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In Carmen Vázquez’s article “Appearances,” published in 1992 in the book Homophobia, the writer expressed concern about homophobic violence and how stereotypes affect not only gays and lesbians but normal men and women as well. In her article, Vázquez writes to the general public, which she believes is at fault for stereotyping. She begins by presenting an area named Castro that resides in San Francisco hills and serves as a sanctuary for gays and lesbians. She then describes a situation in which a young, straight boy named Brian was beaten on a bus because he was suspected of being gay. She proceeds to explain that this is a common occurrence. Vázquez emphasizes her point by using another mistakenly gay victim name Mickey who was attacked at a nightclub. Using the…
Chloe Anthony Wofford was born on February 18, 1931 to Ramah Wofford and George Wofford in Lorraine, OH. Chloe was the second oldest of four children. Her father was a welder by trade but worked many jobs to support his family and mother was a maid. In 1949 she graduated from Lorain High School with. She then attended college at Howard University, where she majored in English and minored in Classics. . While attending college she decided to Change her name to “Toni” which a shorter version of her middle name. She decided to change her name due to the fact that many people pronounced given first name incorrectly. In 1953 she graduated from Howard with a bachelor in English. She went on to attend Cornell University and received a master’s…
Christian author Jen Hatmaker’s affirmation of the LGBT lifestyle is dangerous, according to former lesbian and book author Rosaria Butterfield.…
This semester, the readings were a bit challenging, but overall I enjoyed the readings. It has always been very difficult for me to understand Donna Haraway, but by discussing her in class and giving examples, I was able to have a better understanding of her topics. Throughout her work Modest_Witness@Second_Millennium. FemaleMan©_Meets_OncoMouse: Feminism and Technoscience, Haraway explains that cyborgs are constructed as the postmodern icon in today’s society, because of science. Haraway explains that, “Biology was interesting not because it transcended historical practice in some positivist epistemological liftoff from Earth but because natural science was part of the lively action on the ground” (Haraway 1997, 104). Biology not only determines…
In The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck, the narrator explains how a social issue affected the Joad family. The realistic novel mimics life and offers social commentary too. It presents many windows on real life in Midwest America in the 1930s. Throughout the 1930s, America was trapped in the worst economic era ever—The Great Depression. The Joad family is struggling to find salvation during this tough time period. Because of this, they must travel from Oklahoma to California in order to start a new life. The Great Depression affected everyone in the United States, some people worse than others. Steinbeck uses several different strategies to interpret the social issue during this time period. By using the literary techniques of setting, tone/mood, and dialogue/language, Steinbeck composes a creative commentary on the Great Depression and how it affected the lives of Americans.…
Firoozeh Dumas' essay, "The F-Word," addresses the very relatable struggle every person with an ethnic name faces in the American culture. Her prime example being herself, Dumas humorously and realistically depicts the trauma a person endures from constantly having to educate people about your name. She also uses the names of her siblings to provide a comparison of the names' meaning in Persian versus their American mispronunciations. Dumas' seamless use of analogies, word choice and quotations assists in her goal of making the reader understand and sympathize with her frustration.…
In the vignette “What Sally Said,” the reader can infer that sally is getting beaten by her father, and she is lying about it at school to protect him because she really loves him in spite of his abusive behavior. On page 92, it states, “He never hits me hard, she says her mama rubs lard on all the places where it hurts. Then at school She’d say she fell.” This reveals that Sally minimizes the severity of her father’s abuse by downplaying to the situation to Esperanza. In addition to downplaying the abuse to Esperanza, Sally completely lies about the abuse at school. For instance, on page 92, it says,” But Sally doesn’t tell about that time he hit her with his hands just like a dog, she said, like if I was an animal.” It clearly states…
In "Two Kinds," Amy Tan writes a coming of age story about a young girl in…
Claudia Valentine, being the protagonist of The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender, has been successfully developed in the text to both support and subvert the stereotype of a male hard-boiled detective, where she is portrayed as a female private detective who inheres the traditional characteristics of a tough talking male detective but also presenting feminist points of view. Thus the author, Marele Day has created this powerful distinctive voice of Claudia’s in the text so that it can connect and appeal to the reader.…
Ray Bradbury explores the idea of a culture where technology is used by everyone for everything. When people rely so heavily on technology they forget entirely who they are, and lose not only themselves but their families. "The Veldt" is a short story written by Ray Bradbury that explores the affect technology has on society, especially children. In "The Veldt" the Hadley children have all they could ever want, however they lack true parents. Instead they rely solely on a house that does their bidding. When faced with the fear of turning the house off, they put all their pent up rage onto the parents, and end up murdering them. "The Veldt" uses symbols throughout the story to represent how relying to heavily on technology can influence a development,…
Moon-Ho Jung set out to not only help define a “coolie” but also to help us understand that "coolies" towed a line between slavery and freedom. The term "coolie" is quite tentative but the basic idea is that a “coolie” refers quite broadly to people of a subjugated “race” who have emigrated from another country to become cheap labor. Often the term “coolies” are targeting the Chinese, but it also expands to immigrants from India and the Caribbean. With the idea of exactly what a “coolie” might be. This idea of a non-definite definition of what a "coolie" perfectly represents the idea of "race" as a social construct. With this knowledge we can see why Jung says that they tow a line between slave and free. This is because they are cheap labor,…
Aya Valentine, actor who played the roles of Sophie primary school, Sophie high school and introvert Mikayla displayed all three characters with effectiveness through use of characterization, vocalization and movement. When portraying character primary school Sophie Aya’s apparel consisted of a blue polo shirt, pigtails and a backpack, this can be classed as a stereotypical primary schooler. Through the use of vocalization Aya transformed her voice into a more shrill sound creating a clear image of her character. Aya’s tone of voice could be considered as at times conceiting and snobbish and example of this is when she is discussing what she thought ‘the high school tuckshop would be like’. When Aya moved her shoulders were rolled forward and both straps of her backpack were on her shoulders and her head was slightly facing downwards her hands would be holding her backpack as she walked slowly towards the bus stop. Her facial expression was pessimistic we know this because when she would talk to her two friends…
“The Yellow Wallpaper”, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a fictional short story written in 1892. It is a narrative of journal entries of a woman, who remains nameless, that retreats to a beautiful summer home while her home is being renovated. During her stay, she is accompanied by her husband John, the Nanny, Mary, and sister-in-law named Jennie. The nameless narrator has been diagnosed, by her husband, with nervous depression. The author first portrays John as a loving, doting husband who loves his wife and only wants her to rest and get well. He controls every aspect of her treatment and limits her activities and has prescribed the “resting cure” in order for her to heal faster. Through this treatment the madness sets in due to lack of any…
“Shades of Character” by Michelle Watson is an essay showing the types of characteristics children have and how each child is different. Studies have showed that children all unique, still each child can be place in one of the three main groups. Watson uses professionals in the field of child psychology to inform the audience of the three-common trait a child has, and how each trait should be handed.…
She is a immensely likeable character in this play, and she does not have serious faults. Her love unlike the other characters in the play, seem to be the only form of passionate and true love, as compared to self-indulgent love sickness.…