Comparison Of Ursula Le Guin, ‘The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas’ And Hemingway ‘A Very Short Story’

Introduction

In Ernest Hemingway “A Very Short Story”, the narrator remembers his legend with an Italian nurse while he was injured and in a hospital. The legend discloses how the warfare let young men transform and grow sexually, psychologically and mentally. The narrator’s correlation with Luz also discloses the early life of American nation. Hemingway is demonstrating that America is still a young and undeveloped homeland. In Ursula Le Guin The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas, the narrator depicts the utopian town of Omelas for the duration of the celebration of summer. Like so many of her works, the narrative is a science imaginary tale. This essay will compare Ursula Le Guin The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas and Ernest Hemingway, A Very Short Story evaluating which is best and most important for young people to read in a classroom and offer real life personal, social, or political lessons. This evaluation will be achieved through looking into the stories from a literary analysis point of view, integrating themes and conflicts from both into the contemporary world.

Ursula Le Guin’s tale, “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” is an inflexible genre categorization and a political allegory that at times impairs more than it assists.  Le Guin’s story questions so much about moral principles as it does about how people might instinctually characterize specific works. Le Guin’s approach towards the story is one of sorrow given that he depicts the action of walking way in a supple language and uncertainty. The storyteller is not one of those who have turned her back from the Omelas given that she is mystified why people would and she only gives a description of a town and its people in an optimistic light, even when talking of the child being compelled to live a sad life.

The narrative focuses on the environment of a moral dilemma. Sexual customs in Omela’s are left to the readers mind. Le Guin is disposed to let readers feed the narrative to produce a comprehensive metropolitan for them givens that the metropolis is utopia which is understood in different ways for each person. In Le Guin’s case, young people are allowed to comprehend the story more by trying to discover the reason the child has to live a sad life to conserve the utopia. The protected, dark underground room the child lives in is representative of the ethical dilemmas of contemporary society which is very important for young people to read and understand (Le, Guin, 2). This fact is exposed that people take no notice of the room, except for when they are compelled to either confirm to children how fortunate they are, give food to the child or just take care of the child. This occurrence is similar to how developed countries typically pay no attention to issues in developing countries and use them as a demonstration to children about how fortunate they are. In this case, young people are required to understand Le Guin’s point of the contemporary society that happiness can only be achieved through the anguish of others. It is good to learn from examples. Thus the young generation should know what to do to change this culture. The contemporary society operates well with this conception since people find pleasure in riches as result of being able to acquire better circumstances than others.

Happiness is a key theme in the narrative. People of the Omela’s suppose they are happy but in reality they are not happy. From the narrator's justification of occurrences of the Omelas, young readers become concerned in the creation of the happiness of Omelas which possibly makes it more overwhelming to find out the foundation of that pleasure (Le, Guin, 5)”. The joy built upon successful slaughter is not the right kind of joy; it will not do; it is fearful and it is trivial”. While Le Guin articulates uncertainly regarding the particulars of Ornelas’s desire, she is utterly convinced about the specifics of the miserable child. She offers a description of everything from the unforgettable “eh-haa, eh-haa” weeping noise that the child makes at night (Le, Guin, 5). In this case, the storyteller does not abscond any room for the person who reads to visualize anything that might alleviate or validate the child’s depression.

The most important themes of Hemingway “A Very Short Story” are love and war together with the ups and downs of love. The author’s message is that war affairs are primarily destined to be unsuccessful as they have no true opportunity to grow. The narrator makes an effort to make an imaginary tale of his own failed association with a nurse.  At the core of the story are the vainness of love in combat and the separation of the lost age group.  In an impression contaminated by the constant danger of bereavement, compound affairs like that between lovers are destined. It is essential that there is a conversation in the narrative; under the conditions of that occasion in which empathy cannot build up in any intensity. According to Hemingway, women are changeable, and their pledges are empty. Similarly, the idea of marriage is unachievable, and closeness only leads to tragedy.

The theme of love is a sour one and the writer’s rationale is to demonstrate that it is very hard for love as well as war to exist together. Unexpectedly and with no prologue, Hemingway tells the chronicle of Luz, a nurse who appears to harm armed forces and he, the injured soldier falls in love. The narrative does not begin with the customary portrayal of characters and background that young people would enjoy reading but instead starts with a couple’s pronouncement to get wedded. Nevertheless, the couple does not get married given that he departed for America under the perceptive that after getting employed, Luz would link up with him for the wedding. “They wanted to get married, but there was not enough time for the banns, and neither of them had birth certificates (Hemingway, 1).”

The stylistic essentials in the words of Hemingway’s work were really not opinionated in accordance with the linguistic masterpiece. The uncertainty of Hemingway’s characters fit the universal description of a fervent spirited young man who adores a nurse working in the sanatorium during the combat. Hemingway fails to bring in characters appropriately and leaves out large pieces of time between actions. After leaving for America, he unexpectedly stumbles on Luz making love to an Italian major, and she separates with him but on no account gets wedded to the Italian major (Hemingway,1). He does not reach out to her and readers are left with the knowledge that he spoilt an affair. The story is interesting to read.

The scenery of the story serves a most crucial role. The affection for the two starts at the time of confrontation. The lovers are perplexed, delighted and hopeful when reflecting ahead. The temperature is reliable with their position of affection. Just in same conflict times, everything is short-lived, and circumstances can alter in just a moment. At the start, they were in the hot Pandua and felt as if they were by now married but desired to control it. He afterward tours back to America, distant from her. “She loved him as always, but she realized now it was only a boy and girl love (Hemingway, 1)”. Things are calm, and the association cools down, and the climate is icy and damp.

Hemingway uses a variety of skills within language as well as linguistics to differentiate diverse responsibilities of gender. The reader is hopeless as the main characters gradually dispose of their principles. Luz breaks her pledge and renounces an opportunity of true love and the lover sinks into an immediate contemptible affair. Readers are left with sad feelings that are not captivating. Despite the fact that the narrative is short and quick, readers suffer from the characters and hope things would have turned out in a dissimilar way. In the description, Hemingway demonstrates a depressing view of affairs in the time of warfare. A correlation in war times as time appears foreseeable and overwhelming but regardless of the finale, it does not end well.

