The consequences of conflict: An internal struggle of right and wrong In Firekeepers Daughter by Angeline Boulley, the reader is approached by the idea that when conflict gets out of hand, it can influence one’s actions in a negative manner. The novel describes the struggle of Daunis, a young Indigenous girl who enjoys playing hockey and going on morning runs to visit her sick grandmother in the hospital. After the loss of her best friend Lily due to meth abuse, she takes it upon herself to help the FBI in an investigation against meth with hopes of protecting her community. Throughout the investigation, the life she once had of peace is lost as she is surrounded by conflict and uncertainty. Not only does she neglect her own needs, but she neglects her …show more content…
You don’t come around and play with the girls.” (Boulley 292). Consequently, her focus on the investigation to ‘protect her community’ is a double-edged sword, hence hurting her family in her absence. Her struggles while trying to live two lives at once serve as a lesson: our actions, whether good or bad, have consequences. For example, her blossoming romantic relationship with Jaime despite her being advised to keep it merely for show resurfaced her trauma, occupied her mind when she had the investigation to focus on, and ended up with Jamie fired as a cop. Despite how much their connection had deepened, the unhealed trauma she holds within her heart due to her conflict with past relationships leaves her unsure of her current connections. Although Jaime demonstrates dedication to their connection by protecting her, Daunis protests “Don’t you know Jamie? Love is a promise, a promise. And promises you don’t keep are the worst lies of all.” (Boulley 356). Untrusting but in love, Daunis tangles with the idea of a new romantic relationship with Jamie after her past trauma, in turn leading her mind astray from the investigation and her initial purpose to protect her
Disasters can be so impactful; some can forever change the course of history. While many at the time thought this story would soon pass, and with it all the potential bad publicity, the story of the Triangle fire spread quickly, and outraged many people. On a beautiful spring day in March 1911 when 146 workers lost their lives, a fire would prove it could do what years of reformers had failed to do, get the government on the side of the workers. I would argue that the fire largely impacted the country. Specifically, the Triangle Fire ended up changing New York’s interconnected political and economic scene, and spurred on the creation of stricter safety codes. For the first time owners would hold responsibility for their actions. Max Blanck and Isaac Harris; being indicted for manslaughter was proof of this. Social change seemed to be spurred as well; the general public and newspapers would come back the workers of New York. Large institutions would suffer as well. Tammany Hall would be feared less and less by waves of new immigrants. The largest change brought about by the blaze would be legislation. Twenty-five bills, recasting the labor laws of the state
The obvious theme of the story is crime and mystery, however as a reader when reading beyond, it is realizable this story is not only based on finding the true evil. This novel consists of another theme which is decision-making, and friendship. In this novel, it is conspicuous the theme is crime due to the doings of the characters and the direction the author is leading the readers. Nevertheless, Collin has to make some difficult decisions in order to save himself as well has his new friendship with Alyssa. From Colin's perspective, we come to realize Alyssa is a beautiful female and him, as any young teenage boy feels once they get to know a beautiful girl, wants to help her out and become her Romeo. In this situation, Collin manages to give a hand to Alyssa often enough, at this point Alyssa begins to trust Collin furthermore. Alyssa now reveals to Colin as to why she vandalizes the posts he’s been cleaning daily. Following this event, Colin has to make a crucial decision, Colin has to reveal to the police the doings of the gang, however, all at once he has to make sure the gang does not find out Alyssa went to the cops or else Alyssa’s brother will face an unwanted life or death situation. This situation may not be something all teenagers are facing or even most, but this scenario does reflect upon other situations teenagers at this present time have to face. Being caught in between doing the right thing and helping your friend is a common situation most teenagers tend to face at this moment. Most teenagers tend to head in the route of their friend, however, this plot clearly portrays there is always a way around the obstacles. Collin instantly thought of a plan to help his friend and do the right thing. Alike this event, teenagers need to come to learn to think outside of the box, figure a way out and not narrow the
A warrior is a hero, a role-model, fearless, loyal, persevering, brave - there are few that are able to fulfill these standards. Yet Melba Beals, a fifteen year old girl, not only claims this illusive role, but cannot escape it. Through the journey into integration Melba acts as a dynamic juxtaposition, moving from a scared little girl to a fierce soldier, yet never truly satisfied with her position. This conflict arises from her personal, family, and religious values, the impact of integration in Little Rock, and her experiences during her time at Central High. The title Warriors Don't Cry is employed as a command as well as a way of life and later a regret as this memoir progresses.
