In 1990‚ both Eve Sedgwick (Epistemology of the Closet) and Judith Butler (Gender Trouble) made significant contributions to the ever burgeoning field of queer studies with theories about sexuality as performance. Following the central Foucauldian thread in which sexual conduct is but a construct specific to one’s cultural context and a factor of historical and cultural connotations‚ queer theorists proposed gender as a socially and culturally constructed performance. The performance of gender is
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character of Pecola through her family and her society Introduction The Bluest eyes is the work of Toni Morrison. In this novel we can see that there are many characters that are very interesting to analyze it. Because the characters are very characteristic. We can see at the main character of the bluest eyes‚ Pecola. Pecola has psychological problem that is very interesting to analyze. So in here I want to analyze the character of Pecola that is shaped from her family and her society. In here the
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Male daughters‚ female husbands Ifi Amadiume Published by Zed Books Ltd in 1987 I chose the book Male daughters‚ female husbands by Ifi Amadiume. The reason I chose this book is because I have always been curious about the role of women in non western countries and why they were viewed as being subservient to men by their own as well as the western world. Ifi Amadiume‚ a Nigerian sociologist with a London University doctorate‚ conducted research in her own family area to study gender and sex
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of cleared myself if I had chosen to do so‚ and guessing the truth‚ considered herself the cause of my misfortune. She concealed her tears and sorrow from everyone‚ but was continually thinking of means to save me.” (120) Often times in novels‚ the protagonist takes on the role of the hero in the story. However‚ this is not the case in the novel of ‘The Captain’s Daughter’ written by Alexander Pushkin. In the novel‚ there are two characters‚ Peyotr and Marya Ivanovna who fight to gain the title of
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when a 16 year old girl got a phone call from her docter‚ Mr.Patterson. Her mom answered the phone and she started to tear up... She looked over at her daughter‚ moving her hand up to her mouth trying to hold back the tears as she looked at her‚ one tear dropping from her eyes to the floor. Her daughter name Annabelle looked at her‚ and instantly knew what her mother was crying about. She ran up to her room and locked the door behind her and layed on her bed bursting into tears as she sat there thinking
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In the story‚ “The Terrible Things‚” the author‚ Eve Bunting‚ uses narrative to influence the reader’s’ understanding of history/Holocaust by using a moral that can change everyone‚ good deeds come back which is the moral of the story. An example from the story says “‘We have come for every creature with bushy tails‚’ roared the Terrible Things. The squirrels chatter their fear and ran high into the treetops. But the Terrible Things swung their terrible nets higher than the squirrels could run and
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“By failing to prepare‚ you are preparing to fail” -Ben Franklin. In the Story Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting‚ the main characters are prepared for anything. The story is about this kid and his dad that live in an airport because they cannot afford an apartment‚ but they have to be very careful because if they get caught they will be thrown out into the streets. They prepare ahead so they don’t get caught and they work hard to solve problems they face. To begin with‚ the characters are prepared
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Linda Pastan’s poem‚ “To a Daughter Leaving Home‚” begins as if a mother was telling a story from long‚ long ago‚ which adds a nostalgic tone. She uses a simple metaphor of a mother teaching her daughter to ride a bike that is very identifiable and relatable. Just as most people have been taught to ride a bike‚ they have also followed someone down the path of life in order to find their way. The reader is transported back to a time when they have either experienced being the child or the parent in
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American revolution started as a result of British taxation on the American Colonies. The colonist being taxed without representation in the British Parliament made them mad. The molasses act‚ sugar act‚ and stamp act exemplify the Colonist were on the eve of a revolution due to the taxes the British imposed on them. The Molasses act was a law passed in 1733 the taxed the Colonist trade with the French West Indies. The British didn’t want the Colonist trading with anyone except the British. The Colonist
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In Kayleigh Moore‚ Response # 10A. I agree with her. The Edwardian period was all about class‚ moving up on the social ladder‚ and about money. People did not get married for love‚ during this time frame. They were mostly lying to themselves about why they are getting married. In the modernist period‚ they were about finding true love and happiness. They were about being real‚ true‚ not being fake with each other’s. They wasn’t worry about the class system very much. She is right about what she says
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