Marriage is widely seen as a sacred union between two individuals‚ who promise to love and cherish one another until death. However‚ it has also been historically known to dichotomize and assign roles to each partner. In a marriage between a man and a woman‚ the former is traditionally designated as the leader of the household and the breadwinner. The latter is given the roles of mother and homemaker. In “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston‚ these gender
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Is gender performative? “One of the interpretations that has been made of Gender Trouble is that there is no sex‚ there is only gender‚ and gender is performative.” (Judith Butler interview 1993) When approaching and investigating the discourse of gender roles‚ gender performance and gender trouble one will find that there have been different approaches over the centuries and that the connection made between sex and gender is one of change and development. The questions that are going to be answered
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In Lord of the Flies‚ William Golding uses the character of Jack to portray that mankind loses sanity and innocence when they are away from civilization‚ and forced to make their own decisions. William Golding starts the setting of the story off where all the boys are normal kids and still conditioned by civilization. Until they realize they should be able to do whatever they want. In the story Jack is innocent and behaves like he still in the world of grownups. When he first enters
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Every day I step out of my dorm room I see that society and even the world its self is not just black and white‚ there and many shades of grey entwined into the whole picture. It is almost easy to see why the world is so wrapped up in who is better than the other. Race‚ class‚ gender‚ and even religion are where the answers lay to that particular question. When I think about race the first thing I think is skin color‚ even though I know that a persons’ race goes much deeper than that. Every day
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Imagine yourself in your own house. You have an older brother. You hear him shout‚ “Little bro! Let’s go hunting!” The words make you shudder‚ like a wisp of ice slid down your spine. The thought of holding a gun to shoot innocent animals makes you sick. “I don’t want to hurt any animals. I’ll stay here. Please down kill anything.” You say. You hear your big brother’s cruel laugh. “Wimp!” He shouts at you‚ running past your room with his gun‚ just to scare you out of your head. You wish you fit into
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The Malian griot says‚ “I Djeli Mamoudou Kouyate‚ am the result of a long tradition. For generations we have passed on the history of kings from father to son. The narrative was passed on to me without alteration‚ and I deliver it without alteration‚ for I received it free from all untruth.” Write an essay on this quote to show how it works in Sundiata and in Things Fall Apart. Things Fall Apart and Sundiata are attempt to defy the western outlook that oral tradition is not a historical foundation
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were honorable if they acted with hombría (manliness) and exerted authority over their family. Manhood is intimately tied to the male autonomy‚ the miembro‚ the virile member or penis‚ which produced masculinity. Men were powerless without it. An emasculated man was referred to as manso‚ meaning meek and gentle(209). In 1606‚ Gaspar Reyes found himself sick and destitute and begged for food. Fray Pedro took him in and fed him lavishly with a meal. When Gaspar was finished eating‚ the friar stuck his
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Ishmael Beah’s grandmother explains the local adage that “we must strive to be like the moon” by telling him that people complain about the heat when the sun shines‚ but when it is cold or rainy they want the sun. Although people complain about this they never complain about the moon shining‚ therefore we must strive to be what people don’t complain about. Ishmael has remembered this saying ever since his childhood because when he understood what his grandmother was telling him‚ he begins to observe
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women are allowed to express all emotions. My friends cannot be sad or upset‚ whereas I can go from happy to angry to sad without major judgement. This double standard is clear in the way we as a society refer to a sensitive man. He can be called a “sissy”‚ “wimp”‚ “gay”‚ and can face bullying as a result of it. Additionally‚ there is a stigma attached to boys who are close to their parents. It’s deemed unacceptable to be a “momma’s” or “daddy’s” boy whereas girls can identify with those terms. I’ve
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Themes of power and manipulation are evident in George Orwell’s allegory Animal Farm‚ based on the Russian revolution with animals representing the major players in the debacle‚ as well as Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding‚ where young children are stranded on a tropical island without any adults or authority figure. Both show how individuals are trapped by their leaders‚ namely Napoleon and Jack Merridew and their respective followers‚ who abuse their power and manipulate others for personal
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