Mind Of My Mind By Octavia Butler

“Last Sunday the host of a popular news show asked me what it meant to lose my body”(Coates 5). The phrase “lose my body” is reiterated numerous times in Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. The topic/theme of this piece of literature may be discernable as innocence as Ta-Nehisi profusely speaks of how his upbringing changed and affected his perspective on life. Coates uses a multitude of examples to portray this from how he witnessed another boy almost being shot at a young age to him learning and understanding the laws and “culture of the streets”(Coates 24) as who and even more who not to mess with(Coates 23). Coates effectively uses these examples as perfect representations of living in an American ghetto as well as how since birth blacks do not “own” their body and are susceptible to lose it.

To be an ethnic American is a culture all on its own. Hunger of memory by Richard Rodríguez gives an insight into the rarely viewed world. A person that no longer falls into either category of family or American community. Such an individual is stuck between two worlds, in which two different cultures collide yet form a rift through family, language and education.

Girl Interrupted is Susanna Kaysen 's memoir a series of recollections and reflections of her nearly two year stay at a residential psychiatric program at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts. She looks back on it with a sense of surprise. In her memoir she considers how she ended up at McLean, and whether or not she truly belonged there. Each chapter focuses on one aspect of her experience. Founded in the late 19th century, McLean Hospital had been a facility for troubled members of wealthy and aristocratic families. By the late 1960s, however, McLean had fallen into a period neglect. This was a time of great change in the mental health care field. Kaysen grew up in a wealthy and prestigious family. Like most teenagers, she was rebellious at times, confused and unsure about her future. She didn’t want to go to college and slept with her high school English teacher. She witnessed firsthand the widening generation gap that was developing in the late 1960s. Older generations looked at Kaysen’s generation 's world with alarm.

A Beautiful Mind, is a movie that was produced in the year 2002 by Universal Pictures. This film is about a man named John Nash who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, paranoid type. Schizophrenia is a chronic brain disorder with key features including delusions, hallucinations, difficulty concentrating, and other negative symptoms (Parekh, 2017). Paranoid schizophrenia specifically, is “characterized mainly by the presence of delusions of persecution or grandeur” (Sadock and Sadock, 2005). The typical age for the onset of schizophrenia is in late adolescence or early adulthood, and is seen in men and women equally (Sadock and Sadock, 2005).

Mrs. Fox, by Sarah Hall was published in 2014. Mrs. Fox is a short story by Sarah Hall about a woman who turns into a fox during her pregnancy, much to the dismay of her husband. Mrs. Fox describes a woman who is not satisfied with her life with her husband, Mr. Fox. They both remain detached thorough the story. When Mrs. Fox turns into a fox, Mr. Fox does not understand why his wife was not happy or satisfied in her human life. Sarah Hall does a wonderful job of displaying out an unusually intriguing setting, a breath taking characterization of the two main characters Mr. and Mrs. Fox, and she displays a dark and modern theme, rightfully earning the BBC National short story

In the novel Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler paints a picture of a dystopia in the United States in which the current societal problems are overly exaggerated into the worst-case scenario. Butler describes a world plagued with high unemployment rates, violence, homelessness, a flawed police system, and a crumbling education system. Butler focuses the story on the poor and the homeless by only giving characters with this background a voice in order to show the reader that society’s views and stereotypes of these groups are flawed. Butler shows the lack of attention they receive and over exaggerates the problem in order to show the extreme consequences if it is not properly addressed.

The facts I learned about this book is that just because you have an deadly illness, doesnt mean you will die from it. The style the author used in writing this book is very unique. The author makes comments in the book as to why some specific sentence is what it is. The topic of the book can be adopted into fiction or a creative fiction. The author not only incooporates the story with the main character " Gary Gaines" who is a senior at Benson High school and the odd friendship he beholds with Earl Jackson. Greg prefers not to have friends only to associate with everyone in the social heiarchy until he has to befriend Rachel Kushner who was diagnosed with

The novel “An Unquiet Mind” starts off describing the life of a young girl, Kay. Early off in Kay’s life she is experiencing traumatizing life events. One of those events is a very close encounter with a plane that flew over the elementary playground very low and “It flew into the trees, exploding directly in front of us” (12). Early on it seems much easier to see how she developed the mental illness, manic-depressive (bipolar) illness. Also, her father showed signs of a bipolar illness and maybe it could be heredity. Another traumatizing event was when Kay and her family moved to California and the complete shock from the change in background. This switch also leads to Kay drinking before she attends classes for high school. Just at the age of 16, Kay is beginning to see just how much her mood swings are affecting her friends and how the bipolar illness is changing her life.

