My Name is Margaret (Maya Angelou)
Week #3 of my English course, and the assignment is to write about life choices. The professor ask us to read a short story by Poet Maya Angelou title "My Name is Margaret", and explain is you agree with Margaret's choice to break the casserole dish and two green glass cups, and 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. Do I agree with Margaret's choice to break the casserole dish and two green glass cups? Yes I do. The breaking of the casserole dish and two green glass cups was a why for Margaret to get fired from her job, and not have her mother mad at her for quitting. Why did she want to get fired? Margaret felt that she was insulted and disrespected one day at work where she was a maid working in Mrs. Viola Cullman kitchen. She was serving Mrs. Cullman and her white friends when she heard one of the ladies tell her boss that she needs to shorten Margaret name to Mary because it was to long to pronounce. Margaret never thought her boss would change her name to Mary because it was a well known fact that you should never called a negro anything but their given name out of years of being called abusive & insulting names. So the minute she heard Mrs.. Cullman call her Mary she became instantly sick and know that she could never work for her anymore. But her dilemma was that she knew that her mother would not be pleased with her if she quit her job, so she had to think of a way to be terminated. Margaret knew that the casserole dish and two green glass cups was Mrs. Viola Cullman most prized possessions, so she knew that accidentally breaking them would get her mission accomplish. 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. I love football and especially the Philadelphia Eagle's, but this season I decide to boycott the NFL behind the, "Bend the Knee" "That a Stand" movement. Most of my family members serves or had served in the Armed Services. Some of my family thought I was being disrespectful not to salute the American flag, while other family members understood why I was doing it. But my biggest struggle to stay true to the boycott was that my team was finally winning, and going to the Super Bowl. The boycott did not allow me to purchase any NFL items or give them any Nelson ratings. Not watching the Super bowl or buying the new tee shirts with Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl Champions has been one of the hardest things I had too do. But as much as I want that pretty shirt with the Super Bowl ring on it, I will continue my boycott of the NFL until it is called off.
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