive person, how to handle peer pressure, and the best way to go about dealing with the prejudice of a superior. In Abigail's opinion, Cole's views on how best to deal with offensive comments are very wise. In Abigail's opinion, remaining

1. In the book The Moral Underground, How Ordinary Americans Subvert an Unfair Economy by Lisa Dodson the main focus is recounting the lives of people who help out those in the lower classes. People in the lower classes typically struggle day in and day out to make ends meet. Most people in lower income families are families with not many children and are working like any other American. Yet, they are still seen as unmotivated people in society. “Like other Americans in the past, Andrew decided that when you see people being treated unfairly and, worse still, you realize you play a direct role in the unfairness, the right thing to do is act against it.”(pg. 5). This is what many people do; they are seen as “heroes” who break the rules to help those in need because they acknowledge that the system is unfair. Those who need help are treated with little dignity and as criminals as a way to belittle them. Society likes to take away their independence because we see them as different or as a subclass. Some strategies included, “funnel resources such as money, food, medical care, or heat to those critically in need” (pg. 9). In one case mentioned in the book Andrew the fast-food manager, he adds fake hours in which they didn’t work so that way they can have higher pay check because Andrew feels that they don’t make enough to have a living wage (pg. 23). As I’ve learned in class not all the time can people afford or qualify to get on public assistance therefore there are secret

Judith Butler’s Beside Oneself: On the Limits of Sexual Autonomy and Jomny Sun’s everyone’s a aliebn when ur a aliebn too illuminate similar ideas by using vastly different styles. Butler chooses to display her work in a very detailed, thorough way. Meanwhile, Sun manages to teach the same lesson, using a much simpler method of writing. Even though both of these texts share common themes, they have varying effects on the reader. After reading Butler’s essay, I felt I was being attacked, as if I was being challenged to help change social norms. With Sun, I finished the book feeling soothed and satisfied with the end result. A particular idea brought up in both texts is the idea of categories and their negative effects. The idea of categories of Butler is shown in Sun by the many characters; I believe that the use of categories overwhelmingly carries more negative effects.

Most curriculums being taught to students withhold a mass amount of history. Some may do this because they feel some events do not have the same importance as other topics being taught. Such topics for example would be the rape and sexual exploitation of thousands of African American females during the time periods where racism and segregation was the norm. It is important for people to be educated about the horrific events that these women went through without justice. It is also essential because it shows the amazing activism Rosa Parks took part in. Most people are often just taught about Parks’ actions on the bus. At the Dark End of the Street by Danielle L. McGuire shows how Rosa Parks and many other dedicated their lives to receive equality not only for themselves, but for all African Americans in the south. Danielle L. McGuire’s work is an amazing way for people to not only learn more of Rosa Parks story, but to get a better understanding of what all African American woman had to deal with during this time period. The realism of sexual violence and its dominant impact on the African American women was one of the many events that helped ignite the Civil Rights Movement. McGuire wrote At the Dark End of the Street in order to resolve the negligence of this reality.

Most children are not very fond of reading books in school. I was one of those children until I read a novel called, “The Other Side of Dark” written by Joan Lowery Nixon in the 4th grade. My school had held a book fair during the week of open house. As a child, all children want the toys and games they had at the book fair, not bothering to even glance at the books. My mother told me to look for a book that was not only easy for me to read but something that I would enjoy. I walked around our petite library, which was where the book fair was being held, and scanned the various novels that were displayed until one caught my eye. I was only 10 years old looking for a book without the knowledge of what types of literature that interested me. As I turned the corner at the end of the library I caught a glimpse of a hardcover novel called “The Other Side of Dark”. On the back of novel I read the synopsis which was about a 13 year-old girl who was shot and put into coma until she was 17 years old waking up to discovering that her family was also murdered by the same person who shot her 4 years ago. I was quickly captivated by this summary on the back of the novel and persuaded to read further. Open house was coming to an end and my family and I headed back to our house in La Mirada, California. One of our homework assignments was to read at least 20 minutes a night to improve our reading skills. We quickly arrived at our home and I

One of the most, if not the most, controversial and heated debates following the United States independence was regarding the institution of slavery. In the introduction to his book Half Slave and Half Free, Bruce Levine quotes Carl Schurzs’ observation as the “slave question not being a mere occasional quarrel between two sections of the country divided by a geographic line, but a great struggle between two antagonistic systems of social organization (p.15)”. The Nouthern states that allowed slavery benefited from the agricultural labor that those slaves provided. The Northern states that prohibited slavery did so for moral and pragmatic reasons; they felt it was morally wrong to deny another human any form of rights, and did not like the economic advantage it gave to the Southern states. With the use of slavery largely concentrated in the South, the movement against it came from the North and was led by abolitionists; those who were committed to bringing an end to the practice. In this course we have defined “Practice” as the conduct of policy, such as opinion, election, parties and law-making (Lecture). We define Policy as the goals of politics, those being sovereignty, defense, and a collective well-being (Lecture). The following analytical essay will examine antislavery sentiment and practices in the Northern states and the reaction of Southern states. Additionally how the pressures from both sides influenced the Policy of the United States following independence then

The main character is Connie, the fifteen-year-old protagonist of the story, who is also around the

Love is a difficult word to explain, and everyone has their own opinions on what they think it truly means. Romance is a major topic in literature, movies, music, etc.… The world is continuously surrounded by the notion of finding companionship in a single person and staying with them “until death do us part.” In “Against Love” by Laura Kipnis, Kipnis states, “If you love me, you’ll do what I want or need, or demand--- and I’ll love you in return” (Kipnis 805). “Carnal Knowledge” is a prime example of how Kipnis’ claim on love fails. Where a human being can pour his heart out to another person, do all he could to please and satisfy them and receive not an ounce of devotion in return. While everyone is entitled to their own opinions,

The story is written as a second person narrative. This style puts the reader in the position of the main character. We are never told the main character’s name, making it easier for the reader to relate to the character. Writing in the second person also challenges the reader, putting them in the position of the main character.

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