One does need a full knowledge of the slave trade and slavery to know that those coming from the continent of Africa and those born into slavery suffered various forms of psychological rewiring, some positive but most negatively. Yet, it is scarcely asked what the mental state of the White population was. There is this generalized notion of acceptance, however, there must have been ‘something' felt by this ethnicity, or at least by some. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relations between races, specifically the racial attitudes in 18th century Portugal and Brazil. To do so, we will be using Robert Edgar Conrad’s, Children of God’s Fire: A documentary History of Black Slavery in Brazil, primary source, Section 5.1, focusing
Holly is given a journal in class one day, and when she is bored in the laundry room, she starts to write. When the abuse becomes too much to handle, she runs away, and succeeds. Holly has to learn to live off of nothing. She begins stealing food and necessities and does everything she can to stay away from social services. The brutality of this book makes it hard to read, but also intriguing. I couldn’t put it down.
“It takes a warrior to fight a battle and survive. This here is a battle if I’ve ever seen one” (Beals 113). In the novel Warriors Don’t Cry, nine students from Little Rock Arkansas are set out on the battlefield for integration. Melba Pattillo and eight other friends are challenged with starting off the integration of Little Rock’s Central High School. The students were signed up and asked to attend the high school in hopes of getting rid of segregation. Although entering high school may seem as easy as signing in and going to class, the test and trials the Little Rock nine went through shows a true test of determination. Comparatively, the “Arab Spring”, a movement of protests in the Middle East, has caused controversy all over the world. Citizens are rebelling against an unfair government in hopes of create a new way of life. Tired of all the disrespect, unjust, and oppressive government Muslims and Middle Easterners have created a battle of their own. While trying to create a better life for themselves, the Little Rock Nine and those involved in the Arab Spring uprisings have stepped on to the battlefield for fair human rights.
The City of Detroit, Michigan, seems to be a city on the decline in America. Job prospects some of the lowest in the country and one of the only cities to be shrinking, rather than growing. There are a lot of problems Detroit is facing, one of them is there incidence rate for fires. Detroit is the number one city in America for house fires, not to mention their high rate of fires in the many vacant buildings throughout the city. There are many socioeconomic factors with the city that make the incident rates rise, and response less effective.
“Coal Miner’s Daughter” is filed with unique sound design for it is a film centered on sound. It uses creative ways to help tell the story through sound from sound effects to dialogue. The sound design of the film help to shape the environment of the coal miners and how they live their lives with the noise of machines and the place where Loretta lives. Each sound has a purpose and is not put into the film without a reason to emphasize a specific aspect of the story. The scenes change and the sound helps to transition from one place to another so the viewer can understand that the environment is changing, This film progresses from country to city gradually and with that the sound has to change to match with the times.
