Who did you work with to compose your life-choice memoir? Was this a good approach?
I worked with myself. I don't speak to any of my former foster mothers and my son was way too small to know what was going on. I thought that it was a good approach coming from an emotional person who told the truth of her story nothing more nothing less. What rhetorical mode and genre are you using? I used description for the rhetorical mode and for genre I used a little science fiction, but I would also say that others would laugh at some of the word choices I chose to use. When did you write this project? Good approach? I actually wrote the project through the week, trying to figure out ways I could explain it while adding dramatic action to it.
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In Hills Like White Elephants, (Ernest Hemingway) tells a story of two people man and women who are on their way to a destination. The author explains that during their wait for an express train, they stop at a close bar to order drinks and converse. During their await the women frequently drifts off into the land of sand on the other side of the tracks comparing it to white elephants in similarity. During their await they also have a deep discussion on whether to make a decision of some sort that will possibly better their lives and their relationship.
Does she stay in her relationship with the man? Yes the women stays in her relationship with the man. Telling by the way the story includes her being concerned of whether the decision she makes will either make him love her. She is also concerned on if their love will rekindle the way it used to gives me the impression that she stays with this man. She is not upset with him, she just seems to be mildly emotional and contemplative. Contemplative on whether the decision she makes will either help them or hinder them. She has a lot on her mind it seems and because she does love him, she even goes to tell him to stop talking a couple times possibly to prevent an argument. She stays with him because she has that idea that he could genuinely love and care for her the way he expresses to her multiple times in the story. Her presence surrounding him alone says enough of them staying together, I mean she is with him. They’ve been to places together, they will be getting on the train they’ve been waiting forty minutes to get on together, and they intend on enduring their next obstacle together. When have you made a important choice to stay in a relationship or leave a relationship -- OR -- stay or leave a difficult situation? I encourage you to write a scene that shows the moment. Consider using dialogue. Coming straight out of high school I needed a job that would allow me to help contribute to the rent my sons father was paying. Two days after I received my diploma I was hired at this fashion boutique in Center City. The hours were amazing and I was off on the weekend so the job was a keeper. At age eighteen six hundred eighty dollars biweekly was rich people money and I was only paying half the rent and no utilities. I thought I was living a good life. I stayed at the job for two and a half years enduring my boss’ commands of unlimited cleaning, imposing on costumers and hard competition against my coworkers. “You are the best sales person Karah, but you need to sell more”. He would say. Thanks Brad, but I don’t think the costumers like when I’m following them and making them feel like their stealing.” I responded “Dont worry about that just sell.” There were bad vibes between the associates because of the way he made us compete against one another. ”Karah you only sold five bags, MeMe sold seven you need to be more like MeMe.” He would retort. ”Okay Brad.” When the store got slow at times he would bring us in his office one by one and tell us off. ”If you don’t make money, I cut your hours and you will have less money on your paycheck,” he said angrily. ”Okay Brad, I will try.” “You are the best sells person here, one day you will have office here and won’t have to work hard.” He would say. “Okay Brad, I can’t wait.” I responded so naively The demand and what my boss wanted was getting to be too much. Many of the business women would come into the store and insist on talking me into going back to school to persue a degree. I knew I couldn’t stay there, but I also knew Brad needed me and I didn’t want to let him down. After two in a half years I quit and honestly I’m happy I did. What a piece of mind it gave me. In What You Don't Know, (Lulu Wang) records the actions her family take when her grandmother is diagnosed with cancer. The author explains that her family makes the choice of keeping this information discreet from NaoNai (grandmother), so that she could be free from any stress and concern.
In My Name is Margaret, (Maya Angelou) writes about a time when a young black girl named Margaret was groomed to work as a servant in a white women's strict home. Ms Glory, a cook who had worked for Mrs. Cuillinan for twenty years had taught Margaret specifically the names of different plates, and glasses and where everything had to be placed orderly. Margaret had pitied Mrs Cuillinan greatly because of her inability to birth children and her unnattractedness. She had enjoyed working at Mrs Cuillinan’s home with Ms Glory, until the day Mrs Cuillinans speckled face friend had rubbed off on Mrs Cuillinan who had down graded Margaret and renamed her Mary because the name Margaret she felt was too long. Unaccaepting of this new name, Margaret would soon find a way to get herself fired.
