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    Stereotypical Gender Roles

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    expression. Furthermore‚ added peer pressure can result in males or females to behave in ways that are "gender appropriate‚" rather than ways that are best suited to his or her personality (Ernst). In the short poem‚ "Barbie Doll‚" the author‚ Marge Piercy‚ reveals some of the physical stereotypes and expectations that an adolescent female might be exposed to from her

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    Norma Rae Movie Themes

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    Over the course of the last semester we have had the opportunity to watch various films all teaching a common theme. They each provide a female who shows strength and determination. Norma Rae (Martin Ritt) is about a young single mother who lives in a small town in North Carolina. Norma Rae works at a local textile factory with her family. Norma Rae and all the other workers have long hours‚ lousy working condition‚ and rotten pay. This all changes when Norma Rae meets Reuben Warshowsky‚ who is a

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    In the poem “Barbie Doll”‚ by Marge Piercy‚ the use of imagery‚ symbolism‚ and irony expresses a tragic‚ cruel society that emphasizes appearance above personality and unrealistic beauty ideals above health and happiness. Throughout the poem a young girl is raised and bullied to believe that her appearance is the most important aspect of her self. Her self worth is torn apart until she dies. The use of imagery‚ symbolism‚ and irony works to deliver a heartbreaking message about the flawed society

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    Poetry Analysis

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    After reading through all the poems‚ there was no question about which three I was going to pick. The poem “Punishment” by Lisa Zaran moved me with the first line‚ “When using‚ you are not the same”. Growing up in the 70s and being a teenager in the 80s‚ I have seen firsthand the detrimental effect that substance abuse has on our society. When she continues with next two lines‚ “That sublimity of an altered state‚ you are not the same”‚ I have absolutely no doubt I know what this poem is about. The

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    Literature: Reading‚ Reacting‚ Writing‚ 5th Edition Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell Table of Contents Preface 1. Understanding Literature Imaginative Literature Conventional Themes The Literary Canon Luisa Valenzuela‚ “All about Suicide” Wole Soyinka‚ “Telephone Conversation” Thinking Critically Interpreting Literature Evaluating Literature The Function of Literary Criticism Checklist: Evaluating Literary Criticism 2. Reading and Writing About Literature

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    Barbie Doll

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    In this essay‚ I will be talking about a horrid poem called Barbie Doll. The poem Barbie Doll was written by Marge Piercy‚ who is known as an American writer. This poem was written in 1971 during the second-wave feminism. Marge was born in Detroit‚ Michigan‚ in 1936 and the first to attend college in her family. Barbie Doll is about a young girl who grew up like any other American girl‚ with the all-American Barbie doll. The older the young girl got‚ a class mate noticed the little girls’ flaws.

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    Fake‚ The New Real Hollywood shows good and bad role models these days. These role models range in age from twelve to seventy years old. Some of these role models display the bad‚ the terrible‚ the worse than terrible‚ the things that get into girls heads these days and show them what Hollywood likes‚ not what the human race likes. There are many girls these days that follow Hollywood like it’s the rules of being popular‚ the rules of being liked. Open a Cosmo‚ see what the first girl you look

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    Comparing and Contrasting “Barbie Doll” and “The Leap” The poem “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy depicts a child that was once a normal girl child because she looked reminiscent of a normal girl. She played with dolls and miniature stoves‚ which made her‚ seem even more like a normal child. She then enters adolescent puberty which causes drastic changes to her physical appearance‚ which ultimately cause her to become insecure about herself. The poem “The Leap” by James Dickey also depicts a female

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    want to be. While many writers have described the effect of an unequal relationship and feminism‚ John Steinbeck shows us in “The Chrysanthemums” how woman crave for more adventure‚ Charlotte Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” yearns for happiness‚ and Marge Piercy’s “A Work of Artifice” pressure of a man’s world. The Chrysanthemums written by John Steinbeck illustrates a wife named Elisa whom is confounded to this ordinary house wife duty but aches for adventure and excitement. Her husband Henry belittles

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    Men and Women

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    feel like the really meaning of this story is hidden. Charlotte writing portrays men‚ women and society. It feels like in the story her trying to control her life and everything that was going on around her. In the poem “Barbie Doll” written by Marge Piercy; she describes the life of a female‚ with physical features outside the measurement that society thinks is attractive. Once anyone reads the title “Barbie Doll; it plays in your mind the mold the society provides the female to be like. These two

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