Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

“Speak” is book about a young girl who loses her voice after being raped and slowly gains it back over time. Laurie Halse Anderson uses an internal voice throughout the book to show the havoc that is attacking Melinda’s mind. This adds to the theme of being outcast and isolated because the she has no one to really talk to.

Sitting and over thinking something can have an odd impact on our decisions and actions. When our worst fears intertwine with the deepest parts of our imagination, we tend to twist reality into what we believe can happen. It can be the simplest of things such as doubts in a relationship, or being nervous about the final exam that you have to take the following week. These thoughts can cause our withdraw from situations and can also cause us to make certain decisions that may or may not be for the best.

My book is called “The Slave who bought his Freedom”. It was written by Olaudah Equiano. He was born in 1745. I believe that he wrote this book to show people how he and many other African Americans struggled. I also believe that he is trying to paint a picture of what Africa looked like and how it felt to be torn away from its cultured landscape.

Olaudah Equiano was a timid and almost shy person because of the tragic experience of becoming a slave and being owned by white men, making him feel less than human. He was taken away from his family and put into a situation where African natives were dramatically dragged away to be slaves. Equiano might have been timid but he had a drive and determination to live and survive. In his narrative, Equiano wanted to show his owners respect by calling them, “good owners” (..) even if they were treating the slaves unfairly. Equiano exclaims, “Permit me, with the greatest deference and respect” (Equiano 513), to again show that he is able to hind the optimism in the situation he is in and describe the fear of respect to his masters. Even with his

I am learning daily how audacity and fear can’t coexist. Yet for a while I was willing to relinquish me in pursuit of my career, financial security and even recognition.

I felt my heartbeat rising every step I took as the blood rushed to the surface of my skin. My muscles tightened, beginning with my legs as if I could’ve ran fast enough to chase the truck. The image of the man and his words repeated many times in my mind, making me vulnerable to hatred. I thought I was doing something good and just. I was naïve. I thought everyone would gladly give us a helping hand. I looked at everyone around me, and I noticed it wasn’t just me that was burning with raged. I could see the anger in their eyes as they conversed with each other. It wasn’t until a loud voice snapped me out of it. “Do not show fear! Do not show anger! Our justice cannot break that easily!”

So many people in modern society have lost their voices. Laryngitis is not the cause of this sad situation-- they silence themselves, and have been doing so for decades. For many, not having a voice is acceptable socially and internally, because it frees them from the responsibility of having to maintain opinions. For Janie Crawford, it was not: she finds her voice among those lost within the pages of Zora Neale Hurston’s famed novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. This dynamic character’s natural intelligence, talent for speaking, and uncommon insights made her the perfect candidate to develop into the outspoken, individual woman she has wanted to be all along.

Children should not have to worry about complex situations such as being taken away from their own family, because from the day you were born whoever has taken care of you and taught you all it is that you know is your family. Olaudah Equiano was born in the year 1745, there is no record of the exact day he was born. According to His autobiography he was born in present-day Nigeria. Almost nothing is certain about his youth except that in the blink of an eye, at around the age of 11, Equiano and his sister were taken away from there family. Equiano experienced things that will remain unrealistic and unimaginable to most if not all.

When I was reading The Transformation of silence into Language and action by Audre Lorde, remember me that day at work about my strong acensent. The article of Audre Lorden at the end have the big reflection that let broke the silence will be better to became a strong person and know that my voice have to be lisent because it is important. For me is important to speak so I can be hear by the customer and get better in my inglish. For the woman was important to broke the silence so she can be out of their painful of be silence. Also in my experience of racism at work reflect the philosophy by Judith Butler and is where I find what I really think about language, and culture. I was like I don't want to know how far cruelty and ignorance

Every day, people make noise whether it be gibberish or intellectual thinking. It comes to many of us naturally and we use our voices all the time to communicate with others, to sing, to yell, and to ….. But many of us are left to ask, what is voice? Voice is a way to express yourself intellectually, make other minds think for themselves, and analyze the world around them causing change in society.

Olaudah Equiano, also known as Gustavas Vassa, was an African man sold into slavery at an early age who later bought his own freedom. His experiences and autobiography were very important to the abolitionist movement in Europe.

The brilliant Albert Einstein once said, “The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.” Ladies and gentlemen, I ask you the question, “What is the deadliest weapon that anyone can have?” Now all of you would immediately think, “guns” or “knives”. No... those things are mere toys compared to the power of “words”. Everybody has access to it. The poor, the wealthy they all have access to it. Words can build mountains, or they could tear them down. Words can build relationships, or they could destroy them. And words can save lives, or endanger them. Our constant hesitation to speak up and use that voice is the real reason why genocide still exists today. Look around, evidence is everywhere. Take for

History shows that both Africans and African Americans alike faced unique problems prior to and during the 1800's, particularly prior to 1865. One such problem is the issue of Diaspora and how culture and slavery has affected the choice of religion. It is the purpose of this paper to expose comparatively the extent to which individuals have been influenced by these issues. One such individual is Olaudah Equiano. By following and analyzing some of the key moments of faith in his life, this paper seeks to expose the extent to which the series of controversial dialectical incidents that happen throughout his early life, i.e., his cultural African religious traditions

After an interaction is initiated with a stranger or acquaintance, do your conversations typically proceed in disarray? Your mind races, you struggle with delivering a coherent message, but even more so the only thing you can focus on is your restless actions and how painfully inconsistent your paralanguage sounds. On the contrary, behind closed doors few people know that you are sort of like a big deal. Maybe you can’t relate to the prior, but it provides some insight into my own internal problem that I’ve struggled with until recently; appearing timid in certain social situations. Though, most of these episodes occur with unfamiliar people, it has surfaced among friends as well, but the likelihood and intensity of these behaviors appear to

During my typical teenage years up until only just a few years ago, I engaged in the usual defense mechanisms of artificial confidence, hiding my insecurities and holding in my emotions both to protect my self-image and eliminate judgments from others. I wasn’t ready to reveal my true self on the basis that people might use that information to hurt or better yet, to destroy me.