Conclusion

In conclusion, Le Guin does not want to produce oral puzzles and is not much concerned for language’s ambiguity. Le Guin’s work of fiction appears genre-fluid or possibly genre-free presented in some attractive locality at the margins of where fancy might start. It looks like flights of the imagination yet its parameters are hardly characterized as a result of the reader’s control. On the other hand, Hemingway’s “A Very Short Story” is interesting to read but insufficient for young people readers. This is for the reason that the author leaves the understanding of the events from the characters to readers. This is one of the reasons the narrative is most likely the genus is the short story. The types of paradox in the story are very short despite being situational and attitudinal. From the above assessment, Le Guin “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” is most important and the best piece for young people to read as it offers much insight regarding the modern society and social living. The work is sufficient to understand every occurrence and is well presented. On the other hand, Hemingway’s “A Very Short Story” is exciting and captivating to read but does not offer much of educational insights.

Works cited

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Hemingway, Ernest. Three Stories and Ten Poems. S.l.: s.n., n.d.. Print.

Le, Guin U. K. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas: A Story. , 2017. Print.

Ursula Le Guin The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas From The Wind's Twelve Quarters: Short Stories: retrieved from https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-DN8WdTrPibVG52UEU1dEh1YjA/view

Character Analysis Of Connie From The Story ‘Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?’

The short story titled ‘’Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?’’ authored by Joyce Carol Oates is a tale set in the 1960’s.  Connie is the protagonist in the story, as in her young age she goes through a tough time and feels as though her mother does not understand her pain (Pearlman 6). Her rebellious and yet exploring and curious nature reflects the personality and the challenges experienced by young individuals in the society as they transition to adulthood. Connie a fifteen-year-old girl hints an averagely normal teenage life. She appears as artificial at the beginning of the story centering on the many inconsequential issues that are linked with youths from pride to obsession with boys. Connie appears to be less mindful of others views based on the belief that her act would never be judged as right.  Connie is self-centered and rebellious who pays minimal attention to the outcome of her actions to her family and particularly her mother (Keilbach 11). Connie has a powerful romantic expression and she is obsessed with the notion of love even though she does not own the psychological maturity that is necessary for a prosperous relationship.

Connie is a teenager with long, light-colored hair that catches everyone attention which depicts her mother’s beauty with a contraction of her rebellious and selfish characteristics and therefore, her features demonstrate the challenges experienced by teenagers amid personal desires and responsibility during the transition. Connie enjoys the feeling of admiring herself in the mirror as she clearly understands that she is without a doubt beautiful. Beauty was all that she needs and she seeks no approval (Gale 22). Connie had the means of hiding her actual feels around her family but acted the complete opposite when hanging out with friends. This makes her selfish and deceitful (Pearlman 8). As she transitioned to adulthood she becomes attracted to the opposite sex and she is overwhelmed by her shabby dreams.

The conflict that is best represented by the character is the fact that she was having a rough time at home especially with her mother as she kept on making comparison with her elder sister who did no harm. Her father, on the other hand, was rarely around and this made her feel as if she was not understood. This is well depicted in the phrase ‘’ Connie desired for the death of her own mother’’ (Keilbach 14).  This, therefore, illustrates the fact that she felt less understood to the extent of wishing to die. Connie is unable to control her desires while adhering to the set family standards as adolescent rebellion is on the pick. She is involved in constant arguments with her mother and sister and rejects her family to chase her desires. Connie’s goals are to be happy as her goal is to chase her obsession with the boys.

Connie values her obsession with beauty and the opposite sex rather than family which seems to be obstructing her supposed happiness. All she does is to spend her time in the mirror admiring her beauty and daydreaming which upsets her mother. At the beginning, she said to Arnold ‘’ you are just being crazy, shut up.’’ (Gale 22). This shows that at first she never believed that the romantic world was good for her. Another phrase is ‘’ I wish her death’’ (Gale 22). This demonstrates the weight of her psychological trauma as she also acknowledges ‘’ no one understands me.’’ From these statements, it is evident that Connie is not only young and naïve but also in such as recognition (Pearlman 12). The narrator often offers a description of the character to help the readers in understanding not only her feeling but personality. From Gale (26) ‘’ what are you admiring, who do you think you are?’’ her mother asked with anger as Connie was staring at herself in the mirror. This demonstrates the much that she valued her beauty. Connie notes that she has to do something to address her frustrations and that of her family but she is overwhelmed by love and spends most of her time with the boys (Keilbach 15). She ignores her mother’s advice even though she knows it is true. This makes Connie the protagonist in the story.

Work Cited

Pearlman, Mickey, ed. American Women Writing Fiction: Memory, Identity, Family, and Space. University Press of Kentucky, 2015.

Keilbach, Andreas. The Concept of Duality in Joyce Carol Oates’s “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” Grin Verlag, 2009. Print.

Gale, Cengage L. Study Guide for Joyce Carol Oates's "where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” Detroit: Gale, Cengage Learning, n.d.. Print.

Upton Sinclair's the Jungle

The Jungle authored by Sinclair Upton is a vibrant and moving description of the slaughtering and meat handling industry at the beginning of the 20th century (Fitzgerald 62). The novel is a well-structured and informed assessment of the financial, political and social problems that dominated the food processing sector and the rampant growth of the capitalist society back in the 20th century. The Jungle is disputably one of the most valuable publications in the American history based on the fact that it does not only offer new information about the industry during the period but also highlight some of the most pressing socioeconomic and political issues that affected the society (Sachs 206). It is widely agreed that for Sinclair the primary objective for authoring the book for to bring about social reform by addressing sensitive issues. It is without a doubt that the intended audience for the book was the American society as the public was directly affected the most as consumers and citizens of America as well as immigrants. The novel is structured in a fictional form which helps in demonstrating the actual situation of immigrants who arrived in the country in search of the American dream in the 20th century but acquired nothing but pain and suffering by being subjected to cruel poverty (Sachs 206).  The Jungle is a valuable source for the American history as it radiantly explores the socio-economic disparities of labor in the food industry powered by capitalism.

