Motifs And Morals In Margaret Mitchell's [UNK] The Wind

“My mother's education was the product of the riots of 1937 and the industriousness of Mr. Chance. These were history's gifts to my family and if the resources of that grocer, the fruits of those riots, the possibilities of that culture, and the privileges of that skin tone and been extended to others, how many more would now live a life of fulfillment, in a beautiful house high on a hill? (Outliers, Gladwell, 2008, pg.285).” The way how his grandmother well-to-do concerted cultivation. The last extrinsic factor was Mulatto in the American South, when slave woman would have been socially ostracized, and any offspring form the union of black and white would have been left in slavery. However, in Jamaica, the attitudes were very different than America South. In Jamaica, if people are mixed then they did not have any discrimination. Gladwell was wrong when he wrote that “If you work hard enough and assert yourself, and use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world to your desires (Outliers, Gladwell Chapter 5, section 10, pg.151)” because individual cultural legacies, time of birth, and opportunities are more important factors when achieving

Her passionate columns of justifying the unjust in America truly exemplifies her love for this nation and how much she wants to make it an ideal land for not only its citizens but for those seeking liberty and freedom. Through her use of pathos, ethos, and logos she desires to please everyone’s emotions, value, and intellectual mind-sets, thus spreading her drive and motivation toward others. Her goal for composing such column makes her an astounding writer – not for money, not for fame, not for glory, but to touch reader’s hearts for

Imagine becoming an orphan at the age of thirteen, having to take care of your seven-year old sister with an older brother fighting in the war. Haswell Magruder experiences these hardships, along with starvation, arrest, and figuring out how he will make due without a parental figure around. The novel Hear the Wind Blow, is an interesting story that vividly describes every event to the reader, accurately informs them of the troubles many people endured during the Civil War, and constantly keeps them on the edge of their seats. The author, Mary Downing Hahn provides a peek into the world not only through words but through an actual map of Virginia, where the events take place.While the map was very helpful, the words in the book still express dramatic feelings, actions, and words of the characters in this “fast-paced compelling read.”

Weir Mitchell was a “doctor, writer, and a poet,” the man also thought, according to The Rest Cure: Repetition or Resolution of Victorian Women’s Conflicts? that men were the better gender and that women’s nervous systems were “more irritable”(8). Weir Mitchell was also a very rude man, he had said at some point to or about one of his patients that “She was a pallid, feeble creature… and has no more bosom than the average chicken of a boardinghouse table. Nature had wisely prohibited this being from increasing her breed” (The Rest Cure Revisited). Why would a doctor say that about one of his patients? Well, women weren’t equal to men back then, hence they were considered frail and weak. Weir Mitchell also had a skewed view on women and didn’t know a women’s body works. Weir Mitchell thought that normal things to a woman at some point in her life with go through menstruation, menopause, and lactation (8). Weir also thought that the organs of a woman were not equal, as apparently male’s organs are equal, and the only organ of value was a woman’s reproductive system specifically the ovaries because they could make babies, they were the dominate organs (8). His per say “bedside manner” wasn’t all that good either; according to the article (The Rest Cure Revisited), he threatened to climb into bed with one of his patients to get her out of bed for whatever reason. His “nice and encouraging” side of being a doctor wasn’t there either; for example, from the article (The Rest Cure

The Wind in the Willows (published in 1908) by Kenneth Grahame is a children's fictional novel set in England during the early 20th century. This allegory from the stimulus booklet evokes feelings of magic and adventure but also feelings of reflection as we relate the actions of Ratty, Mole and Toad to our lives.Grahame evokes an imaginative journey within the mind of the reader as he questions "Which journey's do we take that we really want to experience?" Kenneth Grahame conveys this idea through Mole who is being forced to take Ratty's journey instead of his own. This text broadens our understanding of the world today in that it helps us to undertsand the complex interactions between people.

Throughout the twentieth century, numerous dramas that were written in the United States presented ideas and situations that had the purpose of changing a reader’s attitude towards a specific subject. This is the case of the play “Inherit the Wind”, a piece written by the playwrights Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. Throughout the years, many literary scholars have argued whether or not “freedom of thought” has stood as a predominant theme in the play. While this issue may bring about countless debates, my respect towards others’ viewpoints has allowed me to pick a side and to defend it with textual evidence from the play itself. From my perspective, the main theme in Inherit the Wind is freedom of thought.

