...| Critical Appreciating Ann Petry | | | Shantanu Kulesh, 14B133 | | | A Brief Biography Ann Petry’s birth date is not certain: earlier biographers place her birth on October 12, 1911, while later it has been stated as October 12, 1908. In any case, she was born in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, and a predominantly white, rural community. Ann was the second daughter of Peter C. Lane, pharmacist, and Bertha James Lane, licensed chiropodist, barber, and entrepreneur. Ann’s family was solidly middle class, including two college educated aunts, and several generations of pharmacists. The Lanes often told autobiographical and fictional stories while she was growing up, and Ann began writing short stories and plays while she was still in high school. Following family patterns, Petry graduated from the College of Pharmacy at the University of Connecticut, but she was unhappy “counting pills,” she later said, because she had aims to be a writer. She married George David Petry and moved to New York to fulfill her aim to be a writer. According to Petry herself, the content of her early fiction was heavily influenced by the inner city life she witnessed as a reporter, social worker, and involved community member. She quickly found work as a journalist. Her early years in Harlem were fueled by involvement in progressive political causes and membership in a community of activists, labor leaders, visual artists, actors, and writers. Despite working closely with self-identified...
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...Within the first half of the opening of “The Street”, Petry personifies the wind. She then begins to introduce Lutie Johnson. Once Lutie Johnson is introduced, the focus shifts from the wind to Lutie Johnson. In the opening of “The Street”, Ann Petry uses imagery in order to personify the wind and includes detail, conjunctions and omission of conjunctions, symbolism, and loose sentence structure in order to set the scene of the story and express how Lutie Johnson feels. It becomes obvious to the reader that Petry develops the plot with an abundance of imagery. She uses specific verbs and adjectives in order to personify the wind. She includes words like “rattled”, “fingering, and “stamped” to describe the wind, rather than her blatantly...
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...Society is as cruel as a violent storm sweeping over a city and destroying everything in its path. Author, Ann Petry, in the excerpt of The Street, illustrates a raging storm in which Lutie Johnson is attempting to weather. Petry's purpose is to show how Johnson was able to overcome the storm in order to reveal how she overcame her harsh struggles with society. She adopts a powerful tone in order to relate the feeling of determination Johnson has towards the storm. Through personification, similes, and selection of detail, Petry conveys to the audience that Lutie Johnson has a complicated relationship with the ruthless urban city. Petry begins the excerpt by illustrating the harsh effects the wind has on the town. The narrator reveals”[the wind] drove most of the people off the street…except for a few hurried pedestrians who bent double in an effort to offer the least possible exposed surface to its violent assault.” The speaker also recounts “it did everything it could to discourage the people walking along the street.” Petry uses violent personification to show how aggressive the wind is in order to indirectly characterize the city as a difficult place to live. The threatening figurative language used to describe the town allows the audience to understand how challenging the city is to live in....
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...Business Systems Analysis Chapter 7, Questions 2-4 Chapter 7: 2. Some qualities Jim should possess are charisma, assertiveness and conviction. Jim needs to be able to take control of the project, without having others step on his toes. Even though he will work with important people, he needs to maintain control of his group, by showing his assertiveness through a compelling manner. 3. Jim should reply to Ella that if the project is that important to her, she should take part in it as well. As a leader/manager of people, if something is important to you, be it personally or professionally, you must take part to ensure compliance with your thoughts. He should instruct Ella that the best way for her to ensure that her ideas are used is to be a part of the committee, and allow Bob to handle things with the regular work duties. 4. Strategies Jim could employ to get business team leaders in for the project is to send out emails well in advance of meeting times. It is important for Jim to understand the duties that revolve around all of those serving with him, and ensuring he works around everyone’s schedules as much as possible. Chapter 4: 1. I would want to work on this project, because it is something that would help get your name out there. Working with all of the important managers in business is a good way for them to get to know you in a professional and personal way. By showing that you care for the customer and the mission of the business, you are...
