Americas” by Aurora Levin Morales and “What’s It like to be a Black Girl” by Patricia Smith. These two works focus on the psyche of two women that are of African descent‚ the plagued by the historical American public perceptions of their culture. In these negative perceptions that played an important part of the individual’s psyche due to prejudice. It was misconstrued and distorted the minds of these young African American girls. The poems show how two young girls from two different American minority sub-cultures
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Laverne McGee Dr. Reginald Martin English 3326 October 23‚ 2012 "Long Black Song" "Long Black Song" narrative highlights several themes by exposure of the characters in different arenas or acts. The characters: Sarah‚ sila who is Sarah’s husband Tom and many other small characters reveal the themes of: racism‚ immorality‚ race superiority‚ and marriage betrayal. However betrayal is best highlighted by the characters
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Like Dolmens round my childhood and The Barn comparative ‘The Barn’ by Seamus Heaney and ‘Like Dolmens Round my Childhood’ by John Montague are two poems that explore the theme of fear in childhood. The fears of each poet are very different in that Heaney’s fear of the barn is triggered by his vivid imagination whereas Montague’s fear of becoming like ‘the old people’ is a much more complex and emotional issue that relates to real life experiences. The theme of fear is apparent right from the start
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Fallows‚ “Throwing Like a Girl‚” p. 63 1. He described their outfits because their pictures were posted in a lot of newspapers. In the pictures they didn’t look too bad‚ what the author was mostly concerned is that they both threw the ball “like a girl”. I think the author would expect them to dress different for a big ceremony like that so it may also be one of the reasons why he described their outfits. 2. I think Fallows stereotypes the people that do something “like a girl” because to him
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The "One Girl at the Boys Party" uses a mathematical metaphor throughout the poem. I believe this is to portray how members of the opposite sex at a young age are as complicated as math problems to each other. Mathematics is considered a universal language‚ but that is only if you understand it. The poem is seen from the eyes of a mother after she drops her daughter off at a pool party‚ and because of the mothers age and experience‚ she is able to understand the complexities that go on between the
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In the poem "The Fish‚" Elizabeth Bishop uses a fish as a symbol to express the theme of life and experience. The poem by itself has little structure to it. There are no apparent rhyme schemes‚ nor any clear meters. However‚ Bishop uses very powerful diction and ideas in the poem‚ forcing the reader to think and relate it to a greater aspect of his/her own life. The persona has a very mature and serious tone‚ and some gloomy element to his/her mood. The poem uses a significant amount of imagery.
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Throughout ‘A Doll’s House’ and ‘Girls Like That’‚ both Nora and Scarlett are placed in situations where they are expected to behave in ways that society has pressurized them to. In ‘A Doll’s House’ Nora seems to be aware of the pressures society force upon both women and men‚ but for the early stages of the play she still implements her role as a “kept woman” despite it not being what she wants to say or do. Part of Nora wants to live up to what is expected with her‚ and have an easy‚ happy‚ work-free
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Girl like Us‚ by Rachel Lloyd‚ is a memoir the author’s childhood traumatic experiences such as not feeling love by her mother‚ being abandended by her father‚ and molested by her stepfather. “As a girl you reserve your harshest judgment for your mother; as a woman‚ you see yourself‚ for better or for worse‚ in your daughter and you’re alternately frightened and envious. Yet your mother is the one person who is ‘supposed’ to love you and protect you‚ no matter what. It took me a long time to understand
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Many young girls and women face barriers and discrimination because of their gender in the U.S. today. Stereotypes are made that females are weaker‚ slower‚ and shy‚ which makes them feel less than a man. The always campaign called “Like A Girl” addresses the limitations girls face and how the world views them when asked to describe things girls do. The always commercial expresses emotions through self-reports‚ others perspective on girls‚ and experiences. As well as showing us that the always pad
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I am a black female. My Afro is often met with stranger’s hands and I was once told that my lips made me look clownish. For better or worse‚ my identity as a black girl has shaped my every experience in this world. It affects not only how the world treats me‚ but also how I perceive it. Many people look at me and they don’t see past my race‚ they see a swirl of stereotypes and assume they know me. They don’t know that I am funny‚ that am a college student‚ that I love improv‚ and that one day I want
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