Equal Opportunity is a Good Thing In the widest sense‚ gender individuality refers to each person’s own sense of being male or female. Although there are cultural‚ psychological and social characteristics associated with a person’s gender identity‚ I have seen how both men and women – from different cultures - took part in the shaping of our nation’s naval forces‚ the society I belong. Even though we have isolated incidents of sexual harassment and racial discrimination‚ it is very clear that the
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Funerals are never a good thing. You can ask anybody and they will tell you the same thing. People that have never been to a funeral don’t understand how sad and demoralising they can be. I’ve been to two funerals and I’m going to tell you about one of them. This took place three years ago‚ when I learned that you should never take life for granted. When I wasn’t born yet‚ my grandpa was really active. He went fishing with my brother‚ shopping‚ and he even drove one of those huge pickup trucks one
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“No idea remains stagnant. If it is relevant‚ it lives‚ it breathes‚ it changes.” How have notions of story telling or marginalization informed and challenged audiences? In your answer‚ you must refer to at least TWO set texts‚ at least ONE of which has been studied since the half yearly. Issues of racism‚ women discrimination and the corruption of power used to be subtly touched upon or ignored. However they were also viewed differently depending on the era it was brought up in. Yet as time passed
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the democratic views the country holds‚ and allows for fair and equal representation. Similarly‚ voting should be made compulsory because it voting effects all the people in a country‚ not just the person voting. Voting is a nation wide event and thing. It serves the purpose to allow people to choose who they want for something when voting‚ which is representing the people’s beliefs. When someone opts not to vote‚
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Why Torture is a Good Thing. Recently the Speaker of the House of Representatives‚ Nancy Pelosi has come under fire for comments she made about torture‚ once again bringing the topic of torture back into the national spotlight. There are so many different sides to the debate on whether our government should or should not allow torture in the integration of suspected Al Qaeda members currently locked up in the United States military prison located in Guantánamo Bay‚ Cuba. There are those people
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Winterson and Roy refuse to ’accept what we think of as adult boundaries ’. How is this reflected in ’The Passion ’ and ’The God of Small Things ’? In every civilisation‚ there are boundaries which are set by the adults to run our lives. They are the unspoken laws which were created by higher authorities and not supposed to be questioned. Adult boundaries present the strength of the society. Yet those boundaries suppress the individuals’ freedom. Most importantly it deters the lives of the weakest
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“Cathedral” by Raymond Carver This minimalistic story is written by the famous author‚ Raymond Carver. Carver was born in 1938 in the small town of Clatskanie‚ Oregon‚ to an alcoholic father who worked at a sawmill and his mother who worked as a waitress. After graduating from high school‚ Carver and his family moved to California‚ where he did not continue his education until 1958‚ where he started taking writing classes with the writer John Gardner‚ who introduced him to the fascinating world
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Sex and Violence in “The God of Small Things” “The God of Small Things” by Arundhati Roy‚ a novel taking place in India‚ is a story which revolves around the death of a young girl‚ Sophie Mol. The author wrote this based on the problems happening in India. Sex‚ and violence‚ two contrasting ideas‚ though they are the main themes throughout the novel. Beautiful yet appalling‚ such as; the molestation of a child‚ tragic affair‚ sexual trade‚ and incest. In the novel‚ the family was going out
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Arundhati Roy‚ the Booker Prize-winning author of The God of Small Things‚ came up with her second novel‚ The Ministry of Utmost Happiness‚ in 2017 after a long interval of twenty years. “Fiction takes it’s time”- this was her response. Roy’s apprehension is inaccurate‚ yet plausible at the same time. It is inaccurate in the sense that a work of fiction is supposed to originate from the writer’s imagination‚ and it does not usually take years. On the other hand‚ Roy’s realization is tenable because
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Gender Charles’ Dickens Tale of Two Cities‚ Virginia Woolf’s Orlando‚ and Arundhati Roy’s God of Small Things all explore gender as a facet of modern literature. Madame Defarge‚ Orlando‚ and Baby Kochamma all challenge the traditional feminine ideals imposed on them. Whether through physical violence‚ poetry‚ or gardening‚ these characters represent what it means to be a woman in the modern era. These women are particularly striking characters because of the way they interact with gender stereotypes
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