The Jungle has retained its significance past a decade later as a recap and warning to the public and policymakers regarding the complexity of the food industry and possibility of ill-treatment of employees and animals. The cluster of the food sector that was initiated in the early 20th century is the base of today’s food industry and from this influence meet processing in America is still being handled by just a few well-established firms (Sinclair 16). Through the eyes of Sinclair, the state is essential in comprehending the wickedness of the sector and its destructive implications on the society. The book is perhaps the most referenced historic and political publication in America since it has achieved a high level of public awareness regarding the meat processing system. However, it is worth noting that the book also focused on addressing other issues from a wider emphasis such as bias, social prejudice, immigration, poverty and entrepreneurship (Fitzgerald 63). The intention was to bring about social transformation in the society by highlighting some issues that most never knew they existed.

The Jungle tale is centered on Rudkus and Ona life, young immigrants and couple in America. Sinclair demonstrates that even though immigrants are involved in more intense strives to survive, eventually they are hit by the realization that they cannot succeed (Sinclair 16). The story begins at their wedding reception and even though they are both excited to face life together, challenges have already begun to form illustrating a rather difficult. At the end of the event, not enough money has been gathered to cater for the expenses. It becomes evident that there are several people with the tendency of attending such events unwelcome and leave without making any payment. The couple acquires a rather initiation to the ethical deterioration in the society in a rough way (Sinclair 16).

In Lithuania where they came from, life was particularly hard and they made the decision to travel in search of better living. Sinclair consistently applauses their physical power and unending effort to illustrate the manner in which his heartless labor will ultimately kill him (Sinclair 18). While their families are concerned with respect to their survival with no jobs Jurgis get nominated among many people based on his physical appearance which illustrates strength. Throughout the novel, Sinclair displays the oppressive and exploitative state of the food system. He offers a rather detailed analysis and description of the unhealthy and cold working condition faced by the workers and the processed products being meat. He states the manner in which in the firm’s milk is contaminated and sausages made from potatoes flour despite being a healthy nutrient. He turns and describes the general absence of job protection, workers privileges, and unequal treatments generally. During the time insights in regard to the spread and existence of illnesses such as cancer was low. This can be seen when one of Jurgis friend is overwhelmed after securing employment to paint cans which are among the most profitable jobs in the town (Sinclair 18). There is not even a single person who doubts the employment even though they are fully aware that not many people survive for more than ten years in the operation where the items are filled with dangerous chemicals. Through the most demanding times with the help of their families, they are able to survive and get a living even though they were poor. Sinclair humanizes the whole situation to connect directly with the readers which helps in creating awareness as well as familiarity with the issues. He uses dramatic and expressive experiences of the characters and their families in the quest of being meaningful through reliable analysis of the characters (Bloom 6). Throughout the narration, the working situations are provided for in details ranging from pain to emotions. This allows the readers to connect and assume the experiences to be personal and this creates a more stable base in which the readers can relate to the socio-economic issues that the author wishes to communicate (Sachs 206).

Before the saturation of slaughtering institutions and meat processing procedures in the 19th century, animals were mainly being slaughtered in different locations. However, the rising of the agricultural revolution led to industrialization and the outcome of modernization and technology growth resulted in the centralization of the slaughter institutions in urban locations (Sinclair 33). This resulted in the setting up of numerous meat processing firms leading to a monopolized sector in America. Sinclair focuses on analyzing the notorious processing system that dominated the market and was completely different from all the others that had existed before. The market only benefitted few people since capitalism only added more gains to the wealthy individuals that were running the Yards (Bloom 16). Labor exploitation was evident which was mainly contributed by the monopoly of the sector. The spread of this activities was extensive during the period and the focus of the production went on as the industry was already involved in the adaptation of innovative machines. This innovation did not only bring about efficiency but also worked to ensure the output was high while retaining the role of speed and production level to the management and not the employees (Sinclair 24). This same operation where the large and established companies are mainly involved in the production is still evident today and the implication on the surrounding has only become worse.

The development and dominance of the meat industry in the state were mainly attributed to increased demand across the country. The yards located in Chicago were involved in the provision of close to a one hundred percent nationally (Sinclair 19). Sinclair asserts throughout the book that the relationships amid the demand and production mainly encouraged the yard owners to exploit the populace in terms of labor. Since the production was mainly concentrated in a single location this gave them the power to control the market. The transportation aspect was an easy one since railway and road transport not only offered affordable but also quick and convenient services. The centralization of the production in Chicago offered intense advantages to the companies due to the existing monopolized industry, good infrastructure and the presence of cheap labor (Sinclair 26). This, therefore, meant that this was the only location where the farmers would sell their animals and his meat would only be accessed from the same place which created a favorable market.

Through the detailed description of the immigrant’s rough experiences, Sinclair demonstrates the oppressive times that the immigrants had in the period of industrial growth in the United States. Jurgis migrated to America to chase the American dream which offered them political liberation and the opportunity of experiencing quality living (Sinclair 21). He accounts that based on the tales they had, in order to live happily and gather wealth in America one never had to work as a soldier and yet decent salaries were guaranteed. This led to the obsession with the American dream which was mainly attributed to their monetary and partisan liberty (Bloom 6). However, they ignored the fact that being immigrants exposed them to exploitation and discrimination. Their dreams of abundant lives were demolished after finding out that the salaries being offered were nothing compared to the living cost in the country. Sinclair wished to create awareness about socialism and reform through the protagonist Jurgis who becomes an advocate. He pays attention to the debates regarding the damages that capitalism can generate in the industry setting (Bloom 6). The author does not fail to get the full attention of the readers via some gruesome experiences of immigrant families and uses the characters as the channel for sharing these experiences. Through the characters, Sinclair takes the experiences through an easy process from learning to supporting socialism.

Despite the fact that throughout the book the author uses the protagonist to account for the real situation in the meat sector, he quickly changes the focus to socialism purposively to share the ideologies of social reform to the readers (Fitzgerald 60). The main intention of the book is to share with the people about social issues that surround the meat industry. Sinclair focuses on the using the book to inform the public and policy developers about the threats that come from slaughterhouses mechanization (Fitzgerald 61). The author focuses on revealing the unsafe working surroundings, unequal treatments, oppression and unpaying salaries. Years later, present America is covered by the unending implications of high output and efficiency determined industries that account less about humanity. The book played an essential part in unveiling the situation which had been hidden from the public for the longest period without being noticed. This created more open opportunities for debates and policies implementations to control monopoly control.

