Essay on Milkman

The Truth behind Fairy Tales Fairy tales were designed to draw us out of our everyday lives into magical lands filled with possibilities that excite and expand the imagination. These fictional stories come from all cultures, and many of them have their own versions. Fairy tales were originally told for children, but often they seem to have been used to teach a valuable lesson to everyone. For example, the classic tale of “Cinderella” was told to teach that people should always fight for what…

Today’s society has made it impossible for women, African American women especially to love the skin they’re in. Either you’re praised for having the flattest stomachs, and the biggest butts in the media world; or you’re frowned upon for it in the “white business world.” African American women have been known to be have rather wide hips and plumped bottoms. In today’s age all of our celebrity role models have had some work done. It seems like you have to enlarge your body parts to flourish in…

Lemar Davis Direct and Indirect Characterization Characterization is an element in almost every work of fiction, whether it is a short story, a novel, or anywhere in between. A writer has two options they can choose whether to do direct or indirect characterizations. With direct characterization is direct statements about a character's personality and tells what the character is like. Indirect characterization is reveals information about a character and his…

The ideal characteristics of a ‘perfect man’ constructed in sports advertising are weighted to support certain discourses of how men should be, or how they should aspire to be. In the NIKE Football television advert, we see how gender roles are played out within the context of a sports field. The way the characters are positioned within this space provides an example of the social rules related to the performance of gender that manage this space. Masculine power, both physical and social, is…

The Mustache and the Morons “I got the stuff,” Katelyn had said to me in a small wicked voice. I had come up with an ingenious idea. I wanted to pull a prank on this boy, whose name was Cody. He was a senior on the basketball team, and like all seniors, he had a life sized statue to the left of the gym doors, closest to the student parking lot, just waiting for me to get my hands on. Katelyn was my partner in crime, and a teammate with me in basketball. My idea was to get a one of those 25 cent…

of men has changed with the number of stay-at-home fathers on the rise. Bobbie Black Bobbie Black was born November 29, 1938 in Philadelphia, PA. Her father George served in WWII in the Navy before marrying her mother Cecilia. George was a milkman who delivered fresh milk and cream to local residents and her mother worked part time as a sales clerk at Wanamaker’s Department Store in downtown Philadelphia. She has one sister and two nieces that she keeps in touch with who still lives in…

Bigger than Life is a film that was directed by Nicholas Ray in 1956. It is a critique of social constructs in American society masked as a film about the dangers of drug addiction. Through Ray’s brilliant usage of mise-en-scène and drastic, low-key lighting, he manages to break down the idea of the existence of a perfect, American nuclear family and brings to light the nonexistence of class equality. The film revolves around a father and a schoolteacher, Ed Avery, who is diagnosed with a…

Blanche, My dear Blanche, I realise that you are not aware of this but when I look into your eyes my entire world fills with light. It is none other than you who becomes this light that effortlessly pulls me away from the darkness within my soul: my insecurity. Your glistening locks of hair along with your elegance and sheer grace are overwhelming, yet the love and adoration that I have for you does not falter. Your large, glowing eyes like lanterns to light my way when I become lost, are full…

Maybe the lure of forbidden love was too much for her. Or she suffered from some deeper temptation that she struggled unsuccessfully to control. Perhaps it was her first time. Maybe her friend down the street had been committing adultery with the milkman for years and they had never been caught. Yet she did it once and was caught. Who knows her reasons? But the fact is she knew she should not do it and she knew the penalty yet she went ahead with it. This shows us that at many levels our carnal…

Similarities arise in the culture of gender when examining the Southern United States (US) and Croatia during the 20th century. Traditionally, men in both cultures held legitimate power (authority) which included the household and job market. Men occupied the public sphere while women occupied the private sphere of society. If women found employment outside of the household, she could work until she was married or had kids. Men were expected to work, and women were expected to care for kids and…