...in Me When I first read the short story “A & P” several moths ago, I remember feeling very identified with Sammy because I felt that I would have done the same thing if I had been working in the store. A 19-year-old cashier at an A & P supermarket, and the narrator of "A & P," he quits his job in a fit of teen angst and sexual attraction. I feel that Sammy and I connect because every male teen suffers from teenage angst at some point or another, especially when it comes to girls. Sammy notices everything around him, and he drinks in every detail of the girls’ physical appearance, from the texture and patterns of their bathing suits to the different boundaries of their tan lines (Updike 311). When I first met my former girlfriend, I too did the same thing; I began taking in how wonderful she was and the way she spoke gave me insights into her life. Sammy’s insights are equivalent to my insights in that both of us have focused observations of the opposite sex to whom we are attracted. I felt superior to others when I was dating my ex-girlfriend and the irony of it is that Sammy also felt the same sense of superiority. However in the eyes of the girl, Queenie, he must seem just like Stokesie and Lengel. Sammy to the girl, just like me to my former girlfriend, was just another guy. He needed to do something brave to win the girl’s attention and possibly love. His desire to set himself apart from Stokesie—to prove that he is different—compels him to quit his job. When...
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...1. Sammy quits because he liked one of the girls. He probably also quits because he does not like the way Lengel, the manager, treated the girls and told them they had to be properly dressed. Also, Sammy believes that he treated them wrong since they are in the middle of town and 5 miles away is a beach he did not have to treat them that way. He might have also quit to follow the girls and tell them he was sorry for what Lengel had said. 2. If I were in Sammy’s position I would have not quit. Just knowing it is a small town for one, two the manager would know my mom and dad and three I quit my job for something he said to the girls. I would actually keep my job and tell the girls at the moment they were at the register, hey I’m sorry for what my manager said, don’t listen to him. And keep my job and not quit since I might need the job if I’m going to school. 3. This scene shows that Sammy’s attitude towards the girls is very respectful. He imagines them being of the upper class in society. He himself looks down on him and his family saying they have lemonade and beer, in the middle class, which would be a common thing to do. As he rung them out, he imagined what their family and invitees might look like in the party. The Yellow Wallpaper 1. The narrator goes through psychological stages. She begins where she feels depressed and anxious she can’t do things on her own. She feels trapped and controlled by her husband, she tries to get out and move on her own but everyone...
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...No one asks where I am from, I must be from the country of janitors, I have always mopped this floor. Honduras, you are a squatter's camp outside the city of their understanding. No one can speak my name, I host the fiesta of the bathroom, stirring the toilet like a punchbowl. The Spanish music of my name is lost when the guests complain about toilet paper. What they say must be true: I am smart but I have a bad attitude. No one knows that I quit tonight, maybe the mop will push on without me, sniffing along the floor like a crazy squid with stringy gray tentacles. They will call it Jorge. In Martín Espada’s “Jorge the Church Janitor Finally Quits, “the poet points out that he is from another country. His work is to mop the floor in the church where is the most clean and holy place in this city. He works hard for his life. However, none respect him in this country. He cannot bear this kind of insult and disrespect. In order to keep his dignity, he quits his job. Although, he now cannot make a living, he regards the respect and dignity as the most expensive things in his life. The poet gradually reveals his upset and loneness in every stanza. In first stanza, he begins with “no on asks where I am from.” From this quote, he tells how lonely he is in this city. He has no friend and no one cares about him. He is outsider of this city, so he just can concentrate on working every day. For the second stanza, he also begins with the sentence “no one can speak my name.” In...
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...Outline Choosing to quit smoking is more difficult than is seem Deciding how I am going to quit, going cold turkey, use the patch, medicine. What are the side effect of each Will I support from friend or family to help if I get an urge to smoke How much money will I save, and how I will once I quit Pre writing * Talk about the reasons for quitting * Who was I effecting with my choice of smoking * Weighing the pros and cons * Where to start * This smoking is super gross when you really stop and think about it * Different methods I used did not work * Needed to find a better solution Working Thesis For some smokers there may come a time were we feel that smoking has taken a toll on us, or to draining our bank account for smoke that in life is not a necessity. For me, I decide I hated the smell, I hated the way my clothes smelt, and the offensive odor that was offending people I was around. I was cough a lot. And there quite a bit of mucus build up, and I was always blowing my nose. After all these thoughts I decide to make an appointment with my physician. I told me how I was feeling and I was ready. We talked about using Chantix. For me this was a great option. I was excited to start. I filled my medication. I read the direction, and it stated the two first weeks I smoke. I continued to smoke will use my medicine; however the urge to smoke was slow fading again. Soon within a few weeks I was smoke free. When a stressful time came in...
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...& P manager who was also a Sunday school teacher started to interrogate them saying “girls, this isn't a beach”, which was actually very ironic considering the fact that the beach was not too far away. The girls, especially “Queenie” showed immediate embarrassment as her face turned red. She responded by saying that she just had to come in very quickly to buy a jar of herrings for her mom, but the manager was not having it. He repeated once again “this is not a beach” and stated that it was policy in the super market. Sammy was so intrigued by “Queenie” that he must have felt how embarrassed Lengel, the manager made these girls feel and a thought triggered in his head leading him to quit in front of everyone. Sammy's motives when he did this was to get him noticed by the girls as he says "I...
