Arranged marriage

captain could provide the highest level of benefit for the lowest cost. In the upper-class society, marriage transactions were the process of exchanging or conglomerating wealth and reputation…

Autobiographical (Roots) Essay I come from two different ethnic groups. I am always trying to balance the two cultures. My identity as a female college student, my ethnicity of a mixed race: Indian and Russian, and becoming involved in two completely different religions have been shaped by different factors over the years. I am going to discuss what contributed to my personal identity in terms of values, worldview, and how I interact with others. The first factor in my identity is my…

success of her life. As a young girl, Song grew up as Chinese-Korean American and knew that she wanted to write about her family’s history. Song has taken her written career serious and tries to educate her readers with the terrible lives of arranged marriage women, through the art of poetry. Not only does she write about her family’s ancestry, but she loves to incorporate the whole Chinese culture into her poems. Cathy’s strong eye for detail and imagery in her poems really captures the message…

Virgin, Who is Called Christina (1096-8-1160), translated by Talbot, an anonymous author displays the objectification of women through the denial of autonomy in forcing Christina to marry and be trapped in a room, violability in how her unwanted marriage infringed upon her integrity by causing her to be confined to a small space with poor conditions and also by having her beaten and put on display, inertness by having her dress and channel masculinity in order to complete her actions and by…

My parents' marriage was arranged and his family was clearly the lesser of the two. Although families like ours have arranged marriages for business and or political purposes, it isn’t unheard of some affection towards the couple do happen. My parents didn’t fall into that category, but they did respect one another and a semi-friendship…

Homeless Bird Reflective Essay In the story, “Homeless Bird” by Gloria Whelan, the protagonist, Koly, is a 13 year old girl, lived on a countryside in India. The story begins with a pre-arranged marriage. As the story progressed, Koly was forced to face many trials that changed her in many ways. Three traits that she had shown during the story were mournful, mischievous and lighthearted. As the story begins, Koly becomes very mournful. After all, she was in the midst of many tragedies. First,…

narratives, they are able to show their daughters how they were able to survive the hard times while still remaining true to themselves and their cultures. The St. Clair and Jong mothers, both use the terrible circumstances they faced in their marriages in China to reach…

Today, men objectify women on social media, males’ lust over girls on their comments. Readers expect back in late 1600’s for men to have been courteous but maybe not.To the virgins to make much of time, by Robert Herrick is quite a laconic, pessimistic, and impatient poem, because the author seems to be in loss of hope when it comes to love after a certain period of a person’s life. The poet almost seems to objectify women and see them useful only when they are at their prime. Robert…

There are six different types of love that are seen in the modern day world and olden days; There is familial love, which is the love that one has for their family. Romantic love is the love someone possesses for their spouse. Unrequited love is a love that an individual feels for someone who doesn't feel that same way in return. Platonic love means the feeling that friends have for eachother. Spiritual love is the love that people have for the God that they serve, and last but not least…

The Hand by Colette. The theme of this story is that people may seem scary and monstrous on the outside, but they are really kind hearted and caring on the inside. In the story, the husband and wife had just gotten married, and they hadn’t known each other for a long time. The husband was asleep in his wife’s arms that night. She wasn’t asleep like he was. It seemed that she was just studying him. The good and the bad things about him. She noticed his long eyelashes, his skin, and then his hand.…