...Every day there are new obstacles that get in the way of life; whether they’re political, economic, educational, familial, or societal. In the book, Hidden Figures, a nonfictional narrative written by Margot Lee Shetterly, Shetterly describes the lives of four women and other African-Americans, and the obstacles they had to overcome growing up as African-Americans in Hampton Virginia during the early to late 1900’s. While those women had many amazing personality traits and characteristics that helped them overcome many obstacles, perseverance was the most dominant trait that allowed them to overcome obstacles in their lives, such as familial, societal, and political. There are many obstacles in society that can be overcome, or at least improved, by perseverance. Perseverance helped many African Americans, overcome many societal problems. One way the African Americans persevered through societal problems was through non-violent sit-ins. One quote from Hidden Figures states, “The students called their protests ‘sit-downs’ or ‘sit-ins.’ Sometimes, the police arrested the protesters and took them off to jail. The prison sentences that followed didn’t discourage the activists. They did not intend to back down until they had defeated segregation.” The definition of perseverance, “steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay...
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...we face. Whether they are good or bad or if they are from someone in our lives or if it is a conflict we have to face, these things will be what challenge us to push us harder for our dreams to come true. Having dreams are a good thing with Briony, hers where to be a famous writer, and this all started with the play she wanted to through for her brother Leon. Also conflict plays a pretty big roll with Briony, especially what had happen to her cousin Lola and Paul Marshall. The last one that impacted the message to Briony was wither her sister Cecilia and Robbie, this was a big controversy about them never getting back together. No matter who you are, you will always be faced with challenges whether they are good or bad, there are always obstacles you have to face and move forward with them. Briony dream is to be a famous writer; even though she is only 13 years old she already knows her dreams and her vision for it. She wants to put this play The Tail of Arabella on for her big brother Leon because she is excited that he is coming home form London. Briony was hardly to know it then, but tis was the project’s highest point of fulfillment. Nothing came near it for satisfaction; all else was dreams and frustrations (McEwan 18). This quote is imported to the point where Briony never really knew that her dreams would come true. She was so happy for this play to happen but with all dreams there is frustrations. To put this play on for her brother there were so many frustrations that...
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...Justice and injustice are contingent on the societal and individual views. In Antigone and “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, Antigone and Martin Luther King Jr. fight against the alleged justice and order of the society in order to pursue the real justice. Although Antigone has the stake of perturbing her dead brother' dignity and peace while Dr. King has the stake of losing the opportunity for African Americans to be free and treated equally, both of them are so determined to achieve their goals that they choose to act against the injustice despite their stakes. In Antigone and “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, both Antigone and Dr. King disobey unjust laws and pursue justices that are in accordance with their moral codes. In the play Antigone, Sophocles writes about how the antagonist Antigone disobeys unjust rules that...
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...DIANA ZUNIGA APRIL 14TH 2009 PRINCIPLES OF ETHICS RESEARCH PAPER MR. PHLEPS In the Muslim religion women are often covering up to show modesty. But it is not a requirement some Muslims reveal. Here is a passage from the Quran: "Say to the believing man that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that will make for greater purity for them; and Allah is well acquainted with all that they do. And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; and that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what must ordinarily appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or the slaves whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments ..." (Qur'an 24:30-31) Many Muslims argue that it is mandatory that all women cover up. But others disagree. Many claim that it is a choice and that they have the freedom to choose to cover up or not. The incident earlier this week has this issue in question. A woman in Orland Park was arrested for gruesome charges. She beat her 2 year old niece over the course of 4 days. Resulting in...
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...heritage (light) that he’s lost to darkness, which in this situation manifests as homelessness and alcoholism. The story recounts Jackson’s struggles of pulling together enough money to buy back the regalia. Despite encountering generous cops and winning lotto tickets, Jackson always finds himself short on change, spending the money on food or “bottles of imagination” (Alexia 99). Darkness acts as an obstacle. Jackson’s alcoholism prevents him from ever getting together enough money to buy back the regalia. Despite this, it is because he is aware of his darkness that he even has the strength to try. Jackson, at one point, says, “I want to be a hero… I want to win it back like a knight” (Alexie 110). Motivated by the need to restore his family’s heritage, or his own enlightenment, Jackson works to move from darkness to light. He wants to be more than a drunk, homeless Indian, and it is this need to move out of the darkness that motivates him to move towards the light. The prejudice Jackson experiences as he is stereotyped into a category of a listless bum, though it serves as an obstacle, also is the main motivation behind seeking his enlightenment. Without the need to move above his stereotype, Jackson would have never worked so hard to restore his heritage. As he actively seeks out his enlightenment by way of repossessing his grandmother’s regalia, darkness both hinders and drives Jackson Jackson on his...
