Cyber Assignment 1
Post your arguments re: Mighty.
Post your arguments re: Mighty.
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Thursday, February 09, 2012
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Analise Bostrom
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
2-9-12
5 Mighty Arguments
1. The author portrays her husband, Daniel, as a bad man. She neglects to shine light on the good qualities he holds, and the fact that he too is a victim of the war.
2. There are so many differences between the US and Liberia, but the one that I find most incredible is the family responsibilities.
3. I cannot imagine a world in which the government is so unstable. Red has to go through such insecurity, the government she had once relied on was killing and looting just as much as the rebels. Everyone is an enemy.
4. Throughout the story there are plenty of times in which people are able to help those in need but don’t. Many think it’s incredible that no one is doing anything, but there are many reasons why they don’t.
5. Everything is going to hell in African. My question is why don’t they try to leave?
Daniel Escudero-Whitney
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
9 February 2012
Mighty Be Our Powers, by Leymah Gbowee
“Present Five Arguments”
1) Leymah believes that the good her parents have done for others will come back around to her, suggesting a cause-and-effect relationship. Though she makes no mention of this, it is very reminiscent of the Buddhist concept of karma.
2) Leymah shows us that domestic violence can turn a strong and confident woman into a weak shadow of herself, unable to stand up for herself for fear of reprisal from her abuser.
3) Gbowee’s recounting of the Liberian civil war shows several tribes vying for the absolute power to destroy its enemy tribes.
4) The author illustrates for us how one can defeat their self-destructive patterns and depression by finding a higher purpose.
5) Though Leymah was weak, she gained power from helping others who were weaker still.
Mark Jansz
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A, Spring 2012
February 9, 2012
Mighty Be Our Powers, by Leymah Gbowee
"Five Arguments"
1)Why does Leymah not go back to help the two girls that asked for help?
2)Can Leymah trust Tunde after coming out of a relationship with Daniel?
3)How will Leymah help with the group of Taylor's boys?
4)Leymah show's weakness by not doing anything when her daughter calls her stupid.
5)Leymah also show's how she became strong and independent by leaving Daniel
Flora Diamond
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
9 February 2012
Mighty Be Our Power's, by Leymah Gbowee -Five Arguments
1. Women can change a nation, regaurdless of what the modern Liberian men think.
2. Child soldiers we're coerced, stolen, and forced to serve charles taylor. I feel that they deserve sympathy for everything they went through, despite their killing.
3. Even though Leymah was weak, she drew from other peoples worse disinfortunes and made herself a better person.
4. I understand why Leymah choose to be with a bad man,in her post-apocalyptic society, her emotions and morals we're probably stretched thin. She felt that she needed protection, so she stayed with a man who could help and provide for her.
5. It hurt to know that the United States just evacuated their people, and since Liberia had no Oil or resources, they did not intervene in the killing and massacre. The united states could have, and should have helped.
Savannah Conley
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
9 February, 2012
1) Leymah shows that women have some powers over men that men don't have over women.
2) The struggles and obstacles women over come in war are different then the struggles and obstacles men handle in war.
3)Things can change faster than you know it, in times of war.
4) Civil wars harm the civilians the most.
5) Survival isn't about only protecting and helping yourself.
Mighty Be Our Powers: 5 Arguments
1. Some may think that Leymah’s experiences in the war are not as substantial as those who were actually physically fighting, but the helpless feeling she must have experienced is the worst of all.
2. Leymah’s conclusion that she was stuck with Daniel because she mothered his children is ludicrous, deepening her depression, and ultimately risking her children’s healthy and stable childhood.
3. Some may disapprove of Ayo’s decision to become a ruthless conformist, however I believe he was doing whatever he could to stay alive, something we don’t think we can do until it actually happens.
4. Leymah’s decision to leave Daniel was a selfish one, not thinking of her children, who might have actually loved their father.
5. Racism solved before this in America parallels to the war based on which tribe you are from that happened in Liberia.
Samantha Swain
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
9 February 2012
Mighty Be Our Powers: 5 Arguments
1. Some may think that Leymah’s experiences in the war are not as substantial as those who were actually physically fighting, but the helpless feeling she must have experienced is the worst of all.
