Half The Sky By Nicholas Kristof

In Larry Lankton’s text, “Beyond the Boundaries” we gradually enter an unknown world that is frightening yet filled with immense beauty for miles. Due to the copper mining industry, a gradual increase of working class men and their families start to migrate to the unknown world with unsteady emotion, yet hope for a prosperous new life. In “Beyond the Boundaries”, Lankton takes us on a journey on how the “world below” transformed the upper peninsula into a functional and accepted new part of the world.

“Where Worlds Collide” is an essay by Pico Iyer who talks about the expectations and reality of Los Angeles through the perspectives of travelers from different backgrounds. In “Where Worlds Collide,” Pico Iyer argues that even though Los Angeles is depicted as a vicinity to receive wealth, happiness, and many opportunities- it is actually the antithesis, and instead, many harsh prejudice and unending craziness will occur instead; Iyer argues this by using allusions, anaphoras, and juxtapositions to help convey what he is saying.

This book is a crucial dose of reality for those of us that are spoiled by the comforts we have grown used too. Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn explain in the book “Half the Sky” why empowering women in the developing world is ethically right and extremely vital.It is a gripping story of how customs and culture have historically oppressed women. The strength of the human rights movement and of actual change across all cultures is going to be asteadfast task of courageous women who give themselves permission to say no to so many years of unthinkable tyrannical cultural customs and fight for a new way of life. Many of us close our eyes

Scarlet Benoit set out to find her grandmother who had been kidnapped for weeks. Walt Masters wanted to warn Loren Hall that stampeders were planning to steal his claim. Farah Ahmedi undertook the mission to escape Afghanistan with a prosthetic leg and her mother. However, all three fought to better the lives of themselves and/or others.

Throughout world history women have been treated abysmally. Societies with male-dominance have abused and used women and continue to do so today. Women have been made vulnerable to a man due to the spread of cultural values and beliefs in society that condemn them from power. In Khaled Hosseini's novel A Thousand Splendid Suns, the two main characters Mariam and Laila develop an unconditional bond in which they become each others protectors. The immense inner strength of women from adversity has been exemplified through the growth of Mariam and Laila's contrasting relationship, the pain they endure from Rasheed which strengthens their bond and the courage within them that ultimately resolves their conflict.

This book is arranged into ten different chapters, each containing the main idea in each chapter. In the beginning of the book the author gives a foreword which briefly gives a vision of The Perfect Storm. The author Sebastian Junger wants his book to be completely factual, no dialogue is made up. The direct quotes are recorded from an interview. At the end of the foreword Sebastian states that he used the title The Perfect Storm in a climatic sense, he meant no scorn or insult to those who had their family members pass away.

Do women continue to struggle for equality in the world? The answer may vary from person to person. Although conditions have improved for women in the United States, women are still subjected to unequal pay, rape and sexual harassment, underrepresentation in government, exclusive responsibility to the household, and are less likely than men to have careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. A male-dominated world is a reality that has been ingrained into society ever since the beginning of time. Women have been exploited throughout history, and many examples of oppression can be identified in the past. The examination of literature in stories such as “A Jury of Her Peers” and “The Story of An Hour” provides evidence of the normality of oppression against the marital role of women. Authors Susan Glaspell and Kate Chopin lived during similar time periods, and they expressed themes related to the anguish women had to face while searching for their own self-identity and fighting against conformity.

Reading Half the Sky has been enlightening and I feel that I have learned a lot about sexual violence and human trafficking in other countries. All the personal stories have been heart breaking to read, but chapter five in particular got to me.

Nicolas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s novel, Half the Sky, is primarily a call for social equality and freedom from oppression for women across the globe. The authors are actively taking the first step of achieving a global feminist movement by informing Westerners of the injustices are that are being done to women worldwide in the name of tradition and culture; they do this through personal stories and by exposing legal or cultural inequalities. As Cynthia Enloe (2004) writes in The Curious Feminist, “if something is accepted as “traditional”- inheritance passing through the male line…it can be

Atwood's focus on sexism shows readers the importance of feminism and equality. For example, on page 72, the author writes, "This week Janine doesn't wait for us to jeer at her. It was my fault, she says. It was my fault. I led them on. I deserved the pain." This quote shows that the women are being conditioned into blaming themselves if something such as sexual assault were to happen to them. It's important because readers should recognize the unjust way of thinking and oppose sexism such as this. Continually, in the novel it says, "Women can't hold property anymore, she said. It's the new law" (178). In the story, when society abruptly changed, women had their rights taken away as displayed in the quote. This illustrates how sexist the society is in the novel and how Atwood believes life would turn out if people were to disregard equality. Finally, the job and treatment of the handmaids throughout the story is very unjust. The handmaids are used for couples who can't have children on their own and must follow strict rules and complete their job or else they face severe consequences. This conveys, yet again, the inhumane way a lot of the women are treated and the wrongs of sexism. Ultimately, this theme of sexism

Gender plays a huge role in the novel. Since the beginning of the story it is made perfectly clear that women are inferior. The author drops subtle hints that suggest to the reader that women are not equal to men. An example

The author has a different attitude than the speaker. The author wants to inform people on how women are treated in the real world and how they are left no other option but to recover on their own. The author wants us to see the reality of how women are not given as much of a voice by

The Boo reading and the film the “True Cost “really awakened me to other Gender Inequality issues such as poverty wages, the adverse effects of “Globalization” and the hierarchies of living in poverty and the depths of despair women find themselves while trying to escape it and how for some women the only power they have over their bodies is killing

In today’s rapidly altering business environment, encourage the firms to quickly classify new prospects and subsequent action to cope with changing market norms. Innovation and change have become a survival need for enterprise especially small enterprises. This aspect of change is ratified by the Thomas Friedman, a Pulitzer prize-winning author.in his book “The World is flat." He argued that it not necessary alone for the company; however, every must strive for innovative change in this cruel world of competition.

Furthermore, it is my hope that anyone reading the above essay finds resonance - both men and women, young and old, from all demographics all over the world. By invoking an emotional reaction from readers, a writer hopes to align his/her beliefs/feelings with those of the audience. This establishes a solid connection and can perhaps motivate someone to respond positively/proactively. This is especially the case with the subject matter of women’s oppression. Of course, I assume that women would find such material to be especially stirring and rousing of a desire for serious, global change. It all begins with concept. This is where the seed of oppression is planted. In certain corners of the world, women are viewed as secondary to