Professor Paul Bloom states he is against empathy. He believes it is wrongfully used in our society and should not be used in certain situations. He still thinks it is important sometimes, but should not be primarily used as a result of anger, depression or retaliation. He believes compassion is the solution to empathy. In the long run, Bloom states that empathy will fail or burnout in a person. Hannah the extremely empathic person will eventually burnout according to Bloom. The use of empathy everyday as a core moral code will eventually be overwhelming and burned out and used up. The person will change direction and use empathy less in their lifetime. This essay will explore Paul Bloms opinion of empathy in his article, “Against

Girl Interrupted What is a personality disorder? Personality disorder is a diverse class of disorders that is collectively characterized by inflexible and maladaptive personality traits that cause either functional impairment or subjective distress. The movie Girl Interrupted is based on the writer Susanna Kaysen's which is a true story on the account of her 18-month stay at a mental hospital in the 1960s. Susanna who is rushed to the hospital due to trying to commit suicide with a bottle of aspirin and vodka. She denies her attempt and was recommended a short period of time at Claymoore.

Through the study of post colonialism, the audience gains insight to both the perspectives of the colonisers and the colonised, which subsequently broadens our views. Through this understanding, the audience is able grasp the culture of the colonised and to feel empathetic towards the “other” which ultimately leads to acceptance of diversity. Differences must be embraced for social cohesion to achieve positive interactions and a balanced and strong society. In addition, an individual is made aware of the actions of themselves and others and can refrain from applying a detrimental and impartial attitude towards other human beings

Today’s society is one in which we get judged for the simplest of things. Whether it is the clothes you wear or the books you read, nothing goes unnoticed. While we are being judged by groundless bases, we have the craving to be seen in a positive way. So, when others perceive us in a negative light, we make choices to prove the opposite. This very aspect of human nature is seen in developed pieces of writing such as My Body Is My Own Business by Sultana Yusifali and Borders by Thomas King, as well as everyday life.

Turn back the clock to a high school history class, the topic of the day: World War I. Although bombarded with the statistics and factual knowledge of the war, students are not given information beyond who won and how many casualties each side suffered. Students are not brought into the world of WWI through a connection they may feel to those left behind, or those risking their lives on the battlefield, but rather faced with statistical reports to be regurgitated. Topics such as heartbreak and the loss a family feels when finding out their son have been killed in war are not highlighted throughout a typical history book. Nor do we see a glimpse into the lives of the soldiers before the war began, what they went through in the trenches, or what was left behind when they headed to their death. In the novel, Private Peaceful, by Michael Morpurgo, readers are given a glimpse into the life of soldiers before the war along with the heartache and loss felt when a comrade, or brother, finds death on the battlefield. The story is told from the viewpoint of Tommo Peaceful as he reflects on the life he left behind while at war. His brother Charlie was also with him in the war and through their relationship, readers are given a story of the war that highlights the humanity and love soldiers possessed. With an emphasis on emotions, missing details of life outside of the war zone, and a connection forged between readers and soldiers, Private Peaceful leads readers into the story of WWI

The coursework also demonstrates that the motivation for acting under the colonialist mindset can range from benevolence to arrogance to-out-and-out hatred, but the lingering effects

Culturally intolerant behavior has long-roots in human history; roots that markedly extend into modern humankind, and have prominently shown their existence at specific focal points in recent history. For example, the rise of the Nazi regime in Germany. It’s a psychological case study that explores the dangers of certain ideologies, especially when they are adopted on the political level. Like other highly-debated topics, the argument of cultural tolerance vs. intolerance has spawned expressive and argumentative literature regarding the issue. Octavia Butler’s Mind of My Mind echos her opinions on concerning cultural racially intolerant thought. Butler’s hypothesized argument is grounded in the belief that extreme forms of intolerance is thedriving force that leads to events like destructive imperialism and cultural oppression, and therefore should be actively avoided when cultural friction inevitably arises. Butler expresses the dangers of cultural superiority in asymmetrical relations of power through character relationships, as well as the culmination of the novel’s plot.