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    families as well as the community. They observe and monitor patients’ physical and mental health conditions‚ maintain records and also act as a communicator between doctors and patients. Until nowadays‚ it is still common to see that there is gender stereotype of a nurse is always a female. In fact‚ there are male being a nurse in hospitals and clinics‚ especially those being a military nurse. There are both advantages and disadvantages of being a nurse. to begin with‚ nurse is a meaningful job which

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    The short stories‚ “The story of an hour" written by Kate Choplin and "The Chrysanthemums" by John Steinbeck have similar theme because the main character goes through similar struggle. Both character illustrates the struggle that they had to go through in the past. They did not have any rights like that the modern woman in today’s era have. They both live with the inequalities. However‚ they both have different experience as well as ending is different. Other difference that both stories have is

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    chooses to use the word men‚ rather than referring to them as soldiers or boys‚ which specifically draws attention and significance to the fact that killing and dying was something that men felt they had to do. The use of the word men implies that gender stereotypes were at the core of what pressured the soldiers to kill and die against their will. With so much responsibility in their hands‚ an adult must not be swayed by the opinions and standards of others. It is so important that an adult follows their

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    Shakespeare’s Othello challenges gender stereotypes found in other texts of the era. The one major female character at first seems to be a largely rare type of character in a tragedy‚ a strong‚ outspoken woman who also happens to be good and innocent. Her initial actions in the story are very bold‚ not only does she goes against her father by marrying Othello‚ but she also shows herself in the Venetian senate chamber to testify in support for her love of Othello and her wishes to accompany him on

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    pants instead of skirts‚ hanging around boys instead of girls‚ and shooting instead of cooking. Even though just about everyone is looking down on her for being different she still does her own thing. Scout and Atticus’s choice not to follow gender stereotypes makes the reader consider how people tend to ridicule those who stray from what they consider to be “normal”. First‚ while scout is at her uncle’s house for Christmas her aunt berates her for not

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    woman’s suffrage being at their height. In which both show similar interest in how woman are being portrayed and their roles they played throughout the 20th Century. As such in the short stories as “Hills like white Elephant” by Hemingway and “The Chrysanthemums” by Steinbeck the struggle and the roles women played. And in each shows the similarities and the differences that came with the portrayal of woman during the 20th Century. In many ways the roles of woman were just kept as being housewives or

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    rights as men. However‚ there is another huge wall women have to climb over; society’s gender norms and expectation. Gender norms and expectations are culturally constructed in a way that has historically been to the detriment of women; even though women have made significant advancements in sport‚ in the home and in the workplace‚ they still have to deal with limitations that are left over from previous gender expectations and assumptions that have held back women in the past. This contention is

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    Certain gender stereotypes are reinforced through pop culture that lead our society to believe deviant behaviors are acceptable. One example that came to mind was Rihanna’s music video for her song “We Found Love”. Rihanna and the male in the music video are in an extremely

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    The Chrysanthemums Essay

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    first page The Chrysanthemums The Chrysanthemums is a wonderful short story written by John Steinback. Steinback won the noble prize on literature in 1968 and is also known as a modern day feminst. In his story he tried to explain the emotion of woman in that era. The story was written during 1938 and at that time‚ ‘freedom’ was not the same for woman as it was for man. Man used to work outside and was the sole bread provider for the family and woman used to keep themselve busy with their

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    "The Chrysanthemums" is a short story by John Steinbeck which takes place in his birthplace of Salinas Valley‚ California. John Steinbeck weaves a tale about a woman’s transformation. In this short story we follow the protagonist Elisa Allen‚ a thirty-five year old rancher’s wife who holds a passion for growing chrysanthemums in her garden. Elisa is portrayed as a tough‚ strong person‚ and a masculine figure. "Her figure looked blocked and heavy in her gardening costume‚ a man’s black hat pulled

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