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The clerk ran out to the police and I was picked up off the floor. My body was limp, and my shoes slid blood across the shitty floor of the corner store. The Officers cuffed me, hauled me out of the store, sat me down outside in the cold, and called for backup. I sat there for twenty minutes, staring in the opposite direction of the corner store, towards…

James Joyce’s “Araby” and Alice Munro’s “Boys and Girls” are considered to be two of literatures greatest examples of coming of age stories. Both stories give insight on what life is like for a child growing up and transitioning into the life of a young adult. In Joyce’s “Araby” the main character is a young boy whose coming of age transformation was brought on by his infatuation with a close friend’s oldest sister. While in “Boys and Girls” our main character is a young girl trying her hardest…

that a lot of women and young girls face every day. They are both dealing with confidence and self-esteem. The fact that the products from these companies are not highlighted in these ads are a refreshing approach. It gets the names of the companies out there without pushing the product itself on us. They can do this because both brands are well known to women. These ads show that you do not need sex to sell a product. Encouragement and empowerment can sometimes be…

suits, which were not proper attire for this establishment and are told so by Sammy manager, Lengel. Sammy gawking at the young woman the whole time they were in the store he held his own with his manager. Immediately Sammy quit once they checked out, in an immature and resentful way towards his manager, but in Sammy minds a heroic and lustful way towards the young women, though he could not find them. Sammy in “A & P” by John Updike is characterized as an immature, rebellious, and lustful…

gender stereotypes. They emphasize that young men in our society should follow “boy code” and fit the media’s…

Paradise Lost (Olarreaga, 1999) deals with themes of love, innocence and death and treats these subjects with subtly in terms of visual storytelling. The plot and themes are conveyed through the production design, mise-en-scène and camera placement. Focusing in on the opening sequence, the choice of camera angles presents the story as a complex melding of different character 's points of view as well as how colour and lines within the frame suggest a sense of separation and of contrast. The…

heart. He is not played as the villain and his death actually inspires a sense of loss in the movie that was simply a momentary plot structure in the play. Polonius seems to get so wrapped up in the adventure of what is going on and the game of manipulation that when he ends up dead, it is as shocking to him as the viewer (Keahmann). Despite this positive on behalf of the movie version, it does more harm than good to the overall state of the work. The change in emotional dynamics leaves the…

“For that “Natural” Look Men Look for…Seventeen” Magazine advertisements fill space on pages with bright colors and metaphorical images declaring themselves as the creators of consumer preferences. Cosmetics advertisements were the most beautiful, chic and powerful ads catching American women’s attention in 1940-1950. The cosmetics advertisements conveyed that women were getting, not only a product of beauty but also youth and success with men. Success with men was the main idea of the…

want and they have fought for what they want as well; so it would only be right to give girls the opportunity to play on boy sports if they want. Playing on boy sports might benefit the boys more than the girls and may even better a team that girls may play on whether its football, rugby, hockey and so forth. Girls playing on boy sports team affects not only the girl but the boys, the team, and the parent of the girl trying to fight for the right to play on a certain team. Girls in the twenty…

being afraid of a man or even being aware of his capabilities. It puts a bigger gap in equality by pointing out another stereotypical unjust between the two genders. To make this article better I would have completely left that sentence out. It is a very bold statement to make when you are generalizing the entire male population. Instead, the focus should have remained on the men who have acted out violently towards women, not the men who…