3) Life Choice: The Powers That Be? [Categories: Life Choice, Making Connections]: Please copy and paste the following bullet points into your blog post and complete the following:
Margaret, a black girl, a maid at the white woman house, was discriminated by her racist boss, Mrs Cuillnan by calling her name 'Mary' instead of 'Margaret' without her consent just because it was too long for her to call the full name. Thus why, she intentionally broke the casserole dish and two green glass cups, which Mrs Cuillnan valued most in order to compensate that she was insult.
If i were her, I would choose the way she did for two reasons. In the paragraph, there is one incomplete sentence, " Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words.. '. I would like to finish that sentence. Words can even break our deepest mind and soul. My first reason is that it is hard to bear the load of the words than the pain. Plus, most people don't want to be anybody else in fact they love just the way they are. Also, Margaret wanted to enjoy the way she was. not to be 'Mary', a clumsy little black nigger, what Mrs Cuillnan named without her consent. Hence, she was feeling painful deep inside her heart whenever she heard 'Mary'. Moreover, one may not recognize or understand other people's situation until he face his own.She took the action to revenge her pain by breaking the most valued possessions of her boss. Due to that, Mrs Cuillnan got hysteria and finally realized her real name again. During the war, my grandfathers moved from China to Myanmar, my home country and married to my grandmothers from Myanmar. Thus, my parents and our siblings are half Chinese and half Burmese. During my seventh grade, I got a new friend, smart little girl , transferred from another school .We used to hang out and study together. She was clever enough to get the first place in that seventh grade. My grade was on the average. One day, my other friend told me that she called me that stupid mixed blood girl and even though i used to study together with her, i couldn't get the first place like her. I couldn't believe what my other friend said as I thought she was not that kind of person, may be we became close enough to be a best friend for me. Later, she recorded her voice and prove it. Thus, I started thinking what i should do. Should i ignore the words she said behind my back? Or should i challenge her words 'stupid mixed blood girl'?. If i ignored her words, she would continue thinking me a stupid. How dare she call me like that! I noticed that i couldn't stand and ignore her words. I told her to apologize for her words but what she said was if i get better mark than her on the exam, she will. I studied hard and finally i beat her. She said sorry but i said " Thanks to you, because of your words, I was never ever stupid.'
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Don Hart
9/14/2017 10:10:07 am
Zun, I really like the way you chose to support Margaret and how you used quotes from the story, that you and I both know aren't true because words can hurt.
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Sabatino
9/15/2017 03:42:06 am
Thanks for sharing this post. I appreciate your choice to finish a quote from the story with your own words and interpretation. I also appreciate your willingness to share such a personal story from your life.
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9/17/2017 07:26:52 pm
Zun, I think you did a really nice job writing this blog post. I also admire your work ethic, and the fact that you don't let others bring you down! :)
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Regina King
9/19/2017 03:02:24 pm
Hello Zun,
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9/21/2017 09:23:45 am
I really like your points on why you agree with Margaret breaking the dishes. I also agree. One thing I loved that you wrote was your advisement of the phrase, sticks and stones.... well said!!!!
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