In the article "Uncle Sam and Aunt Samantha" Anna Quindlen argues that women should be drafted in to the military in a national crisis. Mrs. Quindlen states, "One out of every five recruits in the United States Military is female." Women have been honored as well as killed in combat situations and the numbers grow and the military is still successful. A poll done ten years ago shows that half of America supports women registering for the draft. Many men do not want to go to war but in a free and equal country all should be involved with a war effort, even women. Many women are entering the military under their own freewill but the Selective Service only requires men from the ages of eighteen through twenty-five to register for the draft. Mrs. Quindlen is correct in saying that women as well as men should be required to register for the draft. .
Mrs. Quindlen is valid when she says, "Women have managed to serve in military positions without destroying unit cohesion or failing because of upper-body strength." Women have served in combat situations like the Balkans and the Middle East. Women have been able to out-rank men and fly fighter jets to take out Afghanistan targets without male soldiers becoming jealous or lustful. Women are capable of the same tasks as their male counter parts. It seems that men of no objection to having superior women officers and there should be no question whether or not women can do the job. It is letting women take the chance to fight for the country in a time of crisis just like men. .
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Mrs. Quindlen is valid in stating that it makes a "mockery" of the nation to only let men register and not women. It is degrading of women to say that because they are women that they are not required registering for the draft to help in a crisis. A poll done about ten years ago showed that over half of the American population supported drafting women. Should America only lose its sons in battle? No, and in a time of equality where men and women are equal in the workplace they should be equal in supporting America on the battle field.
"Samantha has a large tumor on her back." ... Samantha was being treated at M. ... Then a phone call came through and it was Gayle's sister telling us they and many other aunts, uncles and cousins were on their way to Houston to spend Christmas Day with us. ... My dad and Gayle were in Houston with Samantha. ... She notified me in between sobs, "Samantha is in a coma. ...
Oh, hey Aunt Kim, how are you?" ... Your aunt Julie was found dead this morning." ... One of my uncles told us that the witnesses who have found Aunt Julie's body said that she was found in front of her fifteen story high apartment. ... My cousin Sam also testified that his father brought other woman into the house while Aunt Julie was away and that Sam was physically abused by his father. With these evidences, we concluded that my uncle committed murder against his own wife. ...
Essay on "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" by Adrienne Rich Adrienne Rich's "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" tells us a story about a woman, Aunt Jennifer, and her struggles with marriage and perhaps her role in the society of her time. ... This is assumed by the use of the familiar, "Aunt" and "Uncle" by the teller. ... The lines "the massive weight of Uncle's wedding band/ Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer's hand" tell of the burdensome nature of the marriage. The poem does not make specific reference to whether "Uncle's wedding band" is actually his ring she is wearing, p...
From that time on, I spent hours each day thinking of Sam, picturing Sam, and creating stories about Sam. ... I could finally rescue Sam. ... Here, at last, was Samantha (Sam) Parkington. ... When I needed glasses, Sam needed glasses. ... When I was sad, so was Sam, and when I was happy, Sam was too. ...
It was three o'clock in the morning when Samantha awoke to the sound of screaming from the room across the hall. ... Sam knew exactly why he was doing this. ... "It means that Sam and I will leave. ... "Sam?... - Samantha stumbled through her story as her mother listened intently, shaking her head as she listened. ...
However, Adrienne Rich seems to distance herself from the image of Aunt Jennifer by placing Aunt Jennifer in a separate generation from herself. ... The structure of Aunt Jennifer's Tigers consists of the first stanza, which is about the proud tigers, the second stanza, which is about terrified Aunt Jennifer, and the third stanza, which refers first to Aunt Jennifer and then to the tigers. ... Aunt Jennifer cannot escape in her real life because of "The massive weight of Uncle's wedding band- (7). Although the tigers are above the men, Aunt Jennifer is pinned down, as is evident...
Those same words accompany the hidden life of Aunt Jennifer. ... She is pinned down by the "massive weight of Uncle's wedding band". ... Just as the tigers are a projection of Aunt Jennifer, it seems the men beneath the tree are a projection of Uncle. ... The formal aesthetics of "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" is very recognizable. ... The second stanza introduces a suppressed Aunt Jennifer. ...
