Author: msteele628

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I’m not the typical young looking female with blonde hair and outstanding body I’m Kamala Khan originally from Pakistan growing up in Jersey City.  I always wanted to fit in with the in crowded, needed people to see me as myself. I  always felt like the geek in the group. I didn’t like my hair it’s to dark my body is flat looking like a string beam. Why do I have to continue my religious valves in this new country? “Why can I have the glorious blond hair and fabulous body as Captain Marvel. “Why can I be less complicated?, Why can I go out like the other kids my age. Why, Why ?. This was Kamala Khan a young woman who felt the need to always wanted to become someone besides herself. She always dream of being Captain Marvel because of her beauty and power. Even as she was reboot int the person she became she still was confuse to how her power was to make her the ideal person. When learning her new power it made her realize the difficulty one faces trying to lose their true identity. After becoming aware of how her power can make her strong kamala had no reason to feel small or inferior of anyone.

The scene I choose in the Ms. Marvel is Kamala standing tall with her fists swollen with power. I choose this scene because here is where Kamala took notice of who she believes to be. Her inner quote “Who Am I?”, as she develops confidence within herself at that moment not feeling small when she came around earthly people (Zoe) who make her feel inferior when she is near her but, letting those in her present see her as Ms. Marvel and not Captain Marvel. Kamala is taking the stand to put her power towards building her self-esteem as well as reassuring her true identity. As Kamala getting to knowing herself it became a confusing roller coaster ride, one that she had to take in order to bring out the best in her. It was a difficult transition because she was transforming into someone else (Captain Marvel the blonde) and fighting within herself which made her power weak until she learns to connected her powers to believe into herself.

We all had some Kamala in us. Growing up as children we face many challenges trying to fit in. We all at one point disobey our parents when we were told to come straight home from school we might detour and hang out with peers before heading straight home. Understanding Kamala parents who have their expectation and values for their daughter. Parents who come from a different country hoping and wishing for their children to have a better life than the one they have naturally will want the best for their kids. You will find that a daughter and father relationship will be quite different than a mother and daughter. Kamala mother was very hurt and shame the way that her daughter behaved. Female are supposed be ladies of elegant not shaming the family whereas the father was angry but more understandable. He took time to explain to is daughter why she was special explaining her name, what it meant, and why it was special. Everyone goes fades shame, and disappointed but with love and understanding from those around us will bring peace happiness and joy.

Carefully thinking out what format i wanted to do I still looking forward to doing the monologue. I feel that Kamala has a lot on her mind that she will like to address to family and friends. I will like to focus on the scene when she take a stand at wanting to let people know who she is or want to be classified as Ms. Marvel.

The scene that i was thinking about doing my monologue is the scene where Kamala is standing tall with her fist still swollen with super powers and she is thinking of telling everyone who she is. I feel i can collaborate her feelings more confident of letting people know who she is “Who Am I?” then feeling the old Kamala who wasn’t quite sure of herself. I was thinking maybe writing a monologue with her speaking how she over came her identity to be able to fit in with those around her as expressing her feeling more to say.

I need to know where to start and what will be my best format on with the topic scene i pick.

Monday class was very interesting, I enjoy how we were able to write out a script and draw character to what we took to understand from our peers script. During this in class assignment enlighten me and give me a better understanding how comic comes to existence.

I can say yes it did impact my choice of a format for this assignment. I was thinking of doing the a monologue or one-act-play. In Ms. Marvel there were several square boxes that show Kamala Khan inner thoughts so i thinking maybe a I can address some of her feeling as well as emotions about her identity.

I have no concern at this moment but i pretty much excited to see how I will pull this project together with the two format I’m thinking of doing. Ms.Marvel has taught me that writing can be fun through comic.

 

 

The grade that I’m aiming for is an A+. I plan to hand in all my assignment on time and remember to comment and review my peer review. In order for me to get the grade that I’m aiming for I will have to dedicate 1-2 hours on each assignment making sure my writing has genuine detail pertaining to this assignment Ms. Marvel.

I know i have not been good on putting effort into my peer review for this assignment i am making sure that i put all effect into reviewing my peer review. You have always been their for any concerns i had, i’m expecting you will continue to be there for me thanks. I haven’t decided what format to do this assignment in hoping will be able to discuss that in class.

As i’m reading Ms. Marvel i found it to very interesting. I have grew up reading comic books such as Archie, Betty and Veronica, Ginger and Josie and the Pussy Cats so i do understand the formality of comic books. I don’t quite have any question at the time, I’m more excited looking forward of whats’ coming in the following chapters.

Some of us knows the strain and stress that you face when a love one has been hit with a terminal illness. It’s not only difficult for the patient but it can be a very challenging experience for those who are caregivers to the family member. These families are place in unstable situation with can be stressful for teens and young adults but, one should know that there are resources out there that can help you cope with dilemma. Resources require that individual communicate with patient, seek guidance, and plan for thy expected knowing that it is still a long road ahead.

 

When someone has to deal with a terminal ill person it best that the family communicate with other people who are dealing with the same situation as in Intersection the play the scene when Dr. Hernandez came in the hospital room to discuss the diagnosis of Janelle, Danielle and Travis grandma, they were told that their grandma was diagnosis with stage 4 cancer which is spreading quickly “Intersection” (6). Receiving bad new can be devastated as it was with Janelle and Travis they automatic felt that each have to make a discussion on who would do the caring for their grandma. They both forget that each of them had their own obligation before taking own the responsibility of caring for their grandma.

