In The Combat Zone By Leslie Marmon Silko
About the author:
Leslie Marmon Silko was born in Albuquerque in 1948 of mixed Laguna Pueblo, Mexican, and white ancestry. She grew up on the Laguna Pueblo Reservation. In this context Leslie Silko discusses the issues of violence against women, she expressed her protest and disagreement with the concerning of the incidence and prevalence of violence committed against women. She argued that it is vital for women for being able to confront their fears and passivity. These realities can make them realize how the culture of victimization made their live full of fear, insecurity, and perceived to depending on males.
Summary of “In The Combat Zone” by Lesli Marmon Silko:
She was exposed to a childhood where violence was a part/fact of life,Her early exposure and training to guns and shooting enabled her to overcome the feeling of being a potential prey to male strangers. She wrote this essay to acknowledge to women that the use of self-defense with guns is critical to protect themselves from tragedies of violence from strangers. She fairly justifies the use of guns for self-defense. Silko integrates a good history of the past rape in Tucson in her writing. By doing this, it helps the reader understand that Silko is coming from a place where rape has been epidemic, and therefore we can better understand her horrific experiences in Tucson. Instead, she could have given a history of the rape in the United States or of another location, but she chose to give a history of the rape in Tucson, which helps her credibility. Silko gives a history of the different rape characters in the 1980s, some of which are the afternoon rapist, the apologetic rapist, and the red bandanna rapist. With Silko's choice in integrating these rapists, especially the afternoon rapist, it sets her up well for her personal experience story of being followed in the afternoon by a potential rapist. Also, when she writes about the red bandana rapist, who raped over twenty women, she describes how the last woman who he tried to rape shot him. By stating this, it establishes her argument that guns are beneficial. This is true because it creates the feeling for the reader that the gun has served justice.
This type of essay is an narrative essay.
Leslie Marmon Silko was born in Albuquerque in 1948 of mixed Laguna Pueblo, Mexican, and white ancestry. She grew up on the Laguna Pueblo Reservation. In this context Leslie Silko discusses the issues of violence against women, she expressed her protest and disagreement with the concerning of the incidence and prevalence of violence committed against women. She argued that it is vital for women for being able to confront their fears and passivity. These realities can make them realize how the culture of victimization made their live full of fear, insecurity, and perceived to depending on males.
Summary of “In The Combat Zone” by Lesli Marmon Silko:
She was exposed to a childhood where violence was a part/fact of life,Her early exposure and training to guns and shooting enabled her to overcome the feeling of being a potential prey to male strangers. She wrote this essay to acknowledge to women that the use of self-defense with guns is critical to protect themselves from tragedies of violence from strangers. She fairly justifies the use of guns for self-defense. Silko integrates a good history of the past rape in Tucson in her writing. By doing this, it helps the reader understand that Silko is coming from a place where rape has been epidemic, and therefore we can better understand her horrific experiences in Tucson. Instead, she could have given a history of the rape in the United States or of another location, but she chose to give a history of the rape in Tucson, which helps her credibility. Silko gives a history of the different rape characters in the 1980s, some of which are the afternoon rapist, the apologetic rapist, and the red bandanna rapist. With Silko's choice in integrating these rapists, especially the afternoon rapist, it sets her up well for her personal experience story of being followed in the afternoon by a potential rapist. Also, when she writes about the red bandana rapist, who raped over twenty women, she describes how the last woman who he tried to rape shot him. By stating this, it establishes her argument that guns are beneficial. This is true because it creates the feeling for the reader that the gun has served justice.
This type of essay is an narrative essay.
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