...Christopher Lejuez Franken Summary David Zinczenko states that “If ever there were a newspaper headline for Jay Leno’s monologue it would say that; kids’ taking on McDonald’s this week, suing the company for making them fat. Meaning that people are trying to sue for something they did to themselves. Zinczenko also questions, whatever happened to personal responsibility? When David was growing up he claims that he was also a fast-food patron. He was a typical mid – 1980’s latchkey kid. His parents weren’t in any relationship with each other, with his mother working long hours, by the time she reached home it had probably passed lunch and dinner. So David had no other choice but buy inexpensive from fast food restaurants like McDonalds, Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut. By the age of 15 David was already more than 200 pounds. He then began to change the way he ate after joining the Navy Reserves when he was in college. David believed that most of the teenagers who lived like the way he did won’t turn their lives around, because they’re under the golden arches to a most likely fate of lifetime obesity. It states that before 1994, diabetes in children was generally caused by a genetic disorder. Today there are 30 percent more of childhood cases of diabetes in this country. David suggests that no one should eat more than one meal from any fast food restaurant in one day. He also guarantees that if you drive down any thoroughfare you will see a McDonald’s restaurant...
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...Immersed in American culture since she was three, Barrientos is fighting to be accepted by the Latino Community. The problem is that she struggles with speaking Spanish; her native language. In Se Habla Español, Barrientos says, Spanish is the unofficial meter of how strong a Latino’s roots truly are (Barrientos, 2004). This summary will analyze the essay “Se Habla Español” by Tanya Maria Barrientos. I will discuss Barrientos’ purpose, her audience, the genre and her tone. As a child, Barrientos was proud of not knowing how to communicate in Spanish. She believed, “speaking Spanish translated into being poor.” (as cited in Barrientos, 2004). She hated being labeled a Mexican and just wanted to fit in. Barrientos wanted nothing to do with being Latino and enjoyed just being an American who happened to from another country. As she grew older, America evolved and so did her views of being a Latina. Wanting to learn more about how Latinos lived as Spanish-Americans, she interviewed Latinos of various spectrums. She learned that if nothing else, Spanish is what ties them all together (Barrientos, 2004).Barrientos inability to speak Spanish made her feel like she couldn’t really call herself a Latina. She worried, when other Latinos see how much she struggles to speak the language, she’ll get that confused stare she witness so many times (Barrientos, 2004). Most people assume she already knows how to speak Spanish because after all, she is Guatemalan. Barrientos...
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...Summary and Personal Response – Draft Version Professor Afshin Hafizi ENG115 April 23, 2013 The purpose of Russell Baker’s “On Becoming a Writer” was to share his love of writing. Not only to share his love of writing, but to also shine light onto those who believe that their dreams are farfetched, or unobtainable. He does this by utilizing an autobiography of his youth. He wishes to convey his passion of writing on to others through his words of his own past. Directed towards a general audience, he uses wording which shows tenderness, commitment, love and passion for the art form of writing. Russell Baker came to be the accomplished writer he is today by overcoming the many different obstacles that were in his youth. Russell states in his autobiography, “the notion of becoming a writer had flickered off and on in my head since the Belleville days.” (Baker, 2011) When Russell says this it gives the reader a sense of purpose, and a commitment attached at a young age. He conveys to reader his hopes and aspirations at a young age of becoming a self-made author. Coming to realize that writing was not looking like the best career choice, he started to become bored of his English classes. Hopes and dreams start at a young age, and for Russell, his seems to be out of reach. He thought that writing was for the rich, that he would not be able to create a life for himself through his writing. He had not realized yet that, our words are the most powerful thing we have to offer...
