...Stella Harutyunyan Per. 1 Sula and Nel The 1920s was a time of racism, sexism and discrimination. No freedom compared to the one we have today and not many who were brave enough to create it. In Toni Morrison’s novel “Sula”, two girls named Sula and Nel dreamed of living their lives to the fullest since they were little, but as they grew older their lives separated into different paths. Sula decided to get out of town and live her life searching for freedom and Nel ended up living the typical town life marrying a man she barely knew if she loved. Sula demands and seeks freedom while Nel continues her life playing by the rules and misses out on freedom. Sula is really complex and hard to understand at times. We sometimes feel sorry for her, sometimes appreciate her courage, and sometimes hate her for being so insensitive to other people's feelings. She's anything but boring, and she challenges herself to earn her freedom. We first encounter Sula as a child living in a chaotic household run by some pretty strong-willed women. Because her surroundings are so noisy, messy, and busy, she prefers the quiet and neatness of Nel's house. We learn much about Sula through her relationship with Nel. However, as these two women mature, they begin to separate and each start to grow into different perspectives on the community in which they live. Growing up Sula witnesses a lot of events that shape her into becoming an adult. But unlike Nel, Sula decides to leave the Bottom and live...
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...Shalise Edwards November 30, 2014 Dr. J. Jones ENG 348 Analysis of Sula by Toni Morrison Sula by Toni Morrison was a very interesting and enlightening literary work. Morrison has relayed a message of good versus evil in the novel involving the main characters, Sula and Nel. Nel was portrayed as the good character, while Sula was depicted as the evil character. In the life of Sula, there was good in her situation because she seemed to shed some light on the readers. She was instructive to the readers because of the destruction that took place in her life. Personally speaking, a reader would side with Nel because of all the good she seems to portray, but she was not always perfect. Nel found herself in mirrors looking at her nose in disgust because her mother, who was so upright and orderly, did not like her nose. Her nose reminded her mother, Helene, of the broadened nose her husband genetically passed down to his daughter. In her childhood, she convinced herself that she liked herself just as she was. For example, Nel stated “I’m me,” several times until she drifted off to sleep. She made this statement to help herself realize at an early age that she can be no one but herself. Throughout the novel, Nel convinces herself she is fine, or good just as she is; no one had the ability to tell her otherwise. When Nel and Sula became best friends, they were “one.” Secretly, Nel desired to be a part of Sula’s household because of the disorder and numerous families that lived within...
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...San Pedro Sula (Spanish pronunciation: [sam ˈpeðɾo sula]) is a city in Honduras. The city is located in the northwest corner of the country, in the Valle de Sula (Sula Valley), about 60 kilometres (37 mi) south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. With an estimated population of 873,824 people in the main municipality, and 1,245,598 in its metro area (2010), it is the second largest city, after the capital Tegucigalpa. It is the capital of the Cortés Department. As of 2013 San Pedro Sula has the highest murder rate on Earth. Cathedral San Pedro Sula was founded on 27 June 1536, by Pedro de Alvarado under the name Villa de San Pedro de Puerto Caballos, close to the town of Choloma. There were around 18 towns populated by indigenous people in the Sula valley at the time. Early descriptions of the landscape indicate abundant swampland and dense tropical forests, with little land good for agriculture or cattle raising. The city's name became San Pedro Sula in the 18th century, after several changes. The "Sula" part of its name comes from the Minas de Sula, gold mines located to the west of the village of Naco. Panoramic view of Downtown San Pedro Sula For the first few years of its history, San Pedro was the colonial mint, where gold, found to the west in the Naco, Sula, and Quimistán valleys, had to be brought to smelt, and where the Spanish Crown collected a fifth of the value of the gold. The mint was moved toGracias, and ultimately to Comayagua in the 1550s. ...