Did you agree with Margaret's choice to break the casserole dish and two green glass cups? The direct disrespect of calling someone a new name without their permission for whatever reason would most likely make any human being want to retaliate in one way or another. Margaret had definitely made a statement of breaking the dish and cup, which she was content with after obviously being hurt with how it all went down. I do agree with with Margaret’s choice to break the casserole dish and two green grass cups. Only, after first approaching Mrs Cuillinan and maybe explaining to her my disappointment of her speckled face friend speaking down upon me and trying to change my name without my consent, which in return had Mrs Cuillinan permanently calling me Mary again without out my consent, would I wait for a reply of aggreeance or opposition. I of course feel that regardless if Margaret worked for Mrs Cuillinan or walked pass her in the morning black or white, Margaret and any body else deserved the right to be called by the name that they were given and not except a name (especially without their consent). Hopefully Mrs Cuillinan would understand this and compromise. If not,oh hell yes, I agree to help her break the damn casserole dish and two green glass cups. When have you made an important choice to either resist or not resist oppression, challenge the status quo, or refuse to obey an authority figure? I have a mother who will say quite a few or more disrespectful things to her children without thought as to how it will make us feel. I have endured it since I was younger and being younger accepting it because I thought that it was just a thing mother’s say because their angry. Growing up and being surrounded by other mothers and realizing that when they get angry they don’t ever say the harsh words mothers just don’t say to their children or any one that they love. Other then retaliating with stabbing her with my harsh words, I have learned to love her from a distance. I couldn’t stab her with harsh words any way because she would knock my head off my shoulders grown and all. I just keep my distance and that as well increases my peace. By me doing that I realize that when we do speak I rarely ever get a disrespectful quote from her. I think she realizes that by me keeping my distance that’s my way of screaming, “Mom I’m not taking your shit or anybody else’s because I don’t have to.” I realized that you don’t always have to retaliate against people with violence or negativity. Sometimes staying calm and positive will set somebody on fire because they know that they can’t do anything to you. Sometimes it shows them what an idiot they are and hopefully turns their negativity into positivity. Teach Writing as a Process Not a Product (Don Murray)
"Year after year the student shudders under a barrage of criticism, much of it brilliant, some of it stupid, and all of it irrelevant." -Don Murray "The students are individuals who must explore the writing process in their own way, some fast, some slow, whatever it takes for them, within the limits of the course deadlines, to find their own way to their own truth." -Don Murray "A student who clearly understands his purpose is not likely to be trapped by an accidental sequence of ideas, for he will recognize when he is going astray. " -Don Murray The Daily Writing Routines of Great Writers (Maria Popova) "A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper." -E.B. White "You write until you come to a place where you still have your juice and know what will happen next and you stop and try to live through until the next day when you hit it again." -Ernest Hemmingway "I write in spurts. I write when I have to because the pressure builds up and I feel enough confidence that something has matured in my head and I can write it down." Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (Anne Lamott) "Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see only see ass far as the headlights." -E. L. Doctorow "Writing can be a pretty desperate endeavor, because it is about some of our deepest needs: our need to be visible, to be heard, ou need to make since of our lives, to wake up grow and belong." -Ann Lamott "The right words or sentences just do not come pouring out like ticker tape most of the time." -Ann Lamott My Quotes "I express everything better on paper and even tho it can be dramatic, its true." "It depends on the mood and the music, is when you can get a good story out of me." "Writing is theraputic to me. I feel heavy and anxious before the process and relaxed at the end of it." _1._ What is your idea of perfect happiness?
My idea of perfect happiness is great physical and mental health, peace of mind, love receptive and giving, knowledge and of course the presence of family. _2._What is your greatest fear? My greatest fear is losing either of my children to death. I had to watch a mother who lost her child pick herself up mentally and emotionally after losing her child a little over a year ago and it has not been a smooth sailor still to this day. I pray everyday that I wont have to experience that part of life as it could possibly happen. _3._ What is the trait that you mostly deplore in yourself? The trait that I mostly deplore in myself is wanting the attention of being seen. Although I am far from desperate for it, I still have tendencies of doing things like being loud. Even though I cant help myself with being loud (my whole family is obnoxiously loud oh my goodness), I still feel the need to have something to say, wanting someone to acknowledge it. _4._ What is the trait you most deplore in others? A trait I mostly deplore in others are the pathological lies they tell. I seem to attract a few who lie about things they can just be honest about. The messed up thing is that I have caught them repetitively in lies, so now if they are being honest, I don't even know what is true or not. _5._ Which living person do you mostly admire? I admire many people, but I admire a girl I once knew who was forced to grow up because she gave birth to a little girl at age 15. She believed in pursuing her education and did not let raising her daughter successfully hinder her. She has broken through obstacles and overcame adversities from being hungry at nights and homeless at times to receiving her Bachelors degree in Communications at the age of 23, the youngest of her colleagues in the Municipal building and so much more. I admire her tremendously. _6._ What is you greatest extravagance? My greatest extravagance was paying for my nine year old son to go to this summer reading class at Temple University. I think education is important and I drill that in him consistently. I rather buy a book before I buy anything else (even though I splurge on food excessively) I am glad that I invested in that class for him because it really made a difference. _7._ What is your current state of mind? My current state of mind is a mixture of contentment and eagerness. I am enjoying that my daughter is enjoying YouTube on the I pad while I am getting homework done and not trying to get thru my shirt for me to breastfeed her. At the same time of contentment I am eager because I procrastinated all week for homework that has a deadline. __8.