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In Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein, there seems to be some issues with gender. While this novel was written during a predominantly patriarchal time for women, it is interesting how Mary Shelley, a female author, would submit to portraying female characters as powerless figures. As the daughter of the “first feminist,” Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin “a radical philosopher,” Mary Shelley seemingly misrepresents women in her novel. Additionally, Mary Shelley excludes females as a whole…

The 20 percent of adults ages 25 to 31 living with their parents are seen by some sociologists as representative of an entirely new life stage arising not out of necessity, but out of inevitability. (Pew Research Center, 2012) They see ‘emerging adulthood’ as the outcome of the vast currents of socioeconomic and implicitly cultural change that have swept in during the turn of the 21st century. (Henig 2010) Some view this cultural trend as one to keep, theorizing that this ‘time to explore’…

In the article, “What Do Adolescents Need for Healthy Development? Implications for Youth Policy”, Jodie Roth and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn break down the social policy into fourth main ideas. First, Roth and Brooks-Gunn explain that a healthy development for an adolescent is summarized into the “five C’s”: competence being the ability to complete something successfully in the academic, social and vocational field, confidence in an adolescent, connection or healthy relationships with individuals around…

about procreation. Not only as we are in a sexually liberated day and age, but also the ignorance of thinking birth control is just used for preventing pregnancy is potentially extremely devastating to one’s health. It is simply inhumane to deny a young person medicine that can ease symptoms of PMS and prevent cancers. When an adult dismisses a teenager’s need for medication such as this, they are basically saying, “I don’t want you to be safe or use preventative measures to benefit my…

come. J.D. Salinger challenges how teenagers viewed themselves, as well as how they were viewed by society in the 1950s by creating characters that depict various adolescent roles during that time period. Before the term teenager was even used, young adults had very different roles then after the teenage rebellion. The daily life of a teen in the 1940’s…

In America, approximately 750,000 of 15 to 19-year-olds become pregnant each year. Teenage pregnancy is almost always unintended. The causes and effects of teenage pregnancy are different for every young girl it effects. Teenage girls are more likely to become pregnant when they have little to no parental guidance in their lives. Because parents of the said demographic are usually too preoccupied with matters such as financial stability and maybe their work, they are not as supportive as they…

Becoming a young adult demands guidance, and the freedom to make one’s own decisions. Raising a child is a path fraught with pitfalls and situations that require the understanding of a significant amount of nuance. Children like glass absorb the fingerprints of those…

It is hard to imagine living without technology. Technology is apart of society 's everyday lives and some may argue that technology is good for teens and some say it is having a negative impact on teens. Ninety three percent of American teenagers have a computer or access to one (Pew Research Center, Mary Madden Pg. 1). Besides computers, technology also includes cell phones and television. Cell phones are a big distraction in classrooms and has caused many schools to ban cellphones in…

or remember what information or picture was inside that can be of your interests. Went you opened and find a selfie everyone can believe and trust you took that picture or was there in this case that these adults pass a great night. Pretend this 3 young adult get drunk overnight and when they wake up none of the three remember what happen yesterday. What you think is the only proof they have or can help them bring to mind something about that night? The answer is the Selfie. Selfie had the…

As novelist and playwright Gao Xingjian states, "It 's in literature that true life can be found. It 's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth” (Xingjian 2008). I begin to wonder if Xingjian 's insight can be applied to all texts in literature, and whether the truth is in fact guarded by the writer 's literary style. Perhaps it is the technique that gives clues to allow me, the reader, to decipher the hidden truth. I wonder if the writing style highlights the philosophy, or if the…