Urban Dictionary

In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” allows one to explore many ironic instances throughout the story, the main one in which a woman unpredictably feels free after her husband’s assumed death. Chopin uses Mrs. Mallard’s bizarre story to illustrate the struggles of reaching personal freedom and trying to be true to yourself to reach self-assertion while being a part of something else, like a marriage. In “The Story of an Hour” the main character, Mrs. Mallard, celebrates the death of her husband

Slut Throughout our women writer’s class we have discussed the importance and the impact of one's name. In Suzan-Lori Parks, "In The Blood," The main character Hester is named a Slut. This name causes her to spin into a downward spiral where she eventually claims the life of her oldest son. Although Hester was the one labeled a slut, this word better reflects thoughs around her. The true definition of a slut is, “a woman who has many casual sexual partners” or “a woman with low standards of cleanliness”

Slay The term “slay” is “from Middle English slaye, and old English for slean meaning to strike” ( “ Slay Family….”). This word is meant to be described as a violent act that is caused to one’s body, from one’s perspective the word slay can mean torture and beat, to others it can mean outstanding or amazing. This term is passed around so easily that they forgot what the true meaning is. Slay shouldn’t be used so freely for in the old days slaying was taken serious. Today’s society the word slay is

Ratchet Culture The definition from Urban Dictionary does not allow one to fully grasp what a ratchet is. It takes real life experience to fully understand. For those who would rather stray away from sweaty clubs filled with obnoxious people ‘twerkin’ to the latest Travis Porter tracks, simply

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emerging form of literary creativity. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, anime is "a style of animation originating in Japan that is characterized by stark colorful graphics depicting vibrant characters in action-filled plots often with fantastic or futuristic themes." While Oxford Dictionary dictates anime as "A style of Japanese film and television animation, typically aimed at adults as well as children", the Urban Dictionary explains anime as "a style of animation that originated and is still

language today. Power is a word that has weight behind the word itself. It comes with authority and there is dignity held in one’s reputation when it comes to those in power. The Oxford Dictionary says, “power is the ability or capacity to do something or act a particular way”. In this definition, the Oxford Dictionary suggests the word power as an “ability”. In describing power in this manner, power is limited, and because everyone doesn’t always have that ability, power becomes something that only

My Moral Compass The personal values that help contribute to my worldview and philosophy of nursing that is most important, is my religion. I am a Christian and this means that I am to be Christ like in my every day life and work. I am taught to treat others as I would want to be treated and care for them as I would do for myself. I am to help the sick, wounded, poor and widowed. Nursing in its roots are very much the same thing. Helping the ones who are unable to help themself. The underlying

appealing and devoted so much time to it. Malcolm X recounts his personal history of learning to read and how he finds reading to be the most important skill and influence everything in his life. He retells his history of reading several books and dictionaries and how th process slowly affected his life. He elaborates how reading increases a performance and efficiency to heighten their potential. In “Learning to Read, “ by Malcolm X, he

MY HERO A hero is someone who is admired and valued for their courage, outstanding achievements, and noble qualities. A hero to one person may not be a hero to another. I strongly agree with this definition for a hero to a person is not always a hero to others. In saying this, my hero is Isabelle Bruce Reid because she was the first female to qualify in Australia as a veterinarian. To me, Isabelle Reid was a name in history who changed the world, is valued and is a great role model. Firstly,