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...Fee – 40 Quetzal Bus Belize City to Bus Terminal before Guatemala Checkpoint – 9 USD Taxi Bus Terminal to Guatemala Checkpoint – 5.5 USD Taxi Guatemala Checkpoint to Flores – 60 USD Honduras Entrance Fee – 26 USD Bus Flores to San Pedro Sula – 74 USD Bus San Pedro Sula to Ceiba – 12 USD Boat Ceiba to Utila Islands – 52 USD Boat Utila Islands to Ceiba – 48 USD Taxi San Pedro Sula Centro to Tamarindo Hostel – 4.50 USD Taxi Tamarindo Hostel to TikaBus – 7.50 USD TikaBus San Pedro Sula to Managua, Nicaragua – 64 USD Nicaragua Entrance Fee – 30 USD Taxi Managua to Granada – 56 USD Bus Granada to San Juan Del Sur – 8 USD Nicaragua Exit Fee –6 USD Bus San Juan Del Sur to Rivas to Nicaragua Border – 8 USD Bus Nicaragua Border to San Jose – 22 USD Taxi Bus Station to Costa Rica Backpackers Hostel – 8 USD Food Caye Caulker – 46USD San Pedro – 42.75 USD Flores: Dinner – 10 USD 2nd Day Lunch – 15 USD 2nd Day Dinner – 10 USD Ceiba: Dinner – 5 USD 2nd Day Breakfast – 1 USD Utila Islands: Unlimited Drinking Water – 5 USD Groceries 1 – 13.5 USD Dinner @ Mermaids – 3.9 USD Pizza 2 for 1 – 11.75 USD Ice Cream – 1.30 USD Groceries 2 – 7.50 USD Lunch @ Cheap Place 1 – 4.50 Lunch @ Cheap Place 2 – 4.25 USD San Pedro Sula: Groceries – 11 USD Managua: Dinner – 4 USD Granada: Lunch – 4 USD Dinner – 7 USD San Juan Del Sur: Lunch – 6 USD Dinner – 6 USD Groceries & Fruits – 2 USD San Jose: Dinner – 6 USD Groceries 1 – 24 USD Lunch – 10 USD Groceries...
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...The Ozanam Center was originally established by the Diocese of Brownsville to house Central American political refugees. The Center was first named Casa Oscar Romero in honor of the martyred Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador. As the conflict in that troubled region began to subside, so did the number of refugees. In 1995, the shelter gained its independent status as a non-profit organization and was named The Bishop E. San Pedro Ozanam Center and expended to serve anyone who needs temporary shelter. The Center currently serves mainly the Cameron County but many of our guests also arrive from the Willacy, Hidalgo Counties and other parts of the U.S and the World. The Center provides a unique holistic Homeless Services Program, delivering emergency shelter, case management services, Food Pantry services, and Homeless Prevention services to the area's most vulnerable residents: needy families, run-away youth, the elderly, individuals with substance abuse problems, mental illness and other special needs. Most guests are self-referred or referred by local social service agencies, law enforcement and the community in general. The Corporation, BISHOP ENRIQUE SAN PEDRO, OZANAM CENTER, Inc., operates exclusively for the charitable purpose of providing assistance to those in need by: A) Providing temporary shelter and housing to homeless, regardless of sex, color, creed and national origin; B) Offering referral to social services agencies and humanitarian...