Comparing Hope Leslie or Early Times in Massachusetts and The Scarlett Letter is interesting because at first glance both novels don’t appear to have much in common aside from having a female protagonist and taking place within Puritan society of early America. (keep but not as first sentence). However, despite obvious differences between both novels such as the character presentation of the female protagonists in Hope Leslie who range from the free-spirited Hope Leslie, obedient Puritan Esther, and character of Magawisca as a noble but proud Native American contrasts with the Hester Prynne’s presentation as a shamed but deeply contemplative woman in The Scarlett Letter. The different purposes all these characters each serve in their respective stories begins to show commonality in that Hope Leslie’s Hope, Esther, and Magawisca and The Scarlett Letter’s Hester Prynne all have to overcome the adversity and social expectations with Puritan society so they can follow their hearts and do what they feel is right by relying on their wit, intelligence, and inner strength. By examining how both Hope Leslie and Hester Prynne overcome the challenges they face in their respective Puritain socities it will be easier to observe how these novels presentation of their female protagonist illustrates the gender politics of each text.

This book was filled with passages and quotes that made a lasting impression on me not only for the content they contained but also the way that they were written. One passage that really stuck with me was the bottom passage on pages 202-203. This passage left an impression on me for many reasons but mainly because it described such violent events that happened in Chicago that I never knew about which was quite a wake up call. I did not even know that race riots ever happened in Chicago and to find out that they were as violent and deadly as they were shocked me quite a bit. Now a days, I never hear anyone talking about the race riots that happened in Chicago which is surprising because by looking back at those times in our history it shows how much our society has grown and improved. These race riots changed the course of Chicago's history which is why it is surprising to me that I have never even heard of them before.

One of the most memorable quote in this book was when Henry vowed that “he would never celebrate the Fourth of July so long as slavery existed” (Ofari). For a black man to even say and mean this quote was very courageous. It may not affect any Americans nor the blacks but to not celebrate Fourth of July, the anniversary date when America finally became United as one, shows Garnet’s determination in persuading other blacks to understand why they should not celebrate the Independence day. Garnet tried to point out the fact that under law, freed black people are technically considered equal to white people. In reality, this truth is planted far away from

Inherit the Wind is about a 24-year-old teacher named Bertram T. Cates, who is arrested for teaching Darwin's Theory of Evolution to his junior high-class. Some high-profile Hillsboro town’s people press charges and have Cates arrested for teaching evolutionism in a stringent Christian town. A famous lawyer named Henry Drummond defends him; while a fundamentalist politician Matthew Harrison Brady prosecutes. The story takes place in Hillsboro, which is a small town in Tennessee. Cates is merely trying to teach to his class that there is more to life than just what the Bible teaches. He is not trying to be nonreligious; rather he is just teaching his class to think outside the box. The town’s people think that Cates is trying to push

Fahrenheit 451 is a novel that describes a terrifying future in which the jobs of firemen are to find and burn books. If I could choose 3 books to save, they would be Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, the Bible, and Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell.

The introductory line of Harriet Jacob’s preface to Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, “Reader, be assured this narrative is no fiction”, is short yet serving (Jacobs 224). Although brief in its nature, this statement manages to encompass two major aspects that characterize African-American literature: audience and truth. In all writing, understanding the target audience and how to arrange an argument or essay to appeal to that specific crowd is paramount. However, it is especially important for African-American authors, who typically need to expose injustices or call for social change in their works. In particular, two African-American authors who understood their audience and how to manipulate that understanding were Charles W. Chesnutt and Marcus Garvey. Although they were born only twenty-nine years apart, Chesnutt and Garvey technically wrote for different time periods. While Chesnutt’s work is associated with “Literature of the Reconstruction”, Garvey was grouped with authors and activists from the Harlem Renaissance (Gates and Smith 580 ). The separation of their literary epochs drove Chesnutt and Garvey to write for contradistinctive audiences that demanded unique written techniques and rhetorical strategies, but that both asked for utmost honesty.

According to the cops, you were nothing but a no good hood they all knew was destined to die young and violent. None of those cops would think to charge a Soc with your death. They're too busy kissing up to their rich mommy and daddy's.

Before reading Ragtime, I knew almost nothing about society and the attitude of the people of the early 20th century. Each of the characters in the novel informed me of different ideas and issues that arose during this time period. These include Tateh, the socialist; Emma Goldman, the anarchist; Coalhouse Walker, the man who demanded justice; and Mother. The inclusion of each of these characters significantly helped me picture the 1900’s.

For this essay, we focused strictly on critics' reactions to Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. For the most part, we found two separate opinions about The Handmaid's Tale, concerning feminism. One opinion is that it is a feminist novel, and the opposing opinion that it is not. Feminism: A doctrine advocating social, political, and economic rights for women equal to those of men as recorded in Webster's Dictionary. This topic is prevalent in the novel The Handmaid's Tale. Margaret Atwood, a Canadian writer, spends most of her time featuring women in her books, novels, and poetry that examine their relationships in society. In the book Atwood centers her novel on a girl whom