Conclusion

Undoubtedly, The Jungle is one of the most valuable books in the American history. Sinclair’s main intention for writing the book is to advocate for fair employees treatment, healthy working environment, and desirable wages. This all accounts for the notion of social reform in which he wished to address some of the most pressing issues in the society. Apart from the fact that, the author specifically wished to create awareness among the public as well as encourage policymakers to be mindful of the wellness of the public he does a good job in awareness creation. The book is valuable on the ground that it offers immeasurable details that regard the American history and the struggles experienced by immigrants and industrial laborers in the past. Similar to the situation analyzed in the book, the industry is today controlled by some powerful individuals since the market is a monopoly and highly depends on immigrant labor similar to the past. Since the 20th century, the book is still a relevant and reliable instrument that fully informs the readers regarding the complexity of the food sector and the possible oppression of both animals and people. Today, due to technology the public has fully been diverted from the production business and all the ethical issues regarding food production will in most cases not be noticed. IT cannot be denied that the book is used as a guide to policymakers and the public to fight for a fair food industry that offers civilized treatment to laborers and animals.

Work Cited

Bloom, Harold, and Blake Hobby, Eds. The American Dream. Infobase Publishing, 2009.

Fitzgerald, Amy J. "A social history of the slaughterhouse: From inception to contemporary implications." Human Ecology Review (2010): 58-69.

Sachs, Benjamin R. "Consumerism and information privacy: How Upton Sinclair can again save us from ourselves." Virginia Law Review (2009): 205-252.

Sinclair, Upton. The Jungle :( 1906). Create Space Independent Publishing Platform, 2014.

1. What is one new thing you learned from reading this essay? Why did that matter to you?

Culture is responsible for shaping a person’s beliefs and morals that are deemed to stay for the rest of a person’s life. It is through a culture that we are who we are today and this influences the people and things that we relate to our daily basis.

2. What is one thing you especially liked about the essay?

Background and the manner of the upbringing of a given individual place a distinction between people thus making each person different (Berry et al, 43). We all hail from different cultures and this is the sole reason why we possess a different personality from the other people as we all have different experiences in our varying cultures. Through interaction with other people within our societies we are able to establish personal identity. 

3. What is one general suggestion you can make for strengthening the essay?

With the current globalization, there has been an increase in the intercultural practices and this has resulted in the formation of complex and multifaceted cultural identities (Hauser, 2). The intercultural dialogue is therefore important in constructing a cultural identity as it also empowers individuals to realize the similarities and the differences with other people and in defining who they are.

Author: Put your name here_________________________________. Then, consider the following assessment criteria to be a checklist as you review your paper and plan for revision. Look closely at each quality listed in your essay and then put a checkmark in the appropriate evaluation column next to it.

ARTICLE REVIEW

 "Mary Kate Hunter:  Small Town Texas Suffragist," by Professor Kevin C. Motl

 The struggle that suffrage brought to women as Motl illustrates it indicates that it has a long history in Pennsylvania. According to Motl, despite the fact that the founding Society of Friends had regarded men and women as being equal to the extent of granting women the rights of airing their voice in some functions, the truth is that they were not granted any political rights. For instance, during the colonial period which lasted from 1681 to 1776, women were deprived the rights of owning properties or voting. It was only the male counterparts who owned properties that had the political rights of voting. Upper class women were given the mandate of taking care of their social affairs and their families. Conversely, the role of the middle and lower class women involved participating managing their family business in farms and shops. This indicates that although men and women were partners in work and hardship that was not the same in government and politics. Thus, as a state and an independent republic in the union, women had no rights to participate in politics.

However, as Motl explains, as time went by there were some individuals who had tried to champion the rights of women to vote. Similarly, the suffragists also had recognized that gaining the voting rights for women would not be any easy task. This is because as much as women had not been able to vote for a long period of time, the majority of them acknowledged that there was no need of disturbing such a status quo. It is also evident that their customs and traditions had postulated that the government was ultimately the prerogative of men thus making it to be outside the sphere of women. Likewise, the majority thought that making women participate would make them neglect their families or their social affairs.

Nevertheless, the affirmation of women rights also demanded to have the same emphasis as the declaration of the rights of slaves.  Because of that, the advocates of women suffrage finally managed to make the legislature approve the referendum that demanded both male and female to have equal rights. As a result of that, after the termination of World War I and the amendment of the women’s suffrage constitution gave women the opportunity of participating in business, medicine, politics, receiving the same wages and salaries as men, and so on.

Reference

Motl, K. (2007). Mary Kate Hunter: Small Town Texas Suffragist.

HALF THE SKY

Half the sky

           Kristof and WuDunn in their book, half the sky tells of the hardships that women the developing world face in their day to day living. They set out to research more on some of the cruelest conditions in which these women innocently find themselves in. some of these oppressive situations that are emphasized in the book include trafficking, female mortality and gender-based violence (Kristof & WuDunn, 2011). The authors creatively give a correlation on the causes of these terrifying situations to women’s subjected positions in their nations. However, they argue that lack of education is a cause and also a consequence of these terrifying situations. These experiences are given by women through testifying on these terrifying moments as a voice to the larger population of women in the developing world.

           According to the Kristof and WuDunn, they outline the causes for the dominance of trafficking to be as a result of gender prejudice and poor lifestyles. The social pecking order is therefore offered as an essential element of an organization geared towards trafficking. Therefore, call upon politicians’ participation in the movement called modern abolitionist movement. Generally, the authors saw education and empowerment of women as the solution to the reduction of trafficking. Culture has a bigger part to play in these difficulties faced by women (Kristof & WuDunn, 2011). The authors tell of how in some of these culture in the developing nations accepts a practice that allows a woman to be raped by a man so as to force her to be submissive. To some other cultures, rape is ordinarily used by criminals and also in family dispute as a weapon assuming that the victim will feel shame to an extent that they will refrain from reporting the attack to the police. The authors effectively explain how families and countries in developing worlds fall short of investing in female education and healthcare as they want them to be dependent on the men and also on their state and they also become an economic asset to their families. Most of the female is thus malnourished and frequently suffer and die from preventable illnesses at a tender age, while other African women have a medical condition called fistulas which occur during childbirth which s a curable disease but are however not treated and are abandoned to die within their villages. The authors, therefore, illustrate how traditions that are seen as oppressive are dangerous to female’s health and at times it can be so deep within a culture that the women themselves support them (Kristof & WuDunn, 2011). In the years to come, women in the developing nations need to be given adequate health care and this can only be enhanced through health movements that are geared to help them. Thus it is important to gain insight on the common female health issues in developing worlds so as to be able to offer the right assistance.