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...Oscar Alvarez SP 100 M&W 11-15-12 Jared Short Summary Response From day 1 that the group project was given to us I felt that we approached the assignment with ease. We heard and understood the professors instructions, soon after began with selecting a leader that would represent our group. The group members were Jarrett, Greg, and I voted Michael to be the leader of our group. Since this is not a dictating leadership, although it was not mentioned or brought up I made sure to select Ch. 8 “Enhancing Relationships” because I felt it was much easier then the rest of the options. After voting Michael and choosing Ch. 8 as our assigned presentation we skimmed through the pages within the chapter highlighting keywords and main points we can use to benefit out presentation. We chose to divide the chapter into 4 equal parts all under what the title of our chapter says “ Enhancing Relationships”. Although we only found three solid sections; Family, Friends, Colleagues, we decided to add another topic that does support our cause. I helped assign corresponding sub-divisions to each member and allowed them to choose which of the 4 topics they felt most comfortable with. After this we used the rest of class to align ourselves properly and gather any useful information that would help us out. From here...
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...Summary and Personal Response Kelvin Peacock English Composition Professor Wandra Polk 01.31.2013 Summary and Personal Response Se Habla Espanol by Tanya Barrientos was about a Latina girl who struggled with her identity. She was born in Guatemala but has lived in America since she was three years old. In the beginning she was somewhat embarrassed by her Hispanic heritage. Tanya felt inferior to the white people because of how she looked and because of her last name. The tone of the essay was a serious and desperate cry for help. It seemed she was speaking to anyone who could listen and relate to her. Tanya wrote from her point of view and how she felt like a “gringa” trapped in a Latina girl’s body. Tone Tanya had been through the whole situation of taking tutoring to help her develop her Spanish speaking a half dozen times already. She had become frustrated and did not know where she belonged in society. She viewed herself inferior to the others in her class and wanted others to pretend she was a white girl wanting to learn Spanish. She was struggling with her identity and spent a lot of time and money trying to find her true self. You can’t blame her for feeling that way. She saw the type of treatment her parents received when she was a child enrolling in school. All she wanted was a place in society. Audience The primary audience Tanya was speaking to would be anyone...
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...Summary and Personal Response By cause of unforeseen circumstances, Suki and her family are forced to give up their "fairy tale" life in South Korea. In her essay “Facing Poverty with a Rich Girl’s Habits,” Suki Kim (2011, p. 62) shares some of the struggles of fitting in that she endures after moving to America. Due to the financial collapse of her father’s businesses and the option of bankruptcy being out of the question, Suki and her family are forced to abandon their extravagant life in South Korea. After arriving in America, the family takes up residence in Queens, New York (Kim, 2011, p. 62). Suki’s new home is anything but glamorous. She describes it as “a crammed, ugly place” compared to the “hilltop mansion” where she grew up. For the first time in 13 years, she has to make her way through the day-to-day routines without the aid of the hired help. Aside from being stripped of her pampered lifestyle, Suki is now attempting to knock down the language and cultural barriers that separate her from her peers. In her new school, Suki is enrolled in an English as a Second Language class. With this class comes the opportunity for Suki to converse with fellow students in her native language. However, in the midst of these common bonds is also the obvious distinction of social status (Kim, 2011, p. 63). America is most often looked upon as a melting pot where all are welcome with the expectation of being treated equally. It doesn’t take long for Suki to realize that...
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...Assignment 1.1: Summary and Personal Response - Draft Version Dr. Rachel De Luise English 115 April 22, 2012 Suki Kim’s memoir of her life changing experience when she moved with her family to the United States was interesting. She explains in her memoir the struggles she experienced at the abrupt transformation of her life after her father, to avoid jail due to bankruptcy, moved the family to New York. Having lost her former life, Kim embarked upon a journey that was forever life-changing. Early on, her transition from Korea to the United States was difficult at best. Proving most difficult was learning to face “poverty with a rich girl’s habits and memory” (Kim, 2004, p. 63). Learning English came in as the second most difficult. The difference she noticed between her old and new life ran the gamut from her change in social status and class to watching her “glamorous mother, not long ago a society lady who lunch, taking on a job as a fish filleter at a market” (Kim, 2004, p. 63). The difficulty she faced might seem trite to someone who never experienced financial security, but it seems quite devastating to Kim when she loses her domestic help and private tutors. It must have also been an assault to her ideas of respect seeing how different education was viewed by kids in the U.S. Seeing the students who held less respect for teachers and school evidenced by their dismissive behavior and graffiti blemished school walls was mind-boggling to her. How Kim interacted...