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...Jail System Paper Introduction According the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives (NCIA) “453 jail inmates committed suicide in 1985 and 401 in 1986” (Tartaro & Ruddell, 2006 , para1). What is it about prisons that would make an inmate take their life? The jail system traditionally is underfunded and understaffed. Today in prisons and jails the overcrowding is a big concern. For many the jail is a house of horror. The current problems with the jail system will be discussed in this paper. Solutions to the problems will be given as well. Describe the jails place in corrections and its role throughout history. The jails role in corrections is to hold inmates that are awaiting trial, there on bench warrants, unable to make bail, awaiting a transfer, or serving sentences of a year or less. Besides the obvious role of the jail, it also plays a role in corrections because it helps to rehabilitate the inmate. This is done by offering a variety of treatment programs that the inmate has the option to participate in. It is not required for the inmate to participate in a program, unless ordered by the court, but it is a good idea to do so. One may wonder what the historical significance of the jail is which is quite obvious, it has been around for quite some time and has proven a success throughout history, which is why there are so many jails around today. The jails historical role was to hold prisoners that were waiting for their trial or punishment. The...
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...Punishment Research Paper Katherine Birchler University of Phoenix (AXIA) It is easy to see that many types of punishments in regards to someone who commits a crime don’t necessarily have long term effects. In other words, the punishment used in American society has not deterred crime. There are four types of punishment used in American society which are: retribution, deterrence, rehabilitation, and societal protection. There have been many research studies that described the results of each one. The first type of punishment which is called retribution can be described as the belief of doing unto them as they have done to others. Many consider this as the old saying of an “eye for an eye,” and example of punishments of these includes death penalties, life sentences, or other forms of capital punishments. Though there are a lot of controversies about this type of punishment, there are still others who still believe this kind of punishment. It is by far the oldest form of punishment to date and still considered popular today. The effects can be damaging nonetheless to everyone involved in this process. The families of the victim(s) and the offender all grieve however judges and the authorities might justify the punishment as a way of making sure one hundred percent that the criminal will never commit their viscous act. Retribution usually happens when the offender is a serial murderer or someone else who has killed many people and is threat...
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...nor necessary for females, the only time girls were allowed to attend school was when the boys were sent out for agricultural labor. She met a variety of intellectuals and reformers during her stay with the Williams Rathbone family in England. She returned to the United States after the death of her mother and her grandmother left her financially independent. After her return she spent time focusing on herself and her life. She began teaching, writing books and poetry for younger children. In 1841 she was asked to teach women at East Cambridge jail Sunday school. That marked the beginning of her fight where she unexpectedly came across the “innocent and guilty, young and old, sane and insane crowded into the same miserable, unheated facility. Those regarded as insane were often chained or otherwise restrained. “(Fred R. 2007). Her teaching gave her the ability to make a difference in the world. Following her time at East Cambridge Jail, Dorothea began to visit every public and private facility prison that she could get access to and document the conditions she found with unflinching honesty based on what she saw. The Massachusetts legislature is where she made her first legal mark in attempting to create some kind of reform by presenting her findings and documentation to them. The findings made during her visits were unpleasant, they were sexually abused, or left half naked as well as left without heat or proper sanitation. They were also not fed well and chained down often times...
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...Letter from a Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King Jr. wrote Letter from a Birmingham Jail in response to his white clergy men, who criticized his actions which landed him in jail. This letter was primarily directed at the religious leaders who had the power to do something about segregation, but chose not to. Martin Luther King Jr. used Biblical examples to show that his nonviolent actions were essential for African Americans to move forward in this country. He communicates this message very effectively to these men by using examples from the Apostle Paul and King Solomon who were preached about in the churches of the religious leaders. He also justifies his nonviolent action by comparing it to “just” and “unjust” using one example of Hitler. “We should not forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was ‘legal’” King claims there is no better timing for a resolution to an issue that has been at conflict for 340 years and that there was no wrong-doing during this "sit-in." Martin Luther King Jr. is asking for the help of the clergymen so they can move forward with Civil Rights. These, clergy, men possess the power to change people's mind,s and yet do not even try. King gives such overwhelming emotion when he compares the situation in Birmingham with Biblical situations. He is very professional and polite at the beginning which helps the audience to really listen to what he has to say. When he really gets his point through is when he gradually gets firmer...
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...do something you may regret for the rest of your life. According TO NIDA FOR TEENS: THE SCIENCE BEHIND DRUG ABUSE, drugs are chemicals or substances that change the way our bodies work. Drugs find their way into your bloodstream, whether you ingest, inhale or inject them, they are then transported to parts of your brain. Weighing about three pounds, the brain is made of many parts that all work together as a team. Each part of your brain has a job to do. When drugs enter your brain, they can interrupt the work and actually change the way your brain performs its jobs. These changes in the brain are what lead to compulsive drug use, the hallmark of addiction. Alby, an eighteen year old teen who was residing in a maximum-security jail, ended up in jail because he began dealing drugs. HEADS UP: REAL NEWS ABOUT DRUGS AND YOUR BODY, recorded that it all started one summer day on a street corner in Yonkers, New York, when Alby was thirteen. One of his friends told him “You need to get your mind right. Hit this blunt”. Alby didn’t hesitate to try it, at the time he didn’t have the strength to say “no”. He wanted to fit in and if smoking a blunt lead to him being “cool” he would do it. With his parents never being there for him, with them being drug addicts themselves, he didn’t believe it would be an issue if he tried the blunt. After that day he would get high every chance he could and eventually he...
