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- 2341: Daddy, Vampires, Black Hearts ( an insite into a life )
- ... was you". The powerful imagery of these lines overpowers any of the rhyme scheme. The tone of this poem is an adult engulfed in outrage. This outrage,at times, slips into the sobs of a child. This is evident by Plath's continued use of the word daddy and the childlike repitition "You do not do, you do not do" and "Daddy, daddy, you bastard". Fear from her childhood moves her in directions that will take her far from herself. In one line in the poem she brings us starkly into the world of a child's fear. She uses words that sound like the words of a child staring out at us from behind "a bardwire snare" "I have always been scared of you." This poem portrays a bleak picture of life for some women. However, we know that Plath was able ...
- 2342: Jane Addams and The Hull House
- ... better conditions in the work place by creating labor committees called Trade Unions. Also they suggested to the Illinois State Bureau of Labor that they investigate into the sweating system in Chicago with its attendant child labor. As a result of the investigation, the first factory law of Illinois regulated the sanitary conditions of the sweatshop and fixed the working age of a child at fourteen. Hull House was able to offer medical care, childcare and legal aid, as well as classes to teach immigrants English, vocational skills, music, art and drama. She realized that there would be no end to poverty if the laws could not be changed. She directed her efforts at the causes of poverty by pressuring the state of Illinois to look at laws governing child labor, the laws for the factory inspection system, the juvenile justice system and to mandate schooling for children. Juvenile delinquency, prostitution, disease inferior hospitals and street crime became major problems and threats to safety ...
- 2343: I Stand Here Ironing
- ... she describes two negative aspects of Emily’s childhood. First she talks about sending Emily to live with her relatives as a toddler. Next she describes sending Emily to a convalescent home as a young child. The mother ultimately feels guilty for the actions she took to ensure a better life for her daughter. The first decision that Emily’s mother had to make was to ship Emily off to stay ... back to her mother when she was two "all baby loveliness gone" (Olsen, 579). At this time in the story, the reader is able to see a change in the way the mother describes her child. The mother goes from seeing Emily as a beautiful baby to seeing her as a thin two-year-old. Emily grows into a young child who was self-conscience about her appearance, "thin and foreign-looking at a time when every girl was supposed to look [like the] replica of Shirley Temple" (Olsen, 580). Emily’s mother pondered several ...
- 2344: The Condition of African Americans in the 1920’s Compared to Amory Blaine
- ... to Amory in order to prove how good he had things and how he still was unappreciative and somewhat selfish. According to the editor of the African American Encyclopedia, Michael W. Williams, “an average black child completed grammar school (eight years) having spent about fifty-eight months in the classroom, while a white child had spent sixty-six months in the classroom” (Williams 509). The primary reasoning behind this was that black children were needed to do the labor of white-controlled tenant farmers and sharecroppers. The African American ... brought up” (Fitzgerald 2). This displays not only her love for Amory but also the upper class treatment he gets. According to Mabel Smythe, “Family status is of great importance to the education of a child, just as education will be a vital determinant of the status of his or her own family in the future” ( 324). Since African Americans received less than three-fifths of the income received by ...
- 2345: Hunger Of Memory
- ... though once he began attending school. The author describes hearing the cold, harsh sounds of the English language and wishing that his teachers would welcome him in Spanish, instead. The author explains that, as a child, he regarded Spanish as his own personal language. In his autobiography, at the young age of seven, he did not see himself as an American citizen like the other children in his class, and this ... he was an American citizen, and he did have the right as well as the obligation to speak the public language. An ironic paradox surfaced during this period of Rodriguez’s childhood. As a young child he was very dependent on his family for reassurance, and speaking Spanish kept him and his family safe and sheltered while they were at home. In order for Rodriguez to grow and become independent, he ... explains, "Supporters of bilingual education today imply that students like me miss a great deal by not being taught in their family’s language. What they seem not to recognize that as a socially disadvantaged child... I needed to learn in school that I had the right-- and the obligation --to speak the public language." He goes on to say that "the bilinguists simplistically scorn the value and necessity of ...