This happen to often in everyday lives. We encounter making discussion base on what we need to do not looking at the consequences of how it will affect our own being. According to the “National Cancer Institute” in order to be stress free it is important that one take care of herself first in order to take care of another. It is best to surround yourself around those who might be going through this type of dilemma a good source of theory.

In intersection, the play Janelle was so caught up making her grandma happy in her last days that she will have done anything to make her comfortable. After her and Travis came to the conclusion to take their grandma home instead of sending her to Hospice they should had consider their grandma feelings. If and Travis had done some research on the care that Hospice deliver I would suggest that they would had made a different decision. Hospice services provide palliative care to individuals with life expecting of six month or less. Countless amount of care is done in the home or can be at a Hospice facility. The “focus of hospice is not on treatment, but on pain and symptom management, comfort measures, and acknowledging that the individual will die (“Allison Jenkins, Encyclopedia of Health & Aging, p.135”).

 

Analyzing the hospital scene, you can see that it was fill with pain, disappointment and anger. Danielle was felt left out of making the decision, while Janell felt that her job was to take care of grandma, and Travis was only thinking about himself. This is normal for families to go through mix emotions. To many times when tragedy hit families they seem to not make the right resolution. This is what has been portray from the student of LaGuardia in this play intersection, the student is displaying all type of life scenario that one might encounter as a student but, these life situations can be a life learning that one can overcome.

 

 

 

“Encyclopedia of Health & Aging.” Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol. 28, no. 3, 2009, p. 166. Health Reference Center Academic, go.galegroup.com.rpa.laguardia.edu:2048/ps/i.do?p=HRCA&sw=w&u=cuny_laguardia&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA206911784&asid=79229b316326f58318bd82fd9cd3d57b. Accessed 10 May 2017.

Most of us can relate to the issue that intersection has addressed. In the play the cast was place with one situation after another. The play discuss concern such as illness, eviction, drugs, and police harassment.

As I review the play written by college student I realize the challenges student faces in life. The Character Janelle felt that she had to take care of Her Grandma because she took her and her two siblings in when their mother pass. I will like to take focus on the healthcare issues presented in the play. When Dr. Hernandez came in the room and give Janelle, Danielle, and Travis the results of their grandma tests he stated that unfortunately the cancer is in stage 4, and with the cancer in stage 4, there is a chance it metastasized and is spreading quickly to other organs. I’m sorry but at her age, there’s nothing that can be done. I question; could there been another alternative for someone of her age.

Questions:

1. With my focus on healthcare should i be focusing on something else?
2. What should be my focus?
3. Where should I begin with the health issue?
4. Should I be looking at the challenges her grandkids are facing?

 

 

After reading the intersection, in order for the playwright to write this play they had to gather facts from individual who might had face these situations. The playwrights uses realistic issue that is consistently a growing condition that most of us bear each and everyday.

In order for me to research or conduct an analysis of intersection i too will have to research individuals  or analyze people around me who might be facing situations similar or different to those in intersection. My resources might be a movie i saw or YouTube document that can help me understand more life like situations.

The thing that grabbed me in intersection is the second dialogue in the play when Travis, Janelle learn the seriousness of their Grandma condition and a heated discussion of who will be doing the caring for her.

The challenge that i face doing a research paper is staying with the topic and being able to analyze what i had read. I feel research should be guided by what you get out of what you researched, getting the facts and the motivation that you put into it.

In Jamila Layiscott, “3 Ways to Speak English” I carefully analyze her hand and mouth movement each time she use the word articulate. It was a needed way for her to express speaking proper English. In parts of the video you see her audience looking confused at the message that she was giving. As for the message on her tee shirt “I tried avoid looking forward for backward and try to keep looking upward” pretty much it express what she was talking about in her spoken word. We tend to quickly past judgement for the way people talk and pronounce words.

When growing up it was important that when you spoke to your parents you would have to speak proper English not like today you have parents and children speaking equal languages from slang to street talk. Who to say that the language we speak is not articulated. It has been times when I’m around a different group of people I will try to make sure that I speak correctly so i will not be judge for what I saying. It is hard at times knowing people judge my English. As Jamila said in her spoken word we Afro American have be rape from our language and force to take on a language spoken by those who neither speak the proper language.

While watching Jamila she made it clear that English have many aspects or phrases. Looking at her audience who were mostly white American I would think she wanted them to know that speaking in a broken language does’t necessary make a person less knowledgeable. Every ethnic group  have a certain way of expressing themselves when they are with their own group of people. It’s like speaking in code where you and that other person understand, that’s being articulated.

While analyzing Jamila during the part of the speech when she stated “sometime I fight back two tongues while I use the other one in the classroom and When I mistakenly mix them up I feel crazy like I’m cooking in the bathroom I know that I had to borrow your language because mines was stolen the look of the audience was so stung or amaze of how she put history into explaining why its important to us to speak Ebonics to remind us that we too once had a language. Her voice became emotional as if she is tired being judge about the way she speak.

What I learn during this exercise is how to analyze people thoughts by looking at their body and facial movement, listening to the tone of voice by which they communicated the message. I can’t say that I didn’t learn anything because I actually learn to appreciate listening to spoken word. This deep analysis of reading/viewing/interacting and coming up with specific questions to investigate an poem can be use when reading a book I can take one part of the reading to come up what ways to understand what I’m reading. I choose this MLA format because i thought it would be easy to just analyze the poem into an essay. It turn out that it was difficult staying focus on one particular point. I think I should had chosen the analytical essay which I would have been able to develop a strong topics sentences in each part of my paragraph telling my readers what exactly what section is going to be about to make my claim. I should had be able to tie my evidence to my topic sentence. Hopefully in my next project I will be to put all the pieces together completely.