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After his sexual assault, documentor Tom Bondarenko JR searches for peace and closure by informing the audience that sexual assault can happen to anyone, regardless of age, sex, race, or sexual orientation. Through interviews with professionals and survivors Tom Bondarenko bring’s a face to sexual assault in hopes of warning people that sexual assault can happen to anyone. The film 's goal is to prevent sexual assault by enlightening people, knowledge is power. Working together we can end sexual…

husband, so won’t you be my wife instead.” The robber stated that her husband could never forgive her for this happening even though it is not her fault. The robber suggest that Masago should be with him because they would be able to get along after the rape. Masago saw “Shame, anger, and sorrow” in Takehiro’s eyes after he saw her being sexually assaulted. If Masago would have acted more like a man and protected or defended herself maybe she could have fought off Tajomura. Masago relied heavily…

Sylvia Plath has written poetry that fully explores the profound depth of the human psyche. Through her use of confessional poetry and psychic landscape, her poetry delves into the multifaceted layers of the human condition. Plath herself came across as a very complicated and perplexing individual, and in her style of writing, she conveys the inner state of her mind. To read her poetry without the context of her mental state, few readers could comprehend the intensity and compelling suffering…

The story “Recitatif”, by Tony Morrison tells the story of two young girls, Twyla and Roberta, whose mothers abandoned them in an orphanage apparently during the late 50’s. Throughout the story, Twyla and Roberta encounter some hardships due to their racial differences. In spite of their social and economic differences, one of their main differences is their race. Even though it is hard for the reader to conclude who is white or black, some parts in the story indicate that one of the characters…

After the Vietnam War, 15% of the war’s veterans were never able to successfully transition back into their old lives (“21 Remarkable”). Louise Erdich’s short story, “The Red Convertible,” features a character who develops post-traumatic stress disorder from the war. Erdich explores the depersonalization associated with PTSD through both the symbolism of the red convertible itself and the drastic change seen in Henry Lamartine’s characterization. Henry Lamartine is drafted into the Vietnam War…

In Maus I & II by Art Spiegelman and “Metamorphosis” by Kafka, a heavy (and sometimes overwhelming) theme is alienation and dehumanization. While both texts discuss different topics and scenarios, their pivotal theme is what ultimately tie the stories together. Both authors use very different strategies to showcase the alienation and dehumanization based upon their story’s genre. Maus I & II is a very real and intense comic that gives a snapshot of what it was like to be a Jew in World War II…

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses Jean Louise (Scout) Finch as the narrator. Scout is now an adult and reflects on three very crucial summers during her childhood days. When Scout is first described in the novel, she is prone to violence, labels people based on class, denigrates people, uses racist language, and is prejudice (Seidel 1). All of these things show that she is childish at the beginning of the novel. A mature character would not pick a fight or label people based on their…

oppressive practices against her. In her article ''Gender Perspectives and Violence in the plays of Maria Irene Fornes'', Catherine Schuler points out: Fornes turns over and reveals aspects of male psychology and heterosexual intimacy that are profoundly disturbing [chiefly that] our society condones, encourages, and even venerates male brutality, and violence against women has for centuries been strategic…

but I am certain of the events of that fateful evening and where legend abandons, I elucidate. I had followed Crane throughout the hours succeeding the attack. However, not only had I followed, I lusted. The Van Tassels’ yearly party marked the date of the event, however it seemed the other way as the party was full of ennui. This was not my first party with the Van Tassels and each year was the same as the last. They invited every farmer family in Tarry Town, which included my own -- the…

In the reading “Unhappy Trails: Female Truckers Say They Faced Rape and Abuse in Troubled Training Program” by Merlan, Anna the author explained how Tracy left her job from an office working position to being a truck driver because she wanted a change. However, she went to truck driving school in Iowa where she got her commercial driving license but then had to go to Oklahoma City where she had to go with an instructor and drive a certain amount of days and miles before she was able to drive…