What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day Essay

She begins by complaining that wishing to have time for herself was not what she hoped it would be. Being on her own, Christine’s grandmother laments over what she wished for. (6) She then exclaims to Christine that the only reason she remains in her house and refuses to leave the prairies is Christine’s grandfather fault. “Your grandfather Elisée…such a trick to play on me, the gay adventure…to go first, without waiting for me, leaving me all alone on this western prairie, in exile.” (16) At a young age, Christine sees the prairies as a place of boredom, “an endless land of everlasting sameness”, whereas her grandmother has accustomed herself to the land, wind, and sunrise as where she belongs. Still, she declares the reason she chooses to live on her own is the only way to have independence. (19) The fact that she cannot bring herself to leave her house and chooses to blame her family, shows her predicament of not knowing where she belongs.

On the 27th of June, Martha Ballard treated Isaac Hardin’s son for Scarlet Fever where she spent most of the day. On the 28th, Hannah Cool came over, as did she on the 2nd and 4th of July, at a time when Martha was still watching over young Hardin. On the 3rd of July, Martha took note of the boy again in her diary and by the 6th, Hannah had developed a sore throat. She remained unwell until the 10th, during which time her sister visited and by the 25th was dead. But the Hardin’s might not have been the sole cause of the spread of disease, with Martha as a middleman. As an assistant to Martha, she often went around the town, which on the 2nd included seeing the Sewal’s who were

Comparably, Aunt Ida’s quilt evokes the same feeling of unity, but for different reasons. The quilt is symbolic of an awareness of AIDS. Likewise, the quilt demonstrates the empathy Aunt Ida shares for the many families who have lost a loved one from this illness. Aunt Ida’s quilting is not for display, it is to keep a person warm (45). The warmth Aunt Ida tries to expresses is not only literal but metaphorical. The quilt is to wrap the families with the strength and warmness these families needs at this time. In the same manner, the quilt is to unify all these family for a cause. The cause is to bring awareness of AIDS and try to make a social consciousness and unification. Aunt Ida states that we may all like patches, but she is unsure about Washington (46). The mention of Washington is more a political critique towards the government for not helping and bringing the sufficient resources for AIDS. Aunt Ida through the quilt is bringing a unification not only to the families, but to the country as well.

As hardworking women living of the prairie, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters can relate to Mrs. Wright’s situation. They know personally that long days of doing laundry, cooking, and cleaning can become very tiresome (Hedges 91). They realize that living on the prairie can force a woman to be confined to her own house for weeks at a time, and because Mrs. Wright never had children, the grueling loneliness that she suffered must have been excruciating. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters both experience the constant patronization and sexual discrimination that most women in the early twentieth century lived with. They empathize with the difficulties of Mrs. Wright’s life and almost immediately a bond is formed with a woman they do not even know.

Such as, her mother has always been embarrassed of their small Mennonite town in Manitoba , she has felt as if the town and the people that are situated in it hold her back. To Trudy, the town does not allow her to live her life how she wants, nor live it to the fullest. Nomi and her sister, Tash, would often ask each other “Is our mother crazy in a cool, fun way or has she now stepped over the line into disturbing, crazy that we would like to see stopped?”(12). Not only did other in the town think their mother was mad, Nomi along with many others knew that Trudie, her mother, had an eye for travel and that most topics she discussed were about had to do with how amazing and wonderful everything outside their town was, like for example

AIDS was closely linked with gay men within the American psychology.[iii] The first time that

Showing ideas about Eliza’s problems how she begins with limited freedom then shows her strong will and changes into a Cinderella like character. When meeting the people who will be in their future who they soon meet while still living in the society standards of poverty.

Poems are like people, they may have some similarities, but no two poems are exactly the same. Each poem is unique and different in it own special way. The poem “A Wall Between Us” by Elizabeth Padillo Olesen and the poem “If the World Was Crazy” by Shel Silverstein both demonstrates proper use of poetic devices, however, the two poems have completely different moods and gives off completely different messages to the reader. The two poems have the similarity of both using poetic devices, however, the two poems are most contrast from each other because they send polar opposite messages and both have different moods. “If the World Was Crazy” by Shel Silverstein is a happy poem that gives the reader joy and carefree when they read it.

The film Dallas Buyers Club is a biographical drama whose plot is based around the HIV/AIDS epidemic of the 1980s. Early in the history of the illness, cases of a rare lung infection were found in five previously healthy young men. In addition to that, the young men all suffered from various other infections which indicated that their immune systems were not functioning properly. The new illness was so aggressive that before a report by the CDC could be published, two of the five men had succumbed to the illness. Besides the similar rare cases of lung infection amongst the five, there was one other shared characteristic; they were all gay men. By years’ end, there were 270 reported cases in gay men with the same disease; of that 270 however, 121 of those individuals had passed (Timeline of HIV/AIDS,2011). It was now clear that there was a new threat to gay men besides social ostracizing; HIV/AIDS had made its presence known.

Maggie unlike her sister Dee never went to school beyond school grade. Maggie was self conscious because she had scars from a house fire. She was always jealous of her sister Dee’s easier life. She was angry when Dee asked for the quilts, because her mother had already promised to give the quilts. Maggie knew how making another quilt in case the quilt was destroyed. Afterwards, she tried to make peace so that her sister would have the quilts, but the mother snatched it out of Dees hands and gave the quilts Maggie, because she knew Maggie was more deserving and understood the value of the quilts to her mother.

Not having one's emotional development blighted by fear and anxiety,”4 as Nussbaum details her emotions capability. For example, the “all my ex girlfriends are crazy” trope is one that many men use as an excuse for why their previous relationships failed. The criteria for what labels her crazy are often those seemingly simple parts of the emotions capability. When a woman longs for her partner and voices that longing, she is needy; when a woman is legitimately angry about her partner doing something she asked them not to do, or conversely not doing what she did ask them to do, she is overreacting; when she sees a commercial that reminds her of her dead pet and sheds a few tears, she is hormonal or overly sensitive. Women are labeled “crazy”

Once diagnosed, Yesterday goes to inform her husband of her disease, and is badly beaten due to the belief that she gave him the disease, which is a physical and social everyday violence that she encounters. This physical violence is due to the social stigma, also seen from Juma’s town, that women often give men the AIDS. Over time, Yesterday and her husband are forced to leave their town and attempt to find healthcare elsewhere. Due to the lack of infrastructure, again, there is no access to healthcare but that can’t go back into town due to the social stigmas attached to HIV/AIDS. Each everyday violence that Yesterday encounters further increases her vulnerability to her

Cass Adams comes from a long line of crazy, and she fears passing that on to her unborn child. Also, she’s run over Roland and Clay’s surprise half brother Britt, landing him in the hospital. With her inner demons coming out to haunt her, she doesn’t know if she should keep the baby.

Lu Xun’s story “Diary of a Madman” serves to demonstrate his discontent with traditional Chinese cultural, not only by the fact that it clearly addresses the incidence of cannibalism that is believed to have occurred but also symbolizes the oppressive nature of Confucian principles.Lu Xun’s madman has the ability to recognize the oppressive elements of Chinese Confucian culture serves to mock established but out-dated traditional scholarship and symbolizes the greater wisdom of cultural reform, especially as it is advanced by modern intellectuals of the period.