In the title, Sherry Simon (1996) refers to linguistic aspects of gender as opposed to biological or social gender. Linguistic gender breaks down into semantic and grammatical gender: semantic gender corresponds to a referent's biological sex; grammatical gender is assigned even to inanimate nouns. English follows a natural gender system, where the assigned gender corresponds to the perceived sex of...
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My selection for this discussion is The Handmaid’s Tale. This show was recommended as a must-see and I was not disappointed. This series is about a totalitarian society named Gilead. In a world where fertility rates have collapsed as a result of sexually transmitted diseases and environmental pollution, the totalitarian, theonomic government of Gilead establishes rule in the former United...
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Critically assess the claim that religious controversy is always caused by broader changes within society. Religious norms, rituals, and restrictions have always influenced and enveloped intimate human interactions. Religions' emphasis on the issues of gender and sexuality has expanded, if anything, about other areas of society and its impact in the modern era. I have to agree with the title...
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Should women and men compete against each other? For the longest time, women's and men's sporting abilities have been compared against one another, whether it be through thinking men are stronger and their bodies are built and made for the said sport, or that women are much more capable of competing in expressive sports to a high standard. These views...
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Why was there so much discrimination in the early 1930's? John Steinbeck’s highly renowned “Of Mice and Men” is an outstanding novel that paints a depressingly realistic portrait of America during the Great Depression in the 1930s. In the novel, Steinbeck attacks the many issues that plagued the country during that time. His purpose in writing “Of Mice and Men”...
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Menstruation; is a natural process that occurs in the female reproductive system and grants life, or another reason to shame women? In our patriarchal society, it is unfortunately often presented as the latter, thus creating the need for nonconforming portrayals of periods in media such as Bodyform’s “Blood” commercial. In “Blood”, Bodyform uses various clips of women performing different demanding...
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Into the Wild is a remarkable story of Christopher McCandless, a young man who after graduating from university went to live in the wilderness. He gave 24,000 of his savings to the charity, Oxfam. He abandoned his car, burned the rest of his money, and hitched a hike to Alaska. A few months later he died of starvation in an...
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The modern fashion industry has a guilty conscience when it comes to clothes and children. Whether or not they would like to profess this, young children in poorer countries thread and sow the very clothes that are worn by millions across the globe. Since the Industrial Revolution, abusive labor has been no stranger to the creation of garments and accessories...
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Does the compulsory wearing of helmets reduce the number of fatalities associated with motorcycling and pedal cycling accidents? Provide evidence in support of and against the following statements and state whether you agree with the statements and why. 'Wearing a motorcycle helmet increases the chances of having an accident.' 'Legislation requiring the wearing of motorcycle helmets is a breach of...
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Paulo Coelho’s works are characterized by their simplicity, wistfulness, and clear-cut yet deeply poignant delivery. Despite variations in how the stories are narrated, all of his novels carry a familiar philosophical feel to them. He is also a masterful storyteller. Even through the characters’ conversations, there seems to be an insightful lesson being conveyed with direct, honest dialogue, and concise...
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The first-ever black woman to have a play performed on Broadway and all around the world in 35 different languages was accomplished by Lorraine Hansberry according to Nava Atlas in Lorraine Hansbury, Creator of a Raisin in the Sun (Atlas). Hansberry was raised in a black middle-class family in the southside of Chicago as the Civil Rights Movement was expanding....
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A River is a popular and major poem, written by A.K. Ramanujan who was an Indian poet, translator, scholar, and imagist poet. This poem is published in 1966 in the Striders. The poet Ramanujan has compared and contrasted the attitudes of the old poets and those of the new poets to human suffering throughout this poem by using simple language,...
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In the spring of 1992, a young man by the name of Chris McCandless began the most enduring and painful journey of his life into the Alaskan wilderness. He did not know of the dangers that lay ahead yet he proceeded on the death march in search of his own ideals. He was incredibly ill-prepared and uninformed about surviving in...
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Most romance comedy films are evaluated using very similar criteria. A romance comedy should consist of a good plot, one or multiple profound messages, good actors, humor, and originality. It is important to have all these components so that the audience wants to continue watching the film and enjoy it. The film “When We First Met” is a rom-com about...
