In Oedipus the King, fate and free will play a huge role throughout the storyline. Only one however brought Oedipus to his death and downfall. Both points can be argued greatly! The ancient Greeks acknowledged fate as a reality outside an individual that developed and determined their life. It is that mankind does have control over his or her individual life. I assume that fate does indeed lead to Oedipus’s downfall.…
My own gender schema has changed radically from when I was younger. I can remember asking my mother “is that a boy or a girl?” about a person whom my mother identified as a woman, but who had a very square, angular face with large eyes. Later, I learned to incorporate larger scale features (curvy hips or breasts; large shoulder-to-waist ratio) into my schema. Although I was raised as a girl and have always looked female (if not always perfectly feminine), I…
Gender was always a very tricky subject for me until I finally realized gender and sex are two different things. So, gender was never something I ever really thought about. I was a girl and that was that. It was definitely assumed for me based on my biological “label” of female at birth. I grew up with two sisters so there were lots of baby dolls and Barbies. But as I got older, aspects of other gender(s) became aware to me that I decided I wanted to incorporate into my own gender. I did not like wearing dresses so that “norm” was thrown out of my wardrobe options. I was much more comfortable in pants and a t-shirt playing outside. I became very interested in sports and always wanted to be outside shooting baskets or throwing around…
March 2nd of 2011 in Charlotte NC I just receive 2 phone calls. The first one was from my lawyer in Morganton notifying me that several indictments had come through. The other was from Detective South of the Burke County Sheriff’s Office, telling me that I had no choice but to turn myself in. I remember him saying “If you run I will find you”. I thought about running from my troubles, but that isn’t a life that I wanted. The next day I took the long drive from Charlotte NC to Morganton NC knowing that I was going to jail for a long time. I turn myself in at the Magistrates office thinking that I will be showed some leniency, after all I was only 18 years old and it was the first time I had been in trouble. I thought wrong, I was given copies of my indictments and arrest warrants, given a 23,000 dollar bond and placed in Jail. I cried like I have never cried before, after all I was only a teenager going to jail with grown men.…
we would eventually meet someone from the other gender and get married. This idea of…
My childhood experience of 'doing gender' was growing up as a girl/adolescent, and both challenging and attempting to adapt to…
Ever since I could remember most of what I learned about being a male came from a series of components, majority include my parents, family, television, school, toys, the media, and peers. Gender expectations were embedded within me by society and I had no clue of what was happening. When I was young it was expected of me to play with toys that suited males i.e. batman, spiderman, superman, watch television shows that encompassed male behavior, I even had to perpetuate dominance over my male counterparts as a means of sustaining my masculinity.…
"For you, there’s nothing in this world I wouldn’t do." This quote directly correlates to my life in so many different ways. My time in middle school has been a series of learning opportunities and reckoning with who I strive to be. Middle school has been a time of figuring out my faith, further strengthen of my family’s relationships, and finding true reliable friends. The relationships with friends and family that have evolved throughout middle school have strengthened me and will have a place in my heart as long as I live.…
March 26, 2004 I got up at 7 am and took me a good hot bath. After my bath I put me on some clothes to go to the hospital in Rutherfordton. On this day all I could smell was the scent of hot spring air, birds chirping, and fresh spring flowers. This was the day my labor was induced and I gave birth to my first son. I was 17 years old not expecting to jump head first into a teenage life as being a mother. Leaving home going to the hospital was my husband, grandmother, and my mother. When I got there, a nurse by the name of heather signed me in. After that is when everything got real interesting.…
The birth of my daughter, Kimora Nevaeh Roberts changed my life forever.[This is a good starting sentence. It easily grabs the readers' attention. Nice work!] The difference in my life from the years 2009 until now showed the amazing conclusion to my life that has changed forever. Having to grow up and be a mother took me away from many things that I was once doing without a child. Being a mother adversely affected my way of living, my family, and my education.…
As a girl who had always hated heights and finding myself fifteen stories in the air, the only thing that came to mind was if I was going to make it off the roller coaster I was riding. Conquering my first roller coaster and overcoming my fear of heights made me realize that I shouldn’t be afraid to take chances in life, but to be brave, because it may just turn out to be the ride of my life.…
I had heard talk of a mother's love for her child before the day I had my own. I'd heard stories of a mother that gives her life to save her child's. I'd seen that kind love expressed by my own mother everyday. I guess, I never thought it to be much different then the love a person feels for any other immediate family member. Boy, was I wrong. It's not that I don't love my other family unconditionally and entirely, but a mother's love is undoubtably incomparable to any other.…
I feel as long as I can remember I knew my gender and sexual orientation identity. My parents dressed me as a little girl and treated me as little girl since I was born. I do remember my mother telling me from time to time that she was sad that I would not allow her to put me in frilly dresses when I was toddler and a child. My parents expected me to act as a female, I did so, and I know I am privileged in the fact that my gender identity is the same as what my family and society expects it to be. Growing up I remember my friends solidify my identity as a female as we would talk about things and do things that in our world were consider predominately girl things. Such as talking about boys, shopping, participating in makeovers, etc. As I got older and saw more of the…
"Congratulations on your new baby sister!" The young female nurse said with such enthusiasm that it made me smile with joy.…
-All zeroes that are simultaneously to the right of a decimal point AND at the end of a number are…