           To sum it up, the illustration of some of these essential human rights problem were both a heartbreaking but also an inspiring moment. I thus have gained a better understanding of the economic development and how it is related to health. It is therefore important for nurses to read the book so as to understand on some of the medical gaps that are found in the developing nations and in so doing they will be able to volunteer and also join the movement to help out the women who are going through these hardships by offering them with education and how to maintain their health in general.  

References

      Kristof, N. D., & WuDunn, S. (2011). Half the sky: Turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

Course Reflection

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Reflecting on my technical writing course and the various projects within my course along with my future career, I realized that this course has had a great impact in my life. My technical course; 2182-ENGL-2338-702, has taught me so much within this semester as it has taught me how to write in a professional way which I can greatly utilize in my future career. As I have continued to learn in this course, I have been able to change the manner in which I formerly used to write a resume and cover letter. Presently, while writing these documents, I have learnt to consider making the resume fit in to the job position being applied for. Now that I have attained all of these abilities by simply taking this course, I am convinced that these abilities will be of use for the entire duration of my future profession. Fluff reduction is one of the old skills that I have really gained throughout the course and it has played a great part in teaching me on how to be straight forward while giving out a point in a paper. This has thus enhanced me to have an effective communication with my colleagues in class and also will be used in my future workplace. Writing a cover letter on a given job is one of my old skills that I have so far improved on. This technical writing course has given me a chance to present myself in a professional way now and also in my future undertakings.

Through my writing assignments, I have learned several wring techniques and styles such as writing instructions. Analzing and critiquing a technical piece of writing is important in technical writing career and through the writing assignment, I have been able to learn these techniques. These skills have thus enhanced me to be able to explain a task efficiently to other people and also in an understandable way.  For instance, I have started writing articles on my website and from the response that I have been receiving from some of my readers is positive as they assert that I have successfully utilized my skills by writing good technical pieces that they are able to fluidly understand. What I have learned in all of these concepts within the course makes me be a better candidate for employers since I am now able to write an organized, straightforward and understandable work. These skills are quite essential for my future career and also in any aspect of my life in the day to day encounters. I am planning on using these skills in my internship program after the course. However, I am presently using these skills in all of my group projects and this has yielded good results. For instance, I was unable to deliver one of my assignments on time and since I had to deliver the bad news to my group members, I had to send a memo to them explaining my reasons for not being able to deliver the work on time. This greatly helped in saving the entire group from being penalized for late delays as there was a supporting documentation explaining the late submission. The course is good for everyone aspiring to be in the writing career.

What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?

The scandalous Salem Witch Trials commenced in the late 17th century in Massachusetts (Martin, 2012). This occurred after a crowd of young girls from Salem Village asserted that they had been controlled by the devil thus accusing some local women of being the responsible witchcrafts. Close to 200 persons were suspect of witchcraft and when the trials ended, nineteen people had been sentenced to death by hanging and execution (Martin, 2012). Historians approve that the Witch Trials resulted from mass panic there some theories exist that best describes the causes of the disastrous proceedings in America’s history.

To begin with, it is cited that boredom was a primary cause. One philosophy notes that it all began since the village girls were bored since there was not much to be done. More so, the Puritans held some rather strict beliefs which restrained different sorts of entertainment for everyone. For girls, the situation was worse since the restrictions were more serious than those of men (History, 2016). These people were mainly involved in telling and listening to stories which incorporated those of witchcraft.

The other cause was the resilient belief in the existence of witchcraft and sorceresses. Based on their belief, sorceresses were mainly in collaboration with the evil spirit which offered them the power of causing harm (History, 2016). They were mainly suspected of being the source of all misfortunes ranging from drought to illnesses. Based on this belief and the associated explanations the villages believed that sorcery was an actual threat that caused panic (History, 2016).

More so, the existence of disputes, competitions and individual differences fueled the events. Most of those that had been accused of sorcery held unsettled differences with those that accused them or were mainly perceived as a threat to those to the set standards by Puritans (History, 2016). In addition, most of the accused were those that failed to strictly adhere to the set customs, beliefs as well as practices which forced the villages to unite to fight them.

The cold weather theory also explains the cause of the events (History, 2016). In that, based on this theory, the Witch trials may have a connection with the cold weather which mostly involves chase for something or an individual to blame for the experienced problems such as agricultural failure. This theory is backed up by historical reports which depict that the period during the trials was especially cold which was not normal and caused major social and economic challenges (History, 2016).

References

History, Lists. (2016). Possible Causes of the Salem Witch Trials. Retrieved from http://historylists.org/events/list-of-5-possible-causes-of-the-salem-witch-trials.html

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Martin, M. (2012). The Salem Witch Trials. Oxford: Raintree.

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Natalee Holloway

Natalee’s case authenticates the theory of the missing white woman syndrome as it is a perfect representation of the classic system for the MWWS state. The case revolves around a young beautiful lady who went missing during her high school trip in another state. This case went viral as the media created and diverted all attention towards the case. This part of the story was very essential as it made the headlines in the media during that time due to the fact that it revolved around a white woman going missing oversees. It is true that there are still a large number of black, Latino women who has also gone missing over the years within the borders of the United States but they have not yet gained the media attention as compared to that of the white woman going missing outside the boarders of US. This is an illustration of the biased media in US as they solely decided to offer an endless coverage on the case of a white woman missing in another state. They prioritized this particular case over the many other cases that involved black women who were also missing within US and they disputed the fact that these cases also needed coverage. In regards to whether the media is important in assisting in searching and finding the women who have been reported missing, it is essential to note that the media plays a supporting role in these cases. In Natalie’s missing case, the media assisted in enabling the American people to offer leads to police by giving them information that offered clues on the whereabouts of Natalie Holloway’s missing. Contrary to that, equal coverage on the many other missing cases of women within the borders of US, could have enabled the American people to provide potential information that would have given clues on where these women were within the US.

