Ever since elementary school, we students have been taught to mindlessly solve problems without understanding the true essence behind the mathematics we practice. Because of this incomplete understanding, we hate math, and we often feel unfulfilled. We often question how the difficult things we learn in math will ever really benefit us in the future. Well, for me, when I learned the Transitive Property of Equality, all my questions about math had been answered. The property stipulates that if A equals B, and B equals C, then A must equal to C. Finally, [pause for emphasis], there was something so simple in math that even I could understand. [Speak Slowly For Emphasis] It is something so simple for us to understand in math, but something so
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From the first line, readers are cognizant of the fact that the story is specifically about “Mrs. Mallard.” The use of an English honorific most strongly suggests that “Mrs. Mallard” is the property of her husband, Brently Mallard. To further show this objectification, it is later stated that “there would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow creature. A kind intention or a cruel intention made the act seem no less a crime” (Chopin 637). Chopin masterfully illustrates the societal norm of this time: males are superior to females. Moreover, past ties and expectations, stripped of "a kind intention or a cruel intention" are revealed as being the shackles restraining Mrs. Mallard’s freedom. Realizing now that her husband would no longer be an imposition, she “abandoned herself” and declared herself to be, “free, free, free” (Chopin 637). Indeed, it was “this possession of self assertion” (Chopin 637), which allowed for her to cherish the freedom of equality. To substantiate this notion of gender equality further, Chopin judiciously employs decisive words like “repression”, “cruel”, and “impose”. These almost absolute words emanate confidence and reinforce her …show more content…
In the first chapter, it is directly stated, “the men were ruthless because the past had been spoiled, but the women knew how the past would cry to them in the coming days.” This quotation primarily serves to highlight the subtleties and nuances that are present within gender roles at the beginning of the novel: women are characterized as more nostalgic and emotional than the “ruthless” men. Furthermore, this is also one of the first indicators, that for the duration of the novel, men and women will have to endure many conflicts together; if there were struggles in the past, it is more than likely that there will be struggles in the future. In The Grapes of Wrath, the Joad family embodies this resilient spirit. Exiled from their land by the “mechanistic” tractors, the Joad family is forced to travel westward. The need for unification among the family ultimately allows for Ma Joad, a woman, to become the head of the family. Ma Joad “seemed to know, to accept, to welcome her position, the citadel of the family, the strong place that could not be taken.” When preparing for their journey westward, Jim Casey emphatically says, “They's too much of it to split it up to men's or women's work. You got stuff
From the first line, readers are cognizant of the fact that the story is specifically about “Mrs. Mallard.” The use of an English honorific most strongly suggests that “Mrs. Mallard” is the property of her husband, Brently Mallard. To further show this objectification, it is later stated that “there would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow creature. A kind intention or a cruel intention made the act seem no less a crime” (Chopin 637). Chopin masterfully illustrates the societal norm of this time: males are superior to females. Moreover, past ties and expectations, stripped of "a kind intention or a cruel intention" are revealed as being the shackles restraining Mrs. Mallard’s freedom. Realizing now that her husband would no longer be an imposition, she “abandoned herself” and declared herself to be, “free, free, free” (Chopin 637). Indeed, it was “this possession of self assertion” (Chopin 637), which allowed for her to cherish the freedom of equality. To substantiate this notion of gender equality further, Chopin judiciously employs decisive words like “repression”, “cruel”, and “impose”. These almost absolute words emanate confidence and reinforce her …show more content…
In the first chapter, it is directly stated, “the men were ruthless because the past had been spoiled, but the women knew how the past would cry to them in the coming days.” This quotation primarily serves to highlight the subtleties and nuances that are present within gender roles at the beginning of the novel: women are characterized as more nostalgic and emotional than the “ruthless” men. Furthermore, this is also one of the first indicators, that for the duration of the novel, men and women will have to endure many conflicts together; if there were struggles in the past, it is more than likely that there will be struggles in the future. In The Grapes of Wrath, the Joad family embodies this resilient spirit. Exiled from their land by the “mechanistic” tractors, the Joad family is forced to travel westward. The need for unification among the family ultimately allows for Ma Joad, a woman, to become the head of the family. Ma Joad “seemed to know, to accept, to welcome her position, the citadel of the family, the strong place that could not be taken.” When preparing for their journey westward, Jim Casey emphatically says, “They's too much of it to split it up to men's or women's work. You got stuff