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...In the 1946 novel The Street, Ann Petry uses imagery with vivid details, and figurative language such as personification to create a negative relationship between Lutie Johnson and the cold urban setting. Petry strictly focuses on the vicious wind and its barbaric actions through 116th Street. Imagery is the most important literary device used by Petry to demonstrate to the reader what the people walking along the street, especially Lutie Johnson, have to experience in the extreme winds. The “cold November wind” foreshadowed the ominous events through 116th Street. The hard-blowing wind made it very uncomfortable for people to walk along the street. In fact Petry stated, ‘It did everything it could to discourage the people walking along the...
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...MGMT 340 Chapter 10, 1-5 CH. 10: 1- Why don’t information systems projects work out as planned? What causes the differences between the plan and reality? The cold hard truth is that projects always look better on paper; this is because in the development phase they are still lacking the human element. When projects are actually implemented you have to consider laziness, incompetence, and level of knowledge. In short you have to account for human error. There are systems glitches that can be unexpected as well. Just as with people, software does not always perform up to expectations. Files can get corrupted and will not run as planned. You can never plan for everything but through risk management you can help to mitigate the impact. CH. 10: 2- Why is it important to document change requests? What happens if a development team doesn’t? In the business world documentation is probably the most important resource a project team can have. First, it provides something to look back upon in the event of a mistake. You can learn from previous failures with proper documentation. Second, particularly with change requests, it helps to keep people accountable. As a project manager you can pull up the proper documentation and be able to say that this is what was agreed upon and from there you can decide whether or not those expectations were met. Formal documentation of change requests is similar to a contract. CH. 10: 3- When a project is late, do you think that adding more people to...
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...Petrie's Electronics Case, Chapter 3&4, Questions 1, 2, & 3 1. What qualities might Jim possess that would make him a successful project manager? Jim may possess enthusiasm, dedication, communication skills, critical thinking abilities, the ability to work under pressure, and most importantly he must possess patience. 2. How do you think Jim should respond to Ella’s implied pressure about the importance of the project to her? I believe that Jim should ensure her that the project will go smooth and show his appreciate to those that will assist him on his projects, although I do not believe it should have been stressed so much in front of others. I think Jim such just stay focus, keep factors such as critical path and slack time and do his best on the project. 3. What strategies might Jim employ to deal with a very busy team member such as Carmen Sanchez? For Jim to be able to effectively communicate and work with Carmen I feel he should create a document like a daily report sheet with customer transactions, and sales that need to be sent by Carmen to him every day before closing. That way he can see how things flow in her store. He can also set up video chats for another method of face to face communication. Ch.2 1. How do information systems projects get started in organizations? Systems projects get started in organizations for the following reasons: One it can either be to solve a problem, fill a need or to take advantage of an opportunity...
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...Have you ever wanted to know how it felt to be a slave? In the story, from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad by Ann Petry, it conveys the life of a slave better than The People Could Fly because it shows their troubles and good times as well as their teamwork and discouragement adequately better. In the story from Harriet Tubman: Conductor from the Underground Railroad by Ann Petry conveys the life of a slave better than The People could Fly because it shows their troubles and good times. According to the text, “She turned away from the house, frowning,”(Petry, p. 489). This shows that Tubman and her group went through times of troubles that were unexpected making them even worse to deal with. Without the food and warmth she promised she felt like she let herself and her group down. Later Tubman her group went threw good times due to help from other abolitionists. Secondly, it states in the text, “Say the...
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...Ann Petry, in her novel “ The Street,” implies that society is similar to their physical and geographical features. Petry’s purpose is to assert that the way society thinks of themselves reflect their characterization and actions towards various situations. She adopts a determined tone in order to imply that actions reflect a person's true intentions and character. In this excerpt from the passage “The Street.” Petry seeks to emphasize the self motivated connection of Lutie Johnson towards the relentless actions of the storm through the use of figurative language and selection of detail. Petry begins her novel by describing the violent actions of the wind towards society as a whole. The narrator recounts, “...except for a few hurried pedestrians who bent double in an effort to offer the least possible exposed surface to its violent assault.” The writer also reveals that the storm “...pried their scarves...
