...Thelma and Louise: English essay Freedom. What are we prepared to do, to obtain such a fluid and elusive notion, will we have the courage? Do we already possess it? Are we trapped in it? Or must we kill ourselves to achieve it? – In the case of Thelma and Louise, the last option was to be the culmination of their spirited journey towards the upheaval of their notions of inner-peace and freedom. At first Thelma and Louise are trapped in peace, living in a democratic world, no wars, and no worries with only the chains of submission in a modern world to hold them back. Both tired of mediocrity, they set on a journey to free themselves from their lives, one more than the other. Through this journey Thelma and Louise discover what happens, when the pre-mentioned chains are broken, one thrills, the other chills, as Louise discover that the life she’s been running from, actually was what held her content and comfortable, and while Thelma on the other hand, for the first time in her life she allowed her lungs to breathe at full capacity. Thelma and Louise, as the bunch from Sam North’s novel “The road movie” set out on the road to find redemption, for the lives they’ve been living. “Thelma and Louise” is a classic road trip movie directed by Ridley Scott, a director well-known for his ability to create a movie with one scene, looking with interest in Thelma and Louise’s changes, two clips springs to mind, one who showcases Thelma’s rise and one which counter like-wise showcases...
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...“Swampwise” Secrets, Songs & Stories from “The Land of the Trembling Earth!” by Okefenokee Joe is a four disc collection of original songs and quirky stories about swamp life in the southeastern United States. Okefenokee Joe is the alter ego of Dick Flood. Flood was prolific in the early country music scene, known for his singing and crafting of chart-topping songs for other artists. He was a regular on the Grand Old Opry and spent many years touring nationally and internationally with his band, The Pathfinders. Despite being active in the Nashville country scene, Dick Flood never got that big break so many performers try to attain. In 1973, in his early forties, Dick packed up his Volkswagen Thing and faded into Georgia’s Great Okefenokee Swamp and became Okefenokee Joe. Okefenokee Joe spent the next ten years of his life acting as a custodian for the swamp and the many animals that call it home. After leaving the swamp, he continued his work as a wildlife educator. He combined his love of the swamp and his musical background to craft fun and educational songs about life in the swamp. After finding success on Georgia Public Broadcasting, Okefenokee Joe went on to publish wildlife books and professionally record many of his unique songs. Swampwise is a collection of many of those songs and is interspersed with parables of the lessons he learned while living in the swamp. All of the songs on the first three CDs are introduced by a story told by Okefenokee Joe. The sound quality...
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...Emily Murphy Chosen subject – Emily Murphy Emily Murphy was born in a small town in Ontario known as Cookstown on March 14th, 1868(Emily Murphy. Dir. Aiya Odtallah). She had many accomplishments in her lifetime, she was the first female magistrate and was part of the Canadian equal rights activists. In 1929 she was able to gain a ruling stating that women were legal people and could serve as part of the Congress and as a judge( Cruxton, J. Bradley). During the years of 1900-1906 she began writing about social issues under a fake name of Janey Canunk( Pettinger, Tejvan). Four years later she became the first women to work for the Edmonton Hospital Board. The next thirty years for Emily’s life would be the hardest years of her life, but would finally give women the voice and the rights they deserved. In the year of 1916, Alberta had passed the Dawer Act, which gave women the right to inherit 33% of their husband’s property( Pettinger, Tejvan). Her next mission was to give women the right to vote, this was later accomplished in 1919. During the years that women struggled to become a legal person, she created a group known as the Famous Five, the women involved were Nellie McClung, Louis McKinney, Henrietta Edwards and Irene Parhy, this was case was referred to as the persons case. After being declined by the Supreme Court that women were people, Emily moved to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Britain which was the highest court appeal. In 1929...
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...World War One: It was not one single event that created the wild, society-challenging flappers, but many things in the beginning of the nineteenth century that all added up on one another. One of the biggest steps into creating flappers was World War One. Women began to get a taste of independence during World War One, when they had to make lifestyle changes to make up for the absence of men at home. They joined the workforce.Now women got a taste of what independence was like, since they didn’t have men around anymore to lean on or, in some cases, hold them back. This lead to women needing to make more changes to adapt; Women couldn’t have long hair and long skirts like they did for years before. Women then realized the convenience and practicality of having easy short hair and free-fitting clothes. The change in clothes began the change in total attitude as it was one of the first steps into living comfortable lives and not worrying about what they were supposed to look like or do. Because of all the deaths caused by World War One and the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918, people began to reevaluate the value of life and realize that it can be cut short, so they need to enjoy it while it lasts. The younger generation, the Interbellum Generation, who were born at the dawn of the 20th century now questioned the morality and judgement of their elders who supported the war. They saw that age does not necessarily justify every decision and realized they could break tradition. This strengthened...
