Yet‚ the story of Judith is only a part of the Hebrew bible and mentioned in the Catholic Old Testament. It is not recognized in Protestant Christianity‚ the religion that requires women to be subservient to the men in their lives; “Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man;
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In the essay‚ “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Marìa”‚ Judith Ortiz Cofer explained that “[a]t Puerto Rican festivities‚ neither the music nor the colors we wore could be too loud”(252). Many different cultures have many different ways of dressing. For example‚ in Pakistan girls wear “shalwar
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In “The Myth of the Latin Woman”‚ Judith Ortiz Cofer intends to dispel several stereotypes about Hispanic women by expressing her own personal stories and observations. She starts off by relating an experience that happened on a bus in London‚ then she goes into explaining how her parents made her home in America a microcosm of the home they used to have in Puerto Rico. She explains why Puerto Rican women dress the way they do—because they’re protected by an honor system—and goes on to relate two
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In “Myth of the Latin Woman”‚ by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ the author points out how she has been treated by different people in different countries due to their conception of her as a Latin woman. She cites several incidents where she was viewed‚ stereotypically‚ as a woman only capable of being a housewife‚ and as a sexual object. She also argues the cross-cultural conflict Hispanics have to deal with on an everyday basis‚ in this‚ purely dominated by Caucasians‚ where cultural traditions are seeing
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Judith – Old English and Vulgate Versions Upon looking closely at the Old English and Vulgate versions of Judith‚ one can catch a glimpse of how culture was during the time they were written by comparing and contrasting the elements of the story that are presented and modified. The distinct differences that can be found between the Old English and the vulgate versions of Judith provide a clear view of what the Anglo-Saxons considered to be important‚ and what they felt required respect. When comparing
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“Pray the Devil Back to Hell.” Recently we watched “Pray the Devil Back to Hell” in English class. A few of the social issues addressed were: poverty‚ peace and women’s rights. The women were so fed up with how their president has been treating everyone. He got young children to run around with guns and hurt innocent people. Everyone was so below poverty that children were starving to death and there was nothing the parents could do because they themselves were starving. The women wanted so badly
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Early on in "Eat‚ Pray‚ Love‚" her travelogue of spiritual seeking‚ the novelist and journalist Elizabeth Gilbert gives a characteristically frank rundown of her traveling skills: tall and blond‚ she doesn’t blend well physically in most places; she’s lazy about research and prone to digestive woes. "But my one mighty travel talent is that I can make friends with anybody‚" she writes. "I can make friends with the dead. . . . If there isn’t anyone else around to talk to‚ I could probably make friends
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KaSandra Burpee Book Report The non-fiction story I decided to read was "Eat‚ Pray‚ Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert. Her story is about a celebrated writer’s irresistible‚ candid‚ and eloquent account of her pursuit of worldly pleasure‚ spiritual devotion‚ and what she really wanted out of life. Around the time Elizabeth Gilbert turned thirty‚ she went through an early-onslaught midlife crisis. She had everything an educated‚ ambitious American woman was supposed to want—a husband‚ a house‚ a successful
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Uncovering the Stereotypes of the Latin Woman Being a victim of stereotyping is difficult for anyone to deal with. In the essay‚ “The Myth of the Latin woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria‚” author Judith Ortiz Cofer reflects on her experiences being stereotyped as a Latin woman. There are numerous stereotypes that Latin women are subjected to. Cofer shares a few of the ones she has had to face throughout her life. Cofer was judged based on her clothing‚ her maturity level‚ and her job. With all
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Judith Butler and Performativity for Beginners (mostly in her own words) Film 165A 1. A central concept of the theory is that your gender is constructed through your own repetitive performance of gender. This is related to the idea that discourse creates subject positions for your self to occupy—linguistic structures construct the self. The structure or discourse of gender for Butler‚ however‚ is bodily and nonverbal. Butler’s theory does not accept stable and coherent gender identity. Gender
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