ENGLISH 4... an essay to help you think about Feminism

The Lost Tradition


it will give you a good framework for answering the question on the essay about Feminism...

One thing to consider is what KIND of feminist, if any, is Sara.... this article will help sort that out....

Bread Givers —SPRING 2017—2nd PAPER—Eng 4

CHABOT COLLEGE—SPRING 2017—2^nd PAPER—Eng 4

One of the central claims that James Gilligan makes in his book Violence, and that Mary Pipher makes in her book, Reviving Ophelia, is that girls and women in the United States today are being terribly harmed by something  called the “Girl Code.”  (This code is actually nothing more than the socially expected gender rules for women.) Pipher argues that this Code is everywhere and that girls and women have a hard time not changing their behavior to meet the Code’s guidelines. He goes so far as to say that any girl who resists the code should be called a Hero. And yet, anthropologists have argued that the job of any society is to keep itself growing and prospering. And if this means that some individual members of the society suffer—as long as the society itself is improved--well that is the way it goes. 

For this paper you will be investigating these ideas and coming to your own conclusions about whether you think this trade-off (between the needs of women and the needs of a greater society) is worth it.  Here are the questions for you to consider:

What do you think are some elements of this Gender Code for women in the book or movie?

What are the negative consequences for women when they follow the code in the book or movie?

Could the Code offer any Positive benefits for women? For society?

Is Sara a Hero? Why or why not?

Is Sara a Feminist? Why or why not?

Of course you will want to start paragraph topic sentences off with concepts and keywords, while trying to keep people—Reb/Sara—out of that part of the paragraph. They are brought in later to support your concept. 

And of course you must integrate quotes from Bread Givers, Hester Street and from any other helpful sources you may have in order to support your points. You need to average 2-3 quotes per page of the paper.

The page minimum is 6 full pages….

—BNDJTM (But Never Do Just The Minimum.) 

The first draft is due on ________________

The final draft is due on _________________

HW for English 201 class-- due Monday March 13

Hey there...before we get to the new HW, lets remind ourselves of the HW we have been doing so far...we have started on paper #2 and have asked you to do Q's 1, 2, and 3.  (that equals 9 paras if you do Rule of 3.)

The NEW Homework:

1. finish watching story of stuff.



2. do Q 5 from the essay assignment.  (do 3 paras) Q5    : What are some beliefs or ways of acting or organizations that you see today that you think actually help other humans and/or the planet?

bring the 3 paras from Q5 on monday .... 

HW for English 102 class…due next Monday, March 6

Hey there, so we want to keep reading in our book, Last Hours.

Your reading for this weekend: pls read pgs. 166-225 in the book AND pls read the Afterward of the book. (It starts on pg 356 I think… its 2 pages long and written by Walsch.

Here are your two HW questions to write on. These are very likely going to be part of your essay #2 , SOOOO, you will want to do RULE Of 3 for each … that means pls bring 6 paras next monday. You should integrate quotes into each para…

11. What do you think of Hartmann’s idea that we can learn how to live more harmoniously on the Earth by adapting ideas from what he calls the “Older Culture”?

2. What do you think of Walsch’s idea that you are now one of the “Crucial Ones”?