Literary Analysis Of Soap And Water

First to say, the theme of this story is a little bit tricky to completely pinpoint. Throughout the whole story, almost all of the characters have a conflict with being extremely poor. Even though they are poor, it does not seem to phase them because that is what they always knew. Some may think this theme is about Native Americans trying to survive in the world that was taking away from them. The more appropriate theme would lean towards the abandoning of culture practices due to living in a world of ridicule. Many of the Native Americans in this short story have long forgotten and have

The only way this novel should be used in curriculum is to teach about privilege and how it can have a positive impact on very few individuals, but an extremely negative impact on far more. Kerouac uses characterization, a specific style and tone, and structure to show how Sal lives his life as a privileged white male in the late 1940s. Each of these topics help to prove how his privilege becomes ignorance, and how he glorifies the unfair lives of the less fortunate and those of color. The story is very unique and helps to provide insight on these topics, but often does so in an unsuitable way. Overall, this novel portrays privilege in a way that exposes how it can cause the romanticization of the unfair and impoverished life of those who are oppressed or a

There were also different problems in the 1900’s such as Discrimination and prejudice. Prejudice in this novel is expressed or presented by disgust and misinterpretation because of the difference of people skin color. People of different skin color were the majorities that were treated unjustly. Throughout this period in America, the southern states, black people had to exercise and use separate bathrooms from whites, as well as drinking fountains, section in restaurants, and even go to separate schools. Furthermore, a great deal of the discrimination was aimed towards black people; there were abundance of explanation towards poor families by individuals that have the riches. Discrimination is rampant when groups’ of people that are different are called names.

Often throughout the book she mentions that it is said that "you're paid what you're worth", saying that little pay results in you not being to good of a person. With that label they were looked down on and viewed kind of as untouchables. They had low pay, long hours, no overtime pay, and no benefits which leads to low socio-economic-status a job that no one wants to pursue. She stressed that poverty wasn’t a sustainable condition, it's a state of emergency. Citizens in the lower classes are left to fend for themselves and the ten, eight, or six dollar jobs are all that's there for them. What she would encourage them to do is to demand to be paid what they're worth because in the end they will be better off.

This short story clearly shows how different people live and struggle in the society. Human beings are always in a dilemma of making decisions. The story tries to demonstrate the struggle between the rich and the poor in the community. Faulkner has structured the story in a way that it depicts the emotional despair of both the protagonist and antagonist. What the story entails is a complete comparison of different societies from diverse life angles.

The details build an appeal to pathos and impresses upon the reader that this is a problem worth discussing. They are shared in exploited proportions through the excuse called privilege. And knowingly or unknowingly privilege is something that is given to one unknowingly due to the state the modern world is in. Privilege was unfortunately molded over time and to the best of the future the future leaders of the world are working to make things favorable so that the apparent mistakes made in the past won’t follow through into the future. She had also mentioned in her essay that ‘Privilege is relative and contextual. Few people in this world, and particularly in the United States, have no privilege at all. Among those of us who participate in intellectual communities, privilege runs

She encounters, in this job, another problem with the low wage workers, injury. There are instances where one of the maids is hurt, or hurting, but will not get help. She cannot understand why they won't help themselves and seek medical attention. They are afraid of losing their jobs. The slightest

I was born and raised in the South, I do not consider myself from the location although; I was raised in rural Alabama just south of Tuscaloosa Al. I have seen my share of sexism, racism, and poverty and how fine upstanding members of society treat the individuals they view as lower than their selves. It can be a petty cruel environment and this piece of literature struck very close to home for me. The treatment of the elderly woman represents everything I see as wrong about how

In one of Jeannette’s college classes, her professor discusses the causes of homelessness. When Jeannette contributes her unorthodox opinion based on her own parents, her professor demands “What do you know about the lives of the underprivileged?” (257). Ironically, Jeannette knows far more about the underprivileged than her teacher, who earlier framed the discussion as a political one about conservatives and liberals rather than individual homeless people as Jeannette tries to do. However, the professor’s remark illustrates well many people’s tendency to stereotype and generalize rather than consider all scenarios and possibilities. Her professor does not know Jeannette’s opinion is based on true events, but denies it anyway because it does not fit with her current belief and stereotype. Together The Glass Castle and The Great Gatsby encourage the reader to look beyond socioeconomic status and class, and instead to focus on the unique humanity of all people. Though every individual’s particular struggles vary, every individual has them and endures them in whatever way they are

"What's Killing Poor White Women?" by Monica Potts is an essay telling the story of Crystal, a poor white woman who didn't finish high school and comes from a small town in a rural area. Potts uses detail and attention to convince the reader of the normality of Crystals life to sway the reader to feel like the situation could be played out in their life or a family member could experience the kind of life changing events Crystals family went through. Potts is using "What's Killing Poor White Women?" to reach people and convey a point/ In the story of Crystal, Potts is trying to reach the poor white women of America, she want to reach the poor white women because the only people that can make a difference are the poor white women.

In the second half of the book, the narrator loses his optimism and naivety and in place finds anger, frustration, and passion. Eventually the narrator ends up joining a social equality movement called the

Take everything you know about racism, sexism, and religionism and toss it out the window, because there’s an impediment to prosperity that is often underlooked: Classism. Classism is a suppression which always has and always will continue to affect our everyday lives. The disparities that presently exist between the lower and higher classes form a condition where it is unlikely to allow for equality for anyone. The short stories “A Rose of Emily,” written by William Faulkner, and “Desiree’s Baby,” written by Kate Chopin, offered several depictions of classism within a society. “A Rose for Emily” recounts the life of an isolated, aristocratic woman named Emily Grierson who symbolically represents the demise of the old Southern society. Similarly, “Désirée’s Baby” portrays classism present in mid-nineteenth century Southern society in conjunction with the inequalities that exist between race. Class prejudice plays an important role as it was behind the emergence of the characters’ unspeakable actions. In “A Rose for Emily” and “Desiree’s Baby,” classism is emphasized and provokes arrogance, denial, and the demise of others.

Whether in the early 1900s or the present day 21st century, immigration to America was all about searching for a better life; looking for the opportunity to be successful. In the short story “How I found America” Anzia is much more oppressed in America; she is discriminated against in her work and her environment. Vargas in “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” is given more opportunities to better himself. Both of the immigrants have a sense of having to hide themselves in America.

The characters in John Green’s book come from all different places in society dealing with privilege. But, through this idea, the theme that privilege affects your life is apparent. To begin, Aza states, “Mom and I lived on the side that sometimes floods. The Picketts lived on the side with the stone-gabbed walls that forced the rising water our direction,” (Green, 2017, p. 15). This river is like a divisor in between those who are brought into a privileged life, and those who are not. It’s like the rising water is pressure that is being put onto middle and lower class families to try to catch up to the upper class, trying to give their kids a better future. Secondly, Davis’s family is surrounded by wealth from the paintings they own, the

    At first, the narrator cannot grasp that his grandfather was fighting against oppression in his work he was compliant to white men. But as he progresses as a student the denials of the system become more clear it is not clear if white men wish for him to advance or not. The narrator’s  worldview has become more