#Barbara mellix from outside in means update#
Main Selections: Alleen Pace Nilsen, Sexism in English: A l990s Update Robin Lakoff, Women's Language and Men's Language.
Brief Encounters: Rosalie Maggio, Sexist Language. That being said, I do admire Sommers’s aspiration to know everything there is to know in the world as there is still so much we all have to learn.Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Although this “one book” scenario sounds ideal, it would take away the wonder of the world, and maybe even make the world less fascinating. I resonated with this thought as it really would be incredible if there was one book that explained every detail of the world, being that there are so many questions in the world that have not yet been answered. Additionally, I really liked this claim of Sommers’s: “I want to walk into the fields of writing, into those eleven million books, and find the one book that will explain it all”(Sommers, 215). For instance, reading expands one’s knowledge and therefore gives you a better insight on various topics, words or thoughts for your writing. I resonate particularly with this claim as I find that reading can advance my writing and writing can also help my reading. Next, in Sommers’s essay I agree with your statement: “I think this shows the importance of writing because if you can write and create your own words well you can also read and interpret well”. After reading this essay I have a new found respect for Barbara Mellix and individuals that have gone through the same struggles as her. This stood out to me as I can only imagine how tiring it must be to switch between playing a proper role while in public and only playing a relaxed role in private and that they played these roles when they were as young as 10 years old.
Her daughter as young as 10 years old knew when it was appropriate and not appropriate to speak “black English”. Additionally, I found the following statement in Hellix’s essay intriguing: “Had I been speaking to my daughter in this manner in certain other environments, she would have been shocked and probably worried that I had taken leave of my sense of propriety”(Hellix,173). I find myself to be more confident and at ease when I know a language well and very insecure and useless when I do not know the language that is prominent in my environment. While this does not nearly compare to Mellix’s experiences, my experience in Italy allowed me to somewhat relate to the power language has in the world. The language barrier was so intense that I decided only to ask questions when absolutely necessary to save myself the embarrassment. When I traveled to Italy this past summer, I not only found it very difficult to communicate but also I eventually began to give up. I found this extremely relevant to Mellix’s essay and also a very accurate statement in the real world. I really enjoyed reading your post, particularly the part when you state: “People tend to be more powerful in situations when they have strong language skills”. She must be an inventor if she wants to read sources and gain insight wellīecause those two can be done at a higher level when one has strong skills inīeing able to invent and create their own words. In the essay by Nancy Sommers the quote I found interesting was when she talkedĪbout a line that she read which said, “One must be an inventor to read well (SommersĢ1).” I think this shows the importance of writing because if you can write andĬreate your own words well you can also read and interpret well. Tend to be in more powerful situations when they have strong language skills. Shows that stronger language skills usually correlate with more power. That he was teaching us, among other things, standard English and the She said “I did not realize then – nor, I think my father – Out to me was when she was talking about her father acted and spoke when they
She would keep her letters short and in standard English. Even when she would write back to her parents, When she moved to Pittsburg and started working for companies there, she Grew up in life the older, she got the more standard English she would have to On her writings and try and help her to speak more standard English. Growing up in school her teachers would comment She was with family, she tended to speak more black English because that’s what In different situations which caused her to have to speak different ways. Up learning both black English and standard English. Outside, In” talks about how someone who raised in a southern state had to grow
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