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The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire was an infamous part of our history as a nation. The fire began on the eighth floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory and quickly spread all throughout the building. The fire took almost one hundred and fifty lives, most of them being young women or girls. It was not just the fire that took so many lives though, but women and men alike jumping from many stories up, to their death, just to have a possibility to live.

Alexander Stephens in “The Cornerstone Speech,” (1861). Alexander Stephens was the Vice President of the Confederacy during speech, but was originally a Whig. As a Whig, Stephens opposed the Deep South’s secession, but while attending the Georgia convention, Stephens signed the Ordinance of Secession. “The Cornerstone Speech,” overtly stated slavery was the decisive reason for secession, and it was the foundation of southern society and therefore would be the main principle of the Confederate States of America. [INSERT STEPHEN THESIS HERE]. Stephens arrogantly throws away his past liberal principles to guide the Confederacy, resulting in a struggle with his personal ideologies

To begin with, I believe that there was more than one conflicts in the story. The conflicts were man vs. nature, man vs. self, man vs. man, and man vs. society. Mattie acquired all of these conflicts throughout the novel. To describe the conflict of man vs. nature, it is explained that the fever had spread through the air and it was up to Mattie to save herself from the disease. She had to “fight” nature and protect herself from the heat as well as the fever until winter arrived. Mattie also fought with herself when she had to decide to give Nell up to the orphanage or keep her in her own hands. Mattie also shows man vs. society as she defended the intruders breaking in the coffeehouse. Man vs. man is explained in the novel when Mattie would argue about doing her chores and going to Polly’s funeral in the

It is easy to take a look at someone and think you know their story, but first glances are often deceiving. This situation can be found in the book Fire by Kristin Cashore. In the book, a girl known as Fire is a human monster, and as the daughter of Cansrel, the infamous adviser of the deceased king that led the city of Dells into ruins, everyone is fearful of her like she was the plague. However, she seeks peace by using her monster powers for good by delivering pivotal information to the authorities of the Dells, like an official spy. Despite the conflicts in the story, there are numerous issues in the story that relates to my life.

English teachers are tasked with exposing students to some of the world’s greatest literary works, but with this we also expose our students to the pain of some of the world’s greatest atrocities. In our classrooms students will read the fictional narratives of The Diary of a Young Girl (Frank), and A Long Way Gone (Beah), as well as experience injustice in non-fictional works such as The Giver (Lowry) and The Hunger Games (Collins). In Amber Simmons article Class on Fire: Using the Hunger Games Trilogy to Encourage Social Action Simmons details why she believes it is important that, along with exposing students to these events, we help them grasp and cope with events are at times unfathomable. To help students cope with this knowledge without becoming hopeless Simmons uses the Hunger Games Trilogy with students.

In the early 1900s, America’s mostly rural society was transformed into a urban manufacturing nation. This dramatic metamorphosis caused a deeper chasm between the poor and the rich, but helped form a thriving middle class. American cities overflowed with millions of European immigrants willing to provide cheap labor that was the catalyst for a thriving economy. New York City became the largest industrial powerhouse in the United States because of the garment industry. Due to the availability of affordable factory made items, American culture became preoccupied with the acquisition of goods, and the concept of consumerism was born. Sadly, the poverty stricken population who lived in slums and worked in intolerable conditions suffered tremendously. The book, The Triangle Fire by Jo Ann E. Argersinger tells the true story behind the spark of change of the exploitation of factory workers within America. With the advent of the Industrial Revolution, and the key historical events that followed, there were many cultural and political changes in the United States.

People judge others through stereotypical analysis, where untrue, negative thoughts about a person are based on precedent assumptions. The Youngers’ faced these issues when trying to move into a predominantly white neighborhood called Clybourne Park. The family was alienated by the neighborhood in multiple ways. In one particular way, the community board thought that the Youngers’ would make the predominately white, upper-middle-class neighborhood unclean because of them being the only black family to move into the neighborhood. There were times when the Younger family received unwelcoming looks and unfriendly responses from their neighbors. These types of accusations were morally wrong but not unusual for this era. To properly get an analysis

If you went out one day and out of nowhere you find yourself in a life-or-death situation would it be your fault? People in a life-or-death situation should be held accountable for their actions because most of the time people know that if they do something that can put them in a life-or-death situation then something bad will happen but they still do it willingly. Another person might not agree with this claim and say that people should not be held accountable for their actions. The reason he or she might think this is because if when a person does face a life-or-death situation it might not be entirely their fault. The following reasons are examples of why my claim is stronger.

FreireFreire discusses manipulation on page 147 as an instrument of conquest. He states, "By means of manipulation, the dominant elites try to conform the masses to their objectives. And the greater the political immaturity of these people the more easily the latter can be manipulated by those who do not wish to lose their power. "

Being a minority and coming from a first generation immigrant family, it can be difficult to think about my future because of what I’ve grown up around. I acknowledge that i’m an intelligent woman, but my surroundings made achieving greater things feel strange, or like something I shouldn’t be striving for. In James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time, the first letter My Dungeon Shook was aimed specifically for his nephew but is easily a message for people of color and really for anyone who is struggling with self doubt.

“[T]oo many people find themselves living amid a great period of social change, and yet they fail to develop the new attitudes, the new mental responses, that the new situation demands” (King, “Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution,” 112). In the last sermon of his life, Martin Luther King Jr. shared this piece of insightful information. The atmosphere of King’s time contained ignorance and oblivion. Today, the atmosphere looks similar, and more than ever before, people must start engaging in the major revolution taking place. Many people continue through life, unaware of the happenings around them. When they choose to sleep through the revolution, their chance to make a difference dissipates, and lasting consequences arise.

Where there’s smoke there’s fire by Russell Patterson Russell Patterson (December 26, 1893- March 17, 1977) was a celebrated and prolific American cartoonist, illustrator. Patterson's art helped develop and promote the idea of fashion style known as the flapper in the 1920s and 1930s. Flappers had their own hairstyles and ways of dressing, especially bobbed hair and short skirts. Flappers were a sign of changing times and more freedom for women to express themselves. The message that he is trying to express is how women new looks, jobs, and lifestyle were changing dramatically.

Naturalism and Realism both became important writing styles in the mid- nineteenth century. Naturalist writing portrays individuality within a character allowing a person to obtain humanistic themes. Realist writing is all about portraying real life and real situations. (Thesis)- Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” and Mark Twain’s “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” both display elements of naturalism and realism.

Jonathan Kozol’s Fire in the Ashes is an honest depiction of the hardships and triumphs of families in the South Bronx, New York. In this book, Kozol introduces us to several Hispanic and Black families that he originally met in the Mott Haven/Martinique Hotel in the 1980’s and allows us to view their trajectory in the proceeding 25 years. By allowing the reader a look into the lives of these families, he provides us with a realistic depiction of the disadvantages families living in poverty encounter despite interventions from charity organizations and philanthropic donors. Kozol identifies that without “systematic justice and systematic equity in public education” (Kozol, 2013, pg 304) students in these impoverished neighborhoods will continue to lack the same economic opportunities that may potentially lead them out of the welfare system. Kozol emphasizes lack of stable housing, and unequal educational opportunities, as primarily conditions to perpetuating poverty. Despite the challenges that the families endure, Kozol is able to show that they are resilient.

As she left the burning building, five questions entered her mind; where was she, who was she, who were those people, why did they do this to her, and why couldn’t she walk?