Valerie Profile Essay

Once released from custody, Cassidy returned to the UK where she shared her experiences to raise awareness for violation of human rights in Chile, as she was one of 30,000 tortured. She continues to give back to the community with her want to improve people’s lives.

In the film Norma Rae, the textile workers were unsatisfied with many aspects of their Capitalistic work environment. They fought to form a union so that they could change the undesirable characteristics to better meet their needs. Political, environmental and cultural processes all played a part in the workers struggle to form an effective union.

Ruth Benedict’s anthropological book, Patterns of Culture explores the dualism of culture and personality. Benedict studies different cultures such as the Zuni tribe and the Dobu Indians. Each culture she finds is so different and distinctive in relation to the norm of our society. Each difference is what makes it unique. Benedict compares the likenesses of culture and individuality, “A culture, like an individual, is a more or less consistent pattern of thought or action” (46), but note, they are not the same by use of the word, “like.” Benedict is saying that figuratively, cultures are like personalities. Culture and individuality are intertwined and dependent upon each other for survival.

Of all people, Marie Brose Tepe deserves the Eagle Award because of her bravery and patriotism. Marie was a vivandiere, joined the 27th and the 114th Pennsylvania infantry , and fought in The Battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, for the Union troops, during the Civil War. When fighting on the battlefield against the Confederacy, she healed many wounded soldiers which were nearly within range of enemy fire. Nothing would stop her from helping others, not even a bullet stuck in her ankle.

Linda Bove is a deaf actress best known for her role as Linda the Librarian on the T.V. show Sesame Street. She was born to two deaf parents on November 30, 1945. While growing up she attended deaf schools in both New York and New Jersey. After high school, she attended Gallaudet where she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Library Science in 1968. During the summer of her senior year at college she discovered the National Theater for the Deaf (NTD), which forever changed her life. A few years after joining the NTD, in 1970, she made her Broadway debut in the play titled “Songs from Milkwood and Sganarelle”. That same year she married another member of the NTD, Ed Waterstreet. A year later, in 1971, she auditioned for a role on the popular children’s show Sesame Street and won the role. The show

How does Iola’s perspective of the role of slavery and race change throughout the novel?

8.18 What explains the shrinking of ocean crust as the crust moves away from volcanoes?

Imagine being separated from your family when you’re only eight years old. Imagine spending seven months in a 4x6 hole in the ground while being chased by Nazis. This is what Lola Rein endured during the Holocaust.

In the story The Extraordinary Suzy Wright by Teri Kanefield, Suzy was interested in women's rights, government, politics, and Quaker beliefs. Suzy started a new life on the frontier with no husband or kids. Suzy participated in government, freeing slaves, was involved in political issues, and gave much advice to others based on her knowledge. She also bought and owned her own land and later her dad bought neighboring land. Suzy refused to accept the limitations placed on them because of their gender. For women to work in the government was highly unlikely at the time, however Suzy was respected as a political adviser and was very useful the the government. In the end, Suzy is struggling to stay alive, on December 1 ,1784 Suzy Wright passes away, along with her legacy.

This year, I have three superb friends. They inspire me to do by best at just about everything. Audrey is inspiring when it comes to Cross Country, something she’s not the best at. Katie motivating when it comes to my writing, and C.j. encourages me to do my best, and always learn more.

In the novel by Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, the character named Lady Brett Ashley is assimilated in the words of another character, Mike, with the Greek Goddess Circe. This Goddess is known in Homer's Odyssey for luring men with her irresistible charms and transforming them into animals. If this myth was to partake in reality, it would be without doubt represented in this novel. The majority of men in the story are tormented and subject to Brett's physical and sexual assets. The first characterization we get from her is one of a selfish, alcoholic, manipulative, sexual and evil woman who emasculates her male partners. However, this superficial characterization would ignore the principle

Maria Eva Duarte was born on May 7, 1919 in Los Toldos Argentina. She was the youngest illegitimate child of Juan Duarte and his mistress Juana Ibarguen. Eva had a difficult childhood, her father had his own wife and children, and he gave Juana’s Ibarguen children his last name and would visit them once in a while. When Eva was seven her father died living them in very poor conditions, all the family, her mother and the five children lived in a tiny one room and in order to pay the rent and have something to eat Eva’s mother her sisters and herself had to work as cook’s for a rich and powerful family in Los Toldos. It was then that Eva got her fist close look at the very wealthy families who controlled Argentina. Eva would recall her

Márquez uses the character of Angela Vicario to show the power women can possess over the men in their lives. Angela Vicario is arguably the most powerful character in the novel, as she is the one who tells her brothers that it was Santiago who took her virginity, which consequently sets the entire plot of the story in motion. After Angela is returned by Bayardo San Román to her family due to the fact that she is not a virgin, when her brothers ask who it was who took her virginity, Angela “nailed [Santiago’s name] to the wall with her well-aimed dart, like a butterfly with no will whose sentence has always been written” (Márquez 47). The way in which Angela searches for Santiago’s name shows that it may not have been Santiago who had taken

Demand for small cars is down, but don’t tell that to Kia Motors. The Korean automaker is well entrenched in the segment, offering both the subcompact Rio and the compact Forte.

I met Tiffany over 10 years ago when I met her parents. I’ve attended many family events over the years where Tiffany and her sisters have been present. I would consider myself a close family friend. Even though, I try not to judge, I have always been impressed with Tiffany’s maturity and strong family values. Tiffany and I would sit for hours and talk about almost everything. Tiffany is very loving and nurturing, always willing to help others. She never thinks twice about going out of her way to help someone else. She doesn’t get upset when people offer different opinions, rather she listens openly assessing the information first before she makes her own decision. Her personality is very easy going, calm and authentic. She knows what she wants and is determined to follow through to insure a positive outcome.