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...The court process is here to basically keep everything going like an “assembly line” and to keep things working certain steps have to be taken. Discretion is used here in the way of the crime control model and due process model. Crime control being more of a machine driven to do one thing and one thing only, to get innocent people out and guilty people in, On the other side of things we have due process model which is more of an obstacle course, because of it being much harder to prove guilt. In the long run these two models clash in everyday law but are both needed to have a fair decision, as not all crime can be looked at the the same. Punishment Sentencing Options: Discretion is very thin here. As reason shows if crime drops so should inmate count, then why hasn’t it? Crime continues to drop but inmate count goes up this is because law enforcement continues to put people in jail for unfair amounts of time for not very serious crimes. An excellent example is the whole battle for Marijuana. Incarceration The Jail and Prison System: Jail and prison system is meant to be used for rehabilitation and basically re-programming offenders into accepted human beings. But the truth is there expensive and with...
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...Most teenagers have probably explored with alcohol use in high school before college. The problem with underage drinking is a problem throughout all high school and colleges around the country. A lot of people don’t understand the consequences or the impact it can have on their lives, as they get older. Most of the time parents are unaware of the risks that their children face when they are involved in underage drinking. According to the National Survey on Drug Use, it is approximated that 24% of the population between the ages of 12 through 20 have engaged in underage drinking. Medical Experts say that alcohol can be used to increase metabolism and also helps with digestion. Despite the fact that it is against the law for college and high school students to consume alcohol, there is a large amount of teenagers experiencing the usage of alcohol. Even though it is said to be favorable, too much consumption has led to negative result and side effects. It is apparent that teenage alcohol abuses are basic problems that need to be taken up in society by our leaders, advisers and as well as the parents. Many people ask this question everyday, “Why do teenagers take prescription drugs?” Well most of the time teens wrongly believe that these drugs are more safe than regular drugs mainly because they are accessible to them from home or from friends. Breaking away from reality and being bored are the main reasons that teenagers abuse drugs. Peer pressure to continue friendships and...
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...the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” - Martin Luther King Jr. The gift of eloquent speech that has been graced towards our like minds has swindled the air of its breath and left a nation to exercise dire beliefs at an unpropitious time, where one may counter with the rejoice in the accomplishments of one man’s dream; “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” This man so happens to be Martin Luther King Jr. And so we know that no great accomplishment is awarded without a price, that no humble belief is executed without determination and that through the obstacles of life, the intangible becomes the tangible. First, it starts with the segregation of blacks and whites in the public areas...
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...states that anything can truly be possible if you have enough of it to push you through any dire predicament; another synonym of hope is the word faith. Without any of these qualities instilled within a person how would they learn to move past obstacles thrown at them in life? Surely, without hope, one would be a lost, wandering soul with no aim whatsoever in life. In the movie, Shawshank Redemption by Frank Darabont, it determines hope being a vital thing. It proves to us that every day that we live is based on the hopes of doing better, the glimmer of faith that brightens our dullest moments and paves our ways to success especially during times of stress and misfortune. After watching the move, it got me thinking just how pivotal hope is and how it could vastly affect our everyday lives. Shawshank Redemption centers around 3 prisoners, Andy, Red and Brook who’ve bonded over one common dream through one common quality – it was to get out of prison with hope. Andy was faultily convicted for life for a crime he allegedly didn’t commit, which was for the death of his wife. During his time in prison, he’d experience bouts of loneliness and isolation but them comes to the realization that with hope and a little tactful thinking, he’d get out of jail. Andy becomes friends with the prison ‘fixer’ Red, which was a character who’d frequently provide the 2 other prisoners with supplies of cigarettes and alcohol. Andy tries his level best to get used to the whole prisoner lifestyle but still...
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...Stuart Anderson explains that "Foreign- born are less likely to commit crimes than Native-born people who are in the U.S illegally tend to stay away from the law because of their illegal status. "illegal immigrants have an incentive to avoid contact with law enforcement even for minor offences- since such contact id likely to increase the chances that their illegal status will be revealed." (Stuart Anderson) They didn’t come to the U.S to suddenly get arrested and get deported back that would be an act of stupidity. There has also been researching that has said there are more people who are native in the United States that are in jail than people who were born here but have no ancestry. " The U.S born adult men are in jail at a rate 2.5x greater than that of foreign-born." (Stuart Anderson) From this information, you can see that there aren't as many bad immigrants that we thought there would be. We think immigrants as terrorists or maybe something worse, but you can see immigrants or people who were not born in the U.S have a lower crime rate than U.S born citizens. So you can sense that immigrants aren't bad people who come to other countries to destroy...
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