Jurgis And Ona Chapter Summary

In this book, Jeffrey Ogbar talks about the beginning of rap, where it started, some of the artists of this genre and some of the controversial topics the artists rap about. He also talks about the usage of the N word as well as men calling women the B word. In the first chapter of the book, Ogbar contextualizes the debate by talking about the history of the minstrel figure in American popular culture, relying mainly on the work of W. T. Lhamon and Patricia Hill Collins. He talks about how the earliest manifestations of hip-hop music in the 1970s came from the Black Power movement and often included direct rejections of minstrel tropes for example in the artist KRS-One’s song “My Philosophy”. Before going on a chronological study of the internal debates that many rappers have over their relationships with the minstrel trope, Ogbar finds the source of the debate in early twentieth-century black writers’, mainly W.E.B Du Bois, interest in elevating many portrayals of African Americans in the arts, versus Harlem Renaissance writers’ rejection of the emphasis on

In chapter three, it gives updates on his situation and explains the steps he took before getting into law enforcement. On February 4th, Serpico’s shooter was arrested; he was twenty-four-year-old heroin addict, Edgar Echevaria. His pervious arrest record shows he was arrested

In the Maasai community and as in mine, marriage is considered very important. However, when two people are brought together to become a husband and wife in the Maasai community, the newlyweds are expected to live with each other forever; divorce is not an option.Once the Maasai man has chosen and paid for his wife he is then allowed to bring gifts to the woman's family. By first giving the presents as he sees fit, to a final point where it will become clear to those in the community that he has taken an interest in the well-being of the girl's family and that she is not to be readily available. These gifts the Maasai man has given to the girl will create the bride-to-be’s dowry, the purpose of which is not to create wealth for the bride's family, but rather to legalize the marriage. By the man putting his mark on that family, he is making itso that if anyone else tries to approach the family and offer a bride price, it will have been made clear that the girl has already been given away to another family and is spoken for. Like that of an engagement ring or wedding band worn by both the men and women in my community, as it is displaying to everyone that they are spoken for and are not available to others in the community.

During the movie, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, there was a lot of positive and negative communication that influenced the main character’s life decisions. The story is about a young woman, named Toula, that is of Greek decent who is fearful of being stuck in the life she is now living. She is a frumpy girl that works in her family’s restaurant because she has not been able to find a Greek man to marry, and because of this, her family claims that she is old and has failed in life. She is allowed to attend college, which in turn, gives her new confidence and she is able to fall in love with a non-Greek man that is named, Ian. During the movie she struggles to get her family to accept him as the man she loves, and she also finally comes to

There is also an amount of prestige involved; the gifts received in a wedding are displayed in a ledger for guests to look through to indicate the family’s standing among its friends and

April marry’s into a wealthy family with social events, theatres, concerts and dinners. Her sister Cheryl embraces another way of life learning about their culture and history and donating her time to the friendship center and the program (she and some other counsellors had started for teenaged native girls.)(p.103) Cheryl doesn’t approve of April’s marriage but she tries to hide her true feelings and in a disagreement between the girls Aprils says (You didn’t come right out and say it, but I am ashamed I can’t accept… I can’t accept being Metis.)(p.101) she goes on to exclaim that was the hardest thing she had ever had to say to her sister Cheryl. At this time in the novel she feels Metis is a have not and that she was being selfish and wanted a white life she was different then her

As a comparison between tribal and western communities, a brief story is shown about a marriage in Canada. This marriage is the man’s second but the woman’s first, although she already has two children. This part of the film shows the man and woman getting ready for their wedding and talking of how they knew it was the right time to get married. Their wedding marks a right of passage separating them from the dating world and bringing them into the married world. Like the Nyinba tribe, a gift is given in the wedding ceremony to show this but instead of coins they exchange rings.

