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     Dorothy Allison said, "Class, race, sexuality, gender and all other categories by which we categorize and dismiss each other need to be excavated from the inside." This quote means that not everything human beings do should depend on if you're a man or woman, but if you actually have the ability and effort to do it. People should agree with this quote because now a days, women strive to succeed in just as many things men can do. This can clearly be seen in The Selection because the main character the main character America competes in a competition for a prince's hand in marriage not because she wants to fall in love, but she doesn't want her father being the other one providing for their family. Examples of this in the book is when she experiences harsh situations with the other people of royalty, having to set her actual relationship at home aside with Aspen, and realizing she made it thus far in the competition for her family.

A Night Turned Wrong

     It was a warm summer night in the year of 2014. It was getting late at Piedmont Park. Keisha and Cindy went on a late night jog since they had to work overtime at Johnny Rockets. It was as dark as an empty room with only a couple of city lights on. They went through a hidden trail in the middle of the trees where no one could find them. As they were walking, catching their breath, Cindy spotted two huge eyes on the branch of a tall tree. They frightened her and she screamed loudly. It startled Keisha and she saw that the huge, creepy eyes belonged to an owl who was as white as snow. Once they got themselves together, Keisha forgot to remind her boyfriend, Jamel, that she was going for a run with Cindy after work. She checked her phone, which was on silent, and had seven missed calls and received more than ten crazy and worrisome texts. She could tell that Jamel was as scared as a child who couldn't find his mother and was worried sick about her. Cindy and Keisha made their way to their cars once they finished the trail. Cindy was more cautious of her surroundings and Keisha got an ear full from Jamel once she got home. 

I Am America Singer
 
I am bright and silent.
I wonder how things would be if I wasn't chosen.
I hear my mother bickering at me.
I see my 2 younger siblings.
I want things to be normal.
I am bright and silent.
 
 
I pretend to agree with my mother.
I feel like I never have a say in things.
I touch my sister's red hair.
I cry for relief from the pressure.
I am bright and silent.
 
 
I understand my mother just wants what's best for the family.
I say I'm not lovely.
I dream of staying where I am.
I try to help my father more.
I hope I don't get chosen into the Selection.
I am bright and silent.

The Selection by Kiera Cass is the book I chose to relate to my Macbeth theme, gender. I think the main character, America, is going to end up being the winner of the Selection.

"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles." - Christopher Reeve ("Superman")

 

This quote states how a hero isn't just someone who has supernatural abilities. A hero can be a person who just tries their best no matter what the situation is. Whether it's saving the world or saving one person, their courage and their perseverance is what makes them a true hero. I agree with this quote because kids see hero as someone like Spiderman. Or Batman. Yes, the movies of full of action and violence, but they don't realize until the end of the story that they went through all those obstacles to save who they love. Their family, friends, partners, strangers. That's who they live for. They put others before themselves, which is what makes them so... glorifying. I don't see myself exactly as a hero, but I try to help my family and friends as much as I can. I put my mother before anyone. She is MY ROCK. I love her more than life itself. She is my hero because she has always worked her butt of to give us what we wanted. As a single mother, I look up to her. She's been through a lot of obstacles physically too, and I'm so blessed to have her in my life still.