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...Thelma & Louise It’s been twenty years since the film Thelma & Louise swept up the ‘best original screenplay’ award from the 1991 Oscars, leaving in its tracks many inspired and encouraged women. Though we as a society of progressive minded individuals are far ahead of the days where burning bras and shaving heads seemed to be the only way to get recognition for the feminist movement, in the past twenty years have we progressed from where the movie led us to believe the women’s movement had left off? Today I’ve asked to interview both ‘Thelma’ and ‘Louise’ to see what their thought on this matter are. What do you have to say to people who still believe this to be an anti-male movie? Louise: It would surprise and amaze me to think that people still believe Thelma & Louise had an anti-male statement after twenty years. I think a lot has been learned and put to use in the past years about what a healthy relationship looks like and the importance of self-esteem in a young woman’s life. If that is an anti-male idea then we regressed far past the days of bra burning, even past the days of woman’s suffrage back to the middle ages where women were traded for cattle. Well what about the people that see it as a revenge movie as opposed to a feminist story? Louise: I don’t think it is either. The movie shed light on a sensitive subject and the idea that some women are afraid to go to the authorities because they don’t see any justice there. Yes these women took the...
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...Cheryl Sutton English 112 Section G 10/31/13 The Meaning of True Love It’s not easy to find real love let alone love that lasts a lifetime, but in the story “Love Medicine” you get insight to a couple based on the observation of their grandson. Through the narrator, Lipsha Morrissey, we are able to learn about Grandma and Grandpa Kaspaw and how deep their connection is. Grandma Kaspaw demonstrates her first act of love by saving her grandson “she saved me from my own mother, who wanted to tie me in a potato sack and throw me in a slough.” (Erdrich 275) Grandma Kaspaw loved her family and did whatever it took to make sure they were taken care of. In the story Grandpa Kaspaw suffers from Alzheimer’s disease “So I didn’t really listen to hard when the doctor said this was some kind of disease old people got...” (Erdrich 276). This disease really begins to test the love that Grandpa and Grandma have for each other. It is very hard for Grandma to watch him go through this “second childhood” (Erdrich 275) as Grandpa calls it. During this time his behavior is erratic and he does things that are very out of character. The catalyst in this story is Lulu Lamartine, who is a female on the reservation that has had a crush on Grandpa her whole life. She takes advantage of Grandpas disease and allows there to be relations with herself and Grandpa. “but even Grandma had trouble keeping her patience once he started sneaking off to Lamartien’s place…. That’s...
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...Jamie Lyons November 2, 2015 Profess A. Berlin English 201-06 When A Woman’s Had Enough Walking away from a dysfunctional relationship, whether it is romantic or otherwise, instills a sense of power and brings control back into our lives. We tend to become powerless because we’re insecure and too trusting of our partner. Although being insecure isn’t a terrible thing, when we are in love and insecure with ourselves, we’re more likely to be in a vulnerable state. Frequently, we miss the flawed character of our lover and give them undue credit. As a result, we can easily be manipulated and be seen as weak or invaluable, just like a pawn in the game of chess. In the story Mauser, by Louise Erdrich, we learn the only thing left for a woman with a broken heart is revenge, and we witness bravery in the face of danger; even death and strong-will are traits that are sought out on the ones who wronged her. When one’s insecurities and state of vulnerability is combined, being manipulated is an easy task. As a contender for heartbreak and continuous failed relationships, the narrator falls victim to Travis, a charming, but vain construction worker she works with at Mauser’s company. Although she knows Travis likes to play games, and thinks he can get anything he wants because of his smooth character and charming looks, the narrator still gives in to his manipulating ways. Sadly, Travis is not only known for manipulating women, but also manipulating his controlling boss Mauser...