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“But you, you’re not exactly the everyday man on the street, but you’re not nuts.” ~ Randle McMurphy Madness throughout time and culture has been portrayed as a dissociation from the ordinary perception of the real world otherwise known as mental illness. Mental Illness is present worldwide resulting in severe marginalization which furthermore develops the broad interpretation that the mentally...
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Reflective Statement: How was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the Interactive Oral? The interactive oral allowed me to view Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel, Persepolis as more than an interesting story. Before reading the text, my political understanding of the region was limited, yet class discussion allowed me to make stronger connections between the...
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In reading “The Wind Cave” by Haruki Murakami, readers can visualize characters and their unique personalities through Murakami’s distinct writing style. As he writes, Murakami uses clear and simple ways to understand the story easier. His melancholy writing style shows that each character, despite their intense feelings, is in control of his or her feelings and conscience. The protagonist, who...
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The graphic memoir The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi portrays the experience from the author’s childhood in Iran to her adulthood in Austria. The story happens with the background of the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Born in a family with advanced and open-minded parents but living under the influence of radical change in society and politics, the main character Marji’s...
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Through all of our lives, we look up to tons and tons of people. It can affect lots of things we see and go through. One of the most influential figures kids have is their parents. Parents can have good and bad influences on their kid’s lives. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, there are multiple examples of how...
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Persepolis is a black-and-white graphic novel written by Marjane Satrapi during the late nineteen seventies, a period marked by the civil war between Iran and Iraq. This autobiographic novel takes place in Tehran where the Iranian government, interrupted by an Islamic revolution, inducted a tumult among the population. Indeed, this theocracy led to a form of oppression against women and...
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Some people believe that they are completely in control of their lives, while others believe that their lives are completely controlled by fate. And therein lies a question. Are our lives controlled by fate or our own choices? Two texts attempt to answer this question. The first is 'Oedipus', by Sophocles, and 'Into the Wild', by Jon Krakauer. After analysis,...
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The Awakening is a worldwide novel that explores the value that women have and women’s place in society. The moment this novel was published, it caused women to rethink their beliefs. The Awakening offers honesty about what some women who did not want to be controlled by men. In this period, when a woman got married, they were considered the...
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Polish science fiction author and philosopher, Stanislaw Lem, once said, “ Man has gone out to explore other worlds and other civilizations without having explored his labyrinth of dark passages and secret chambers, and without finding what lies behind doorways that he has sealed (Lem).” When thinking of the vast and unexplored universe, people are eager to jump in without...
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A tragic hero can be defined as a “great or virtuous character who is destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat” (Dictionary.com). In Sean Penn’s film Into The Wild, the protagonist, Christopher McCandless ventures away from home in seek of freedom from the world which is surrounded by materials and wealth. Growing up in a household that idealized success in the...
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Throughout Western education, the concept of the winner writing the history books is truly embodied as great tales are spun about the accomplishments of the British Empire or American Veterans recalling the trauma of World War II. However, the Third World, which occupies four-fifths of the planet, is very much brushed to the side with the broad umbrella teachings of...
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Jane Austen has remained a very famous novelist with audiences all around the world after her death over 200 years ago. Her works, which are entertaining, thought-provoking, and funny, have featured several protagonists with distinct traits that appeal to a wide range of readers. This research attempts to stimulate a larger conversation on how the interior lives of characters are...
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Stereotypes are defined as “a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing”. Advertisements attempt to appeal to different audiences by using different techniques, one of which is to include stereotypes. Throughout the advertisement era, the representation of gender stereotypes in advertising has decreased as time has passed. However, the stereotypical...
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It failed to realize what was in front of it, seeing only what it wanted to see, sort of like a veil. The Crystal Merchant, when he discovered that there were potential business opportunities outside of his comfort zone. Our Englishman. For most of the time we knew him, he was absorbed by his books. When he and Santiago tried...
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Introduction Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman addresses the loss of identity and a man's inability to accept change within himself and society. The play is a montage of memories, dreams, confrontations, and arguments, all of which make up the last 24 hours of Willy Loman's life. The play concludes with Willy's suicide and subsequent funeral. Arthur Miller's play...
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A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, introduces several of her characters, where money is a promise of escape, a gift to be stored up and fought for whenever possible. But as the story progresses, the Younger family must constantly consider their wish for significant wealth against their wish for freedom. Beneatha, Walter, and the others eventually choose conceptual...
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