Mandisa Hunsley Analysis

Mary Rowlandson, A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary, is a short story in which the main character Mrs. Marty Rowlandson is taken captive by a group of Native American warriors. Native American warriors open the beginning of the narrative by massacring and setting fire to the stead in which the author was living. The narrator develops throughout the narrative, beginning from when she was first taken as a captive until ultimately ending her story upon her final exodus. Although the story is written in hindsight the author uses Biblical quotes to help her, as well any future potential readers understand American colonialism. Through the usage imagery, pathos, and ethos appeal the author uses quotes from the bible to control the way in which the people involved are portrayed to the audience

Luckily, she landed success as a model where she became one of the first African American women to appear on the cover of Seventeen Magazine. Although being a model was a great experience for Houston, she still did not give up her dreams of becoming a famous musical artist. So by the time Whitney Houston was 19 years old, she was finally discovered while singing in a nightclub by music mogul of Arista Records, Clive Davis. As Houston’s manager, Clive immediately transformed her musical career where she moved from being a gospel artist to a major pop artist (Bio.com).

“The Cave” by Mumford and Sons is a song. The song expresses the feeling of darkness and being lost. It is about finding the strength and hope to keep going. “But I will hold on hope,” (line 9) and “And I’ll find strength in pain,” (line12). The speaker is the songwriter and band members who made the song. The tone is one of which not easily distinguished. The speaker seems hopeful and full of strength, ready to move on and become free. He also seemed understanding, as if he knows how you feel and has felt that way himself.

In Marked Women, Unmarked Men, Deborah Tannen discusses the nature of marked women and its consequences. Tannen, a female writer, points out the “marked” aspects of women by first giving an example of three differently clothed women, named No. 1 through 3, in a meeting. She allows readers to visualize the distinct difference between men and women’s appearance. Then she shifts to explaining in depth about the definition of “marked” and how it appears on the daily lives of women. She spends most of her article discussing the conference meeting example and the definition of “marked”. Although Tannen indicates many contradictions surrounding the “marked” female aspects like clothing and surnames, she does not reach to a conclusion. Because the

Through the song, God spoke to him and prompted him to tell his wife that he was going to quit the band and begin going to church after the tour. For him, his encounter with God not only saved him, but his marriage and family as well.

Sarah Boseley explains how white women have a high greater chance getting breast cancer than those blacks and south Asian women. The author mentions that women from ethnic groups such as "blacks," "whites," and "south Asian" being recruited from since 1996 to 2001. However, the large population who has breast cancer is white women. Analyzing the data from women's study at the University of Oxford, Boseley argues how women have a better chance to protect themselves, nevertheless by breastfeeding their babies and also to plan having a large family. Consequently, she also suggests all women's need advice from the Cancer Research Center in United Kingdom and these women are insensible of terrible disease. This sources urges us to understand significant

From the beginning, she showed her prejudice by referring to the Indians as “wolves” and “beasts”. Arguably, one can make the point that she had just lost her sister, friends, she was injured, and she was carrying her wounded child. But can we trust a description of the Indians that is filtered through the lens of Puritan prejudice? Of course, there is a larger question than whether or not Mary Rowlandson was justified in her hostility to the Indians; an attitude which, by the way, she did moderate sometimes during her ordeal. But the real question is whether we can trust the information she presents about Indian behavior and practices while she was a captive. Did she, intentionally or not, twist the facts? The expectation is that the person

he Sovereignty and Goodness of God: Being a Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson. Mary Rowlandson lived in Lancaster, Massachusetts with her three children, her husband, and around 50 families, many of which were either killed or captured during the attack. Based on Mary Rowlandson’s writings it seems she was quite firm in her puritan beliefs, for example, strict adherence to studying the bible and god on the day of Sabbath was a central puritan belief, and while in captivity Mary was reflecting on how careless she was of gods holy time referring to the Sabbath, and how “evil” she had walked in god’s eyes. Mary believed that her fellow puritans were faithful to their god until their last moment, and she hoped

