The Tropic of Orange written by Karen Yamashita is a novel that takes place in Los Angeles, California featuring seven main characters. The Tropic of Orange is based off of a one week schedule in which each character narrates the novel. Yamashita chooses Los Angeles for the storyline because it is a city that is rich in cultural diversity. The Tropic of Orange deals with American concepts such as gender inequality, the American dream, the melting pot, and stereotyping. This novel gives seven characters of all different backgrounds a chance to speak. The seven narrators are both women and men that play a crucial role in the novel. Every character is important to the storyline, however, gender inequality is an issue that is seen throughout the
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This significant event shows how men are seen as superior to women. “The sound of her screams tarveled south but not north. He jammed her inot the leather cavern of the black Jaguar¬¬- suddenly a great yawning universe in the night. Springing upon her writing bodym he clawed her throart and pawed her breasts, tearing her soft skin (Yamashita, 73).” Rafaela is a victim of rape but manages to fight her attacker by ripping off his ear. Elizabeth Cady Stantons’ “The Declaration of Sentiments,” is a doctrine that fights for gender equality during late 1800’s. This doctrine connects with the Tropic of Orange and looks at inequalities that still ring true today. “He has monolpized all profitable employments, and from those she is permitted to follow, she receives but a scnty remuneration. He closes her against her all the avenues to wealth and distinction which he considers most homorable to himself. As a teacher of theology, medicine, or law, she is not known (Stanton, 2).” Due to past history within American, as individuals, we associate positions of dominance with men. In the doctrine, Stanton also explains that a man should never lay a hand on women or use excessible force upon her. “ The history of makind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her (Stanton,
This significant event shows how men are seen as superior to women. “The sound of her screams tarveled south but not north. He jammed her inot the leather cavern of the black Jaguar¬¬- suddenly a great yawning universe in the night. Springing upon her writing bodym he clawed her throart and pawed her breasts, tearing her soft skin (Yamashita, 73).” Rafaela is a victim of rape but manages to fight her attacker by ripping off his ear. Elizabeth Cady Stantons’ “The Declaration of Sentiments,” is a doctrine that fights for gender equality during late 1800’s. This doctrine connects with the Tropic of Orange and looks at inequalities that still ring true today. “He has monolpized all profitable employments, and from those she is permitted to follow, she receives but a scnty remuneration. He closes her against her all the avenues to wealth and distinction which he considers most homorable to himself. As a teacher of theology, medicine, or law, she is not known (Stanton, 2).” Due to past history within American, as individuals, we associate positions of dominance with men. In the doctrine, Stanton also explains that a man should never lay a hand on women or use excessible force upon her. “ The history of makind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her (Stanton,