Yi Rou Zhang Zhang 1 Instructor: Scott Drake ENGL 101 W April 1‚ 2013 Search for Identity in “Boys and Girls” In Alice Munro’s “Boys and Girls”‚ she tells us a story about a young girl’s rebellion to the womanhood prescribed by a society which has stereotyped views toward both sexes’ roles and identity in society. The story takes place in the 1940s when women have not gained so much equal rights as today‚ and they are still
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Wong‚ “The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl” is about a girl with a Chinese ethnicity struggling to be an “All-American Girl”. She refuses to learn her native tongue. She presents a series of experiences in her story that explain her transformation from a Chinese girl to an American girl. Wong thought of her heritage as “a source of embarrassment” due to many aspects in her life that made her feel like an outsider and my friend can relate to her experiences. Wong wants to give up on what makes
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the Real Girl “Who is Bianca?” “Lars and the Real Girl” is a production about a young man named Lars who tries to find love by ordering an anatomically correct sex doll‚ Bianca. Lars does not use Bianca for sexual pleasure but instead for someone to love. Bianca plays a major role in this movie even though she is restrained from feeling‚ talking‚ or even being alive. Bianca’s character aids the development of the other characters including Lars‚ his brother‚ and the “real girl”‚ Margo
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Midterm- Females of Today Do you think that Louise accurately represents a woman of our times? Why or why not? “The Fat Girl” by Andre Dubus is about a girl named Louise. Louise is an overweight girl. When she was nine years old her mother tells her that being fat or overweight is not pretty‚ when she gets to high school if she’s still overweight that boys will not pay any attention to her. Her mother would make her eat “bare” meals‚ if she at a potato during dinner she would have to skip dessert
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Girl Can’t Dance and Good Enough Have you ever been judged or humiliated for who you are or what you wear? Well stories “Girl Can’t Dance” and “Good Enough” each are about a teenage girl having a tough time at school. “Girl Can’t Dance” and “Good Enough” are both great stories that not only girls but boys will be able to relate to such as being humiliated‚ being judged‚ and having people treat you differently because of who you are. One similarity between “Girl Can’t Dance” and “Good Enough” is
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High bride price and low intellectual capabilities Girls are a source of instant wealth‚ therefore‚ are retained at home for bride price. Research confirms that parents value most of their young girls like gold‚ coffee and other commodities to be traded at the immediate market value. They are only few and scarce that their value has soared recently. This is even worse around Ialibu area and some parts of Central Province. Some young girls can cost around K20 000. Women are used as the medium
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I had a difficult time with all of these stories‚ especially the first two. I’m not sure if it completely had to do with the dialect‚ as it reminded me of one of my favorite books‚ A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing‚ which is written in fragments of heavy Irish dialect. I found nothing particularly intriguing. The stories seemed to begin out of nowhere and then end without any resolution or concrete statement. Ambiguous endings are very powerful in certain cases‚ but not so much if the story doesn’t offer
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Psychological Measure Paper Malisha Mishoe PSY / 475 Stephanie Mead December 16th‚ 2012 Psychological Measure Paper Child Depression The word depression has a tendency to be associated with adults. In reality adults have much more to worry about than children‚ such as: financial responsibilities‚ family personal dilemmas‚ work challenges‚ and the overall wellbeing of themselves and their families. The truth is that society has a tendency to also forget that children are also plagued
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Throughout the short story “ Boys and Girls”‚ Alice Munro takes us through a young girl’s journey to break away from the typical life of a woman. Munro suggests that although we would like to define our identity‚ it is society who defines who we are. The short story was based in a time period where men and women were not considered equal. Throughout the story‚ the narrator struggles to accept society’s unwritten rules that are being forced upon her. She would much rather be outdoors doing "ritualistically
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Life is War The theme of life of war is portrayed in the Realism stories‚ A Mystery of Heroism‚ An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge‚ and The Incidence in the Life of a Slave Girl . In these stories people go through some type of fight just to live. Each of these stories has a main character going through a life threatening scenario. These characters are at risk of losing their life so they can live on free. In Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge‚ The main character is to be hanged for the crime he had
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