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...by Ann Petry, one can start to pick out bits and pieces of the author bias. The topics that will be analyzed will be why the author may have used bias toward the North and will end with a short summary. One of the first ways the author shows her bias is when she talks about the North. The author states “All Harriet wanted was for African slaves to have as an equal chance as any other white person” (Petry 88). Petry might have included this text in her book because she too was an African American struggling to get her individual rights because she was living through the Civil Rights Movement. Petry also states “Harriet was now free and safe and could choose what she wanted to do with her life” (Petry 122), This quote makes the North seem like a paradise to runaway slaves but they soon found out it wasn’t as safe as they thought. The North was safer then the South but a new law made it hard for slaves to live in the North and this law was called “The Fugitive Slave Act”. This act allowed slave hunters to travel to the North and return runaway slaves back to the South to their rightful owners. In some cases Northern citizens would turn in runaway slaves because there was a bounty on the slaves’ head and the citizen would claim the reward. In the book Harriet Tubman Conductor of the Underground Railroad Ann Petry does a really good job by keeping the reader interested. She does this by starting off the book by telling about Harriet Tubman’s early life as a slave, then Petry slowly...
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...Imagine having to run through the streets to keep warm in the february frost, while trying to get food for your mother who is sick above the bed, and your brothers are starving waiting for you to come back with bread. That is a prime example of poverty shown in one of these two stories. In "Angela's Ashes" by author Frank McCourt, poverty and perseverence is shown when he tries finding food for his family. Similarily, in "The Street", author Ann Petry describes poverty when looking for a place to live through a storm. In both Anglela's Ashes and The Street, the authors use charachters, events, and setting to show the theme of overcoming struggles when dealing with poverty. In Angela's Ashes, it developes the theme of overcoming poverty by...
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...Imagine having to run through the streets to keep warm in the February frost, while trying to get food for your mother who is sick above the bed, and your brothers are starving waiting for you to come back with bread. That is a prime example of poverty shown in one of these two stories. In "Angela's Ashes" by author Frank McCourt, poverty and perseverance is shown when he tries to find food for his family. Similarly, in "The Street", author Ann Petry describes poverty when looking for a place to live through a storm. In both Anglela's Ashes and The Street, the authors use characters, events, and setting to show the theme of overcoming struggles when dealing with poverty. In Angela's Ashes, it develops the theme of overcoming poverty by using...
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...Harriet Tubman who was a hero from 1800's who freed herself from slaver and with full dedication helped others to free. Dedication is the most important leadership quality because it allows leaders to overcome their hardship and be on track towards their designated destination. Harrier Tubman had excessive dedication which helped her guide the slaves to the North. Dedication was the essential quality of leadership because it allows the leader to overcome the barrier they face in their leadership effort. The first example of this quality is when Harriet was more devoted and faithful to the cause and inspires others to be hopeful. As the people wiht her were dicouraged "she would have to install courage" (Petry 11). Dedication was important...
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...United States. The story titled “Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad,” stated that “Once she made her presence known, word of her coming spread from cabin to cabin. The slaves whispered to each other, ear to mouth, mouth to ear, ‘Moses is here.’ ‘Moses has come.’ ‘Get ready, Moses is back again.’ ” Only slaves and possibly their owners knew Harriet Tubman as Moses, but fewer people knew her by her real name. Tubman had some characteristics that Lincoln wasn’t known for. Unlike Lincoln, Tubman took the risk of being hanged. The story titled “Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad,” stated that “If they were caught, the eleven runaways would be whipped and sold south, but she would probably be hanged” (Petry 153). Tubman sacrificed her safety by helping slaves escape to...
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...Firstly, Lutie Johnson is a caregiver and sacrifices for her family. “If it was three [rooms], why she would go in and ask to see it, but if it said two-why there wasn’t any point (Petry 3)." This example implies the extent of Johnson’s love for her family by making her want to ensure their comfort. Notably, the protagonist goes through tribulation for a greater cause. “Each time she thought she had the sign in focus, the wind pushed it away from her so that she wasn’t certain whether it said three rooms or two rooms (Petry 3).” Johnson is suffering in the cold wind to make sure her family is taken care of; therefore, this passage shows her sacrifice for her family. Another example of caregiving in the face of tribulation is how cold it was outside and how it was around the time to give thanks. “There was a cold November wind blowing (Petry 1).” Tis the time of Thanksgiving, but it is harsh and cold, so the passage is indirectly stating Johnson’s mentality. The sacrifice for others is best shown in The Street through characters, events, and...
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