Closeted

Rhetorical Analysis of Jim Fitterling’s “Making Small Talk: The Case for LGBT Diversity and Inclusion” Most Americans speak freely in the workplace about life and home without compromising their job security. Ideally this would only be problematic in cases where individuals are involved in illegal or otherwise deliquent activities. Author Jim Fitterling addresses how members of the LGBT community lie somewhere in between, many remaning silent and in secret due to the fear of losing their…

Tartuffe is a lighthearted narrative that easily becomes a tragedy for those easily deceived. The moral acts as a clear warning to the audience on how to avoid the demisable fates of the characters. Tartuffe by Molière warns the audience about their gullibility when it comes to authority figures. Orgon, the head of a prosperous family, takes in poor Tartuffe, a man who purposes to be holy. However, Tartuffe is an imposter. Orgon is the only one fallen under the trickster's spell when the rest of…

confronted these individuals, they did not believe they had done anything wrong, and the conversation went south. Therefore, the teens had accused us for being racist, for this idea to even cross our minds. This topic is not some type big secret only closeted racists know about. “It was a game theme. It never even crossed my mind once to be racist. If anything, she’s racist for pulling the race card.” She then followed by saying that since she has ‘black’ friends, she clearly could not be…

From a very young age, I knew I had an unexplainable infatuation the same sex, but when you're a child, whom you find attractive isn’t at the forefront of your mind. I remained closeted terrified of how my peers, but more importantly, my family would think of me. Despite my mother and father being kind and accepting towards everyone, I was still raised in a Catholic household; a faith that preaches traditional values of marriage and how a man should act. So in order to better meet the…

time when being found to be homosexual resulted in an immediate dishonorable discharge, life must have been even more complex. For Otto Bremerman, the soldier in charge of writing up the discharge papers for soldiers who were found out, life as a closeted gay man was even more complex. Otto's story of covert meetings with other gay men on the base provides an…

Penelope hears about the disappearance of her son for the first time and is distraught. Hence, she questions Eurycleia who dissuades Penelope from notifying Laertes about his grandson’s departure. While all the females in Homer’s epic are different, they all endure the aspects of a patriarchal society, a civilization in which males hold primary power and predominate in roles of leadership. Penelope proves to be a central character throughout the poem. Through examining her role as the wife of…

Still, it was hard for my parents; they thought the future they’d envisioned for me was lost. They had no reference point for a gay white picket fence.” Coming out to her parent was a gigantic step for jalees but she still felt closeted seeing none of her other family members knew. Sabrina desired that the best way to do it was right them an…

grandfather kicks his daughter out for failing to identify the baby's father, and she lands on Wil's doorstep. Ever the dutiful daughter, Wil takes her mother in, sharing a bed with her. But she isn't officially out to mom, which forces the already-closeted Wil to pull the door even tighter.…

I was deeply saddened when I found out that the show was going to end. However, these are some of the greaest writters on televistion and I trust that they know when the timing to end the show is right. Orphan Black means the world to me and I thought I need to let who ever ends up reading this know how much it has affected me, as I’m sure it has affected many others. Firstly, Orphan Black got me through high school, which is a feat unto itself. I started at a new school my freshmen year and…

characterized more so as a man who acts based on pressures from outside sources, not just society but his wife as well. He loves Alma and his children and has found security and stability with them that he believes would be wrong to seek out with Jack. Closeted men with wives seldom come out, author Bonnie Kaye wrote about her own personal experience and says the reason behind that is “fear- fear of losing everything that is secure in life. Lots of people live without being happy, but they trade…