__What do you consider the most overrated virtue? I consider perfection to be an overrated virtue. People want to be great at everything that they do to the point that failure cant be an option. Student get pissed off at having a B+ then an A and kids color and get upset when the color go out of the line. Women have to look their best to the point of surgery and even athletes are tearing their ligaments from working overly hard. Perfection will kill a person if they allow it. __9.__On what occasion do you lie? I lie occasionally when I feel like somebody else is lieng in order to try and sound smart. I will come up with something that opposes what they are saying just to be petty. __10.__What do you most dislike about your appearance? I am not the biggest fan of my stomach and it’s gut. After I had my son, it seems like I can’t get rid of it. It’s not the most attractive and thank god I have tricks and trades to dispose it. __11.__Which living person do you most despise? I know this girl who grew up in a middle class family. She finished school went to college and is doing will in a self employed business (I love it). What I despise about her is the fact that she puts on this act like she lived in the trenches, struggled in poverty and made from there to be the success she is today. I despise her and people like her. __12.__What is the quality you most like in a man? The quality I like most in a man is the love and respect he has for his mother. __13.__What is the quality you most like in a woman? The quality I like most in a women is the love and respect that she has for other women. I grew in a world full of women in competition and it baffles me. It is the sweetest thing to see women picking each other up off of the ground. __14.__Which words or phrases do you most overuse? I use “like” repetitively after almost every other word, to the point I don’t realize that I’m saying it. __15.__What or who is the greatest love of your life? The greatest love of my life is my daughters father. I’ve known him since 2011 and whether the experiences were good or bad he has taught me so many things and still is. I love him until God wakes me up and tells me other wise or puts me to sleep, either or. __16.__When and where were you happiest? i was happiest last year when I vacated in Ocean Maryland. The time share home that I was in was beautiful. My children and I enjoyed the activities and festivities. We were away from the everyday obligations where we were blessed with a few days of peace and restoration. __17.__Which talent would you most like to have? I have a very creative talent. Even though I do not put it to use I am a very talented portrait drawer. __18.__If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? If I could change one thing about my self, it would be to be more confident in myself. I done give myself enough credit. I have done many amazing things that I need to be nothing less then proud of. __19.__What do you consider your greatest achievement? My greatest achievement was staying mentally strong in a situation that was suppose to financially, emotionally, mentally and physically destroy me. I have been surrounded by women who allow situations similar to mine break down and give up, It was only right that I follow suit, but I didn’t. I am extremely proud of myself. __20.__If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be? If I were to die and come back to life, I would probably want to be ocean water. Other then the oil spill that I pray doesn’t come to suffocate me, I can rest worry free and go where ever the wind takes me. I don’t have to follow rules or give them. Life might be alright all winter, spring, summer and fall. __21.__Where would you most like to live? Honestly, I am completely happy living in Pennsylvania, especially because the weather gives a combination of temperatures I enjoy. __22.__What is your most treasured possession? My most treasured possession are my eyeglasses. I cannot do anything without them on my face. Everything and everyone are useless without them. __23.__What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? The lowest depth of misery for me is not being able to physically function and having to depend on people with my life. Especially those who only come to get paid and lack passion. __24.__What is your favorite occupation? My favorite occupation was being an employee at Trader Joe’s for two years. It was always busy, food was always being cooked, for product knowledge, so I got to eat for free. I was surrounded by optimistic, happy, genuine, knowledgeable people. __25.__What is your most marked characteristic? My most marked characteristic is my high energy and funny character. I make people laugh sometimes purposely and many times unexpectedly. __26.__What do you most value in your friends? I value my friends’ desire to see each of their friends succeed and not lack. __27.__Who are your favorite writers? My favorite writer right now is Robert Kiyasoki. He is wealthy and self employed and gives advice on the business aspect. He’s good. __28.__Who is your hero of fiction? I always loved the powderpuff girls. __29.__Which historical figure do you most identify with? I identify with African American tennis ball player Althea Gibson. She grew up in the ghetto and overcame obstacles with determination and motivation and the passion of tennis ball playing. __30.__Who are your heroes in real life? My hero was my former client whom I use to take care of. She is my hero because she always prayed for me. I know that her prayers kept me in a safe and prosperous place🔆. She past away, but she is still my hero. __31.__What are your favorite names? My favorite names are Aeryn which is my daughters name and Ahry pronounced Awry. __32.__What is it that you most dislike? I really dislike fleas and bedbugs. __33.__What is your greatest regret? My greatest regret is falling in love without truly getting to know my significant other and myself. __34.__How would you like to die? I would like to die a quick and painless death, like a pluck to my neck and that’s it. __35.__What is your motto? My motto is “You gotta do wat chu gotta do dog.” |
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