2. Leymah’s conclusion that she was stuck with Daniel because she mothered his children is ludicrous, deepening her depression, and ultimately risking her children’s healthy and stable childhood.
3. Some may disapprove of Ayo’s decision to become a ruthless conformist, however I believe he was doing whatever he could to stay alive, something we don’t think we can do until it actually happens.
4. Leymah’s decision to leave
Daniel was a selfish one, not thinking of her children, who might have actually loved their father.
5. Racism solved before this in America parallels to the war based on which tribe you are from that happened in Liberia.
Colleen Low
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
9 February 2012
5 Arguments “Mighty Be Our Powers”
1. The women in Liberia have the ability to speak, however lack the freedom to express.
2. “Mighty Be Our Powers,” establishes educated women also need empowerment because they are capable of making mistakes.
3. Capitalism is good for the economy, but causes the people to suffer.
4. The Liberian men in power fought against the enemy, however men in power are the predators.
5. Liberian marriages are a status of happiness, though the women in these relationships do not always agree.
kenneth windham
professor wanda sabir
English 1a
10 feburary 2012
1) women have the ability to change their country
2) Both men and women have suffered greatly in this conflict
3)By supporting others and helping them it is therapy for Leymah
4) A womans gender isboth a weakness and a strength
5) no matter the religion all beliefs com together to heal the country
Ana Vasquez
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
February 10 2012
5 Arguments
1. Their are a lot of differences between the U.S and the Liberian culture.
2. Even though Leymah was wea, she was able to feel strong through the weakness of others.
3.Leymah was harshly abused by her husband Daniel. She may have been strong, but she says that even strong women can be weak.
4.Leymah helps others when they need help. So why did she turn her back on the 2 girls?
5. Women have the strength and the ability to change a country.
Nezha Abdelrahman
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
10 February 2010
5 Arguments from Mighty
1. Children should not be fighting as soldiers because it takes away from their childhood.
2. Leymah should have left Daniel when the first time he abused her.
3. Women have the power to change the nation.
4. Leymah should not use her children as an excuse to remain in an abusive relationship with her babies father.
5. Leymah's courage and strength would help her change other women's lives.
5 Arguments
Susan Kelly
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
12 February 2012
1. For a woman to have children, at a young age, before she educates herself is a setback, it means she failed.
2. One must forgive their offender in order to move on.
3. A black woman of fair skin is more desirable than one of darker skin.
4. A man does not judge a woman for her intelligence if he finds her attractive.
5. Children, in order to have a safe healthy upbringing, need their father in their lives.
kenneth Magno
professor sabir
English 1A
10 feburary 2012
1) women have the ability to change and unite their nation.
2) Children should be raised by both their mother and father.
3) Why did Leymah turn her back on the two young girls who only saw hope in her taking them with her?
4) What were the other groups that took part in fighting for peace?
5)Having the power to speak is worthless if you don't take full advantage of it and back it up with actions.
Mike Lieu
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
12 February, 2012
Mighty Be Our Powers, by Leymah Gbowee: 5 Arguments
1.) Leymah believes that Charles Taylor is the cause of all the trouble and terror going on in Liberia, but the men who are fighting are the ones who rape and kill and pillage villages, of their own free will.
2.) Did the way Daniel treat Leymah make her stronger?
3.) Was Leymah justified in leaving Daniel, even though they had children? He was physically, emotionally, and verbally abusing her, but was it selfish of her to leave him because of their children?
4.) With the rebels and the government constantly fighting, can the country ever come to peace?
5.) How does Leymah find strength, and how does she use it to make other women stronger?
Jamie McMair
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
10 February 2012
5 arguments :
1) Leyma struggles between the idea of leaving Daniel or not because of her kids.
2) When times got excessively hard, Leyma was having a hard time keeping her faith in God, whereas her faith was strong at first.
3) Leyma didn't want to live through her misery anymore but she stayed alive for her kids children.
4)She had the struggle of transitioning from "innocence into a world full of fear."
