Stereotypes To Avoid Expectations In Boys And Girls
Comparative Essay Outline
Thesis Statement : In our society, you simply cannot avoid expectations. These interpretations are affected by your gender, class, and socio-economic stand. Stereotypes are present in our society. Thus we have expectations from others, besides ourselves. Some individuals may be deceived into believing incorrect expectations and some will fight for what they believe in. In the stories “In Line” and “Boys and Girls”, through the conflicts of the main characters, the authors portray the impact that people’s expectations have on us and how this affects how we live our lives. This is important because we do not realize that we are living our lives according to stereotypes and expectations that society considers acceptable, instead of choosing our …show more content…
own paths.
Main Idea #1 -
Topic Sentence Both of the protagonists in the story encounter problems with their society.
The authors show this with the use of examples that display how society views the protagonist.
Text A Evidence # 1“Wait till Laird gets bigger you will have some real help.”
Text A Evidence #2 The narrator was blamed for something she was not responsible for. Her brother climbed up a ladder. He parents said to her “Why weren’t you watching him.”
Text B Evidence #1 “Fayza looked at me and laughed” “thatll be a sight you lugging fodder in those nice clothes”
Text B Evidence #2 Rania’s mother believed that Fayza’s family was unhygienic and illiterate, simply because they did not have as much money as she did.
Concluding Sentence This intensified the double standard between genders in their family and society
Main Idea #2-
Topic Sentence At a point in the story the character were in search for individuality
Text A Evidence #1 The protagonist would imagine herself as a hero. In her dreams she imagined that she was an independent woman.
Text A Evidence #2 The protagonist would avoid kitchen work with her mother and enjoyed watching her father do farm work. She wished that she could do the jobs her father
did.
Text B Evidence #1 In then text Rania is confused as to why her mother does not allow her to interact with peasants. She finds that she has more fun with her poor friend. She did not agree with her mother and chose to not follow her rules, so that she could play with her friends.
Text B Evidence #2 When Rania says “I was stepping out of line, a little. And I liked it” this shows us that she was going against her mother’s expectations of only interacting with high class people.
Concluding Sentence These quotes help show that protagonists were trying to find their inner selves and that they did not want to be deceived into conforming to society’s expectations
Thesis Statement : In our society, you simply cannot avoid expectations. These interpretations are affected by your gender, class, and socio-economic stand. Stereotypes are present in our society. Thus we have expectations from others, besides ourselves. Some individuals may be deceived into believing incorrect expectations and some will fight for what they believe in. In the stories “In Line” and “Boys and Girls”, through the conflicts of the main characters, the authors portray the impact that people’s expectations have on us and how this affects how we live our lives. This is important because we do not realize that we are living our lives according to stereotypes and expectations that society considers acceptable, instead of choosing our …show more content…
own paths.
Main Idea #1 -
Topic Sentence Both of the protagonists in the story encounter problems with their society.
The authors show this with the use of examples that display how society views the protagonist.
Text A Evidence # 1“Wait till Laird gets bigger you will have some real help.”
Text A Evidence #2 The narrator was blamed for something she was not responsible for. Her brother climbed up a ladder. He parents said to her “Why weren’t you watching him.”
Text B Evidence #1 “Fayza looked at me and laughed” “thatll be a sight you lugging fodder in those nice clothes”
Text B Evidence #2 Rania’s mother believed that Fayza’s family was unhygienic and illiterate, simply because they did not have as much money as she did.
Concluding Sentence This intensified the double standard between genders in their family and society
Main Idea #2-
Topic Sentence At a point in the story the character were in search for individuality
Text A Evidence #1 The protagonist would imagine herself as a hero. In her dreams she imagined that she was an independent woman.
Text A Evidence #2 The protagonist would avoid kitchen work with her mother and enjoyed watching her father do farm work. She wished that she could do the jobs her father
did.
Text B Evidence #1 In then text Rania is confused as to why her mother does not allow her to interact with peasants. She finds that she has more fun with her poor friend. She did not agree with her mother and chose to not follow her rules, so that she could play with her friends.
Text B Evidence #2 When Rania says “I was stepping out of line, a little. And I liked it” this shows us that she was going against her mother’s expectations of only interacting with high class people.
Concluding Sentence These quotes help show that protagonists were trying to find their inner selves and that they did not want to be deceived into conforming to society’s expectations