FEMINIST LENS: A Feminist lens can be useful in every day life‚ because one of the most uttered issues is the characters of individuals such as girls. They are the ones often controversial. It’s been part of our lives‚ discussing characteristics‚ values‚ behaviors‚ etc. THE MISS PHILIPPINE PAGEANT: Women who are tall‚ have curved body shaped‚ beautiful‚ and smart are the so-called Miss Philippines‚ Binibining Pilipinas and they were the candidates. Some are willing to support this kind of
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IB Language 1A: Analysis of “The Things They Carried” Tim O’Brien’s dismal but impressive novel “The Things They Carried‚” immediately emphasizes the abrupt death of Ted Lavender. The clause continuously draws the reader to witness the tangible weight of the equipment‚ but the intangible weight is just as substantial. Depending on each paragraph‚ the structural formation differs immensely. The variation in sentence length is exceptionally versatile; it helps the reader understand the emotions
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Book Review Set in the 1870s‚ A Dollhouse was among the first to present a three-act play with quite a different tone and theme‚ addressing feminist issues that have been never before seen acted out on stage. With the intriguing dialogue and the mystery of the plot‚ rest assured this play-turned-book could be very much considered‚ a great read. With even just the title hinting on the message of the play‚ readers would be surprised at how unpredictable and in-depth the characters and events would
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Chase McDermott Mr. Travis AP English 4 19 August‚ 2014 Physical and Emotional Burdens In The Things They Carried‚ O ’Brien talks about multiple different things that the men at war carry. They take things with them that soldiers always have like guns‚ bags‚ grenades‚ ammo‚ food‚ water‚ and things like that‚ but they also carry personal items like Kiowa ’s Bible and moccasins‚ or Jensen ’s vitamins. The men however‚ have more than just physical items. They have things that always stay with them
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reading the short story in “ The things they carried”‚ there were several entities that meant something towards the things they carried throughout the war. One of the explanations of the meaning “Things” in the story represented the various items that were carried in their backpacks during the course of each mission that the soldiers had to face. Whether they needed the items or not‚ they still carried it with them. Some of the object that were carried had sentimental meaning and others were objects
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Ironically the movies that were critiqued fall under the horror‚ action‚ and fantasy genres however‚ the resulting criticism opposes their purpose in which they fall respectively under feminist‚ queer‚ and Marxist criticism. Halloween being nationally recognized as a spooky day was the perfect setting for a woman to establish her equality. Likewise‚ an action film was critiqued as being the perfect setting to establish an LGBT presence as opposed to the drama stereotype and fantasy was viewed to
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This story is the biography of Alice Walker called “Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self”. In this story‚ she is expected to be a pretty little girl who’s life depends on her beauty‚ so much so that when she is shot in the eye‚ her school work is heavily affected. She is treated differently than her brothers‚ who are given more freedom and bully her. I know that in my personal life I have been shunned for not being masculine enough. Societies today see femininity as a female trait. When she
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Feminist theorists Camille Paglia and Foucault give opposing views on the topic of women and their sexuality as they addressed topics such as homosexuality and pornography as ways of expressing sexual desires and the role a woman plays in society in reference to her sexuality. Camille Paglia‚ a graduate of the University of Arts in Philadelphia‚ America‚ has strong feminist views in relation to women’s sexual preferences. Paglia is a bi-sexual female‚ who came from an Italian‚ Catholic household
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The Things They Carried‚ more like the things that I will carry forever‚ if there is any book I would say is the worst‚ is this book. BUT‚ it’s bad for all the GOOD reasons. I’ve read other war books that are good and EASY in making me put myself in the main characters position‚ but this book is definitely the opposite. Author Tim O’Brien continuously purposefully betrays his audience in order to construct a ‘truthful’ war story that makes the readers WISH to be in the characters position‚ not because
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historical truth lurks within the Purim story. But looking at more recent history‚ it’s clear that Esther and Vashti do have a real history as feminist symbols. Both‚ in their own ways‚ refuse to go along with their husbands wishes. As early as the 19th century‚ her resistance to her husband’s wish to use her as a sex object made her icon for early feminists. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote in 1878 that Vashti’s decision was a “first stand for women’s rights” and that “we shall stand amazed that there
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