Out Of All Them Bright Stars Analysis

“We live the Old Way” are the words that author, Catherine Knutsson, uses to introduce readers to the fascinating culture of the Métis Indians in her intriguing book, Shadows Cast by Stars (1). Set in an unspecified future, sixteen year old protagonist, Cassandra Mercredi, finds herself and her family fleeing from the mainland of UA and going to find refuge on “The Island” (Knutsson 21). They have been targeted because they are “marked by the precious Plague antibodies in [their Native American] blood” (Knutsson 1). According to Essentials of Young Adult Literature, Knutsson’s book is categorized as American Indian and Indigenous Literature (Short, Tomlinson, Lynch-Brown, and Johnson 177). After analyzing the text, the categorization is correct because the story is told from the perspective of the protagonist, Cassandra, who provides readers are given insight into the cultural beliefs and values of the Métis tribe. Additionally, her character communicates the traditional roles of men and women within the tribe, while integrating cultural details that provide authenticity to the story.

In the poem “Stars Over the Dordogne” by Sylvia Plath, the author illustrates a message by using different techniques. The message slowly develops as the readers go throughout the piece, however all the techniques are effective and leave an impact on the audience. Moreover, it causes the audience to have different views throughout the piece. The message in this poem is about how everyone has a different perspective on the world. The author shows this, by using imagery, personification, and shift to develop a message.

Charlie was a man that did not know how to stand up for himself. He allowed his peers to bully him, and treat him like he is worthless. Charlie thinks that if he allows people to laugh at him, and tease him, they will become his friend. He thinks “Its easy to make frends if you let

If someone is different than others it doesn't mean they're not equal. Many people treat others by first impressions, by what they're told, how they, and or even how they dress. It's sad, people never get to know another person before judging them, but in the story “Raymond’s Run,” by Toni Cade Bambara, Hazel learns that everyone should be treated equally and with respect.

The mind is shaped by those with which one surrounds him or herself. This is a result of the human desire to see oneself in others as a tactic to relate and discover commonalities. The inclination to build relationships and connect to other humans is so strong that people become dependent on external gratification, even in environments where acquaintances do not necessarily reflect a person on the most basic level: sex. Due to overpowering masculinity, women oftentimes submit to the ideals of their male counterparts and the societal expectations pushed onto them as women in a patriarchal society. Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones displays that the feminine inferiority complex is not innate, but rather is informed by external forces.

Some people believe that justice and forgiveness can go hand and hand. The are identified as two different things. I believe that forgiveness and justice do not go hand and hand. One reason for that is, forgiveness is more of one person's choice. Forgiveness is usually up to one person whether the want to forgive or apologize.

The commonly held theories that women are inferior to men, because they lack the strength of character, mind, and body that men are attributed to having, are misleading for many reasons. To assume that men are superior in these three aspects is to assume that all men and women equally share the same strengths and weaknesses of their entire sex. To do this one must accept the fact that all

In modern times one would substitute the expression “hard man” with something along the line of “jerk”. Mr. Wright was a jerk and as a result of that he made the lives of everyone one around him miserable. Who want to be miserable? No one does. That is why no one liked to visit. “I could've come. I stayed away because it weren't cheerful -- and that's why I ought to have come. I -- I've never liked this place. Maybe because it's down in a hollow and you don't see the road. I dunno what it is, but it's a lonesome place and always was. I wish I had come over to see Minnie Foster sometimes. I can see now ” said Mrs. Hale. (Glaspell B: 21, L: 3) With hardly any company over and no children around the house Mrs. Wright must have been awfully lonely. Living alone with a man that mistreated her and suppressed all her individuality and talents must have been hellish. When suppressing one’s talents the effects are that it deprives them at what they are good at. As a result of that it makes them feel like they are worthless and not good at anything. That is what Mr. Wright did to his wife; he killed her self-esteem so that she would think that the only thing good in her life was he, when in actuality the only thing wrong in her life was her husband. She was no longer Minnie Foster. She was now a sad housewife only known as Mrs. Wright - quite a departure from her days as a youth. She

Porter’s anecdote is proof that men are expected to be strong and masculine in every situation; they must remain unresponsive and unemotional no matter how what they are experiencing or else they will be thought to be like a woman. Dowd further imbeds this notion in her article with the statement that

The narrator’s feelings of inferiority and powerlessness parallels the female figure she sees trapped behind the pattern in the wall-paper adorning her room. She gradually withdraws from both John and reality by locking herself in the room and ultimately merging with the figure. Through the changing image of the pattern from a “fait figure” (Gilman 46) to a “woman stooping” (Gilman 46) behind the paper and “shaking the bars” (Gilman 46) as if she wanted “to get out” (Gilman 46), we can see her becoming one with the figure: “I pulled and she shook, I shook and she pulled, and before morning we had peeled off yards of that paper.”(51) Her collapse into madness as reflected in her behavior with the “bedstead [that] is fairly gnawed” (Gilman 51) and her “creeping all around” (Gilman 50) is a direct result of her passive submissiveness to John’s control of her life.

In the current world that Light from a Distant Star takes place in, social class, physical appearance, and past serve as the foundation of inevitable stereotypes society will place upon someone. In the book Light from a Distant Star, characters Max and Dolly are stereotyped from the very beginning. Max is a former inmate with a troubled past who is inaccurately characterized as a violent man with no control of his temper. Dolly is a failing aspiring Broadway performer, having to settle with being a dancer, which ultimately defines her as a floozy. Author Mary McGary Morris, actively shows the reader how these stereotypes are formed based upon individual beliefs, actions, social class and lack of power. These stereotypes both accurately and inaccurately characterize Max and Dolly, who both lack a voice, and are unable to defend their current and past involvements.

in the government of the physical world it is observable that the female in point of strength is, in general, inferior to the male. This is the law of Nature; and it does not appear to be suspended or abrogated in favour of woman. A degree of physical superiority cannot, therefore, be denied, and it is a noble prerogative! (Wollstonecraft, 111).2

The study of our stars is very important, astronomers study them to predict what will happen to our sun, which directly affects us.

Starry Night by the renowned artist Vincent van Gogh has a significant meaning. Aside from the beautiful sea blue colors mixed with the sunny bright yellows, the graceful and thick brush strokes and meanings behind the colors tells a story of hope and passion.

The STARS program is a process that most students have not even heard about, as a first time student myself, I was not even aware that the program existed. Most people might wonder what STARS is, for instance, STARS, however, stands for “Statewide Transfer and Articulation Reporting System.” It is an agreement that mostly a two-year college and most public four-year colleges in Alabama has that give all the transferring of courses taken to a public university in Alabama. In addition, most student wonder how to connect to STARS through their school site, it is an easy process; most colleges will have a link at the top of their website that will lead straight to the STARS site. However, from there STARS will give student instructions on how