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...Tony’s Story Tony’s story is a short story written by Leslie Marmon Silko. The story is about Tony and his good friend Leon. In the beginning of the story, Leon had just returned from the army. Leon is a character who according to his friend Tony, has a drinking problem. When Tony first saw Leon at what seems to be a fair, based on the description given from Tony that Leon was standing near a ferris wheel. Leon is drinking a wine bottle out of a paper bag. Leon is a drinker that possibly has PTSD from his stint in serving in the army. The first event to happen in the short story occurs right after Leon gives Tony a dollar to buy cheeseburger. This indicates that the story is taking place in a very old time period. If a hamburger only costs a dollar then the story must have taken place sometime in the early to mid 90’s. When Tony is getting his hamburger, he is alarmed when he sees a cop pushing through crowds of people heading in Leon’s direction. His first thought is about the wine bottle in Leon’s hand. He then sees the cop punch Leon in the face. Leon is laying on the dusty ground in pain, blood bubbling out of his mouth. What did Leon do to deserve a punch in the face from a state trooper? The story reads, “The cop didn’t leave until they laid Leon in the back of the paddy wagon” (Silko 362). Why did the cop have to wait and make sure that Leon was taken away. Would the cop have done more if Leon was able to walk away from this first incident? Why does this cop have it...
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...things such as discomfort and confusion for the person with the disorder and the people surrounding them. Some of the effects involve caring less about their own well being. The major treatments for this disorder are therapy and medications; talking about it is the best thing to help. I will be talking about the symptoms, effects, and treatments to posttraumatic stress disorder in this essay and how they relate to The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich. “The symptoms include re-experiencing the trauma, avoidance, and hyperarousal.” (Roxanne Dryden-Edwards) Re-experiencing the trauma can become very detrimental to the person that experiences the trauma as well as the people that surround them. People try to avoid anything and everything that may remind them about the event that traumatized them so that they won’t have to re-live that experience. Anything that is a normal routine before the trauma is not longer safe to do in that persons mind which is called hyperarousal. The character, Henry, shows the perfect example of the symptoms as Louise Erdrich articulates in his story, The Red Convertible, “Henry had not even looked at the car since he had gotten home” (Erdrich 109). The symptoms to this disorder can be so overwhelming to the people who have this, everyone around them are affected by it just as much. Individuals who have this illness are more likely to struggle with relationships, everyday life, and their mental health as effects to PTSD. Relationships are very difficult...
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...A People Suppressed The suppression of women has occurred since the beginning of the century. There have always been women who have expressed their feelings on the matter in many different forms. Two such women are Virginia Woolf and Louise Erdrich. They use their cultures and time periods to show the ways in which women are suppressed, as well as, a silver lining for women to become empowered. These authors express their views through their literature, especially in their most well-known works, Mrs. Dalloway (Woolf) and Love Medicine (Erdrich). The women in their novels are suppressed in multiple ways. The characters are emotionally, physically, and sexually, and within their marriages. In Woolf’s novel Mrs. Dalloway, the main character Clarissa Dalloway is a suppressed middle class wife, who enjoys throwing parties for guests. Clarissa is suppressed internally or emotionally by her time period and culture. She lives her life according what is and isn’t appropriate. Virginia Woolf wrote her novel with an emphasis on description, however in her writing she doesn’t go into much detail on certain incidents. Such incidents are those of intimate nature. Woolf writes these scenes with barely any description compared to the rest of the book. One such scene is that of Clarissa kissing another woman named Sally, when she was a young girl. The absence of depiction of detail on the matter shows the sexual suppression of women. “In her novels, sexual passion becomes masculine property...
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...Analysis: The Plague of Doves Western Governors University Analysis: The Plague of Doves There were many compelling choices for my first Introduction to Humanities analysis. But Louise Erdrich had previously caught my eye while reading the course material, and I remember how much her work had made an impression on me; her dedication to writing about the Native American experience, and how multiculturalism in America had not necessarily been kind to them (MindEdge, Inc., 2015). So I was pleased to see that one of the choices was the first chapter of her novel “The Plague of Doves”. After reading the first chapter my initial thought was; “I want to read more!” It was well written, easy to read, and presented the turn of the 20th century life of the Native American vividly. The author’s use of words and prose transported me back to that time, how the narrator’s great-grandparents met, ran away, and eventually returned to the reservation. Their struggle to survive together amidst racial segregation and violence was well interspersed with stories of the burgeoning love life of the narrator in the 1960’s. This was the one aspect that impressed me the most, how the stories of the two generations were interspersed together in a way that tied them together, each story flowing from one to the other, but in a way that was easy to track and understand. The impression that I got from this style of writing was the apparent contrast and similarities of the generations, and at the...
