Flannery O’ Connor’s short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” is about family, violence, and cruelty. The author uses the archetypes situational, symbolic, setting and character so that the reader can understand the short story. The situational archetype that O’ Connor uses is battle between the good and evil. She shows this in her story when the grandmother tries to convince the Misfit to pray and not do anything bad. The symbolic archetype that she uses is water vs. dessert because she describes how the sky was lonely with no clouds and that there was sun but no sun to be seen. In most cases, loneliness indicates that something bad is going to happen. The setting that she conveys here is a family road trip that ends in a tragic way. The…
Ever since I was young I always witnessed examples of men being more dominant than women, the role of macho man has been in my family for generations. The way most Mexican families function is the father is the provider and worker. The mother stays at home cleans, cooks, and takes care of the children. Also the father would be the one who gives out advice to the kids and makes the family decisions. On the other hand Gary Soto, who wrote "Looking for work" wasn't influenced by his father. Soto as a kid was influenced by television shows. Just because you are Mexican doesn't mean you’re going to be raised with the idea of being a macho man. A while back…
Fables and parables are quintessence of examining the human condition, though that was not their original intent when they were created. These tales were used to teach children lessons, and these lessons often stay with these children until adulthood. For his audience Steinbeck incorporates lessons into his novels not only to remind his readers of a founder time, but to advise his readers on how to behave in the changing times. The lesson Steinbeck seems the most partial to throughout his novels is how humans must learn from their mistakes in order to improve themselves. As the old saying goes: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. In East of Eden, Steinbeck takes this adage to the extreme, when Adam’s naivety leads to his wife, Cathy, to assault him with a shotgun, and then leaving to become a whore in town. Adam’s trusting nature can be compared to that of Eve’s, hindering him from seeing Cathy, the Serpent’s, trickery. From their first meeting, the image…
However, the connection between the relationships with others versus “the crowd” is debatable because it is possible the feeling is more personal, rooted in primary familial dynamics. Perhaps, rather than an otherwise vague connection with a group of people, these athletes quite simply see other athletes as individual challengers to their own masculinity. As a result, we can argue that this is what drives them to become so competitive on the playing field, not so much to please the crowd, but to show everyone on the field and in the crowd their true hegemonic masculinity. Admittedly, there have been instances which I personally recall as pure demonstrations of masculinity on the playing field, especially in front of a crowd. It would be most common to see players, typically ones of higher “importance” on the team simply walk off the field in the event of an injury only to succumb to the overwhelming amount of pain once on the sideline. Regardless, this type of masculinity, as defined by Becky Beal in “Alternative Masculinity and Its Effects on Gender Relations in the Subculture of Skateboarding”, is “the most powerful form of masculinity” (Beal 61) and a result of athletes choosing to pursue success through sports. Similarly, Kimmel contributes to this definition of masculinity in establishing it as, “a man in power, a man with power, and a man of power” before going on to mention that “We equate manhood with being strong, successful, capable, reliable, in control”, which coincides with everything athletes believe they might achieve through their athletic success. Thus, we can assume that any athlete, in their fight toward athletic success, hopes to prove their masculinity through not only the newfound strength, capability, authority developed in the sports world, but most importantly their fulfilled dreams of…
Paul Tough wrote an article that appeared in New York Times Magazine on November 7, 1993, entitled "Into the Pit." He tells a story about his own experience in a mosh pit. At first he was reluctant to enter the pit, but by pure curiosity he decided to join. Tough was a man in his mid-twenties when he entered the pit. He states that he "Is not exactly the kind of person you'd expect to find in the pit" more of one of those "New York Review of Books-subscribing relationship-discussing, National Public Radio-listening guys." Simply put, a man like him usually would not take on the pit. So what was different about the night he describes in his passage?…
Among police occupations, gender disparity has existed for centuries even though progress has been shown throughout past decades. Valiant efforts from women on all accounts have proven progress towards the goal. The fight and battle from women exemplify an end to gender disparity among police officers as statistics show headway into the equalization of the work force. From the beginning of the first sworn woman officer to 13% population of women among the force show progress through history. Media plays a massive role in the perception of women in the force due their representation. Changing attitudes of the male counterparts have been proven to help incorporate women into the field. In all, gender disparity exists through all work forces…
