Research Paper-Kindred

     Essay two focused on contemporary problems inspired by the graphic novel Kindred. Hence, I wrote about the causes of obesity, its consequences, if not addressed, and the possible solutions to prevent obesity. I chose obesity as my contemporary topic to be solved now so that when my successors look back to my time period do not question why it still affecting people while I could have been prevented it. Obesity which is the rapid growth of individuals with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more that causes a disorder involving excessive body fat around organs and under the skin, really affects the lives of people, mostly in the United States because of lack of the lack and access to affordable healthy food, lack of physical activities and of education on eating healthy.                   Consequently, the United States will face a mortality crisis where people will die younger due to health problems, suffer from psychosocial burdens, as well as mental disorders. Therefore, to prevent the harmful effects of obesity on our lives, we should act now by approaching the obesity crisis at the micro, meso and macro levels, involving families, communities and the government for a success. 

Articles

Outline, research plan, peer review and rough draft:

“My Research topic is Obesity. I will write about the causes of obesity, and how to reduce the risk of children from getting obesity for our successors.”

 Comparative and analysis essay about gay adoption. 

I have decided to write about the legalization of gay adoption in all the states of the United States, and whether it is advantageous or disadvantageous. 

Articles: 

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Outline: ease the process of writing.

Peer review

Peer-reviewed was held Wednesday, January 31 in class. 

Draft: the original draft was uploaded on Turnitin through college 

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Racial Profiling.

Racial profiling existed in the early centuries and is still existing today. Racial profiling is when someone is suspected of committing offense based on the person race or ethnicity. I am interested in this issue because it correlates with racism and injustice  which is basically  everywhere ( at school, work, social media, etc…) Related to Kindred, section “The Fall”, we can see that  Dana teaching Rufus how to read and spell did not cause her any trouble, but instead brought her short-term happiness in the Weylin house. She was not treated as the other slaves but was still working as a maid because of her achieved status. After a long period there, she started teaching the other black kids, and that was when she got into troubles. During a night while she was teaching Nigel how to spell, in the kitchen, Mr. Weylin walked in and grabbed her hand saying ”  didn’t I tell you” ( Butler 97). Dana was then thrown out, and whooped. He claimed that ” I treated you good, and you pay me back by stealing my books… reading!” (98)  He whooped her until Kelvin came, which was too late because she disappeared.

This section of the book simply demonstrates in another way the practice of “double standard” where a practice is good for one group, and bad for the other.  Here we can clearly understand that racial profiling was the main issue in  “The Fall” section. 

Kindred

À graphic novel that discusses a woman who is linked to her ancestors and has the ability to travel back to the time of her ancestors.  Dana is the great-granddaughter of Rufus and Alice. Analyzing the prologue, we can see that Dana has one arm amputated, with a face showing suffering. The background and setting make the reader to guess the time period in which it occurred in and the factors that contributed to her amputated arm. Her physical appearance looks like a person who recently came back from a fight. Her fixed eyes contact seems to want to tell a story.  On the other hand, the cover of the graphic novel reveals an infinity bondage of black to white people. The hands opened upward demonstrate a person asking for mercy.  

          Essay 1 

We had to write a comparative and analysis essay. It was pretty challenging because comparing two articles and look at the one who does better on convincing the reader and the audience about the homosexual adoption. Whether it’s bad or good. Although it was easy for me to find an article, I still struggled because I had so many good information on the website, therefore made it difficult for me to find articles.

The challenges I had beside the article search was the typing part. Putting my ideas and information in my article was very though. But after reading over and over, highlighting. The key words, etc… I understood it better and started typing. The free-write strategy, the critical reading skills, and the pact chart helped me in my writing process. Nevertheless, I will avoid procrastinating, do the last minutes things, and so on because procrastinating short up your time to proofread your paper.

Just Mercy….. By Bryan Stevenson

Just Mercy, a book that is centered on criminal injustice, covers racism, wrongful conviction by an eyewitness, death penalty, life imprisonment, mass imprisonment and so on… is an educative novel. Bryan Stevenson is a Black American lawyer that fights for the right of young Blacks and prisoners, facing injustice. Just Mercy really helped me understanding the criminal justice system of the United States. It’s is very cruel to see that some people have sentenced life imprisonment without parole, or are convicted for uncommitted crimes. 

This novel touched precise parts of the injustice in the system such as corruption, etc…I really think that people should take a look at the justice system because it is currently based on race, background, ethnicity, groups etc… it is an unfair system that needs to be changed in order for people to get a fair trial. Relating to the book just mercy, chapter … where the military man killed the woman, because of his feeling, mental illness and other factors, the judge and the lawyers knew the cause of his mental illness but still did not consider it and put him on death row. A quote that really stunned me was the quote saying that it’s only when we are dying that people are ready to help.” It’s been so strange, Bryan. More people have asked me what they can do to help me in the last fourteen hours of my life than ever asked me when I  was coming up” This is a true quote. People only stand by you only when you have few hours to live.