Emasculation

As a noble prize and Pulitzer winner for her writing, Toni Morrison has become a major modern Afro American women novelists of American literature. In her first book The Bluest Eyes we get a personal look into the destructive effects of race, gender or class on an individual and mostly with a woman in a white, male dominated society that is America in the early 1940s’ Ohio. These themes are the epicenter and concerns of three pre-teen African American girls, Pecola, Claudia and Frieda. There are…

the rapist will walk free never being punished for their crimes. The Department of Justice and the FBI statistics say that 1 out 33 cases of sexual assault involve adult men. Sexual assault of a man is less likely to be reported due to fear of emasculation and embarrassment by society. The Department of Justice of reported that 91% of sexual assault victims will be affected by PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). The Mayo Clinic defines PTSD as and flashback caused by traumatic event.…

Christianity is shown to be the most followed and influential religion in the world throughout all walks of life, consisting of thirty-two percent of the world’s population. Christian symbols have been invested in objects or actions with an inner meaning expressing Christian ideas. As history does repeat itself, there have been many archetypes to embody this such as through characters from literature. It is said to be that Jesus, notorious(1) for creating his well-known(1) teachings of the…

From his first encounter with religion, to his eventual indifference to the Eucharist, a central Catholic doctrine, Stephen continually regards Catholicism, even in his own practice, as alien. Through the ceaseless pressure of conformity from the authoritative figures, Catholic priests and family, he personally encounters, Stephen realizes that traditional Irish culture challenges his desire to live unrestricted from predetermined dogma. The strangeness of the Catholic faith and familial…

BACKGROUND Matthew Hughey published White Bound in 2012. Within the 196 pages Hughey explains how he spent a little over a year observing two well-known organizations along the East Coast of the United States. These organizations are National Equality for All (NEA) and Whites for Racial Justice (WRJ). The purpose of the research is to define how each group views white racial identity and the path to hegemonic whiteness. Hughey collected both quantitative and qualitative data through in depth…

Happiness is something that everyone wants to have. However the road to attaining happiness is filled with obstacles. In Djanet Sears 's Harlem Duet and Lorraine Hansberry 's A Raisin in the Sun, Othello and Walter both struggle to find happiness due to their race, and their fragile sense of masculinity. In the end, Walter is able to overcome those obstacles while Othello succumbs to them. One factor that hinders Othello and Walter 's ability to find happiness is their race. In Sear 's Harlem…

Me, Myself, and I. Judge, Jury, Executioner. How far would you go to receive the justice you thought you deserved? Would you simply just go to the police or would you take matters into your own hands? Would you commit a crime in order to bring someone to justice? Most citizens would just go the police and let the law provide the justice, however there are many instances in which citizens, being dissatisfied with how the law serves its justice, take matters into their own hands. These citizens…

Assignment Submitted By Yours Name here Submitted To Yours Instructor Name here To Meet the Needs of the Course Feb., 2017. Rhetorical Inspection of Kimmel’s article “Gender, Class, and Terrorism” There have been various demonstrations of terrorism around the globe and we generally appear to point the finger at it on religion, by the by have we ever inquired as to whether these men were associated in any capacity and what else could have activated them to submit these monstrous…

Hollywood’s great influence enables films to cause a positive or a negative impact on society. An example of this is D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation. Upon its release in 1915, the filmed created disputes due the way that it portrayed African Americans. The film caused race riots and uproars from African American communities who were enraged by their community’s portrayal. For the first time in film history, a motion picture was screened at the White House, where President Woodrow Wilson said,…

Intersectionality and the Many Variations of Masculinity 1. Dorothy Allison stands as a well-known, best-selling author of Southern literature. Allison may be best known for her provocative and honest book Two or Three Things I Know for Sure. In this memoir, Allison recounts her life by emphasizing the abuse, sexual and physical, the Gibson women encountered from their male counterparts. She uses her voice in literature to stress the painful fate she was destined to have because she was born…