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Elizabeth Bennet, an at first young and vulnerable woman, is soon perceived to be the dire opposite of vulnerable, as her characteristics materialize throughout the novel. She is first revealed to be uncommonly modest regarding her personality, and later displays bravery as she is true to her personality, even when doing so may lead to criticism from the women surrounding her. Criticism may also come from her refusal to conform to the ideas of marriage, a decision validated by denying a proposal…

True love never lies, and it never fails. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, is a novel about the Bennet family and Mrs. Bennet’s quest to get her 5 daughters married. The opening chapter begins with Mrs. Bennet telling her daughters about Mr. Bingley, a new upper class and wealthy neighbor. Mr. Bennet, the polar opposite of his wife, refuses to follow the social norm of going to meet the bachelor first before any of the women. While Mr. Bennet eventually does this anyway, it is not before he…

In Charlotte Bronte's, Jane Eyre, her unexamined, culturally conditioned definitions of 'success' and 'happiness'; shape the narrative through their contradicting definitions. According to Bronte, women have the same capacity for success and Independence as men. However, her subconscious cultural belief that a women's success is to be married is a contradiction of her first definition of success. This results in a struggle between these two beliefs in Jane Eyre. Furthermore, the culture…

harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision making outcome. Jonestown is a great example of groupthink because everyone believed in Jim Jones. Hundreds of people thought it was a great idea to commit mass suicide in Jonestown, all under the command of their detrimental leader, Jim Jones even though some of them thought it was a preposterous…

In Jonestown, when people devoted their whole life to the People’s Temple and Jim Jones, their blind loyalty and allegiance came back to haunt them. A former member of the People’s Temple recalled in an interview “we were demonstrating loyalty all the time. Coming there, being there in the meetings, sitting, listening — you know, supporting, working.” The member believed that in return for their loyalty to Jim Jones and the People’s Church that they would be granted utopian lives they had always…

The event took place in the nation of Guyana, South America, forming a settlement named Jonestown. Jones founded Peoples temple in the 1950s then relocated his congregation to California in the 1960s. After experiencing negative media he moved around 1,000 Peoples temple members to the Guyanese jungle, where he promised they would establish utopian community…

Toni Morrison effectively demonstrates her ethos through her credible background, connection with Senator Obama—with whom she is directly addressing—and connection with the general audience. First and foremost, her winning of the Nobel Peace Prize displays her ethos quite efficiently. The Nobel Peace Prize is solely given to those who make significant change in the world through their lives and work, therefore, this rare honor elevates Morrison’s reputation and authority. In addition, the aura…

In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, woman of the gentry class are trapped in a society where appearance and status reign and the only possibility of achieving happiness is through marriage to a like-minded individual. The aspects of women’s lives were limited to gossiping, home-making, mingling and child-rearing. The only possibility for happiness lied in the prospect of marrying out of love and not out of obligation. The novel offers a spectrum of perspectives, both male and female, from…

Watson 1 Jane Eyre Literary Analysis Nautica Watson Ms.Lovin AP Literature 02/08/18 SOCIAL CLASS STATUS IN JANE EYRE Charlotte Bronte's novel by the name Jane Eyre is set in Victorian England, a place that social class played a huge factor in life as well as in society. Therefore, the novel plays a critical role in exploring the Victorian England strict hierarchy. Of importance, is that through Jane the main protagonist in the novel, Charlotte attempts to show that social class relationships…

Sexual Racism in the American Societies The short story Naked by Joyce Carol Oates talks about anonymous female figure that lived a big shock because of the violence event she went through, that she was attacked by group of children which includes boys and girls, the eldest child was 12 years old. The writer describes those children in the story that they were, “small pack of black children…” this quote from the story would give the reader a hint to think if this story is about racism in…