Nigerians demand government do more to bring home kidnapped girls

Nigerians took to the streets Thursday to demand the government do more to rescue scores of girls abducted by militants more than two weeks ago.

Militants seized about 230 girls in the dead of the night at a high school in the nation's far northeast, a hotbed for Islamist group Boko Haram.

Armed men herded the girls out of bed and forced them into trucks on April 16 in the town of Chibok. The convoy of trucks then disappeared into the dense forest bordering Cameroon.

Roughly 200 girls are still missing.

 

Nigerians have rallied for days to criticize the government's handling of the rescue efforts. Hundreds wept and chanted "bring back our girls" during protests in the capital of Abuja on Wednesday. A day later, protesters gathered in Lagos.

 

Shortly after the abductions last month, frustrated Chibok residents went into the forest in motorbikes to search for the girls.Boko Haram's name translates to "Western education is a sin" in the local language.

 

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Essay 1

Gbemisola Otufale

EGL 102

March 8, 2011

Polka music.

           Blanch avoids the light to disguise her real self which this creates false appearance. First meeting

with Stella, was the first time Blanche went into Stella’s apartment and they were close to the light and

Blanche turned the light away from her side. She said to Stella Now, then, don’t you look at me, Stella

no ,no, no  not until I have had my bath and rested !And turn that over light off! I won’t be look at in this

merciless glare! She avoids the light to hide her fading beauty, wrinkled body and her indecent past.

Blanche had a boyfriend called Mitch and she made sure they only go out at night where the light can

not reflect to her. Motifs of light kept on appearing in different scene in the story, light also symbolize

Blanche’s past because she is haunted by the ghost of what she had lost which was about her homosexual dead husband, her purpose in life, and dignity. Throughout Blanche’s entire affair with other men she has experienced only dim light

           Equally important to the motif of light is drinking. Both Stanley and Blanche are very good at

drinking, they both drank excessively at various points during the play, Stanley’s drinking is social he

drinks with his friends at the bar during their poker games, while Blanche’s drinking is to wash away her

bad memories and she tries to hide  it and pretend she doesn’t drink ,Blanche and Stanley’s drinking

leads them to different things, for instance , blanches drinking helps her wash away bad memories

especially about her dead husband while Stanley’s lead him to be hitting his wife and destroying things

          Furthermore,In The Streetcar Named Desire  , Blanche and Stanley uses bathing in different ways

for instance , Stanley showers after he beats his wife but he comes out cleansed and remorseful and

calls out loud for his wife screaming Stella ,Stella ,Stella similarly, Blanche uses bathing to wash away her

past life. She constantly takes bathes in the play subconsciously trying to cleanse herself of the sins of

her past however, she never succeeds and she keeps returning to the bath again and again, she feels

comfortable and less thinking while having her bath  she sings aloud while in the bath.

         Tennessee Williams uses music to establish the mood of many different scenes in the Streetcar

Named Desire. This music symbolized Blanches past. She met her homosexual husband in bed sleeping

with an older man on their bed but she pretended nothing happened and they all went out that night

“Polka music sound, in a minor key faint with distance” The music stopped when she mentions the

gunshot that was how her husband died and the dance ended .The polka music was played throughout

the play whenever Blanche is behaving in a way that was affected by the death of her husband, This

music haunts blanche and is one of the realities she really desires to escape

           Poker game helps Blanche to remember the fun and gatherings of Stanley and his friends. During

the game , that was where blanche met her boyfriend Mitch . One blessed day, Stanley and his friends

were playing poker games and Blanche was listening to radio and she increased the audio to the highest

and Stanley went there to turn it off and blanche decided to turn it back on but, Stanley was so angry

that he threw the radio downstairs.

     Drinking, poker games, light, bathing, and polka music as really been seen as a motif and symbols in The Streetcar  Named Desire.

Response To Freedom

As it was discussed in class freedom is what everyone wants including me, I am so sick and tired of living under my parents but they wouldn’t make me move out. In the story “Hills like White Elephants” it talks about a young girl called Jig and the American Man.jig who is pregnant for the American Man didn’t have the full freedom to make her own decision .In other words the American man doesn’t want the baby.

Response To Desire

Desire is defined as a strong feeling of wanting to something or wishing for something to happen. I really learnt that desire can be felt and experienced in different ways. In a play by Tennessee Williams named “A Street Car Named Desire” Desire is expressed through the relationship of Blanche and her husband Stanley. They both suggest that their desire for each other is crucial to their existence. There is no difficulty in understanding the love and desire between them.

Response To Nature

I learnt in class that Nature should be untamed meaning nature cannot be tampered with. Nature is powerful. In the discussion we had in class about nature, we read a story in class “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The story is about a young woman with a God given birthmark and her husband the scientist. However as the story progresses the husband becomes more and more tortured by his wife’s birthmark, and he decide to perform experiment on her birthmark mark which he did and lead to the wife’s death because the husband tampered with nature.

