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    BOY OR GIRL‚ SMALL FAMILY IS JOY” In olden days there was a conservative society. People gave more importance to boys as compared to girls. According to them boys were the pride of their family and were given more importance as they had to go outside and had to do a job and thought they needed more care and more strength. A girl child was considered a curse as parents had to give them dowry on their marriage‚ neither were they given education as they had to live inside their house and take care

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    a myth where girls are more affected by the media than boys‚ in fact the pressure on both ends are all the same. The weighted expectations of how the media display society’s standards impacts on boys are just as equivalent as it is to girls –what differentiate between the two sexes are the different stereotypes that face. In contrast to what the general public presume girls to be‚ vulnerable and delicate; a porcelain dolls or better yet damsel in distress‚ the perception of boys are quite the

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    BoyGirl‚ Wall: rethink and imagine The Escapists‚ in their interpretation of the play ‘BoyGirl‚ Wall’ create dramatic meaning for the audience by making them rethink traditional theatre and use their imagination. Instead of being given the setting‚ the characters’ faces‚ and the atmosphere‚ this play is like a book‚ where one must imagine each scene in their head as it develops‚ aided by chalk drawings on the walls and the floor. The Escapists estranges this performance from traditional theatre

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    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

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    In Alice Munro’s “Boys and Girls” the story is about a young girl’s resistance to womanhood in a society based all upon gender roles and stereotypes. Initially‚ the girl believes that she can be of great value to her father in his work‚ then the destruction of her dreams occurs when she realizes society’s view and expectations of her being a female.Therefore‚ she loves working on the fox farm with her father as she also‚ loves the attention she gets from her father while working. "Wait till Laird

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    In the movie version of “Boys and Girls”‚ there were many differences‚ such as the beginning. In the movie‚ we open into the scene where the first horse is shot. The girl and Laird are both watching‚ however another difference to the original short story is that Laird has an adverse reaction to the death of the horse. He runs out of the barn and away until his sister catches him and tells him that it was good that he saw‚ so he now knows what has to eventually be done in these cases. In the events

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    Alex Pham author of "Boy‚ You Fight Like a Girl" investigates the ever growing world of online gaming and how gender affects both worlds. The "fastest-growing segment of the computer game market"(185)‚ adventure gaming‚ has hundreds of thousands of players that average twenty hours of play a week and thousands of them are playing as characters of the opposite sex. This gender switching is making games not only challenging‚ but also confusing‚ and possibly embarrassing. Pham first introduces a character

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    BOY OR GIRL‚ SMALL FAMILY IS JOY” In olden days there was a conservative society. People gave more importance to boys as compared to girls. According to them boys were the pride of their family and were given more importance as they had to go outside and had to do a job and thought they needed more care and more strength. A girl child was considered a curse as parents had to give them dowry on their marriage‚ neither were they given education as they had to live inside their house and take care

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    In the short story “Boys and Girls‚” by Alice Munro Laird is a dynamic character who undergoes emotional and physical changes. In the story‚ the pressure of society influences how individuals portray themselves amongst others. First of all‚ Laird is a gentle and loyal character who is compelled to act tough because of society’s standards. Laird’s gentle disposition helps strengthen the bond he has with his sister‚ while his fragile personality contrasts with her strong-willed attitude. During

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    Julie Vanderberg Prof. Hicken English 100C October 10‚ 2012 Men and Woman in the World of Shopping When boys and girl go shopping‚ it is easily noticeable that they are very different in how they shop. They way boys seen to shop is more of a mission rather than a social event that girls seem to make it. When girls shop they also seem to take up the whole day whereas boys take the least amount of time possible to find what they may need. The last difference is that they both can shop in the same

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