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Text Review Assignment

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I have chosen to analyze a literary work by Nicholas Sparks called, “The Wish.” This book analyzes how a woman who lives in a very well-known city of Seattle, is forced to move to a very remote town where she must overcome the differences of the socioeconomic classes to fit in with the rest of the way that the town lives. However, once these differences are overcome, she falls in love with a man who lives there and considers this small new town her new home for life. Although this main character Maggie comes from a wealthy big city, she is upset at first for her parents making her move to a much poorer small town which much less to do, she begins to appreciate what the town and the people have to offer.

I feel this book also relates to what we have learned about in this course so far concerning the idea of the “Others.” When Maggie first arrives to the small town, she considers herself the “One” and the rest of the town as the “Others” because she feels her socioeconomic status puts her at a much higher scale compared to rest of the town. However, this idea quickly changes once she learns how the socioeconomic status of each person does not matter but rather the genuine quality of the person and how they treat her as a new person of their town.

Overall, this book is great story and truly shows how a simple injustice such as socioeconomic class does not reflect the quality of the person but rather is just a small meaning to the person. Once Maggie moves to this much smaller town, she begins to appreciate the true beauty of both it and the people in it. She no longer considers herself better, “The One,” once she learns more about the town and each person who lives there.

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Diary of Systemic Injustice- Pay Gap in the Workplace

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       A recent piece of information was brought up to me concerning the pay gap between men and women in a local workplace. My roommate currently works at a research lab close to campus and experiences a lower pay than her male coworker. Although this is just a personal example for me, unfortunately the pay gap exists in many more workplaces than just this lab. Overall, it is a bigger problem than we realize across the United States.
      Although some people say the pay gap is due to women choosing to work lower-paying/skilled jobs or who choose lower-paying specializations, this does not explain the fact of women who are getting paid less for the same occupations that men hold. In a recent study by Forbes, it states, “When comparing the median salary between men and women, a 2021 report from Pay scale reports that women earn 82 cents for every dollar men make. This 18% difference is the raw gender pay gap.” Furthermore, when looking at professions that are mainly dominated by women, it can be seen that wages in these jobs are decreasing, even though they were once higher paying jobs when males held these positions.
    A possible solution for this systemic injustice would be to work with each other to raise more awareness to this issue. While this may not seem as though a big problem, the problem continues to occur and does not appear to be getting better. The more we advocate for this issue and show support for our friends and family, the workplaces will notice how affected we are by the problem and start to fix the pay gap between men and women in these workplaces.
    This example of a systemic injustice can be related to the idea of “One” and “Other” that we learned during this course. This idea can be associated with the fact that the men are considered the “One” in this case, while women are considered the “Other.” The men are considered to have the power while women are powerless in the fact that they can not stand up for themselves at times to the men to help address the pay gap problem. This systemic injustice is not only a problem for my friend, but it is a problem for many women across the world.
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ReferencesSpiggle, Tom. “The Gender Pay Gap: Why It’s Still Here.” Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 25 May 2021, https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomspiggle/2021/05/25/the-gender-pay-gap-why-its-still-here/?sh=53db8c527baf.

“The Complete Persepolis” Context Presentation (Week 7)

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Rex Cinema Fire

The novel we are observing this week is “Persepolis.” Marjane Satrapi wrote Persepolis as a graphic novel describing her experience growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Many of the events that are expressed in this novel are told from the perspective of a young girl who has no understanding of what is happening. While there are many events that occurred during this time, the Rex Cinema Fire was a major one. Understanding the Rex Cinema Fire will help us to have a better idea and understanding of the confusion that Marji and her family were experiencing.

In 1978 the country of Iran became divided and there was much tension in the country. The Rex Cinema, in Abadan, was playing a movie titled “Gavaznha.” From there four men locked the doors of the lobby, and set the cinema filled with 700 people, on fire. Because of this, 370-430 people died in the theater, while only 320 escaped. The fire could not be put out for six hours due to the fire department arriving late and other complications they had. This attack on the Rex Cinema was blamed on the Marxist/Islamic radicals by the Iranian government. However, the revolutionaries believed that the Shah’s secret police conducted this act of terrorism.

While there was much confusion as to who was to blame for this attack, the attack ignited a new wave of revolution among the people. The people now wanted Shah removed for good. It was years later that the man in charge of this attack, Hossein Takbalizadeh confessed to his awful act of crime on the people at the Rex Cinema Fire. This event shows the confusion within the revolution, while also showing why Marji blames both the Shah and the Islamic State that followed the Shah.

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References:

Roblin, Sebastien. “In 1978, Four Terrorists Burned 420 Movie-Goers Alive in Iran.” The National Interest, The Center for the National Interest, 14 Dec. 2019, https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/1978-four-terrorists-burned-420-movie-goers-alive-iran-105082.

Satrapi, Maarijane. The Complete Persepolis. Pantheon Books, 2007.