1. Since there is only one girl character ( the narrator) and one boy character(the narrator’s younger brother) in “ Boys and Girls ‚” why do you think Alice Munro uses plural words in the title? I think Alice Munro uses plural in the title to show the readers how stereotypical our society was back then when it comes to gender roles. Back then‚ men were preferable by the society when it comes to doing certain tasks. For example‚ back then women were assign the task of child care‚ food preparation
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Only a girl? “Boys and Girls” is a short story written by Alice Monroe‚ this is a story about a young girl’s resistance to womanhood in a society infested with gender roles and stereotypes. Munro makes the point that gender stereotyping‚ relationships‚ and a loss of innocence play an important‚ and often controversial role in the growing and passing into adulthood. This story takes place in the 1940s on a fox farm outside of Jubilee. During this time‚ women are viewed as second class citizens‚ but
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At the beginning of this story‚ a mother and her daughter Maggie are awaiting the arrival of the mother’s other daughter‚ Dee‚ and Dee’s possible new husband‚ who are coming for a visit. Maggie is described as a homely black woman who has burn scars all over her arms and legs. Maggie is self-conscious of her scars and tries to hide them and herself from people. Maggie views her sister Dee with both awe and envy‚ believing Dee has always had life go her way. The mother and daughter wait for Dee in
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The Color Purple by Alice Walker The Color Purple‚ by Alice Walker‚ is a very intense book to read. By intense‚ I mean it is a book touching very difficult and hard aspects of life of a poor‚ black oppressed woman in the early twentieth century. Walker does social criticism in her novel‚ mostly criticizing the way black women were treated in the early twentieth century. Walker uses the life experiences of Celie to illustrate her social criticism. The Color Purple is not written in the style
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Jamaica Kincaid’s poem “Girl” seems to be a mother guiding and teaching her daughter about life and how to do many things. “Girl” makes me think of southern mothers including my own. My mother has taught me how to sew‚ cook‚ and to be polite and treat everyone equally. This may seem like the classic standard women are held to but‚ to me‚ it is much more than that. Being taught to sew has enabled me to be independent in being able to mend my own clothes. This allows me to help my family so they do
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In the short story‚ “To Hell with Dying” written by Alice Walker‚ Mr. Sweet is a sick old man whose multiple ailments bring him often to the brink of death; the narrator’s father and the children would call him back from his deathlike state by calling “To hell with dying‚ man!” (Walker 1127)‚ and surrounding him with affection. The “resurrections” in which the children participate hide from them the reality that death is permanent. Finally‚ when the narrator is away at college‚ Mr. Sweet gets sick
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regarded and recognized poets‚ Maya Angelou and Alice Walker‚ wrote lots of different renowned poetry that is appreciated for its beauty and its truth. Both poets are African American woman‚ although in different times‚ many of their words rang true to one other. Their work can be compared and contrasted by understanding the poems‚ as two separate pieces of work‚ and then looking at how each are similar and different in their own respects. Alice Walker grew up the youngest of eight children. She was
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novel written by Alice Walker. Walker is an essayist and poet who played a part in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. She had written two novels before The Color Purple‚ but most of her success came from the publishing of this book. Walker had suffered a terrible eye injury in her youth and her self-confidence decreased‚ which led her to find comfort in writing poetry. Her first experience with writing a story took place in 1965 when she graduated from college. From then on‚ Walker began to develop
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In Alice Walker’s short story Everyday Use‚ she bring up many issue such as comparing relationship between heritage and tradition past. The story also question whether or heritage is something one use or something one possess. To understand heritage‚ one must have a personal connection of that history‚ in everyday use Dee do not really have a connection to her heritage so blind by anger of what she does not understand she view her heritage in history as an oppression. In the process she constructed
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of "Everyday Use" with Characterization Analyzing characterization is the key to find fiction’s controlling idea and central insight--theme. Direct presentation--one character description technique--usually directly shows what characters are like by exposition‚ analysis‚ or another character’s description. The other way to shape characters is to use the indirect presentation by describing their actions and leaving room for readers to develop their own ideas about the characters. "Everyday Use"
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