dominates its districts by controlling education and the media‚ keeping the districts in a state of hunger and poverty‚ and monitoring all aspects of life with an eagle eye. The second form of literary criticism applied to The Hunger Games will be feminist critique. Katniss is presented as a strong‚ independent woman who seems to have transcended the confines of the traditional female gender role‚ and she is ultimately successful due to her ability to
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Women in today’s time can read these stories and feel empowered by the change of how the world views them has become one or independence and strength. In “Goblin Market”‚ Laura becomes consumed of this fruit and it is only by pure love of her sister’s actions that she is able to set Laura free (Rossetti 524-542) This action by Lizzie can easily represent
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differently...” Have I got your attention yet? There are many who would easily dismiss this post because it is not quick‚ it is not simple‚ it does not conform to their thinking. They are missing out. This is a quote from the book “We Should All Be Feminists” that a recently reviewed on “Goodreads”. I understand that not all of my Facebook friends are Goodreads members. Hence‚ I thought it appropriate that I write some of my thought about just how powerful this little book is outside
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tons of people ask me‚ why I’m prolonging this feminist “nonsense” They say its high time people accept that men and women are equal. They have the same opportunities‚ same rights. I wasn’t really keen on the ‘feminist’ name tag either. Mostly‚ due to its association with single‚ angry women burning bras and holding sign boards saying “We don’t need men to dictate us.” It took me a while to reflect upon my purpose for calling myself a feminist. It involved intensive googling at 3 am and long
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9.1 Feminist Practice: Karen has demonstrated her depth of understanding Social Work theory and her talent for applying its practice. Karen was able to recognize the situation and view it with a socialist perspective. The initial information of two small children wandering around at night alone‚ pulls at our heart strings and exposes our bias. These biases make us susceptible to formulating rash knee jerk reactions of condemnation. Karen is aware of her biases and has demonstrated the ability to
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perspectives this can be seen as true. Matter of fact‚ some women event take these “compliments” as a way to boost their self-esteem. For instance‚ in the blunt article written by Paris Lees for Vice‚ titled I Love Wolf Whistles and Catcalls; Am I a Bad Feminist? ‚ the author audaciously details her perspective on the beauty of catcalling. By stating “I love catcalls. I love car toots. I love random men shouting‚ “Hello‚ beautiful!” as if my mere presence just made their day. I like being called "princess"
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factors that triggers the civil war between North and South to free the slaves. Beside to this central target of the book‚ it is considered as a feminist novel as well‚ yet it is written before the widespread growth of the women’s rights movement in the late of 18th century. Actually‚ there are some people‚ however‚ claim that this novel is not a feminist novel because as Tracey Thornton said in his article" ....Stowe empowers woman to change the complexion of society...yet on other hands‚ this power
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her dislike of the ugly‚ yellow wallpaper. Originally John was planning to repaper the walls but now states the paper must stay for Jane’s own good as John must not give in to Jane’s fancies. John decides he knows what is best for Jane. Men often view women as unable to make rational decisions. Women are oppressed under the guise of the oppression being for their own good because men know best. As Jane falls deeper into her insane state‚ Jane builds up the strength to ask John to leave the house
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The Little Mermaid – Feminist Analysis When interpreting The Little Mermaid from a feminist theory perspective‚ it becomes clear that a beauty of a female lies in her appearance and matters above all else. In the fairy-tale‚ the little mermaid falls in love with a prince‚ but she cannot be with him because he is human and she is not. The little mermaid cannot be with him until she makes the modifications needed to achieve her desired look‚ which is done by sacrificing what she had previously valued
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Harper Lee writes To Kill A Mockingbird staying true to the sexism that took place during the period of the 1930s. At this time‚ how women were viewed was a paradox. While women were seen as pure‚ perfect‚ and dainty‚ they were also highly disrespected by men‚ labeled as dumb‚ and forced to work in the home and bear children. This paradoxical treatment of women was convenient for men who desired to control women and maintain their submissive demeanor. This mistreatment was highly integrated into
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