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...Assignment 1.2: Summary and Personal Response In “Facing Poverty with a Rich Girl’s Habits,” (Kim, 2004) the author, Suki Kim, writes about the struggles she faced as an impoverished, South Korean, immigrant teen in the 1980’s. Suddenly Kim’s world is turned upside down and she must find a way to survive in a foreign land. She writes emotionally about trying to find a place to fit in with other teens like herself while learning a new language and culture. The writer’s purpose is to tell the story of her difficult transition from rich to poor in a foreign country. She wrote her story in the form of a memoir to reach others like her, immigrants starting over in foreign countries, but also, to anyone who may have ever felt alone and lost in new surroundings. She used a reflective tone as she emotionally described the experiences she went through. Kim starts her story by telling readers about how her life changed in the blink of an eye. Her wealthy family suddenly lost everything when her father lost his businesses and, to avoid prison time, left their beautiful estate in South Korea, fleeing to America with nothing. They settled in Queens, New York in the upstairs of a small house. Things were very different from that to which she was accustomed. She no longer had the luxuries from her rich life; riding the bus instead of being driven, washing her own clothes, and cleaning up her own messes, no governess to help with homework. In school, she joined the English as...
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...Strayer university | Summary and Personal Response | “Farm Girl” by Jessica Hemauer | | Tim Mahoney Debora J Aubuchon, M.A.ENG115 English Composition | 10/29/2012 | Jessica Hemauer wrote “Farm Girl” as an autobiographical non-fiction essay, describing her life growing up on a farm, and its subsequent effect on her life and personality. She is speaking of events in her past, and trying to influence the listener to understand that hard work has benefits, and that what you want may not be what you expected when you get it. In this story, Ms. Hemauer is trying to make the point of how adversity and obstacles, when worked through with support from those around you, not only can be overcome, but can also make you a better person. She is not pleased with her life as a Farm Girl, and she voices her displeasure often throughout the first three quarters of the essay. “I think to myself, ‘A typical ten-year-old child does not have to wake up at five in the morning to do chores!’” (Hemauer, 2011) However, once she realizes the quality of person she has become, she makes an educated and reasoned conclusion that it is due to the work she did helping with chores on her father’s farm. “Though I hated it growing up, working on the farm has taught me many lessons about life, and it has shaped me into the individual I am today.” (Hemauer, 2011) Another point she tries to make as well is that life on a working farm is difficult. She opens with a description of performing her...
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...The story I chose to summarize is “Farm Girl” by Jessica Hemauer; which she writes as a narrative essay. I believe that Hemauer told her story to let the reader know how she grew up as a child on a farm; that while it was hard work, it does pay off in the end. She realized that hard work can teach responsibility, time management, and can be used in every aspect of life. I believe her audience for the paper was youth; someone who could take away that while life is hard you can learn from it and be successful. At first, it seemed like such a difficult life for a young person to have. But by the end of the story I had changed how I felt. She did have a hard life at a young age, but she learned from it and used it in every step of life. While most people her age were still struggling to manage their lives, she learned early what she needed to do to manage her own. Jessica and her siblings had a very strict upbringing. Although “there was no sense complaining,” (Hemauer, 2011) the farm was the most important thing and the everyday routine was something that had to be done. Having to wake up at five in the morning and complete farm chores with her siblings before school while her peers are still sleeping in their warm beds. Not being able to have a social life within the school or with her peers. The cows had to be fed; however, the equipment used to milk the cows had to be sterilized before every use. The one thing that Jessica enjoyed the most was feeding the newborn calves...