Beth Holloway’s use of Natalie’s case of disappearance did not offer her a chance to become a celebrity. This is due to the fact that any reasonable human being cannot at any given time use her child’s grieving story on a tragedy of losing her daughter to violence for fame. It is such a heartbreaking experience for a parent to lose a child especially if the missing happening is still a mystery. It is for this sole reason that Beth Holloway, the victim’s mother decided to take on this path of reexamining the evidence behind her daughters’ disappearance so as to get answers on what really happened to her daughter while in Aruba. According to Beth Holloway, it is quite evident that everyone’s life is important and therefore no life should be simply defined by a misfortune.  She therefore vowed to fight in order for her to get the truth of the happenings that had befallen her daughter while she was in Aruba. It is through this that she was able to move on from that heartbreaking moments and along the way she was able to even encourage other young women on the ways they could use so as to keep themselves safe. Her motive in using her daughter’s case was to inform and educate the general public making them aware that traveling to foreign countries is important but it requires one to be alert and safe.  Safety measures are quite important while travelling abroad, this is one of the greatest lessons that Beth Holloway learnt during her reexamination on the happenings of her daughter’s disappearance. It is as a result of Beth’s determination and hard work to unveil what really happened to her daughter that made her gain attention, that action of wanting to fight for the truth (Hawkins, 2017). However, we can all conclude that Beth motives from the start of her investigation on her daughter’s disappearance were not to gain fame but rather to unveil the mystery behind the disappearance. However, it is quite hard to keep the media out of a story that they regard as newsworthy and this is why Beth gained a lot of attention and fame thus becoming a celebrity in the US.

One of the most fascinating things about this book written by Dave Holloway is the manner through which it would help many people both of those who have never had the experience of losing a child and more so to the parents who have ever experienced the pain of losing a child. However, most of the people have long since that time criticized Dave Holloway for writing this book as they regard to the act as money oriented. However, this is all wrong since the family only wanted to return back the assistance that they received from the US society during their crisis situation by writing this book so as to reach out to many other people who may have heard that same experience. It was therefore ethical for the family to benefit from the book and the movie as part of the profit gained was still used in the investigation and the other part of the money gained was used in the Natalie’s foundation for assisting other people with similar experiences. Hence it is quite evident that by all means, the family had a right to gain from the book and the movie (Holloway & Sunny, 2009).

There is so much to be attained by simply going over the facts and findings of a given case. For those who were strictly following on Natalee Holloway’s case, it is quite clear that there were inconsistencies in the media in regards to the case. Just like in any other case, contradictions and obfuscations are just common. More than often, the media usually argue that there is basically nothing for them to go over again after a case has been closed. Media reporting on Natalee Holloway’s case was not concerned ultimately with the truth and is why they never mentioned about Natalee’s alcohol drinking as they thought that it would not be good for their ratings since Natalee was below 18 years and this was against the law since young people who are under 18 are prohibited from taking alcohol (Gilmore, 2005). This might be one of the reasons as to why the media failed to cover this part of the story as they regarded it to be an inconsistence in their part. Therefore it is clear that centering on access to media and encouraging sensationalism are incompatible goals with the search for truth. This however, results to loss of credibility as it did with the media in regards to Holloway’s case as they only focused on short term benefits rather than building in a reputation of honest reporting regardless of how contradictory the story seemed. The media thus framed the case in a manner that elicited emotional response from a large portion of their viewers. The media often given people what they want and they are good at dressing a story in a manner that will not contradict what people believe and thus they ignored the part where Natalee was seen drunk and her using the same vehicle with other three men while she was still drunk as this kind of information would have turned their viewers away.

The similarity between the two cases is that just like Natalee Holloway; Jenkins was also highly celebrating her friend’s birthday. The two victims partied with friends at far places from their homes but they later were reported as missing. Both of their friends are unable to exactly account for the whereabouts of these two victims or even how they went missing. The chronology of the last hours of Natalee Holloway were so unclear while the rumors behind this case interfered with the truth of what actually happened similar to that of Jenkins and this resulted to some degree of tainted play.

However, the contrast is in the race of the two victims. Natalee Holloway was a white victim while Jenkins is a black woman. It is due to this fact that the degree of media and public attention differed between the two cases. A public perception on the white case of Natalee is superior to that of Jenkins, a black woman (Lawson, 2017). Therefore what the public regards as tragic and untimely for Natalee Holloway is to be expected and Jenkins deserves it too. The two cases are a clear reminder that race is an influential factor that always manipulates law enforcement’s decisions, fairness and justice. Hence black lives do not matter as much as that of white girls. It is so unfortunate that black people’s cases are always prejudiced while white cases are often depicted as those where the whites are the victims and not the ones on the wrong and hence anything contradicting this is always ignored and hidden from the public. For instance, Jenkins underage drinking habit was all over the social media hence allowing the public to judge the poor black woman in a negative way (Lawson, 2017). On the contrary, Natalee Holloway had the same problem of drinking alcohol while she was a minor but her misconduct was hidden by the media and it never appeared to be a headline in her story. This is quite unfair since all of those cases would have been accorded the same attention. The fact that the two victims partied hours before their demise does not rule out her potential, however, Jenkins is punished to a certain extent simply because many of the viewers easily saw how she spent her evening partying as she was black (Lawson, 2017). Natalee Holloway’s story dominated in the media over a decade while Jenkins’s case only lasted for weeks after the demise. Jenkins as well as other black women deserves to be given the same respect and recognition similar to that of Natalee and all of the other white women who have experienced this tragedy.

Basing on the photographs that were posted on the website by the family, they depicted a lot of prejudice in them. The pictures were those of her best moment with none of the pictures showing the other side of Natalee Holloway. One could judge from the pictures that Natalee was just an innocent girl who had the best of her behaviors. However, the reality depicts a different picture of who Natalee actually is. Her behavior in Aruba as indicated by witnesses is of a different personality from that posted on websites after her disappearance. None of the photographs showed that she was outgoing or indicated the same but the reality is that Natalee was an outgoing lady who loved to club and have fun. As a result of this, it is therefore quite clear that the website photos posted by Holloway’s family were just slanted and biased and it failed to depict the reality of who she actually was in real photos.

To sum it up, media attention in the first phase after a person is reported missing is quite crucial especially when it is a young person or even a child. However, it is quite clear that this is not the case in missing cases involving black people. The media has an important role to play in searching for a missing person as this creates awareness across all places and this may aid in finding the missing person. Therefore the media should not only limit their attention to only a certain group of people while ignoring the other part of the group. Classifying black missing teenagers as runaways while taking missing cases of white people very seriously indicates how our society is prejudiced and unfair. All lives matter and therefore all cases should be handled with the same degree of seriousness and focus.

