Aarseth's Chapter 2 Summary

Mr. Gawande starts his literature on washing hands. He introduces two friends a microbiologist and an infectious disease specialist. Both work hard and diligently against the spread of diseases just like Semmelweis who is mentioned in the chapter. Something I learned, that not many realize, is that each year two million people acquire an infection while they are in the hospital. Mainly because the clinicians only wash their hands one-third to one-half as many times as they should. Semmelweis, mentioned earlier, concluded in 1847 that doctors themselves were to blame for childbed fever, which was the leading cause of

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In this chapter we start seeing a flow threw the book Etta Mae is getting back from another one of her trips and is coming to her home which she shares with her good friend Mattie Michaels. As she arrives in a new car , with a new outfit and carrying records. This chapter the author , Gloria Naylor adds in song lyrics to give us the reader some additional information on the evens happing . “I love my man I’m a liar if I say I don’tI love my man I’m a liar if I say I don’t But I’ll quit my man I’m a liar if I say I won’t I’ve been your slave, baby Ever since I’ve been your babe I’ve been your slave Ever since I’ve been your babe But before I’ll be your dogI’ll see you in your grave My man wouldn’t give me no breakfast Wouldn’t give me no dinner Squawked about me supper then he put me outdoors Had the nerve to lay a matchbox on my clothes I didn’t have so many But I had a long, long way to go”

Milton Kuyers is a son of factory worker who grew up in Jenison, MI. He attended Calvin College and graduated with an accounting degree. He worked in the public accounting atmosphere for more than 5+ years when he realized that he wanted more of a life with his family. In order to make this change happen he took a 40% pay cut and joined Sterling manufacturing company as its new CFO. He later became the President of this company at the age of 33 and has been president of companies ever since then.

Growing up in a conservative household, Daniel Addison was nearly disowned when he started voting for the Liberals, and was kicked out when he started working for the Liberal party. For Daniel his life was on parliament hill, a place where he happily stays writing speeches for his party leader. But when caught his girlfriend of two years, Rachel, doing the nasty with the opposite house leader, Daniel left the hill right then and there. Moving to Cumberland to work as a professor for the University of Ottawa. But dedication to his party and fellow Canadians, Daniel had to find someone who would run for the Liberals in his new ridding, one in which the conservatives had a unanimous vote for the past five elections. Searching high and low he makes a deal with his landlord Angus McLintock that if he runs he would not win, will not have to do any work, would not even have to be in the country when the vote

In the first few pages of Chapter Three, Kingsolver talks about heirloom vegetables and says “these titles stand for real stories.” What is meant by the title is heirloom plants give off seeds that end up being saved and used for many generations (112). Those seeds have history behind them; family stories that span over several years. For example, on page 144 Kingsolver talked about this heirloom seed exchange in Iowa where one of the founders’ grandfather left a pink tomato plant that his parents brought from Bavaria in the 1870s. The seeds are comparable to a family heirloom. Both get handed down from generation to generation and have a story of what the meaning of the object is and how it all got started.

Using dialogue, setting, plot, and flashbacks, Ayn Rand sets tone and mood used to shape chapters 6 and 7 to fit the overall theme of Anthem.

A prominent human rights issue expressed in Ender’s Game is child labor. In chapter 8, Dink Meeker, a toon leader, explains to Ender, “I’ve got a pretty good idea what children are, and we’re not children… Children aren’t in armies, they aren’t commanders… it’s more than anybody can take and not get crazy”(Card 103). The pressure and competition of working in armies and as commanders negatively affects the children’s mental health and their futures. The children are overloaded with tasks that are not part of a normal childhood. As a result, once the war between humans and buggers is resolved, the children working in the army could have a hard time getting good jobs as adults. When Bean goes to talk to Ender, Ender notices “... how very tired Bean looked, his whole body bent with weariness, his eyes dark from lack of sleep… He was a child. He was young…” but since Bean had been through battle, “There’s no youth in that. No childhood”(181). Battles with the army also take

The Appomattox, Nine April Days 1865 by Burke Davis describes in vivid detail the last nine days of the Civil War. The book begins on April 1, 1865 and ends on April 9, 1865. It is made up of over 200 eyewitness accounts and over 20 main point of views. There are nine chapters because each chapter is a description of one of the nine days.

Ngugi's memoir relates this story of this for years at Alliance High. From inside the walls of the school he begins his education with great anticipation on what the future holds. Outside the walls his brother fights for independence from England colonialism. His almost constant worry is that it will be found out and I would be forced to leave school or worse.

Arn wants death more while in the United States because he expects his new American life to be almost perfect, but it is not. Because of how America is glorified as the land of freedom, Coca-Cola, and television, Arn expects to arrive in a paradise that will be ideal for his recovery from his recent trauma. Unfortunately, this is not the case. When he encounters unfamiliar American problems, it is almost impossible for him not to give up because the place that had once been the solution is now a new nightmare. To him, if America is not the answer, there must be no answer. He sees the ugliness of American life, and despite trying to "think about all the good [things] here in this good place . . . [he realizes that] now being [rescued] is something [he has] to survive" (McCormick 195).

While Jim helps Billy recover from his stroke, Billy tells Jim about his former who want his sea chest

The Handless Maiden takes a look into a side of history less often seen. Usually it is said that the victor writes the history books and more often than not that is the perspective from which people view history. Perry shows the reader not just the losing side of the Morisco people, but the side of the women in that society who are usually seen by Western culture as having very little power or influence in their culture. The influence of those women had a great deal to do with why they held onto what made them a people. They were the predominant influence in their households that kept the family and cultural traditions alive. The key factor Perry uses to demonstrate this throughout the book is their stories and legends, particularly The Handless Maiden.

Neil Gaiman inputs a great amount of information regarding social change and policies. Personally, I believe that Gaiman had a correct mindset about our society’s idolization of material things, including technology and sex. In addition, he really makes us question the social changes going on in the book. Due to this, we have to think about the changes occuring in our country and how we are being affected spiritually, politically, and morally and the conflict that can arise from this.

The Caribbean is known for its ghost stories, myths and haunted landscapes. Dawn of the Dread, by Geoffrey Philp, was set in rural Jamaica. Being set in the high hills of mount Airy, the author highlights the hilly and mountainous features of the Caribbean terrain. This story revealed both past and present aspects of the Caribbean culture. It revealed notions of ghost stories, corruption, religious practices, homosexuality and police brutality. It embodies love, Rastafarian beliefs and violence. It revolves around the life of Darren Lee, his girlfriend Grace and Georgie. Regardless of his contrasting beliefs, Darren was responsible for saving the town from zombies.