This post represents my responses to the excerpt reading of My Name Is Margaret (Maya Angelou) whereas we had to decide if Margaret, the main character was correct in making here decision and then explain why we agreed or disagreed with her decision. The second part of the assignment was to write an example of when I felt a type of oppression and what choices I made to go up against the establishment to make changes to better myself.
Print out, read, and annotate My Name is Margaret (Maya Angelou). Write a 50-word introduction that provides the focus of the blog post (two-sentence summary of the story and transition to questions) and a link to the reading. Write a 200-word argument that responds to this question: Did you agree with Margaret's choice to break the casserole dish and two green glass cups? Write a 200-word narrative that illustrates a response to this question: When have you made an important choice to either resist or not resist oppression, challenge the status quo, or refuse to obey an authority figure? The Proust Questionnaire has its origins in a parlor game popularized (though not devised) by Marcel Proust, the French essayist and novelist, who believed that, in answering these questions, an individual reveals his or her true nature. Here is the basic Proust Questionnaire.
__1.__What is your idea of perfect happiness? My idea of perfect happiness is when you can have the ability to look back at the reason your happiness occurred without any regrets. __2.__What is your greatest fear? My greatest fear is dying by drowning. __3.__What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Being too anxious __4.__What is the trait you most deplore in others? When they tell lies, that turn into another lie that causes a snowball effect __5.__Which living person do you most admire? The person that I most admire that is living is Viola Davis because she broke a boundary by being the first black woman to win an Academy Awards __6.__What is your greatest extravagance? I tend to spend too much money on fast food. __7.__What is your current state of mind? Betrayal of people that are called my friends __8.__What do you consider the most overrated virtue? That to be a person you must go to church __9.__On what occasion do you lie? To spare people’s feelings and to not hurt them __10.__What do you most dislike about your appearance? I really don’t like my eyes, I think they’re huge. __11.__Which living person do you most despise? Donald Trump (At this moment) __12.__What is the quality you most like in a man? Truthfulness and honesty __13.__What is the quality you most like in a woman? Natural nurturing habits __14.__Which words or phrases do you most overuse? Mmmmmmm….. __15.__What or who is the greatest love of your life? My current boyfriend Michael __16.__When and where were you happiest? When my two daughters are happy __17.__Which talent would you most like to have? To play the piano, I always wanted to learn __18.__If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Not to be so forgiving of things done to me __19.__What do you consider your greatest achievement? Buying my own house as a single mother __20.__If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be? I would like to come back as a wife of a millionaire __21.__Where would you most like to live? I would like to live in Virginia __22.__What is your most treasured possession? My gun collection __23.__What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Being lonely and miserable __24.__What is your favorite occupation? Lawyers are great, because they can argue __25.__What is your most marked characteristic? I believe it is honesty, I’m honest about everything __26.__What do you most value in your friends? Being there for me in hard times when I feel like giving up __27.__Who are your favorite writers? Maya Angelou and Alice Walker __28.__Who is your hero of fiction? Storm from X-Men __29.__Which historical figure do you most identify with? Wilma Rudolph __30.__Who are your heroes in real life? Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama and Angela Bassett __31.__What are your favorite names? Lisa, Arianna, Brianna, LaToya and Kayla __32.__What is it that you most dislike? Pettiness and racism __33.__What is your greatest regret? Getting a tramp stamp on my back (Lol) __34.__How would you like to die? Peaceful as an old 100-year-old lady in my sleep __35.__What is your motto? Live long and prosper! |
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