References

Medea by Euripides and Orestia by Aeschylus, Comparing Medea and Clytemnestra Focusing On How They Both View Justice

Introduction

With respect to Greek tragedies, it is evident that catastrophic heroes are characterized by comparable individualities (Beard 2). During the Greeks period, women were either mistreated by the domination of men or oppressed men close to them in order to acquire their deserving position in the society. Both Madea and Clytemnestra from Medea by Euripides and Orestia by Aeschylus respectively demonstrate and hold similar characteristics. Both women are hurt by those that they cared most for despite the fact that they devote their lives to their wellness. As a result, they become vengeful wives with equal individualities in the search for vengeance but also demonstrate some distinctions in their selected retaliation strategies. Both women utilize their cleverness to acquire success in the society where the domination of male places women at severe disadvantages (Killough 1). In their quest for justice, the only available and most effective method was to apply vengeance which cannot, therefore, be categorized as wrong given that men were already advantaged. The outcome of their successful exaction of justice through vengeance resulted in their downfall. Uniformly, Medea and Clytemnestra sought to wound their husbands who turned as a major disappointment to them by betraying them, which brought justice to them.

To begin with, Medea utilizes her intelligence in executing her revenge. She, in this case, uses Jason’s children as his weak point against himself (Euripides 3). In order to guard her pride and not to appear as a chump to everyone, Medea murders Glauce the king’s daughter who is in the quest of getting wedding Jason along with her two kids (Euripides 12). She accomplishes the murder by sending the children to Glauce with poisoned attires which kills the kids as well and later claimed that they all died from an illness that they had inherited from their father. By killing these kids, Medea settled for this revenge path on the ground that it was the most appropriate. In that during the period, women held no authority of taking children away from their father and men that lost their children grew weaker particularly if they had lost their sons.in the revengeful quest, Jason would never be able to see his children which they had with Medea nor have others with the expected bride who had been killed. Her revenge sought her needs best having left Jason with nobody. In that, it was by killing their son that there was no one to take the rule or even carry his name and expand their family (Killough 1). In the period where men’s domination meant power taking away their sons was the most undesirable thing given that it not only erased their masculinity but also left them with low self-esteem.

Medea understood well that her actions would take his masculinity and that is the reason she decided to kill them to ensure that he felt awful endlessly (Euripides 6). On the other hand, this equates with Clytemnestra who solemnly arranges for the death of Cassandra, Agamemnon, and mistress (Aeschylus and Collard 6). However, unlike Medea who hides her actions from everyone, Clytemnestra celebrates her achievements after succeeding by acknowledging it loudly. She asserts that she has put so much effort and time into the mission. Clytemnestra inflexibly trusts that all her actions are not only just but also moral (Aeschylus and Collard 7). In that, she justifies her actions by asserting that she did not break any ethical code by killing Agamemnon. This created dilemma among the elders based on their loyalty to the kingdom, ethical principles and the claims brought by Clytemnestra in defending her actions. This actions and the so-called quest for justice was mainly fueled by vengefulness and hatred that resulted from the betrayal by her husband whom she had cared and loved. It is such moves that leave the audience with the feeling of pity for Clytemnestra as a heart shuttered wife and mother that is driven by fury to murdering her husband and his mistress. It is both the disappointment that is acquired from her husband’s disloyalty and her daughter’s love that instilled her quest and fortitude to revenging the loss by murdering her husband. Clytemnestra believes that she can only acquire justice by punishing her husband by killing him, unlike Medea that killed those that her husband loved to create an awful feeling (Killough 1). Clytemnestra similar to Medea feels that death is the only admissible action for what their husbands did to them. Their only distinction Medea spares her husband as a form of vengeance so that he can bear all the pain that results from losing those that are close and he cared for.

Both Women, Medea and Clytemnestra utilize words in luring the victims but carries the missions in differentiated means (Brucker 1). Clytemnestra mainly utilizes brute power while on the other hand, Medea is focused on the application of knowledge and intelligence in murdering her children. It is after the success that Medea appears to be successful but it is also evident that her suffering is beyond that of Jason (Euripides 8). It is after successfully killing her own children in order to hurt her husband that her life grows even worse based on the realization that she is never to experience any form of love. In this context, despite the fact that she utilized her intelligence in covering for her actions and celebrating the success on her own she realizes the mistake that she has done. It is there that she acknowledges that her actions were unethical by accepting the anguish in which she felt over her son’s death. For Medea, the act might have caused pain to Jason but to her even though she killed them she will forever live with sorrow as they meant much to her as well (Euripides 13). This clearly demonstrates that she realized that her actions were just but not ethical. After she is exiled from the city she is subjected to destruction something that broke her heart all that was caused by her own actions.

While Medea is subjected to regrets for her actions, Clytemnestra feels zero remorse even up to the time that she met her own death. Clytemnestra holds the assertion that everything that happens was all powered by gods since she was in search of vengeance not for her own gain but for her daughter who had been killed and her husband’s cousin (Aeschylus and Collard 9). In this regard, her actions were not only just but they were also permitted by the gods as she sought to eliminate the curse that had befallen her family. Her vengeance was based on the unfaithful act by the husband. This assertion generated mixed feelings because even though her disappointment is well understood by the readers her actions cannot be justified in her defense (Aeschylus and Collard 14). It is therefore comparable that both women believed that by killing then justice would be served best to them for the frustrations that their husbands brought but these actions created diverse feelings.

Clytemnestra similar to Medea is obsessed with the determination of killing her husband while attempting to avenge her daughter’s end. Both women are mainly controlled by betrayal and loss (Brucker 1). While Clytemnestra lost her daughter her husband also decided on betraying her love and trust by having an affair not realizing the pain that he had caused on her. On the other hand, Medea felt that she never deserved such an ill treatment from her husband and thought that by killing their sons then the masculinity of Jason would be destroyed and his life subjected to more pain (Beard 9). This becomes evident that their actions and motives to die were mainly focused on bringing about justice for the loss and pain. Their strategies for carrying out the killings differed as Medea believed that by killing her husband then he would never share the pain in which she felt for what he had done. She utilized cleverness where she secretly planned for the deaths and believed that it is through ending lives that she would be just. However, after the success, she did not appear as enthusiastic because also she was relieved she believed that her actions were not ethical by any means (Beard 19). Clytemnestra was obsessed and in pain and therefore she utilized brutal oppression in ending the life of her husband. He had betrayed her trust and created more pain by killing their daughter and leaving her with no one. For her, the best vengeance would be one that ended the life of the husband because he was the wrongdoer and in order to assert on her power she had no option but to pay him back in the same means that she had lost her daughter. Their approaches were different but it cannot be denied that both of them resulted in the loss of lives for just to be served. 