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...| Viaje de Misión Medica | En Trinidad, Honduras | | Lydia Keipp | 19 Octubre 2015 | Honduras Honduras | Cuando llegué al aeropuerto de san pedro sula en Honduras, tuve que pasar por "costumbres" que tuvieron un tiempo muy largo. espués de eso, me monté en la cama de un camión a La Lima, Honduras, donde desempaqué suministros médicos y luego Almorcé con mango fresco también. Cuando llegué al aeropuerto de san pedro sula en Honduras, tuve que pasar por "costumbres" que tuvieron un tiempo muy largo. espués de eso, me monté en la cama de un camión a La Lima, Honduras, donde desempaqué suministros médicos y luego Almorcé con mango fresco también. 18 de Junio En ese día, tuve que despertar a las tres y media de la mañana para llegar al aeropuerto a tiempo para mi vuelo. Bebí mucho café, pero el café no me gusto tan bueno como el café hondureño. 18 de Junio En ese día, tuve que despertar a las tres y media de la mañana para llegar al aeropuerto a tiempo para mi vuelo. Bebí mucho café, pero el café no me gusto tan bueno como el café hondureño. El Ambiente El Ambiente El ambiente era muy impresionante. Soulard Parque se encuentra en la ciudad cerca del arco. Tenía carácter, con edificios de ladrillo y grafiti. Un Mercado de agricultores está cerca del parque con frutas y verduras de colores vivos. El ambiente era muy impresionante. Soulard Parque se encuentra en la ciudad cerca del arco. Tenía carácter, con edificios...
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...Nicaragua. This country was once part of the Spanish empire and became an independent nation in 1821. It’s population consisted of seven percent of Mayan Indian descendants, ninety percent of Mestizos (indigenous Mayan mixed with Spanish and Europeans), along with 2 percent of blacks, and one percent of whites. Honduran terrain consist largely of a mountainous interior with coastal plains lining it lower perimeter. The official language is Spanish, yet dialects in Mayan and African do exist in various isolated regions. The citizens of Honduras live in mostly small rural areas in family units having the same neighbors for years. There are a few small metropolitan areas, the two largest being its capital, Tegucigalpa, and San Pedro Sula. The national religion is Roman Catholic, however, there is much credit given to its past culture infused with Mayan lore. Financially, Honduras is the second poorest nation in Central America and one of the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. It relies heavily on its agricultural exports, mostly of bananas and coffee. Most of its economic growth depends on the United States economy. There is a large divide in the small rich upper class and the rest of its residents which remain in poverty. Most of the decisions are made by the affluent ruling class, and based on personal opinion and emotions, not what may be best for the people at large. Good health care is available to those who can afford it. Outside of the large cities...
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...author’s own ethnic gaze inward, the reading of self as ethnic subject. Author Toni Morrison’s works explore race, and gender, author Sandra Cisneros brings together stories of cross-border bilingual culture. Morrison and Cisneros share views of the development of young women, the search for love, hate, and compulsion, in a world filled with loneliness, pain, and inexplicable violence. There is no feminine identity in a time of masculine dominance. The cultural content of ethnicity is largely interchangeable. Race and genetic makeup are not the defining category for ethnicity. Differences occur because of the map as it is drawn around them. In Sula by Toni Morrison, the community of “The Bottom” considers Sula evil and bad. Sula Peace is a main character shaped by two incidents in the beginning; a comment made by her mother, which was basically that she did not like her daughter, but she loved her, and in the death of Chicken little, a little boy whose character is introduced primarily for the creation of an incident. The first experience taught her that there was no other that you could count on; the second that there was no self to count on either. Sula has only friend, Nel Wright, who chooses to stay in the place of her birth, to marry, to raise a family, to become a pillar of the tightly knit black community. Sula rejects all that Nel has accepted. She escapes to college, submerges herself in city life, and...
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...THE COPPERBELT UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC AFFAIRS SUCCESSFUL UNDER GRADUATE AND POST GRADUATE CANDIDATES FOR THE 2014 ACADEMIC YEAR The Admissions and Regulations Committee Acting on behalf of the Copperbelt University Senate at its meeting on Monday 13th and Friday 17th January 2014 respectively approved the names of successful applicants to the various Programmes for the 2014 Academic year. Successful applicants are advised to collect their letters of offer from Academic Affairs effective Wednesday 5th February 2014 according to the listed schedule below. Thereafter letters of offer to admitted students will be sent by EMS to either Residential or Postal Address given on the application form. Prospective students are advised to make inquiries at their nearest Post Offices. The Admission list will be made available on the University website at: http://wwww.cbu.edu.zm Fees are payable through ZANACO Student Bill Muster to the Copperbelt University account Number: 0450610000000069, Kitwe Business Centre, Obote Avenue, Kitwe. Deposits can be further made at any ZANACO Branch to the same Account by the date indicated in the offer letter. For further inquiries contact. The Deputy Registrar (Academic Affairs) Copperbelt University Box 21692 KITWE Telephone No. 260-212-225761/223716 COLLECTION OF LETTERS OF OFFER FROM WEDNESDAY 5TH – 13TH FEBRUARY, 2014 DAY DATE th Wednesday Thursday Friday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 5 February,2014 6th February...