The novel opens with a Lithuanian custom, the veselija, a wedding celebration. However, Sinclair emphasizes that the foreign custom demonstrates that the immigrants share a great many social values. The central values expressed in the veselija are family, community, and charity. According to custom, the community shares in the expense of the celebration and

The Holocaust is an event that everyone prays will never happen again. Many people just tried to survive through the ordeal; many did not. If you survived it was either because of luck or some sort of economic advantage. We see this theme in Art Spiegelman 's book Maus. Many of the situations Vladek, the main character, finds himself in, he would have never mahde through without luck and/or his socioeconomic status.

In Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, we observe a community that is absorbed in their rituals and traditions. In this society, they feel bound to their traditions and are even willing to abandon some of humanity’s deepest morals. The basic question of right and wrong is presented as our morals are disregarded in Jackson’s tradition based society. Their past is what they look towards when regarding their future. This community feels tied to their fading tradition and refuses to evolve even when everyone around them is. Consequently, they have become numb to the acts they commit countless times. Every generation is ingrained with these ideals and are expected to never waver from them.

In chapter 22 when James Mcbride meets Aubrey Rubenstein he learns more about his family and the way things were for them back in the day. James had been looking for bits of his family’s past and where they came from in order to understand a bit more of who he was. For instance,”I wanted to see it, then tell my black wife and my two children about it because some of my blood runs through there, because my family has history there, because there’s a part of me in there whether I, or those that run the synagogue, like it or not”. James finally says that he has found that for which he has been looking at this point in the story because he has finally visited the places his family grew up in, got to speak to the people that knew his family well

Battles over power are constantly fought in societies. Inevitably, one group will find a way to rise up and assume authority over the others. As exemplified by Upton Sinclair in The Jungle, economy in twentieth century America is determined by power struggles between the wealthy capitalists and the impoverished proletariat. On a more individual level, the character of Jurgis is portrayed with the unceasing desire to free himself from the power of others and in turn gain power for himself.

We rode along on the country side. Farm land stretched along the road for as far as the eye could see. The majority of the farms grew crops of rice . But this time of year, the farmers flood the rice fields to farm another delicacy of Cajuns, crawfish. After a short ride, we reached the first farm. It was a small quaint farm with a small white wooden house and an old wood barn. The farmer and his wife walked up to the captain. The captain spoke quietly to the farmer. From what I was told was the captain was asking the farmer's permission to come on his farm and to offer dancing for any charity. The riders waiting anticipally for the captain to wave his flag. The flag was suddenly waved and the riders raced onto the property. The farmer grabbed a chicken from his coup by the legs. He raised it in the air and released it. Several costumed riders frantically jumped off of their horses and began chasing the chicken around the farm. While this was going on, the band began to play a familiar Mardi Gras tune. One of the costumed men asked the farmer's wife to dance as an offering for their generosity. The two were stomping , swaying and following the timing of the music. Others joined in the festivities. Drinking, smiling and laughing occurred, as the riders finally caught the chicken. Captain cracked his whip and the procession moved to the next farm. The procession

Ona and Jurgis Rudkus, two Lithuanian immigrants who have just come to Chicago, are being married. They have veselija, or wedding, that follows the Lithuanian tradition. This celebration takes place in a hall near the Chicago stockyards, which is an area of the city called Packingtown - because it is in the middle of the meat-packing industry. Food, beer, and music are all part of this wedding. Hungry people standing in the doorway are even invited inside to eat. And, the musicians play badly but no one minds. The best part of the celebration is when the guests form a circle where the bride stands in the middle and each guest takes a turn dancing with her. At the wedding, many guests take advantage of the bride and groom by filling themselves

Chang and Kunzru support each other in explaining exclusivity in picking people. Kunzru talks about how specific people go to the parties, same with the haulers and companies: companies only pick the well-known people who have numerical views and likes on the social media. Kunzro comments on Raj’s situation with the parties: “Sometimes our names were on the exclusive guest list (tough we were poor, we were beautiful and people liked to have us around” (Kunzru 5). Kunzru says that society, which is represented here by the parties, is only choosing special people such as Raj to join and share well known people and make investment with them. Since this is fiction article, the good appearance and the financial status (poor) here symbolize the differences