In Orestia contrary to Medea, the reasons for the unfaithful nature of Clytemnestra’s husband are understood but that does not offer any justification given that he devoted all his time to working thus leaving the needs of the caring wife unattended (Killough 1). The pain that created rage for Clytemnestra is completely justified having plotted for vengeance for close to ten years that were all filed with bitterness regarding an individual that had killed their daughter in the name of sacrifice. It is in this condition that the readers are fully in sympathy for the determination to brutally end the life of the man that decided on ending her relationship with her daughter whom she loved (Killough 1). While her defense for such actions might appear to be insane her reasons for the actions are fully understood for the anguish that she bears. Medea, on the other hand, is contradictory because in the quest of hurting her husband she kills so many people and ends up sparing him to ensure that the pain is well felt. Her actions surely bring justice for her suffering but it is not ethical that she uses others in revenging for the mistake of one person (Brucker 1). The loss of her brother, children and Jason’s mistress only created devastation and guilty on the ground that she had ended the lives of those that mattered and thus her pain was more when equated to that of her husband.

Conclusion

Based on the comparison analysis above, it is rather evident that both Clytemnestra and Medea from the plays are portrayed as authoritative and determined women who commit awful crimes in the quest for justice having being betrayed by those that they loved most. In order to earn a position in the period where men dominated their lives thus leaving them disadvantaged, they were forced to turn to retaliation. In other words, both women believed that justice would best be derived by death but they carried the mission using different strategies. In that, after having being exposed to the domination of men who turned to be heartless by hurting the women’s feelings they both believed that death was the only means through which justice would be served. Both women have been betrayed by their husbands which in turn creates rage leading to the quest for revenge. While Medea utilizes her intelligence Clytemnestra utilizes brutal oppression in asserting her hurt and kills her husband and his mistress. Medea lamented her action by terming them as unethical and unfair as she killed her own children whom she loved and ended up devastated. On the other hand, Clytemnestra justifies her actions by asserting that she was justified because her husband paid her with unfaithfulness even though she had done nothing but pleased him all her life. By maneuvering the killing she felt relieved and never showed remorse as she acted for her justice and that of her family.

References

Aeschylus, and C Collard. Oresteia. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Print.

Beard, Mary. A Pair of Updated Greek Tragedies Startle Us Anew. 2017. New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/books/review/house-of-names-colm-toibin-bright-air-black-david-vann.html

Brucker, Jay. Theater Review; Greek Trilogy with a Grand Sweep. 2000. New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/01/theater/theater-review-greek-trilogy-with-a-grand-sweep.html Bottom of Form

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Euripides. Medea. 2017. Strelbytskyy Multimedia Print.

Killough, Gabrielle. Taking on the Man: Female Rebellion against Gender Roles in Classical Greek Dram. Liberty University Spring 2010.  Retrieved from http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1648&context=honors

Identifying Misleading Information in an Argument

Focusing on argument based on statistics, the stated hypothesis that ‘Black and Hispanic students are underrepresented in top colleges in America’. The hypothesis is supported by the facts that in 2015, Black students presented 6 percent whereas Americans presents 15% and Hispanics presented 13 % whereas Americans present 22% (Ashkenas, Park & Pearce, 2017).  The causes of this gap are race and ethnicity, and despite affirmative actions in addressing these problems, there is persistent underrepresentation.  Black and Hispanics join less selective colleges where they   meet inexperienced teachers, inadequate facilities and less advanced courses. These statistical arguments   make a conclusion that Black and Hispanic students are underrepresented and face racial inequalities in top colleges in United State (Ashkenas, Park & Pearce, 2017).

However, the argument uses deceptive statistics in that when showing the percent of Black students and Americans in freshman enrollment in 2015, the graph does not show the actual figures in 1980. It is important to compare the figures since 1980 to 2015. Other misleading information is shown on the graph that presents Hispanics and Americans. The New York Times fails to present the actual figure in 1980 and this makes it hard to do comparison (Ashkenas, Park & Pearce, 2017).  Graphs may present accurate figures and information on fall enrollment data since 1980, but data should be available to show the wide gap. Generally, the methodology used in presented the data is not correct as it compares the percentages instead of ratios. Though  there is some  mistakes  in emitting some figures,  the argument is persuasive  since  Black, Hispanics  and  other minority students are underrepresented in higher education due to racial  and ethnicity issues, and this meet the hypothesis. It is clear that the gap in higher education is due to multiracial component and the failure of the affirmative action (Ashkenas, Park & Pearce, 2017).

In my current position, statistics offer persuasive arguments when dealing with security hardware such as alarm, security camera system, locks and more. Customer may argue that burglars may not enter in the house but statistics offer argument that the rate of violate crime in urban centers is 80%. Thus, putting a sensor or security device in the compound is a way of promoting self-defense against the threat of violence (Mueller, 2005).In addition; the statistics may be used to show that the burglars break in between 6am and 6 pm and 95% of invasion is through breaking a window or door.  Other important fact about the statistics is that it shows 83% of burglars say that they enter in houses where alarms are not installed (Mueller, 2005).Thus, these persuasive arguments will persuade the client to put an alarm system.

Reference

Ashkenas J.,Park H & Pearce A. (2017). Even With Affirmative Action, Blacks
and Hispanics Are More Underrepresented at Top Colleges Than 35 Years Ago.

Retrieved from: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/24/us/affirmative-action.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=photo-spot-region%C2%AEion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

Mueller, J. (2005). The savvy guide to home security. Indianapolis, IN: Indy-Tech Publishing.

My Sister’s keeper

Reference

Picoult, J. (2009). My Sister's Keeper-Movie Tie-In: A Novel. Simon and Schuster.

Cassavetes , N., (2009). My Sister's Keeper (film)