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...In the article “Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History”, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich argues that women can make significant impacts in history with words. Thatcher Ulrich expands how the unexpected population gave her a new point of view, which made her original quote an incredible influence in society. The author describes how a journalist used her original quote as an epigraph for history data. Thatcher Ulrich explains in details of how several people think that women were not important and useless in history. Thatcher Ulrich points out that history is about what later creations should be remembered in the present, not just the past. The author describes in detail of how three women changed history in sexual fantasies, segregation, and writing words in diaries in order to create understandings. Thatcher Ulrich pushes for remembrance by using her popular quote in order to be heard and include herself in the story. The author influences her quote to help women regain their lives by using words speak louder than actions (Thatcher Ulrich 656-65). Throughout the article, the overall tones was a combination of inspiration and outspokenness. An example of the tone being inspirational was when the author was “making a commitment to help recover the otherwise obscure women” (Thatcher Ulrich 665). The author’s tone made a promise to help women understand that they can make differences in the community (Thatcher Ulrich 665). Another example for the author’s tone being inspirational was when...
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...A Response to McCloskey McCloskey uses the term “proof” throughout his article, to indicate arguments, such as the cosmological, teleological, and the argument from design, that he claims theists use as points in an argument for a sovereign God. McCloskey’s argument that if one point is weak, then all should be abandoned is rather obtuse and close minded. McCloskey refutes the proofs in just several pages, but neglects to mention how all 3 of them collectively get far closer to solid evidence than just a single one. One way of thinking of this is the old fable of the blind men and the elephant. Each of the blind men touches only a single part of the elephant, such as the trunk, legs, or tusks. As each man touches just a single part they claim that their experience proves the whole. One man may claim that the elephant was obviously long,...
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...The article that I chose to summarize is “Facing Poverty with a Rich Girls Habits” by Suki Kim. I feel as though the main point in this essay would be the difficulty in transitioning from a rich girl in Korea with limos, maids and a governess, to living in the U.S poor. Not speaking the language and having to do everything for themselves. In Korea the Kim family had wealth and all of the luxuries that came with it and we forced to flee to the U.S when the father went bankrupt because bankruptcy was punishable by jail time. The author took public transportation for the first time at 13 years old. This was strange for her because before she was driven to school. She also had difficulties understanding some of the terms used here such as “fresh off the boat” when she had in fact flown to the U.S. In her English as a second language (E.S.L) class she now has to interact with kids that she would have little to no contact with in Korea. The class division is even more pronounced because she knows that the wealthier Korean immigrants migrated to Westchester or Manhattan whereas she and her family were in Queens. Suki Kim stated that she was a part of the 1.5 generation. She stated that “Many of us came to America in our teens, already rooted in Korean ways and language” Kim, S. Facing rich poverty with a rich girls habits. In The interpreter. This generation clashed with first generation immigrants who barely spoke the language they also clash with second generation who were more...
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...Response to “Changed” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow This poem expresses the emotions and unfamiliarity that results from change over time. It uses imagery to express negative and positive feelings that are evoked in the narrator by the same place. This change in feelings shows the evolution of people and their views. The narrator even asks himself, “[i]s it changed, or am I changed?” (Longfellow 6). His search for answers on what caused this emotional shift is explored but none the less he acknowledges that there was a change. Often times “[b]y the years that intervene” we gain experience that leads us to a reconstruction of ourselves that creates new attitude towards life (Longfellow 10). The use of imagery to evoke an emotion from a memory...
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...Unit V Scholarly Activity 1. Based on the response to Hurricane Katrina, what is the relationship between inefficiency and ethical behavior for leaders? How could the response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster have been more effective, and thus more ethical? Your response must be at least 200 words. The relationship between inefficiency and ethical behavior could be described as dependent on each other. They are directly linked because lack of one causes the other. When a leader is morally mature and possesses all the qualities of an ethical leader, the end result is efficiency. We already know an ethical leader is honest, respectable, value driven, and takes initiative. The nation’s leader during this time was President George W. Bush. In...
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