Whale Talk Quotes

The meaning of sexism in the oxford dictionary is ‘Prejudice, stereotyping or discrimination on the basis of sex’ (Oxford Dictionaries). Being a teenager from a liberal society, I think of sexism as when either of the sex is being considered inferior to the other and is not given equal opportunities to earn a place in society. A few decades ago such discrimination was experienced by women when they had no rights to pursue their passions or create their own identity in society. In India, parts of East Asia as well as in New Zealand women were even not allowed to decide on own marriage, which was a monumental event in their lives. In my view, their lives at that time had no difference from the lives of a servant. When they came to their husband’s

Life isn’t fair. This common phrase rings true for the characters in A Separate Peace, a novel from 1959. The story takes place in the time of World War Two. Gene and Finny are the best of friends, but the entire book revolves around an accident where Gene causes Finny, or Phineas, to fall off a tree and shatter his leg, changing his life forever. Finny denies anything he finds negative or harmful, including the war, his injury, and Gene’s part in the accident, choosing to remain young and ignorant of since he knows he’ll be happier that way. However, Finny does eventually recognizes the facts of his life. John Knowles uses characterization to shed light on the dangers of naivete through the character Finny. Innocence causes Phineas to become ignorant of what’s happening all around him, which makes it dangerous. This becomes a problem because nobody can run away from the truth forever, and whenever all the facts of war and the accident catch up with him they will hit hard.

The main topic of Whale Talk is violence/ abuse. Chris Crutcher shows this through his imagery, symbols, and theme. He shows this theme vividly throughout the book. Chris also uses many real life references such as people from his life. He also provides some accuracies to his own life.

Save the Whales, Screw the Shrimp is an essay written by Joy Williams, about the overwhelming complacency that todays culture shows towards nature.Williams argues in a very satirical way, that todays culture has all but completely lost touch with what nature really is, and that unless we as a nation change our morals regarding the role that nature plays in human existence, we may very well be witnessing the dawn of our own destruction.

Marshall (whose original name is actually Michael Merchant (P# 39)) has abandoned his previous life and reality of being a second-rate actor and resolved to put on a lifelong performance involving holy matrimony and living in the lap of luxury. His fiancé is reportedly heir to a massive fortune, which is the entire reason he pursued her. “And I thought – well, a Mercedes… there’s got to be a little money here somewhere” (P# 42). In doing so, he concocted the

Inequality is an unlawful right in modern times, but when the story ‘Worldshaker’ was set it was a lawful right. The author of the novel ‘Worldshaker’ Richard Harland tells the reader that Riff is a Filthy from the lower decks and is being bullied by people from the upper decks. As Riff began to grow as a character she discovers how people should dress up, talk, and look, to be equal with the people from the upper decks. Throughout the story a large quantity of events happen and quote will be used to prove people are equal.

Through many of these traumatizing struggles she faced, she was persistent, and did not let anything that was done to her get in the way of herself, she kept pursuing and used the negative actions of others as a motive to keep pushing forward, developing in “the first African American billionaire.” The fact that the writer uses “poverty” and “billionaire” in the same sentence when talking about an individual, speculates how Oprah’s determination made her whom she is today. Furthermore, in Black boy, Wright speculates Richard’s determination by saying,“And no word that I had ever heard fall from the lips of southern white men had ever made me really doubt the worth of my own humanity” (283).Richard here reveals how he is a determined individual. He employs the idea of how he neglects every other’s criticism and thoughts. He reveals how he knows his worth when expressing how the words of others never made him “doubt” himself. Richard blocks negativity out of his life and is tenacious about following what is best for his future, he obviously does not let anyone influence him and knows what is best for his “own humanity”.The fact that he has several white racist men criticizing him, telling him what to do, scorning at him, really critiques how much of a persistent individual he is, and how driven he is to get to the North and get out of his

Nathan tried to protest about the injustices of African Americans because in Canada he was taught that you have to treat everyone equally. Day after day he talks about it, but no one listens. He explains to his father that no one in their area listens to him and that things in the world need to change. His father tells Nathan, that the same thing happened to him when he was a kid. Mr. Moreau tried to

“Who says life is fair, where is it written?” - William Goldman. Throughout William Goldman’s life, he always knew that life wasn’t fair. Edith Neisser – a writer that he met in his youth- said, “Life isn't fair, Bill. We tell our children that it is, but it's a terrible thing to do.

An African American teen, struggles to overcome the hardships of society, wishing to be wealthy. He struggles to overcome the hardships of society, having a lack of resources, few family members he can rely on, and has few friends that he can trust.

Finding Nemo Marlin is a wonderful hero and a wonderful dad. Before Nemo was born Marlins Wife, Coral, was eaten along with all his brothers a sisters. Nemo was the only one still alive. He traveled the ocean the ocean to save his one and only son. He faced his fear and left home to find his son, even though there wasn’t much hope he still believed.

For millions of years, two of man's greatest downfalls have been greed and materialism. Throughout the novel The Pearl, by John Steinbeck, the themes of greed and materialism are corroborated with the Mexican folktale the author heard after he visited the country of Mexico. The folk story described the life of an indigent young native who discovered “The Pearl of the World” and how the pearl exhibits evil which leads to his downfall, greed. Numerous terrible things began to happen to him, and most importantly to his family after discovering the pearl. The author, John Steinbeck, makes these themes evident by illustrating the elements of conflict and characterization.

The significant ways Markwardt and Parsons are different and by the way theey act indicate what kind of person they are and what their values in life are. MacKinlay Kantor writes, “…he was successful, respected, admired….insurance….and he had done it alone, unaided, struggling beneath handicaps.” As you read about Parsons, you can already tell he is very successful. Kantor also writes, “…wheedled the man, ‘And, mister, you wouldn’t mind helping a poor guys out?’” As the author writes about Markwardt you can tell he is not so successful. In these few details you can see that Markwardt makes himself out to be an innocent beggar who is trying to get by. However, he is really a blind man who couldn’t let go of his past and let his handicap hold him back from the world and life. He feeds off of people’s pity. On the

That is fair. “ Life isn't fair. If everything was fair, then what would America be like? What would the world be like if everything was fair? Things in life aren't supposed to be fair, then others couldn't achieve their dreams. Things not being fair brings jealously. Like in the text, he called the man a mean name because he wouldn't let him play with his jacks. Life being perfect and fair to everybody wouldn't help

The novel Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson, published 2014. Stevenson once said, "the opposite of poverty is not wealth, it's justice". Poverty is the social condition of disfavored and within the problems poverty faces, the need of justice is the solution. Stevenson's novel explores the case of Walter Mcmillian, a death row inmate who is wrongly accused for a crime he didn't commit. Stevenson fight for justice for Mcmillian and his community, who suffers from injustice from the criminal justice system. The higher authorities and the justice system is unfair, have biased treatment and social inequalities to the poor communities and criminal cases such as Walters. Unfair treatment and disfavored of the prisoners and to their community is because of their background, it's goes unseen in society that it tends to be a trend, especially among people of colors.