- 2346: Huckelberry Finn- Censorship
- ... been acts of depriving children to read this great novel by removing it from most school libraries. "The book is a rich, deep text on many important issues: not only race and slavery, but violence, child abuse, alcoholism, and many other problems still relevant to American society. At the same time, it is an inventory of essential values, such as kindness, courage, and the need through moral choices" (Koster pg.159). Collier ...
- 2347: The Watergate Scandal
- ... the court. (Watergate Scandal 2). Following the release of these tapes, on July 27-30 of 1973, the Judiciary Committee recommended that Nixon be impeached. The Committee recommended impeachment on three charges: obstruction of justice, abuse of Presidential power, and attempting to impede the impeachment process by defying Committee subpoenas. ( Watergate Scandal 1). President Nixon, realizing that he could be impeached, resigned. Nixon felt he must resign or face impeachment because ... national government and its agencies. (Germond 2). In conclusion, the Watergate Scandal had a significant impact on our present American society and political system. There were many illegal activities involved with Watergate such as the abuse of Presidential powers and the illegal use of campaign finances. These activities have brought about reforms in today's government. The coupling of the Watergate crisis and its associated outrageous abuse of campaign funds has caused an evolution in the American political system. The federal government now has the authority to monitor the activities of political candidates' campaign financing and is also charged with the ...
- 2348: The Imperial Woman
- ... the girl infant and the pregnancy of Yehonala. On third moon of the spring year, Yehonala gave birth to a son. According to tradition, Sakota had a duty to protect the Heir like her own child. Because of her status, Yehonala manipulated the Emperor to allow her to have an equal position as Sakota. Her name was changed to Tzu Hsi. Before her life was simple, now she has to defend ... Emperor. Prince Cheng, Prince Yi, and the Grand Councilor plotted to kill Tzu Hsi and the Heir while the son of Heaven was dying. Tzu Hsi very cunningly persuaded the dying monarch to declare the child the heir and the two Empresses as Regents. As a supreme ruler and more dominant than Sakota, Tzu Hsi ordered the Three Traitors to die. The Grand Councilor Su Shun was sliced into one thousand ... to train him. There are many history mistakes in Imperial Woman. For example, Yehonala and Sakota were never cousins. As property of the Emperor, it would have been impossible for Yehonala to have bore a child of another man. Even the Emeperor s concubines, who were nothing but chattels, were heavliy guarded. It would not be proper for two women to have the same lord. However, Imperial Woman is high ...
- 2349: Chimpanzee
- ... from another community, both sides usually engage in threats, and then are likely to retreat back to their home ground.(Holloway, 1974:261) But if a single individual is encountered, or a mother and a child, then the patrolling males usually chase and, if they can, attack the stranger.(Goodall, 1979:599) "Ten very serious attacks on mothers or old females of neighboring communities have been recorded in Gombe since 1970 ... gang up on her. In three years from 1974 to 1976 only a single infant in the Kasakela community had lived for more than one month. Finally, when Passion gave birth again to a third child, and Pom also gave birth, the extraordinary cannibalistic infant killing came to an end.(Goodall, 1979:619) Chimpanzees have been studied in the Mahale Mountains National Park for 25 years. The study group, M-group ...
- 2350: Thomos Hardy The Mayor Of Cast
- ... thousands." Saul was very angry and resentful [ ] And from that day on, Saul was jealous of David" (18:7-9) The resentfulness between Henchard and Farfrae began just the same. While Henchard conversed with a child of why everyone requested Farfrae when inquiring about the value of haystacks the child, without knowing Mr. Henchard s appearance replies, "I suppose they like him so [ ] And he s better tempered, and Hechard s a fool to him, they say." (XV 104) Both men in each relationship become ...
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