Reflection Essay

My writing style in this class has really changed. I am happy with myself and with the work I have done this semester with the help of my professor Jenifer Brady who had taught me a lot. I have learned to write a thesis; I have learned to write in MLA format using an outline; I am able to able to proof read my grammatical errors. I never proof read my papers but my professor made it clear to me that proof reading one’s paper is the best.

I have grown as a thinker, writer, speaker and poet whereby I am able to talk to my classmates in class, and do presentations. I have never done all of these before in my life. I was always the shy one. My professor helped me overcome my shyness. This class has really helped me in so many ways, I could remember when I started the class, I was always scared to go to class mainly because English is my second language, I hate to answer questions in class. I took this class last semester with a different professor but she didn’t understand the fact that English is my second language so I had to drop the class.

  As for me in five years to come, I want to be married, have my own child, and leave a happy life, and also give my life to Christ. Professor Jenifer Brady I love you so much. You will forever remain in my heart for helping me through my English class and understanding that English is my second language. Thumbs up!!!

Yours sincerely,

Gbemisola

DESIRE FOR FREEDOM

"Hills Like White Elephant"By Ernest Hemingway

Desire for freedom is clearly evident in the story “Hills Like White Elephant” by Ernest Hemingway and

the story “A&P” by John Updike both works of literature highlights to the concept of Freedom. Desire for

freedom as a theme correlates with “Freedom” a song by Akon that eloquently highlights the multi

faceted character of Aliu who exemplifies the need for freedom. Sammy’s desire for freedom to be able

to move forward in life. Jig wants to be able to express herself but the American man is against it.

    In the story “Hills Like White Elephant” Jig had some freedom but not too much freedom. In her

discussion with the American man about the pregnancy which was not mentioned in the story , jig asked

the man for permission, made it seems like the American man was in control of her life. She looks to the

man by telling her what to do by asking “should we have another drink?”

    In the aspect of the pregnancy, the American man does not want jig to have the baby. Tells her it’s  up

to her if she wants to keep the baby or not but ,it’s not really up to jig if she really wants to keep the

baby . The American man said, “It’s really an awfully simple operation, jig” “it’s not really an operation at

all” The girl really wanted to keep the baby but she didn’t have the complete freedom to make her own

decision, because of the man’s idea telling her to go through abortion.

Once again, she attempts to start a conversation with the American man. Jig tells the man a joke and

they begin to argue again. The man disagrees with jig every time she speaks. He doesn’t want the baby

but, he knows jig wants the baby. She looks towards the hills again and admires their beauty. The man

ordered two more drinks. Although he tells her “if you don’t want to you don’t have to” (Hemingway 3) I

wouldn’t have you do it if you don’t want to. But I know it’s perfectly simple “jig seems to be angry and

confuse. “And if I do it you will be happy and things will be like they were and you will love me?” she

asked the man. It seems that she is more concerned about her relationship than the life of the baby.

"A&P" BY John Updike

     In the story “A&P” BY John Updike, Sammy a young supermarket employee who work in the store

A&P desires freedom of individuality. Sammy has no intention of spending the rest of his life hearing the

monotonous beeping sound as boxes of hiho crackers slides across the counter, and what he observed

that lead him to quit his job. His manager , a forty year old Sunday school teacher that consistently

spends his boring old life within the bounds walking from one side of the store to the other and he had

been doing  it for years with zero hopes of ever achieving a higher status in life

    Sammy didn’t want all all this to happen to him because he feels he can do better in life. Sammy chose

to quit his job to impress the three young girls that walked into the store with bathing suits and also to

break away from his sad life style. Perhaps, Sammy‘s dream are immature in nature he quit his job after

the embarrassment his manager (Lengel) gave the girls .The girls were embarrassed by Sammy’s

manager because they walked into the store with bathing suits , let’s say they were half naked.

   He said it loud and clear “I quit” he wanted the girls the girls to watch their unexpected hero.At the

point he quit, Lengel gives him another opportunity to take back his words but he refused Lengel

mentions to Sammy “you don’t want to do this to your mom and dad” because his income is a

supplement to the family and Sammy quitting the job will be a little bit problem to the family.

    Sammy wants to show that those girls were right that they are free to do anything they want as well

as he can quit his own job, nobody can say anything. Sammy who wants to act as a hero to the girls

ended up having a miserable life. Sammy doesn’t want to be forced to do anything.

"FREEDOM" By Akon

   In the song titled “freedom” by Akon. From Senegal West Africa came to St Louis, Missouri when he

was a kid then he never knew he would have to hustle just to make it through, then he found himself

skipping school because the girls didn’t think he was a cool guy. Akon has cooperated with numerous

other artists on their music. With his newest release Freedom was originally planned to be entitled

Acquitted but, his label universal music decided for some reason to change the title to freedom because,

Akon has gone through a lot going to jail, doing drugs etc. Anyway the new title seems to fit Akon well

because he had some incidents that didn’t put him in a good light

   Akon never wants to leave his faith in others hands. Akon’s mother came a little after Akon came from

Senegal to Missouri  and she gave birth to his brother Aliu and they all started having misunderstanding 

this brought pressure to the family . The parents did all they could do but all he wanted was freedom

freedom freedom.