This I believe the fairytale version

Monique Tapp
Writing Workshop R11
Ms. Amy D
07/06-09
This I believe the fairytale version
Once upon a time in the kingdom of Pupununu, lived a young servant girl named Maxine. The young mademoiselle was beautiful, kind of heart, and loved by all. She had only one fault; she never loved herself as much as everyone else, she thought because she was only a servant she deserved less. Unfortunately, she worked for the prince, Wendell; he was very self-centered and cared for no one. Maxine was the only one in the whole Kingdom who believed Wendell was a good person. In other words, she believed she was the Beauty to his Beast, and just as the Beauty and the Beast he treated her poorly. He would overwork her and cheat her on her payments, but because she believed that he loved her and that she deserved it, she let it happen. Her best friends, Ursula and Aurora, told her multiple times she was amazing and beautiful, but she never listened. One day the prince asked for her hand in marriage, this was so sudden and unexpected that her friends did not trust the offer. They tried with all their might to convince her that she should reject the offer, but again she would not listen. Just as her friends predicted Wendell was very cruel to her and overworked her. She ran away but was caught by the head servant. Brontë, the head servant, was a dear friend of Maxine's, and when Maxine turned her back on Brontë for Wendell, she did not take the rejection well. Therefore, when Brontë caught her she immediately turned her in and Maxine was sentenced to the dungeon for treason. All the time spent in the dungeon really messed with her thinking; she began to believe that she deserved all that has happen to her. Aurora and Ursula constantly reminded her that she did not deserve it and she was an amazing person but as usual she would not listen. Eventually her friends stop trying to help this person who did not want to be help and since Wendell and Brontë would have nothing to do with her she was left alone. For twenty years she stayed in the dungeon, with no-one and in that time she realized that her friends were right the whole time. Suddenly she had an epiphany; she finally remembered all that her friends had told her and listened. When she was set free she searched for all the people she hurt and was hurt by and shared her epiphany. Once she learned to love herself her life changed for the better, her friends came back, she told the prince to go fall down a well and her job title was upgraded to the king’s personal adviser. The moral of this tale; to remind people; that if one loves them self, their life will most likely be better off than if they did not love them self.

Blogging Points

* People who are switching from their primary Discourse to a/their dominant Discourse. Reasoning being; one's primary Discourse is like their safety net, it's what they are used to, the palace where there are or shouldn't be any judgments. However in the Dominant Discourse where there are judgments and other things of that ilk, it harder to feel comfortable (for lack of better word). Therefore for some the transition might cause conflict and such.
* These conflicts might cause people trouble finding a job, or qualifying for grants and scholarships, etc. Because the dominant Discourse is very demanding and specific on how one should act. Hence if one has trouble changing and adapting different Discourses they are more likely to experience the above mention problems.
* As for myself I believe that I use multiple Discourse depending on who I am with and where I am at the time, which I realize is basically the definition of Discourse. To be continued.
* When gee says "We must say or write the right thing in the right way...the right social role...right values, beliefs, and attitudes," I think he is saying in order to "fit in" a certain place at a certain time one has to use the "right" Discourse. I believe that long ago there was one person who ppl respected and from then on their beliefs are now considered "right."

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Harriet Tubman rough

As a response to the angry black women post whose speaker is woman who has grown up in the post civil-rights era. Therefore she was buried in "Afrocentricity" before the "Eurocentricity" took over. I believe she was addressing any women willing to listen. The main point or argument of the post is that Harriet Tubman is the original "angry black woman."
The writer conveys her message in a causal tone, for example she starts out with personal story I believe to make the reader feel like a friend and to explain the relevance of Harriet Tubman and her. Her diction is very causal, like how one would talk to a friend, coupled with examples and references to her on life.
I agree that Harriet Tubman was an original "angry black woman," because she helped a countless number of slaves runaway from slavery and find freedom. As the writer says "Harriet Tubman, because she did what I in my bravado like to think I would've done: she fought back, and she won." Furthermore she channeled her anger and used it in a positive way, she also never let any one discourage her. For this reason I again agree that Harriet Tubman was the original "angry black woman."

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