The are a few untold stories in this play. One untold story is within the daughter. Laura is shy and deals with a lot of problems with herself. Dealing with her issues makes her a person who keeps to herself. With her being this way she doesn't attract the male callers or even talk to people. Amanda hates that she is this way because she wants what is best for Laura.
       This reminds me of kids in high school. Kids want to fit in but have a hard time coming out of their shell. They feel as though if they do people will judge them. Sometimes I feel as though kids with disabilities are scared to be judged because teenagers are cruel but everyone deserves the chance to be themselves and experience life without being scared.
   

The Glass Menagerie -Theme/topic/subject

The point of the text explains the hardships that Amanda, Tom, and Laura go through. They all battle with struggles with society and within themselves. One theme is that they have a hard time excepting reality and what is going on around them. For example, Laura has a hard time excepting her shyness and her leg with a brace on it. She knows she has it but she has a hard time dealing with it. Then there is Amanda who can't grasp a hold on her finances and success. Tom ends up giving up . He can't deal with reality as a whole. He was the sane one but he just gave up.

Kaffir Boy

     In the story Kaffir Boy, kaffir is refered to as a black person. Kaffir is the South African way of saying black person as to the American word 'nigger'. Either word is used to discriminate Africans and African Americans. During the story 'master Clyde', a little boy refers to a boy almost his age as a kaffir. They learn these sayins in school and they think it is okay to use because that is all they know. On line 19, Mrs. Smith tells Clyde, " I thought I told you a million times to leave all that rubbish about Kaffirs in the classroom. Ellen's people are not Kaffirs, you hear! They're Bantus....". Although she tries to defend Granny and her grandson she still degrades them and doesn't really think nothing of it. This is a type of micro-agression because she just does it so easily.
      We were not born to hate people who are different. We are raised that way. We can control how we are raised but why let it continue on when we get older? Personally coming from a young African American female it would be extremely hard to let slavery go. Having a group of individuals not liking you just because of your skin color. Not even just black people but different races are also hated by whites and I just wish the world wasn't this scary place to live in.

Stolen Party

      In 'Stolen Party' there is an example of another single story. Just like how in 'Girl' there was the single  story of women. 'Stolen Party' single story is the story of spanish people can only be seen as maids and nothing more. Rosaura is a young girl who believes that she got invited to a rich girls party. She goes on the whole night believing that she is a part of the party. It's sad to think that Rosaura thought she was actually apart of the fun but little did she know she was helping the fun go on. She didn't realize she was working the party until the end when she got paid instead of getting a goody bag like all the other kids.
       Spanish people have a simple single story of being maids and taking care of other people. They are not to be seen as rich so when they are rich it's a shocker for everyone to see. Rosaura lives by the single story of being a maid and that's all she knows.

Girl

      Why is it that girls live by a single story? A single story that females are required to provide for their men, children , and live up to the expectation of being a women. Everybody grows up to learn these things, it's up to us to proceed with what we learn.

       My perspective of a males single story goes something along the lines of this. Males are supposed to be strong. Males are the ones who do the yard work and sweat all day outside. Males are supposed to bring in the money while the female makes sure the kids well being is taken care of. Males are not allowed to cry. Males are not allowed to show a lick of emotion. If a male shows even the slightest bit of emotion they are labeled gay. Males are supposed to be great mechanics. Males are also supposed to open every door for his lady whenever they are out. Males are supposed to be the drivers when him and his lady are out. Males are supposed to like to watch sports. Males are not required to always look nice when they go out. That's just a personal option.
       So, why is society like this. Why do we live by single stories? Why don't we just live life how we want to live it and not have to live up to society's standards. Reading "Girl" just opens up peoples eyes to what female have to go through just to be accepted in America.

Police Brutality

   When people hear Police Brutality they automatically think black lives matter or an African American man dying due to the beating of a police officer. YES, we think this but there are other people who do suffer from this. Whether it's male or female of any race it happens all over. We are just so used to hearing it happen about African American people. For the past two years police brutality has become more frequently known. The media broadcast it. How could anyone be okay with allowing police officers to do this to our people. No matter what they look like nobody deserves to be dead or in critical condition. There is never a time where this is allowed. Some may disagree with me but it is just what I feel. Why is it that officers get off the hook so easily? There is always a new story going on about police taking situations to far and sadly get away with it just because they can.
    Although this topic has been going on for years this will always be a tough topic. this generation and sick and we need to do something about it. Police brutality takes place all over the world and never is it good for this to happen to anyone ever in life.

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Global Warming

     Global warming is the increase of the overall temperature of the Earth due to the greenhouse gases. The Earths temperature is rising rapidly due to pollution, deforestation and fossil fuels. During this century we are part of the worst global warming since the last 400 years. According to biologicaldiversity.org, "our planet is now in the midst of its sixth mass extinction of plants and animals." We are losing animals approximately between 1,000 to 10,000 times faster than the natural extinction rate, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature. Our stray animals that are in zoos will pretty soon not be alive due to the damage we are doing to the Earth.
     Global Warming focuses on the war topic of loss. On this Earth if we keep doing the same things that we are doing now to destroy it we are going to destroy it for good and lose everything we have.
Scientists speculate that by the year 2100 half of the world's plant and animal species will be extinct due to human actions. Animals will be gone, people will be gone, plants will be gone. Everything we know and love on this planet Earth will be gone. Merely being inhabitants of this planet we owe it to ourselves, the future generations, and the other lives that call this planet home to step up and help change the planet before its too late.When our kids grow up they are going to suffer more than anybody and it just going to keep getting worse and worse as time continues to go on. We are going to lose everything and it is sad to even think about.
War does not make anything any better. "The environment has long been a silent casualty of war and armed conflict. From the contamination of land and the destruction of forests to the plunder of natural resources and the collapse of management systems, the environmental consequences of war are often widespread and devastating," said Ban in a statement for the UN's International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict in 2014. Many seem to forget about the environment during war, even though it suffers the most casualties.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/06/whats-the-environmental-impact-of-modern-war
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/biodiversity/biodiversity
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/program/biodiversity/elements_of_biodiversity/extinction_crisis
http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/these-animals-went-extinct-while-the-government-was-deciding-whether-or-not-two-protect-them
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/08/0809_020808_wireowilson.html