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...notable differences in the speaking styles of women and men? In antiquity, the answer was a simple and fascinating ‘yes’. In his essay “Sex Differences”, Ronald Macaulay believes there is no differences as such that affects language acquisition, although social factors interfere in the way they both talk. In contrast, Janet Holmes expresses in her essay “Women talk too much” that language is biased because it is men who have positions of power and seek authority, who judges when talk is too much, when its appropriate, and that women assert themselves less when speech is more valued. As we progress, we shall examine more closely their positions and expose the nature of their claims. In fact, the use and style in language has no bearing on one’s gender. The way one communicates with others has much to do with personal life experiences, self-image, and the overall make up of our personality and character. According to Macaulay, women are more straightforward and use the language in a simpler manner while men tend to be more creative. First of all, men are associated with toughness and aggression, sometimes boldness whereas women are associated with sweetness, being innocent, shy and loyal. These talks are not to be used to judge each of the sexes although in certain occasions they are. Secondly, the author discusses the difference between men and women in the way they develop the language to suit their tone and personality. Various studies prove that women are more likely to...
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...Name (optional):____________________________________ Age: ___ 11-14 ___ 15-18 ___19-22 Gender: ___Female ___Male ___Third Sex DIRECTION: Put a check on a line for your answer. 1. Are you one of the people who uses gay lingo? ___ Yes ___ No ___ No comment 2. Where did you learned/hear this lingo? ___ Friend ___ Third Sex ___ Online Surfing ___ Member of the family ___ No comment 3. The reason you are using this lingo? ___ It’s interesting ___ Faster Communication ___ because it is popular ___ No Comment 4. Are you using gay lingo when you are arguing or fighting with someone? ___ Always ___ Sometimes ___ Never ___ No Comment 5. Where do you usually speak gay lingo? ___ When texting ___ When talking to my friends ___ No comment 6. Is there any disadvantage when you are speaking gay lingo? ___ Yes ___ None ___ No comment 7. What is your view/opinion about gay lingo? ___ It destroy our culture ___ A very interesting language that can express their own thoughts or feelings. ___ A language that I can never fully understand ___ No comment 8. Are you in favor on using this language (gay lingo)? ___ Yes ___ No ___ No comment 9. If yes or no, why should or shouldn’t we continue to use this language? ___ I can express more about myself ___ It is not helpful to my academic aspect ___ It is informal and not appropriate to use in other occasion ___ No comment 10. Situation | Always | Sometimes...
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...Gender is a fundamental feature of popular music. It is evident that gender is one of the main factors in which shape ones identity. When discussing popular music, scholars often emphasize the “distinction between biological reality of sex and the cultural category of gender” (Magrini 2003:1). Your sex refers to your “biological phenomena”, whether you are heterosexual, homosexual etc, however, your gender insinuates the expected rules, behaviours and expectations considered appropriate for being a female or a male (Magrini 2003:1). In this essay I will discuss how, Judith Butler, Simon Frith, Angela McRobbie and Kristen Schilt explore how ‘traditional gender norms’ continue throughout popular music. Judith Butler looked at how gender is a ‘performance’ and that we need to break the traditional gender binaries. Simon Frith and Angela McRobbie discussed how Rock music is male dominated and that women are more or less in the background. Finally, Kristen Schilt discusses how the band Riot Grrrl portrayed girl power, and how Riot Grrrl associated bands tried to keep the girl power going, but still conformed to the traditional female stereotypes, the very thing they were trying to get away from. Describing gender, Butler states that gender is in fact ‘performed.’ We are performing gender as we behave, walk and talk in ways which connects human beings to impressions of being a male or being a female. She argues that there is “an unwitting regulation and reification of gender relations”...
