Half the sky

1.)The authors argurment in this book is that women are treated bad to show how different woman fought for what they believe. In Half The Sky the author uses different countries to show how women are forced into prostitution and show how they fought there way out of it and stood up for what they believe was right. The author shows that women can also make a change which shows that "women hold up half the sky"

2.)gangly: tall

brothel: a place where men pay to have sexual intercourse with prostitutes

stigmatized: to get some mark of disgace

delegation: a group or body of delegates

dilapidated: fallen into partial ruin or decay

stipend: a periodic payment

vermin: objectionable

3.)
tone: a passionate call against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the world.

4.)
Invective pg. 13
Euphemism pg. 14
Narrative pg. 3
Theme pg.9
Logos pg 11


5.)
clarification: were the women in charge of the brothels prostitutes also?
style: why does the author make the book sound like a documentary?
theme or concept: did the author write this book to stop this type of slaver because it is still going on today?

6.)"women hold up half the sky"