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Becoming an Apache Woman, Something Only a Girl Can Do In some cultures, an adolescent’s transition into adulthood is celebrated with an extravagant soiree, while other’s are expected to recite religious scriptures. Meanwhile for the Apaches, a native American tribe that lives in the southwestern United States, the leap into womanhood is marked by a symbolic four-day Sunrise Ceremony. The young Apache girl’s physical endurance is tested during this event, where it is believed that she will enter…

Persepolis is a story that begins taking place in 1979 during the Islamic Revolution. It is told in first-person by the main character, Marji. This allows the reader to receive and understand one specific opinion and point of view. She is a young girl who is lost in her own thoughts. She is a firm believer in religion. Marji says, “At the age of six I was already sure I was the last prophet…” (Satrapi 6). Without further knowledge nor experience, she was already greatly influence into following…

The Definition of Magical Realism There are varying opinions as to what qualifies a literary piece to be magical realism. Asking different people the definition would almost certainly result in differing answers. The best interpretation is the one that states magical realism is a style used to “depict the mundane, everyday world we know all too well—but then they inject it with some fantasy as if fantasy were the most normal thing in the world.” (Shmoop Editorial Team) This definition…

countries everyday? These countries include India,Chad,Yemen,etc. It’s a pretty horrible situation over there because Young girls and teen girls are forced into marriage at a young age, they also are raped and or abused, and most can’t get a good education. Oh boy where do I start? One of the many challenges teen women face everyday is child marriage. Child marriage is when a young girl is forced to marry a man twice her age. Even now Women who live in 2018 are still forced into marrying men…

We let race, gender, and class guide us. A book that covers this well is “Muck City”. We got to hear the stories all of these young athletes in a run down town escaping reality through sports. These boys in the glade did not rely on money, but their skill and how they performed. They made it by their hard…

whom see them. Teenagers start to look at their bodies wondering if they are good enough. Even having them try to loose weight at any cost even their health. “In one study, 44% of adolescent girls believed they were overweight and 60% were actively trying to lose weight even though the majority of these young girls were within normal weight ranges,” Katzman. Older individuals, mainly men are very intrigued by the females that are sexually portrayed through out the streets and television. This…

bell rings and class begins. “Boys please leave the room so I can speak privately to the girls,” I hear before my teacher begins math class. The boys file out of the room one by one as I wait quietly at my desk. Once the last boy leaves the room, my teacher shuts the door behind her and turns to face the class, “Ladies, please kneel in the aisle next to your desk.” I look around and watch as the other girls begin to get out of their chairs to kneel beside their desks. I, too, get up to kneel…

The pre-twentieth century, a period of tremendous change in America, produced many of the greatest works of literature which immensely influenced the style of most authors today, especially for feminist writers. The first wave of feminism occurred prominently during the pre-twentieth century, where women focused on legal issues such as women's suffrage. There were several feminist poets during this period, such as Emily Dickinson and Phillis Wheatley, that were known for their works regarding…

Do You Do Things Like a Girl or Do You Do Things #LikeAGirl? When asked to do something like a girl what would you do? Would you start running like you were wearing heels and worried about messing up your hair? Or would running like a girl mean giving it your all? The feminine product company, Always pinpoints the problem society has with, “Doing something like a girl.” The ad shows many different people asked to run, and throw like a girl. Older generations followed the stereotype in the…

All the photo shopped women who have been edited to look flawless are causing women to look at themselves negatively. When young, insecure girls view these pictures, they believe they can achieve the same flawless image, and they exert their selves to fulfil this desire. Meanwhile, a majority of girls do not realize this is absurd to have the immaculate image without the help of photo shop and a professional photoshopper who knows how to use it to its full expediency…