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...Deloitte & Touches’ revolutionary implementation of Women’s Initiative, serves as one of the most transformational changes any company has ever seen. Deloitte thought women were leaving their company in order to fulfill their wifely and motherly duties. The truth of the matter is they left due to not being considered for partnership roles. When CEO Mike Cook at the time realized the significant impact it was having on the business, he implemented a two day intensive workshop for “the Retention and Advancement of Women”. Implementing Women’s Initiative led to a solid foundation surrounded by an environment full of support and development of not just women but men as well. In reading the Women’s Initiative Annual report I felt that women as buyers (WAB) serve as an advancement towards this movement. Currently women account for 85% of all consumer purchases. Deloitte recognized that women executives within the marketplace were increasing. Currently Deloitte is offering a WAB workshop to its professionals in order to better understand the way women process there purchasing decisions. Such examples of how women provided a trusting relationship amongst their clients by providing personal life stories and their way of paying close attention to detail. The WAB has provided other lessons as well for both men and women: 1. Women have a tendency to sit “ face to face” where are men seat beside themselves and consider their mail client “ Right-hand man” 2. Women...
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...Joel Johnson English IV – Period 1 Mr. Brunson 02/21/2013 Lady Macbeth: A Monstrous Feminine In classic literature, women traditionally have been characterized as the “weaker vessel”, meaning that because they possess feminine qualities, they are weaker than men; however, this does not appear to be the case with Lady Macbeth. At the first glimpse of Lady Macbeth, she is a character of deep mystery and unknown motivations. These motivations manifest themselves into a sort of sexual lust for power, which gives her the image of having strong, raw power. Yet this strong, powerful image transforms into a weak woman with no self-control. Upon receiving her husband’s letter about the witches’ prophesies, she attempts to be like a man in order to exude the strength needed to gain additional social status as royalty. This can be seen when she says, “The raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my battlements. Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe topful of direst cruelty!” (Macbeth 1.5. 38-43). She isn't sure there's enough manhood to go around between herself and her husband, so she calls upon scheming spirits to "unsex me here." This is her vivid way of asking to be stripped of feminine weakness and invested with masculine resolve. She imagines herself as a vessel which may be emptied out and refilled "from the crown to the toe." Lady Macbeth simply insults her husband to make him do what...
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...Gender is a range of physical, mental, and behavioral characteristics distinguishing between masculinity and femininity.[1][2][3] Depending on the context, the term may refer to sex (i.e. the state of being male or female), social roles (as in gender roles), or gender identity.[1][2][3][4] Gender studies is a branch of the social sciences. Sexologist John Money introduced the terminological distinction between biological sex and gender as a role in 1955. Before his work, it was uncommon to use the word "gender" to refer to anything but grammatical categories.[1][2] However, Money's meaning of the word did not become widespread until the 1970s, when feminist theory embraced the distinction between biological sex and the social construct of gender. Today, the distinction is strictly followed in some contexts, especially the social sciences[5][6] and documents written by the World Health Organization (WHO).[4] In contrast, for many contexts, including some areas of social sciences, the meaning of gender has expanded to include "sex" or even to replace the latter word.[1][2] Although this gradual change in the meaning of gender can be traced to the 1980s, a small acceleration of the process in the scientific literature was observed when the Food and Drug Administration started to use "gender" instead of "sex" in 1993.[7] "Gender" is now commonly used even to refer to the physiology of non-human animals, without any implication of social gender roles.[2] In the English literature...
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