In Freeman's "A New England Nun" we read and find that Louisa has two pets, and she lives with her old white yellow dog Caesar and a little yellow canary in her home. Both of these animals are exceptionally laid back and open to being bound to their home on an everyday premise on the grounds that these creatures mirror Louisa's breaking points being that both the creatures and their expert and irreversibly tamed and content with their bondage. They no more desire flexibility and are set to live in the same environment, doing likewise things regular until the end. The canary was a prisoner of its cage and also The canary was a pretty sight to see. The life of the canary symbolically suggests that Louisa was an object of beauty.…
Oodgeroo Noonuccal was an Australia poet, political activist, artist, and also a campaigner for Aboriginal rights, she has written a poem named we are going. We are going portrays Ms. Noonuccals sadness as she is talking about the loss of her family and own land, also she expresses her emotions in her poem using poetic devices such as imagery and metaphors and personification to show us the consequences that it held on the aboriginals. She portrayed to us that she and her tribe had a special attachment to their land and felt with the westerns invading their country they would not have that unique connection that they had with the animals and the land and quote “the eagle is gone, the emu and the kangaroo are gone from this place” the animals…
USA Today Bestselling author Pamela DuMond brings you the 4th installment of the LOL, Ladies-in-Waiting Romantic Comedies. Is it possible Lucy is royally wed to Crown Prince Cristoph instead of his brother, her beloved Nicholas? Is this simply a case of bad luck, a mix up of epic proportions? Or has Prince Cristoph carried a torch for Lucy ever since she left him high and dry at the cathedral’s altar and sabotaged her marriage to Nick? Lucy will finally get her HEA in this LOL royal rom-com, but who will be her lucky husband — Prince Cristoph the heir — or Prince Nicholas Frederick the spare?…
Christine de Pizan and Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda were both influential authors from their times, despite addressing very different settings in their literary works. Pizan wrote The Book of the City of Ladies, a metaphorical story about building a city where women could thrive, protected and segregated from the sexist attacks of men. Sepulveda wrote Democrates Alter in support and defense of colonial conquest and slavery of the native peoples in the New World. Despite the apparent lack of connection between these two works of literature, they both support the idea of natural virtue that exists within some and is absent in others. Pizan believes that it exists within women, while Sepulveda claims that it is a characteristic of people in civilized…
In Karen Russell’s fictional book, “St. Lucy’s Home For Girls Raised by Wolves”, she tells the story of how werewolf girls are taught how to adapt to be more human-like. Claudette has truly conformed into the human ways the nuns at St. Lucy’s have taught her. The passage tells the struggles and accomplishments that Claudette faces and that how the rules will make her more human. Within the first three epigraphs, Claudette faces many struggles of lycanthropic culture shock in her educational journey at St. Lucy’s.…
At St. Lucy’s Home the pack had to transform from wolves into everyday humans, “Nuns teach a…
Rebellion for that freedom is one of the major themes of the novel Before we were Free. Anita and her family were living in the Dominican Republic which at that time was ruled by a dictator, El Jefe or otherwise known as Rafael Trujillo. Due to Trujillo’s unjust way of ruling and using his power, Anita’s father, uncle and other members of the family were involved in a plot to rebel against him. The fight for freedom was going on everywhere. The Mirabal sisters were some very important figures in history and they lit the fire of the rebellion.…
Lucy’s mother writes a letter to Mrs. Vyse, Cecil’s mother. Lucy does not seem so sure about the engagement and her mother believes she should make her own choice. Her belief relates to contemporary society because girls and women are encouraged to think and speak for themselves today. She could have arranged the marriage between Lucy and Cecil, but she valued Lucy’s feelings and independence over her own wishes. This part of the story stands out to me.…
The day is Monday, November 5, 1989. The time is 5:00 p.m. Lucy Black is searching for her mother, Marissa Black. Her mother left her when Lucy was only two years old because she couldn’t take care of her. She gave her to The Little Treasures Orphanage, with a note asking them to take care of her daughter and a picture of her and Lucy.…
The Book of the City of Ladies opens with Christine de Pizan stating that because women never write about themselves, they are unfairly represented in literature. Christine then goes on to establish counter arguments against the negative terms in which women have been painted by male authors. This feminist work dates back to over 600 years ago. However, in the year 2015, there are still entire articles dedicated to the inequality faced by women all over the world. Many of the same women’s rights issues that Christine discusses in The Book of the City of Ladies can be seen in the Chonghaile’s recent article, “Legal Barriers Prevent Women’s Empowerment in more than 170 Countries.”…
I felt the feeling of many. I’d seen several people like this. I kept on seeing more. Ten turned to fifty which turned to five hundred which turned to five hundred and one.…
In “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves”, Karen Russell tells the story of a pack of wolf girls who are transitioning into young ladies. Russell delves into society’s need for conformity and gender roles. The story is told from the point of view of the middle wolf girl, Claudette, and follows her on her journey from wolf to woman. Jeffery Cohen’s idea of monster culture plays an important…
Marriage is a complex relationship where you must put in as much energy as you expect to get out of it. In a Doll’s House, the marriage between Nora and Torvald was a normal one. They had kids, and a steady lifestyle as a typical family. So why did it fall apart in the end? They quit being straight forward with each other, and their secrets forced them to argue until Nora decided to leave.…
In Henirk Ibsen’s play, “A Doll’s House”, Torvald Helmer’s self-perpetuated illusion about his superiority and authority over Nora Helmer is a decessive factor in her abandonment of him and their children. Torvald’s perception of being successful, without the need of anyone’s help, stems from his abundance of pride and the societal norms of Victorian culture. This surplus of pride carried by Torvald, as well as the Victorian era’s overall lack of respect for women, influences him to see Nora as a powerless “plaything”. His inability to see her as an equal due to his incredulous need to regard himself so highly puts a stake through their relationship, illuminating the importance of realizing the worth and value of those around oneself.…
Lucy Parker I never understood her and I never will; all started when I was 8, my first day in school and I just think: what to do?, how to talk? , I will have friends or not? In the bus I sit next to the driver and put my jacket on so no one can see me, I was scared.…