What’s better hearing the truth from the person who was at the event or hearing it from someone that could have the event all mixed and unaware of what exactly happened? In this case of this passage, it’s better to hear an event from the narrator who was at the center of the event. In the passage “The Smell of Fresh Paint” it was told from Tina Beller who was the focus when the attack happened. In the passage “The Smell of Fresh Paint” TIna Beller was part of an attack involving barrages of rockets.…
Yuga Miyamoto Mrs.Abbott Honors English 10A (1) 7 October 2015 Governmental Obedience Rollo May portrays conformity when he states “... the opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice but conformity”. A society displays conformity when it follows a specific set of rules making all people identical in what they do. Using conformity to rule, the government within the society of the text, addresses conformity which monitors everything; from the way the people socialize and how the people live their daily lives. Similarly, in Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451, society is controlled by a government which requires the citizens to comply to the rules that are set by the government, and if these rules are infringed, major consequences are…
In the article “Fantasies of a Happier Kitchen” Chef Rene Redzepi describes his earlier days of what it was like to work in a cutthroat kitchen; which involved nothing more than stern discipline and humiliation, this was part of his day to day regimen. Dictatorship over leadership ruled at his restaurant, where lines were always crossed. One particular incident mentioned in the article describes a moment where he verbally abused one of his employees. His sous chef, one of his closest allies advised him to change his ways and that’s where he began to see things in a different light.…
Alice Notley’s The Descent of Alette is an epic poem that shows the relationship between gender, sex, and the human body. By doing so, Notley challenges the traditional form of an epic poem through her use of a female hero and a series of lyric poems that create an epic poem. Here, we see two sets of binaries: female hero/male hero and lyric poem/epic poem. Additionally, these binaries are a function of hierarchy. By resisting traditional binaries, Notley shows equality through an open space for equal heterogeneous forms.…
Many of the Latin American stories consist of depicting death, loss, oppression, and in some odd ways the obstacles in love. Everything unfolds in a surreal way while others convey magical realism into their plots; making each spun tale more alluring and breath taking. In the nineteenth century Latin America was transitioning from a world where society was its people spoke out and rebelled against those of higher authority with the goal of gaining freedom. However, for the most part there was a lot of terrorizing of the town folk, torture and death as far as the eye could see.…
Anne Sexton’s poem, “Her Kind,” is a portrayal of a women who do not fit into society. The women of the poem are independent and powerful. Sexton uses two voices in each stanza. Each stanza describes a woman who is an outcast. These descriptions are based on stereotypes of women who go against the norms of society.…
“What the Mirror Said” by Lucille Clifton (page 202) narrates a girl convincing herself of her own worth. The repeated line, “listen,” indicates that she’s pleading with herself. The final line, “mister with his hands on you / he got his hands on some / damn / body!” concludes that this woman feels like she’s special and complex, and not “anonymous.”…
There are multiple similarities shared between both the poem, A Work of Artifice, by Marge Piercy, and the novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood. The main similarity is in the overall theme present in both pieces, more specifically the theme of power and dominance. This is not to belittle the significance of other similarities between the two, such as their parallel views on feminism, along with sexuality and control. The novel and poem resemble each other in numerous ways; they both shed light on bigger meanings and issues present in the world. The theme of power and superiority is very evident in the two pieces.…
In the poems “Home-Baked Bread”, by Sally Croft, and “The Joy of Cooking”, by Elaine Magarrell, the authors use the topic of cooking to describe different types of relationships between people. Both poems use many different types of devices and figurative language, such as metaphors and symbolism, to convey their true meaning and message to the reader. In “Home Baked Bread”, Sally Croft uses the simple topic of baking bread to describe a sexual relationship. She uses many figures of speech to convey this to her audience.…
Two important works that are good examples of traditional gender roles are Susan Glaspell ’s play Trifles and Lynn Nottage’s play Poof. On the surface, these plays don’t seem to have very much in common; a closer look, however, reveals that both plays show similar themes and issues. The issues highlighted in both plays are suppression of women and ramifications of society.…
In Marge Piercy’s “What Are Big Girls Made Of?” , she uses metaphors and emphasizes the impact that society has on women to show women how their lives are being negatively influenced. Marge Piercy (1997) emphasizes the patriarchal expectations of society in using the metaphor, “She is manufactured like a sports sedan./She is retooled, refitted and redesigned/every decade” (line 5-7). The way Piercy shows women that they should not be influenced by society is through harsh comparisons. She condemns the way women are supposed to look by showing the idiocracy in comparing them to a car.…
In the play Trifles by Susan Glaspell, the men are portrayed as condescending towards women. The play centers on the murder of John Wright who died in his bed by strangulation. His wife Minnie has been charged with the crime. When the play begins, the County Attorney, the neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Hale, and the Sheriff and his wife have come to collect things to take to Minnie in jail. In addition, the men want to look around the murder scene upstairs clues.…
In his short story “So Much Water So Close to Home,” Raymond Carver criticizes the lack of sensitivity society has in regards to the power imbalances between men and women by depicting domestic discord and a community’s response to violence that specifically targets women. The reader is introduced to gendered modes of experiencing the world since the story is told from the wife’s perspective instead of her husband’s. Carver’s narrative choice to frame the story from the perspective of Claire, places the reader into Claire’s shoes to piece together how small instances create her overall psychological turmoil. Claire’s relationship with Stuart perpetuates the demise of her psychological health since she feels uncomfortable to explicitly…
Second, the poem called There Is a Garden in Her Face, written by Thomas Campion, describes the perspective of love, based on external beauty. The male reciter in the poem discusses how magnificent the woman is, based on her glorious face. To make the readers understand his visual perception, he uses plenty of metaphors, similes, and symbolism to describe the woman in the most extraordinary way possible. Examples of these figures of speech include that the female’s face can compare with a garden with plenty of sweet fruits. When people plant gardens, it can represent nature appreciation and well as the respect for the purity and quality of fresh abundance of food.…
Robert Browning’s poetry shows the power imbalances in male and female relationships and often takes the form of dramatic monologue to show the differences between men’s motivations and women’s. In Browning’s ‘My Last Duchess’, an authoritative and rich Duke is made to feel powerless as a result of his wife’s misplaced affections. The favourable qualities of his wife, such as her kindness and gratitude, are interpreted by the duke as offences, “as if she ranked my gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name with anybody’s gift”, implying possessiveness and unruly emotions such as jealousy can cloud judgement. This is interesting as generally a man would be thought of as being more rational, and a woman as being ruled by her emotions.…