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...I. The Reasons behind VDP institution of the congregation of the mission (1605) and the Daughters of the Charity (1633) Saint Vincent de Paul, (1581-1660), was a French Priest and founder of the Congregation of the Mission called the Vincentians or the Order of the Lazarists. At Fifteen years of age Vincent was sent as a boarder to the Franciscan College at Dax and was ordained to the priesthood in 1600. It is said Saint Vincent was seized by pirates while going from Marseille to Narbonne in 1606; sold into slavery in Tunisa and escaped and returned to France some months later. Like many of his contemporaneous, Vincent saw the priesthood as a means of advancement, and in 1613 he was presented with a golden opportunity when he was appointed to service with the Gondis, one of the most influential families in France. He spent some 20 years as a parish priest and chaplain to this aristocratic family. He was also chaplain general of the galleys of France and as such tried to aid the sea slaves. In 1617 he founded the first Confraternity of Charity, made up of wealthy women working among the sick and poor in Châtillon-les-Dombes, near Lyon. In 1622 he was appointed Superior of the Parisian Convents of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary by the French prelate St Francis of Sales. Congregation of the Mission Context- A community of the congregation was formally established at the College des Bons-Enfants in Paris in 1626, where Saint Vincent served as principle. He established...
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...One of François Boucher’s many portraits of Madame de Pompadour is of her at her dressing. As seen in Figure I – and this will be the portrait in discussion for the rest of the paper – this half-length rococo portrait depicts the marquise sitting in a yellowish-brown chair before a dressing table performing her daily toilette. At first glance, we are immediately drawn to the pink ruffles and the lace of her costume, the decorative cameo on her wrist, the flowers and the gold powder box crowned by a white puff on the table to the rogue box of gold and the powdered brush, up towards the pink on her cheeks and the blue bow on her hair. To the right of the composition lies the back edge of what looks to be a small mirror used to aid Pompadour in her application of her makeup. The marquise is shown full face with her head inclined ever so slightly to the left and looking at the viewers directly. On one hand she holds the rogue and on the other a cosmetic brush. She appears in a “pearl white neglige du matin” parted at the front by a pink ribbon to reveal her low-cut gown of lace and bow. There is also a sense of architectural quality and of real volume in the way her lace and ribbons are structured so that it gives off a sense of weight and stiffness to the fabric. On her right wrist lays the cameo that bears the profile of King Louis XV, her lover. The palette of the work is made up of tonalities of pinks and whites, her skin, cheeks and lips echoing her gown, the cameo, powder puff...
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...The Illuminating Conflict between Madame de Stael and Napoleon Bonaparte The notorious relationship between Madame de Stael, also formally known as Germaine de Stael, and Napoleon Bonaparte can be seen as electrifying and has helped provide in depth knowledge regarding the actions and livelihood of Bonaparte. In the book On Politics, Literature, and National Character, Madame de Stael describes the many attributes pertaining to Napoleon some positive and others negative. Madame de Stael’s fascinating background enabled her to become a very educated woman especially during the French Era she lived in, which allowed her to have great influence on politics. Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power was initially viewed by Madame de Stael as a possible rejuvenating revival of France after the revolution. Madame de Stael quickly learned that Napoleon Bonaparte was very arrogant and in her own words “I was made increasingly apprehensive. I had a vague feeling that no emotions of the heart could influence him. He considerers a human being a fact or a thing, not a fellow man. He does not hate nor does he love. For him, there is nothing but himself; all others are ciphers.” Stael became fascinated with Bonaparte because she had never met any man like him due to the unique mindset Napoleon Bonaparte possessed. Madame de Stael declares that Bonaparte has three principal foundations on which he thrives off of consisting of “satisfying men’s interests at the expense of their virtues, to deprave...
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...INTRODUCTION Canada’s Criminal Justice System (CJS) is no way perfect and often argued to criminalize certain groups within society. Specifically, Aboriginal women as offenders in corrections have faced many difficulties. They often are sentenced younger, more often and for longer sentences than non-Aboriginal offenders. The over incarceration, over representation and criminalization of Aboriginal women within the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) is attributable to a legacy of colonialism and sexism which placed them at a vulnerable place within society. Canada’s public policy post WWII regarding, social welfare, education and the labour market, exhibit how colonialism and sexism have created unfavorable cultural and socio-economic conditions for Aboriginal women, which make them more susceptible to be victims/survivors of violence, poverty and behaviours or circumstances in conflict with the law. As a result of these conditions, Aboriginal women are more likely to meet deplorable conditions while in prison, and the laws do not seem to accommodate Aboriginal methods of rehabilitation, restitution and justice. In order to understand the plight of Aboriginal women within the CJS, the issue will be approached from a feminist perspective. Further, the evidence will be sourced from secondary sources, mainly text and government reports. First a landscape of Canada’s colonial past’s impact on Aboriginal women; starting post WWII will be advanced. This will demonstrate the links...
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