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...this story there was already a conflict where is “man vs. society”. Sammy (cashier) didn’t know if he rung up an item he was holding in his hands or not, so he rung it up again not knowing. Because of this the customer gets mad, so thinks badly about an old grocery shopper. He thought she’s one of these cash-register-watchers, a witch about fifty with rouge on her cheekbones and no eyebrows, and I know it made her day to trip me up. She'd been watching cash registers forty years and probably never seen a mistake before (A&P). He thought about this because of the fit that the customer gave him. Furthermore, there’s a conflict “man vs. man”. In the story there are three girls in bikinis who walk in to the A&P store to shop. They were causing trouble for the customers and the employee including Sammy. Later on Lengel comes into the store. So as manager he told the girls that there are inappropriately dress to shop in the store. But Sammy didn’t like the way Lengel was talking to the girls. So Sammy says he quits to Lengel. Lengel ask Sammy if he say something, and Sammy says I quit. Sammy said "You didn't have to embarrass them." Then Lengel said "It was they who were embarrassing us.", Sammy reacted with "Fiddle-de-doo" a saying his grandmother said. Finally, there’s a conflict “man vs. himself”....
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...7 – Patiences Journal – Smoking/Peer-Pressure ^ Journal 9- Reflection on the course Journal 1 I never thought I’d end up in group dynamics, but I decided to further educate myself in psychology. It’s my first week in and I’m having a blast learning all kinds of things about group formation and group decisions. I especially learned a lot from watching 12 Angry Men with my classmates. I loved this film because it identified almost all of the group roles in some way, so for me I really got a chunk of what group dynamics really is my very first day. I found group dynamics to be about a list of things, but more specifically to feel affection and be in control while in a group because most members of a group expect to be able to speak and be understood in discussions. The next day I was partnered with a group of individuals I didn’t really know at the time, but we were tasked with identifying the group roles of each jury member in 12 Angry Men. Anyway, I am very intuitive person and I felt I wasn’t getting enough recognition in my group the time. I wanted give a more in-depth opinion on the group roles we were discussing, but I guess my group was more focused on generalizing the group roles for each jury member. Although I didn’t get to fully express my opinion… but I rolled with it.All in All, it was great to have learned about group roles in my first week, I look forward to what I’m going to be learning next in this course. Later, Journal 2 After taking...
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...I had been playing tackle football for five years and I loved to but suddenly that all changed. I got a concussion in the 2016 season and I had to quit football and it sucked. I had to miss some school and the rest of football. It wasn’t fun but in the end I was going to be just fine. In 2016 I was playing football for my school and I really enjoyed it. We were practicing on a monday afternoon and I was practicing with the cornerbacks. We were practicing tackling and I was up to be the dummy. I got hit it didn’t hurt any more than usual but after a little bit my head started hurting. It went away so I didn’t worry about it and then I missed practice on Tuesday because I didn’t feel well and we had a light practice on Wednesday. So the next day was Thursday a.k.a game day and we were playing Prairie we got crushed but every time I hit someone or got hit my head started hurting but I didn’t do anything because I thought it was just the way I landed. Then on Monday I went to practice and the same thing happened so I told my dad and we went to the doctor the next day. The doctor said I had a concussion and since this was my 2-3 one I should stay away from contact sports...
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...society. Not only does Sammy notices these girls but other staff members and shoppers, Sammy refers to these as “sheep’s”, everyone was disturbed by these girls. The older clerk started patting his mouth and sizing up the girls. There was an undertone of sexuality all about. The sheep’s reacted in amazement in regard the girl’s state of dress. As the tension develops, the manager, Mr. Langel, finally notices the girls state of dress and approaches them at the checkout counter. He addresses them by saying” this is not the beach” he scolds them implying there was a certain dress code and they had violated it. Sammy who feels protective and possessive of the girls forces a crisis and objects to the way the manger addresses them. He mumbles” I quit”. He says to Mr. Langel “you didn’t have to embarrass them”. But Langel in turn states “they were the one embarrassing us”. The manager tries to convince Sammy not to...
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...more detailed, as he is able to get an impression of Queenie’s social status. Sammy’s focused observations and descriptions reveal his own prejudices and blind spots. For example, Sammy’s frankly lustful ogling of the girls reveals a certain immaturity, and he is dismissive and contemptuous of the A&P customers, seeing them as “sheep” and “houseslaves.” He is equally dismissive of his coworker Stokesie, whom Sammy sarcastically presents as an unimaginative drone. The irony of Sammy’s sense of superiority is that he realizes that, in the eyes of the rich, carefree Queenie, he must seem just like Stokesie and the straight-laced Lengel. His desire to set himself apart from them—to prove that he is different—compels him to quit his job. However, he announces, “I quit” primarily because he wants the girls to overhear him, and the gesture loses resonance when he realizes they didn’t notice it. It seems less wise when he is left not with admiration but with a vague guilt and doubt about his rash action. Sammy’s desire for Queenie, which begins merely as a young man’s interest in a pretty girl, ends up as a desire for escape from the A&P and, in effect his own life. The world he imagines through Queenie—a...
