In the Novel Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson, Lady Seymour, a dying woman asks for forgiveness from Isabel, the main Character. It is not directly stated what she is asking for forgiveness for, but it is heavily implied what she’s asking for. She’s asking for forgiveness for not buying Isabel. But Isabel does not forgive her. But she is justified in not forgiving her. This is true for multiple reasons. The first reason is because Lady Seymour had the buying power to buy Isabel, yet she didn’t buy her. If Lady Seymour really wanted to keep Isabel safe from beatings, why would she not just buy Isabel? She “should have forced the matter,” but she didn’t. It’s understandable that it was not an easy task to buy Isabel from the family that currently
owns her, the Locktons, but she could have, and should have, tried much much harder. Isabel says, “A body does not like being bought and sold like a basket of eggs, even if the person who cracks the shells is kind.” This statement really reinforces Isabel’s reasoning in not forgiving her. Another reason Isabel should not give Lady Seymour forgiveness is because Lady Seymour is still for slavery in the United States. Also, Lady Seymour wouldn’t be buying Isabel to set her free. She is buying her to treat her a little better than she would be treated at her current household, the Locktons. This is made clear because she still owns slaves, and wants to buy Isabel as a slave. She directly says “You would have suited my household.” It’s understandable what she wanted to do, but Isabel wasn’t having it. The final reason that Isabel is justified in not forgiving Lady Seymour because Isabel should be free! Once again, Lady Seymour had no intention in freeing Isabel at all, and if she did have intentions to free her, it would be different, and Isabel could have had a better reason to forgive her. This ties in to my previous point, that Lady Seymour thinks that slavery is fine. Lady Seymour could have easily set her free, or at least worked harder to set her free. For these 3 reasons, Isabel is 100 percent justified in not forgiving Lady Seymour. Most people deserve forgiveness for petty things, like insults, but this is not petty. This could be a matter of life and death. The Locktons may kill Isabel, or put her in prison, if she stays owned by the Locktons. If some of these circumstances were different, she would not be justified in not forgiving Lady Seymour.
In her article, “Lecture Me. Really”, Molly Worthen addresses the issue college students know all too well: how to lecture properly. Published in the New York Times, Worthen writes a passionate article about lecturing but from the perspective of a professor. Worthen presents the idea that lecturing, although some may think ineffective in the classroom, is a way to truly challenge and engage students into critically thinking. Worth dictates this idea with an excellent build up logical argument but lacks the proper evidence to support her claims creating a faulty argument.
Lauren Alleyne uses the rigid form of the sonnet to navigate through the healing process after being sexually assaulted. Ten years after that night, she writes the sonnet sequence Eighteen, which deviates from the typical sonnet form in the aspects of the speaker, subject, and format. Playing off of the standard sonnet form, Alleyne is able to recount the emotions of that night during the first sonnet in the sequence. The typical sonnet tends to objectify the female body or one’s lover; in this sequence, the sonnets address what happens when an individual acts on these objectifications and assaults Alleyne. Alleyne deviates from the standard subject and speaker of the typical sonnet form to begin the healing process; the process begins
Anne Lamott has an amazing ability to connect with the audience. With use of personal experience and scenarios to be able to connect with the reader using rhetorical techniques such as ethos and pathos. Although her use of vulgar terms may tend to turn off readers, giving her points less impact.
In the featured article, “Beside Oneself: On the Limits of Sexual Autonomy,” the author, Judith Butler, writes about her views on what it means to be considered human in society. Butler describes to us the importance of connecting with others helps us obtain the faculties to feel, and become intimate through our will to become vulnerable. Butler contends that with the power of vulnerability, the rolls pertaining to humanity, grief, and violence, are what allows us to be acknowledged as worthy.
Neil Anderson’s (2006) The Bondage Breaker provides a theoretical model whose overall aim is to overcome negative thoughts, irrational feelings, and habitual sins. This critique will explore the theological and theoretical approaches of breaking bondages as well as assess the work of Hawkins (2012), and deliberating the strengths and weaknesses of Anderson’s theoretical model.
Howells' Realism in the Confrontation Between Isabel March and Poverty in A Hazard of New Fortunes: Isabel March as an Example of Incorrect Realist Observation and Immorality.