Rowlandson’s text is bracketed by two spiritually authoritative males’ texts – a preface by Increase Mather and a sermon by Rowlandson’s husband. Mather’s preface relays to readers that his intention in helping Rowlandson publish this text he hopes to illustrate the “causeless enmity of these Barbarians against the English, and the malicious and revengeful spirit of these Heathen” (Rowlandson 7) and to show his Puritan followers a concrete illustration of God’s providence and to remind them to be steadfast in their belief in God’s will and power. It is likely that because she was a Puritan English woman her voice was limited so that it would be deemed acceptable by the male authorities looming over her. In those men’s eyes, Rowlandson needed

Authors write poetry to express the way they feel or what they believe. Composers write songs for the same reasons. Tracy K. Smith writes a moving poem called “Savior Machine” inspired by David Bowie’s song “Saviour Machine.” She uses the word “savior machine” to describe the one person who saves people from their darkest times. Many readers would assume that both the writers need saving from their darkest times. Although the poem and song have different interpretations of their saviors, Tracy K. Smith and David Bowie both explain their struggles that burden them , they use the phrase “savior machine” for the same purpose of having something or someone there to pull them out of their own issues, and they explain their hope of being saved from their burdens little at a time.

Throughout history, the world of fantasy has called to mankind and enraptured their imaginations. “As The World Falls Down”, sung by David Bowie and featured in the movie “Labyrinth”, tells of such an experience where a girl, Sarah, becomes caught up in the fantasy world. Because she is so focused on her fantasy world, she forgets about the real world and her objective of rescuing her brother. David Bowie’s lyrics and the movie portray the theme that there can be pain and danger in getting caught up in fantasy for too long.

Rebecca begins with the sentence, "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." The heroine, dreaming, sees herself as a ghost, flitting through the charred ruins of the once-beautiful mansion Manderley, where she once lived. When she awakes, she resolves not to speak of the dream, for "Manderley was ours no longer. Manderley was no more." The only person to whom she could speak of it, we realize shortly, is her husband, whose name we have not yet learned. Together, the couple is traveling through Europe, staying in small hotels to avoid meeting people they both know. They have recently been through a period of great suffering, connected to the destruction of Manderley, but the heroine does not reveal the nature of their predicament. Pieces

It comes with the job. All of us, commissioned as human beings, break in one way or another. Brokenness pervades our lives, although not always visibly. Perhaps the band Lifehouse and their song Broken became popular because the message of brokenness holds a power all can relate to. Yet not only the message, but also the effectiveness, meaning, subject, and use of poetic devices in Broken contributed to this song’s popularity.

A recently published report has made it clear that both social exclusion and segregation have reached to an all-time high value in certain adjoining areas of Britain. This has clearly paved the way towards inequality. According to the Casey Review, a section of women in some of the communities are even denied proper and just access to even some of the basic rights as the British residents. Severe accusations have been levied by Dame Louise Casey against the public bodies for the sole motive of ignoring or condoning religious practices, which could be termed as divisive or harmful for fear of being called racist. It has been made clear by Sajid Javid, who happens

The song describes eloquently both the passion and struggle involved in a troubled relationship, giving a fantastic picture of lovers in an honest attempt to mend what is broken. Though perhaps in a more one sided manner, such is the struggle between God and Israel. In the song, it states, “I'm gonna break things I'm gonna cross the line And make you wake up 'Cause you won't I'm gonna name names, I'm gonna call us out I'm gonna say it If you won't.” Like God’s prophesied judgement towards Israel, the songwriter takes charge, trying to rid their relationship of the conflict that spurns it. Even more, the song goes on to say, “Oh I don't wanna fight But I'll fight with you If I have to, If I have to.” Such lyrics further express this point: God does not necessarily desire to judge Israel, but their refusal to turn away from idolatry has led Him to do what must be done. Like the songwriter, God will not stand by and simply let the relationship