It begins by highlighting the survival tactics twelve year old Dave has developed, having perfected learning his mother’s thinking style and demand for supremacy, over years of repeated torture. Consumed by hate, but knowing how his mother functions, Dave is aware survival is dependent upon him not retaliating or being disobedient. Terrified of repercussions, Dave instead visibly displays submissive signs to his mother’s beatings, including tears and cowering. The acts of fear-induced compliance can be especially observed when Dave; lies to teachers that his injuries happened accidentally to adhere to his mother’s orders, begged teachers to refrain from contacting his mother, and panicked when he thought the policeman was taking him home, rather than a place of safety. Yet, Dave’s immense terror is understandable as his mother’s ‘discipline’ escalates, becoming progressively more violent, degrading and calculating throughout the
Envision yourself in a deep sleep, your spouse lying next to you. For seven years of marriage, your greatest quandary has been your partners obnoxious snoring. Now, you are rattled awake by the wailing of your smoke detector, just outside your bedroom door. You hear the sobbing of your three month old baby boy from just down the hall, and feel the tug of you five year old son on the sleeve of your t-shirt. Forced out the second story window by the fuming blaze barricading the only outlet of the room, you free fall 22 feet onto the frozen ground. Beyond smoke inhalation and second degree burns, you now have a fractured ankle and several severe lacerations. Your spouse, your eldest son, and yourself are now free from the bloodthirsty inferno. Sirens howl, two blocks away. A rescue engine, equipped with three firefighters, is first on scene- 18 minute response time. A second engine arrives, equipped with three firefighters- 23 minute response time. Twenty-five minutes after the initial alarm, a hand line is pulled. Incident commander declares the residence unsafe for entrance. This rescue mission has now become a recovery mission.
In the beginning, the girl's mother was very sick. Their step-father took charge of the household and he began abusing Celie. Celie, being the oldest, accepted the abuse as a duty and attempted to stand her ground. She wanted to remain strong in order to insure the safety of her younger sister, Nettie. For Celie, the strength she found in enduring the abuses of her step-father remained with her throughout her life. Celie silently held her emotions inside and didn?t speak up in opposition when horrible things were going on all around her. When her step-father wanted to marry her off to Mr. _____, all she could think about was Nettie?s safety, and she never said a single word against it, though she was greatly conflicted in her mind.
The Drug Use Found in Ojibwe Tribe Angeline Boulley’s novel, Firekeeper’s Daughter (2021) approaches many issues within the Ojibwe Tribe, which is targeted in the book. Some issues approached included drug use, gun violence, sexual assault, and racism. Through the character of Daunis Fontaine, Angeline Boulley shows the struggles with drug addiction and the strength of supporting the community no matter what. Angeline Boulley is an enrolled member of the Ojibwe Tribe. She grew up in the Ojibwe Tribe headquarters, Sault Ste.
I found Evans-Pritchard's philosophy of religion to be complimentary to Amma's Healing Room, especially because it stresses the importance of ethnographic study and fieldwork with religions, rather than writing about them abstractly or dreaming up some fanatical ideas to attribute them to certain religions or peoples. It was interesting to see Evans-Pritchard employ Levy-Bruhl's conception of "primitive" peoples as intellectual equals to the "non-primitive" peoples, only with different modes of thinking and living, rather than regarding them as beings who are inherently intellectually inferior. Pals writes that "Levy-Bruhl sought to show how primitive thought is not weaker or more immature than ours but simply different from it" (p. 268).
A: The film begins with a fire. It narrates the story of men running from a fire when, suddenly, one of the men stop and sets fire to the ground in front of him and the steps into the new safety zone he had just created. The term for his discovery became known as an escape fire. The directors used the idea of an escape fire as a metaphor for our health care system. Currently, our health care system is like a raging fire. The consuming flames of rising costs and a “disease maintenance” mind-set are about to consume our country and we must find a way out, an escape fire, before we perish. Like the men running away from the eminent death by the flames, we as a nation are sprinting towards
Living in a developing society that is an opportunity could help people improve their skills such as in communicate and education. Moreover, when children grow up in good environment, they could have more condition to get good health and career. No doubt, from past to now, although people could live in any circumstances even poor or rich, they must have love from relatives and friends. However, love and belief are not only help people have happiness, but it also can make we disappointed. Certainly, I would not be exception, so a conflict was happened between my uncle’s family and I after one year I lived in the US. Because they are complained lot of my conduction individual such as rent payment, my jobs, and the top of our argument is they wanted me to leave their house, this problem could lead I thought about I should or should not live