********** 2/13/13 ********** 1960: Sitting Down to Take A Stand We need to change American life as we speak to make it better. There are to many problems happening around America and we need to do something about it. I would change gun control‚ child obesity‚ and animal cruelty. Once we change most of these problems I think America would go a little more better then it already is. The history of firearms has changed dramatically since the late 1700s. Should automatic rifles and handguns
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Boys and Girls: A depiction of gender differences Gender is a social construction that is evident in almost every culture. The struggle for equality between male and female has been perpetuating for decades and yet no change has occurred because of the rigid social construction of gendered roles. In “Boys and Girls”‚ in the backdrop of a countryside in 1950s‚ Alice Munro depicts the hardships and successes of the rite of passage into adulthood through her portrayal of a young female who goes through
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Mean Girls is one of the most watched movies in today’s society. It seems as though people of all gender‚ sex‚ age‚ race‚ ethnicity‚ class have seen this movie and can relate to some aspect of it. A brutal portrayal of high school cliques‚ Mean Girls depicts everyday high school struggles for students and teachers. The popular group of girls‚ referred to as the "Plastics"‚ control every aspect of the school by using their good looks‚ money‚ popularity‚ and power. They are middle class white girls
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Yasunari Kawabata: The Dancing Girl of Izu My favorite author is Yasunari Kawabata‚ was born in June 14‚ 1899 and died in April 16‚ 1972. He is a Japanese short story writer and the first Japanese author to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. His works combined the beauty of old Japan with modernist trends. Kawabata’s books have been described as melancholy lyricism and often explore the place of sex within culture and within individual lives. “The Dancing Girl of Izu” is a story like this‚ my
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"Daughter is the knot that ties the family together". "A baby girl..one of the most beautiful miracles in life‚ one of the greatest joys we can ever know‚& one of the reasons why there is a extra sunshine‚ laughter and happiness in our life today." In many traditional cultures‚ fathers and mothers would pray for a boy who would be able to help in the field. In these cultures‚ the value of daughter was not understood. A father has a special relationship with his daughter as she will judge all
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Comparing “I am Nujood. age 10 and divorced” by Nujood Ali and “Persian Girls by Nahid Rachlin These two novels trace the lives of women oppressed by their patriarchal societies‚ and their longing‚ courage and eventual struggles to regain control of their lives‚ freedom and happiness. Both are memoirs and‚ set in largely Islamic contexts with Nahid in Iran‚ and Nujood in Yemen. In Persian Girls‚ Nahid is taken away from her adoptive mother and stripped of her blissful Iranian childhood‚ to
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Running Head: THE VAGINA GIRLS The Vagina Girls Some people believe that most of the mythological stories are based on some degree of truth. Legends and folktales evolve from small grains of truth and usually spawn from one’s own inner demons and secret fears. A common phobia that evolves throughout cultures is the myth of The Vagina Girls. The myth of The Vagina Girls is often associated with fear of castration in men. This fear highlighted because of the myths translation to film and seems
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In the book Flyy Girl by Omar Tyree‚ Tracy is the protagonist. We are different in many ways. We both share different views of the world‚ are viewed by the world in distinctive ways and I would respond in a different way to the central conflict of the novel. As she grows she sees what is acceptable in life and what’s not. Tracy had her fair share in boys throughout her life. She was brought up in a respectable home. Tracy came along from her not liking boys to getting every boys she wants and giving
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In “The Girl Next Door” there are several relationships explored. The contrasting themes of intimacy and distance as well as closeness and separation are depicted through the characters portrayed in the story. One relationship is between the protaganist and his mother‚ which appears to be close and intimate but also seems dysfunctional. Another relationship is between Brandi and her mother‚ which is distant and separate. The last relationship is between the protagonist and Brandi‚ a nine year old
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An Analysis of Katha Pollitt’s "Girls Against Boys?" The article titled "Girls Against Boys‚" published in the 30 January issue of The Nation magazine by author Katha Pollitt‚ brings to light pressing issues of gender discrimination and how this nation’s education system has changed over the past forty years but still isn’t up to par with where it needs to be with issues of gender equality. Pollitt exposes the views of conservatives toward feminism in the school systems of today. This article describes
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