The insouciant laughter of a young man; he’s riding a bi-cycle along an avenue road flanked by trees; a ball rolling on your way from a playground kicked off by a hunk when you walk like a savage to burn out your sugar; a youngster who thrashes his colleague for chewing bubble gum while the national anthem is being sung; another young chap who, carrying in his arms a small boy injured in an accident in the middle of a road, dashes to the hospital, all trigger your memories and make them meet your alter egos. They are your archetypes from whom you have walked long back. Rewind the Time a bit … hurtle it down the decades … and there … there you could find yourself in your twenties bubbling with energy and brimming with youth. Your flashing eyes…
The dominant feminist description for men’s violence towards women is that it is “essential to a system of gender subordination” (MacKinnon, 1989). Feminists argue that sexual violence is a man’s way of preserving male dominance and female subordination, which are fundamental to the patriarchal social order (Stanko 1985). It is argued that a range of sexual violence outlines the everyday lives of women (Kelly, 1988), and similarly Stanko (1985) establishes that the appreciation of physical and sexual security by women is so firmly merged with their concern for sexual integrity as to “render the concept of safety problematic for women” (Stanko, 1985). It is argued that the safety which women do actually have is not used to their advantage and…
There are many different types of archetypes, but I am solely going to focus on one, mine. I am of the innocent archetype and I believe it is a very important part to who I am. The traits of an innocent archetype are blissful yet dark if you see it through my eyes. There's fear of abandonment, desire to be loved, and the ability to control emotion when you need to. This has led me into a life that I am living now.…
It has always been interesting to me to see how people and most especially professionals react when that is predominantly populated by one gender and instead of both this include the way interacts in the workplace with a person of an opposite gender. There are two areas within communication that really got my attention; they are: how does your gender identity affect you as an asset to an organization and is one gender effectiveness better than the other or is inferiority complex that has been passed down through times.…
Social pressure often compels people to do things against their own will. The role of the male in a society is based on a stereotypical figure which represents what all real men should be like. In Romeo and Juliet, the protagonist is an effeminate version of the males in his society. As a result, he is depressed and feels left out. Contrarily, Mercutio is a manlier and more provocative male which portrays the alpha male and all his obligations and responsibility that comes along in his society. In Brokeback Mountain, Jack and Ennis portray the image of American cowboys, but ultimately are unable to maintain this image due to their desire for each other. In Romeo and Juliet and Brokeback Mountain, the term masculinity differs depending on the time frame and restrains the role of the male in the society in which they live in. Masculinity works differently in Romeo and Juliet and Brokeback Mountain as it can be represented as an obligation, a facade or a constraint due to social pressure.…
At boy band concerts, the general admission standing floor is an open space in front of the stage; concert attendees buy tickets at a single price and try to get as close to the stage as possible by lining up in front of the concert venue as early as two days before the doors open. During the concert, the general admission crowd, constituted by at least a hundred members at even the smallest of venues, is often a fertile spot for pushing, hair pulling, hitting or other types of physical violence. The vast majority of the concert attendees have the same intention: 1) to get a clear view of the stage and 2) to be as close to the front as possible. In the midst of a boy band concert, the general admission floor often sees widespread…
A guiding principle of the work of this panel on multinational coalitions is an acknowledgement of the multitude of factors that can affect teamwork under such challenging conditions. Individual differences in cognitive processing is one such factor that the panel has cited as relevant to effective operations of teams in general, and multinational teams, more specifically. The current talk will provide an overview of individual difference factors that could be investigated to facilitate adaptability in teamwork within multinational coalitions. I begin by briefly discussing individual differences in general and then specify several constructs that may play a role in teamwork. The talk will also review the extant experimental literature. The talk will conclude with my suggestions for future research concerning individual differences that might be relevant to adaptability in coalition teamwork.…
The first aim of this report is to show if female's status in the fields of work, home, and social life, has improved compared with ten years ago. Another aim is to describe the different attitudes between men and women towards the change of female's status.…
Chore machaye shor. Yes, say it out loud: women at work (or play) are perfectionists. In their desire to do everything oh-so-splendidly, they don't even mind redoing what those messy creatures called men have already done - no problem if the time taken cuts into their beauty sleep.…