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...Sammy lacks maturity because he does not understand that he will have to compromise his beliefs many times in life (Peck 2). He acts in the name of chivalry to save the queen, but he gains no reward. He tries to save all three girls by defending them while no none else will, but he is the only one who stands behind his “romantic code” (Parks 1). The girls do not even show Sammy whether they acknowledged his acts of kindness. What Sammy expects for the girls to do in reaction to his heroic gesture is unknown. Sammy makes it clear in his narration when he says, “I quit,” loud for the girls to hear, but he still does not know if he said it quick enough (Caldwell 2). “Sammy knows that he did not gain anything from his actions. He sees how hard life will be for him from here on out. Sammy’s interactions with people throughout the story show how immature he is. The most obvious thing he did to show his immaturity was when he quit his job for some girls who probably did not care. He works because he needs his job, but now he will have to go through the trouble of finding another job so that he can support himself (Peck 3). Sammy also shows how immature he is when he makes comment about the old lady because he rang up her items twice. He overlooks the situation as if he could not understand why she made a big deal about it. Adults take situations like this more serious than a younger person would (Parks 1). He also gives animal names to the people in the story. Sammy shows immaturity by...
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...In the fall of 2017, I needed to decide if I should quit color guard. When you participate in a group, you grow attached to everything surrounding it. In the beginning, it is easy to speculate quitting as you have to face many challenges from learning a new skill. However, this time was different. I was not having difficulty learning any new skills, but instead was having extremely resistant feelings towards wearing the costume, which would be a dress. The staff did not know that I am transgender, so they had a hard time understanding why I did not want to wear a dress. They told me they had waited for all of the boys to graduate so they could do this specific show theme, so there was no way I could wear a gender neutral costume. Plus, the...
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...Each of the sources “Why I Quit Working”, “A Purpose for Modern Woman”, and “The Army-McCarthy Hearing” display some form of clash. In “The Army-McCarthy Hearing” we see the bigger fight against communism that the Cold War was famous for and in “Why I Quit Working” and “A Purpose for Modern Women” we see the lesser-known struggle that women faced when they had to decide to work, or to stay at home and take care of their children. One of the biggest conflicts that the United States was involved in after World War II was the Cold War and the fight against communism. No source shows that conflict better than “The Army-McCarthy Hearing”. Joseph McCarthy, was a Senator who quickly became famous for his crusade against communism and his ruthless interrogations. The pinnacle of his political career was during the Army-McCarthy Hearing. The climax of the hearing was the famous statement by army lawyer Mr. Welch who exclaimed “Let us not assassinate this lad further, Senator. You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency sir, at long last? Have...
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...Myriam Jimenez TTH 1230-1345 October 25th, 2012 RWS 305W-Sherman Rhetorical Analysis: “Dear A.I.G. I Quit” The Financial Crisis of 2008 was a time of great fear in the United States for the people, the economy, and countries around the world. It was a time where the government and large financial institutions had to make ethical decisions and do what should have been in the best interest of the United States. While some accomplished this other companies failed to not just think about themselves but, for the American people and for what was best for the country. The government bailed out many companies and it was then up to the companies to make ethical choices on how they pulled their company back up. A.I.G., an American insurance corporation, is a prime example where the taxpayers provided money in government support to A.I.G. and the corporation used a large percent of the money towards employee treatment. Many employees in the company were both positively and negatively affected and one in particular, Jake DeSantis vice-president of AIG’s financial products unit, took action in his op-ed titled, “Dear A.I.G., I Quit.” DeSantis’ open-letter is a letter of resignation to the company he was employed for, AIG. Through his letter DeSantis claims that, AIG should not be penalizing the employees who had nothing to do with bringing down AIG and that anyone who was not involved with Credit Default Swaps should be entitled to the bonuses that they had been promised thorough...
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...Racial Cultural Conflict in Kamala Markandaya’s Novel Some Inner Fury Usha Vikram Kaushik M.A.Ph.D Assistant professor V. M. Patel College of Management Studies Ganpat University Kherva In Some Inner Fury Markandaya has highlighted two prominent aspects of the impact of Western education and culture on the outlook of Indians. Kamala Markandaya has depicted the effect of India’s contact with Western culture and civilization which led to the emergence of three distinct types of people among the educated Indians. The novel also depicts how they are transformed under the influence of western ideologies and systems affecting the Indian attitudes and life styles. First, there are those who have been completely swept off their feet by English education and find nothing valuable in their ancient culture and way of life. They look down upon their countrymen for their backwardness. They hold high positions in the British administration in India and are considered pillars of strength by the alien rulers. Kit and his father belong to this category. Second, there are those who are fundamentalists and stick blindly to the old Indian traditions and values; they are not ready to accept the British way of life, and are deeply hostile to the British rule in India and do not hesitate to resort to violent strategy to drive them out of their land. Govind belongs to this category. And the third category of people are those like Roshan and Mira who have got Western education but are...
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