The short story “Greenleaf” by Flannery O’Connor tells of Mrs. May, an old, bitter, and selfish woman. She thinks badly of everyone around her, including her own two sons. It also compares her family to that of the Greenleaf family, who Mrs. May sees as inferior to her. O’Connor unveils the story of Mrs. May and her demise through the use of point of view, character, and symbolism. She uses the third person omniscient view to give the reader a sense of Mrs. May’s character, and the symbols of the bull, and the conflict between the bull and Mrs. May to show Mrs. May’s destruction as well as give the story a deeper meaning of God’s grace.
The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseni is a novel that follows the life choices of Amir; an Afghan- American man. The book introduces the reader to the unfamiliar pre-Taliban and privileged lifestyle of Amir that takes place in Afghanistan. The book touches upon Amir’s childhood and how his decisions as a young boy caused conflicts between him and the people around him. As well, the book follows Amir on his journey to redemption and showcases his attempts to “be good again”. The conflicts in the books are caused by Amir’s cowardice and ignorance as a child as well as the difference in class between him and his half-brother; Hassan.
Literary Essay To quote Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, “There is a way to be good again” (Hosseini 2).In the Kite Runner, there is a very clear message of redemption, as the main character, Amir, tries to redeem himself from the mistake he made many years ago. The author uses literary tools in his story to support this. Irony, foreshadowing, and symbolism were used by Hosseini, to convey a tragic yet beautiful story of redemption in The Kite Runner.
Khaled Hosseini 's novel, The Kite Runner uses lots of literary techniques. The authors use of craft reveals how Amir’s childish psychological state results in his betrayal of hassan and his irrational behavior afterwards. The main elements used are setting, conflict, and point of view.
“Hands” by Sherwood Anderson tells the story of Wing Biddlebaum, previously known as Adolph Myers, who anxiously flaps his hands like wings all the time for undisclosed reasons. Although nobody else in the town of Winesburg, Ohio knows of Wing Biddlebaum’s distressing past, they unknowingly see the way it affects him through his flapping hands. Additionally, Wing mostly avoids social interaction with other people out of fear that the ordeals he suffered through when he was Adolph Myers will recur. Because of homophobia, Adolph Myers was forced to leave Pennsylvania, so he fled to Winesburg, Ohio where he goes by the alias Wing Biddlebaum, a lonely berry picker with a hand-flapping quirk and probable PTSD.
White men could abuse their wives and slaves and it was perfectly normal, no one would say a word about it. If a woman or person of color harmed somebody they would immediately be put in jail or they could even be hanged. This oppression of women and people of color is weaved into Chains by showing Isabel's relationship with colonial women like Hannah, Mary, and Madam Lockton as well as Isabel’s relationship with other slaves like Curzon, and Grandfather.
The Edible Woman was written in the 1960s, when males dominated society. At this period in time post-war feminist movements were trying to conquer and fight that women could do everything a man could do if only they could get the chance to prove so. In The Edible Woman there are three parts to Marian MacAlpin’s life that play a major role throughout the novel, all the parts have a common denominator, which happens to be food. Part one of the story is about how Marian is trying to identify herself in a male dominate world, while going through a sudden change dealing with her eating habits. Part two the narrator, Marian is beginning to refer to herself in third person, no longer using “I” but using “she” and letting her boyfriend pick and choose everything for her. The third and final part of The Edible Woman tells about how Marian’s appetite goes back to being normal and she also no longer refers to herself in third person but starts using “I” again taking back her identity. In The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood the constant theme is a woman who is unable to accept the roles provided to the female by a male-dominated society.
When one considers the idea of a philosophical text or piece of literature, many different examples immediately come to mind. Some might imagine the renowned works of philosophy’s past, such as Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, René Descartes’ Meditations on First Philosophy, or Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason (to name a few). Others may consider the scholarly articles and texts found in contemporary philosophical journals such as the Philosophical Review and the Journal of Philosophy. Few, however, would likely point to philosophical novels, especially those published in recent history. This is unfortunate, however, because superb novels interwoven with philosophical history, arguments, and ideas continue to be written today, notably
In this generation, everywhere you look you are going to see someone, somewhere, on or using some form of technology. Technology has sort of corrupted the lives of many. Corrupting so much in fact that you could say it is taking over the interactions between human beings and the way we deal with different problems that we are faced with on a day to day basis. Some could argue that technology taking over was and still is a necessity. On the other hand, author, Malcolm Gladwell, of “Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted”, and author of “I Had a Nice Time With You Tonight. On the App”, Jenna Wortham, have different opinions. No matter how advanced technology gets, nothing can beat the simplest pleasure