5) She had to prove that women have the power to change a nation.
Ngoc Huynh
February 9, 2012
1.) Domestic violence- Leymah allowed Daniel to beat her while she still stayed with him because she Believes that he was a great father and she wanted her kids father to be in their lives.
My argument is that if she wants the father to be in the kids life, he can be. howver she doesnt have to have him as her husband. just how she leaves in the end,
2.)When she was working at the Trauma Healing center, she was working with Taylor’s ex soldiers,. she was helping them while others questioned their priviledges. they didnt want them to be helped because of all they have done to the community. But leymah explains that they were so young and were fed lies and so much drugs they couldnt control themselve
I partially agree with her because these kids can change, however they will have to prove that they deserve it they have to earn back all the priviledges and earn the help that they need.
3.) Leymah met a woman named Thelma who was very strong and independant. She wanted women to be apart of decision making. Leymah admired this woman very much.
Of course most people in this class would agree with Thelma.
4.) Family- Daniel and leymah allowed his family to treat them as if they werent his family. Everyone was for themselves.
Abel Abyu
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
14 February 2012
Exercise #1
(5 Mighty Arguments)
1. It has become common today to dismiss the struggles and hardships women and children faced because of the war in Liberia, and its displacement of people who once had homes.
2. Conventional wisdom has it that children shouldn't be carrying assault rifles and fight in wars.
3. When I was a child, I used to think that war directly affected those only killed and the victim's families. But now I know according to Leymah's testimony that war reaks havoc on a whole community, especially one as tight-knit as her own.
4. While they rarely admit as much, the men of Liberia often take for granted that the women are tremendously impacted by war and traumatized permanently.
5. Charles Taylor apparently assumes that Monrovia is his for the taking.
John Sills
Professor Sabir
English 1A
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Mighty Be Our Powers: 5 Arguments
Leymah draws on strength from those around her.
Child soldiers were victims, and not the merciless killers they had been forced to become.
Leymah decision to leave Daniel was the most pivotal point in the entire story, not only for her but her children as well.
Leymah close friendships with women made it unnecessary for her to find love.
Leymah would do anything to see her children grown up without hardship.
Suelekha Yussuf
English 1A
Professor. Sabir Wanda
17 February 2012
Five Arguments.
1. Despite efforts by most governments to limit the generally proclaimed right of national self-determination. The minorities such as women can aspire themselves as nation to determine their nation fate.
2. The book shows the inherent character of men as necessary but very fracture to the society?
3. The book brings a message to the Liberians in the rebuilding process of post conflict Liberia.
4. Education is the source chain to empowering society.
5. Charles Taylor and other politician could not strive with moral basis of political authority to respect human rights.
Danishia Mahomes
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
17 February 2012
5 Mighty Arguments
1.There was still no electricity or running water; roas were impassable; hospitals and schools were closed.
2.I had seen sat the start Daniel was bad news, but I'd gone ahead anyway.
3.The most important thing for me to do was go back to school.
4.Women singing and crying gospel songs rushed over the bridge, which was covered in bullet casings, and began a desperate search for food.
5.The war in Liberia had mostly been a foot note to the rest of the world.
Adriana Ultreras
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
9 February 2012
Five Argument Questions
1. Chaos was destroying Liberia and was quickly spreading to other places in Africa. If the Unites States is a country which tries to bring peace all over the world, why didn’t they intervene with what was going on in Liberia?
2. Leymah is one to help many victims; victims of war, sexual abuse, etc. If Leymah is such a strong woman, why didn’t she stop the mistreatment of Daniel sooner?
3. Leymah’s work consumed most of her time. Is helping others really worth not watching your children grow?
4. Leymah was sent to work with “Taylor’s boys” even though she was resistant at first. Society looked down on them and blamed them for the chaos that the country was going through. How do you try and reignite them into society after all the disaster they have caused?
5. Leymah was able to make a lot of friendships through the work that she did. The job consumed most of her time, time which she was away not only from her children but from her family as well. Does she believe that it is better helping strangers than actually getting better aquatinted with your own family?
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