from Reading Lolita in Tehran‚” she describes the creation of her reading group‚ and how it provides the type of education she desired to provide as an educator but was restricted based on the Iranian regime. Similarly‚ in Susan Faludi’s “The Naked Citadel‚” Faludi examines the unique culture of a nonaffiliated military school‚ which highlights the clash between The Citadel’s historical cultures and its present conflicts. Lastly‚ in Sherry Turkle’s‚ “Selections from Alone Together: Why We Expect
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to be a bad-girl persona. Likewise‚ in the“Naked Citadel” by Susan Faludi the men
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2 In reading The Naked Citadel by author Susan Faludi and An Army of One: Me by author Jean Twenge‚ I do not believe that the students of the Citadel exemplify Generation Me for reasons that include individual behavior and expectations‚ exclusion of different groups‚ and cultural values. Both Faludi and Twenge give many examples of how each group of individuals is different from one another and somewhat alike when it comes to searching for their values in life. In the Citadel‚ the students are expected
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Mentality Gender discrimination can be directed towards someone women‚ men‚ homosexuals‚ or drag queens alike. In Susan Faludi’s “The Naked Citadel‚” the men of the citadel are naughtily taught to discriminate against women and homosexuals. The men see women as unequal subjects and believe that they should never be granted the opportunity to attend The Citadel. Similarly‚ homosexuality is looked upon as being abnormal and wrong and anyone who is homosexual is not considered a “real man.” Likewise
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* "Indus Valley." BBC News. BBC‚ n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2013. * -“India.” Ancient Civilizations Reference Library. Ed. Judson Knight and Stacy A. McConnell. Detroit: UXL‚ 2000.Student Resources in Context.Web.29 Mar 2013. * Guisepi‚ R. A. "Indus River Valley Civilizations." Indus River Valley Civilizations. History World International‚ n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2013. Expectations : Going into this project ‚ I expect to find a great wealth and power obtained by the people of the Indus River Valley
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acknowledgement of his identity put emphasis on his relation to Stout as a psychologist but also creates opportunity to discover his cognitive self. Similarly‚ the role of identity is affected by the categorized “Citadel Men” through their “fourth-class system”. Using the comradery and the traditions of The Citadel‚ cadets are conformed to a certain identity to strengthen the relations of the males but the system also hinders their perspective of women. Faludi displays the complications of gender among the cadets
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needs for a lot of people. Despite the fact that these freedoms are a right in most parts of the world‚ characters from Azir Nafisi’s “Selections from Reading Lolita in Tehran‚” Leslie Bell’s “Selections from Hard to Get‚” and Susan Faludi’s “The Naked Citadel” show how absolute freedom is something that is hard to come by. These texts encompass societies or systems that often restrict a person’s ability to be self-serving and independent; and while they are a part of these environments‚ they can not
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A single-gender Society The Citadel‚ as described in Susan Faludi’s work “The naked Citadel”‚ is a place of arcane traditions‚ contradictions‚ and hidden motives. Not surprisingly for a traditionally all-male institution‚ many of these mysteries revolve around the role of gender. Describing it as a bastion of masculinity‚ while not entirely false‚ would be an oversimplification‚ as would thinking of it as a backwards institution full of hypocrisy. As is inevitable in an insulated institution attended
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Malcolm Gladwell and Jon Krakauer In your last paper you were asked to consider the possible motivation behind Chris McCandless’s decision to abandon conventional knowledge. For this paper we are going to examine the excerpt from Krakauer’s book in a new light-in relation to Malcolm Gladwell’s ideas. In his chapter‚ "The Power of Context‚" Malcolm Gladwell argues for another way to understand one’s relation to "meaning" and knowledge. While Gladwell looks at the epidemic of crime in New York City
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humans are born with a “blank slate”. That is‚ he or she is born free of perception and knowledge of the world and thereby builds his or her identity on the things he or she experiences. Within their selected passages‚ both Susan Faludi in her “The Naked Citadel” and Jean Twenge in her “An Army of One: Me” discuss the topic of self-formation and how education plays such a major role in that development. As it is commonly expressed‚ experience is the greatest teacher and our character formation relies on
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