In the STEM fields, women are usually discriminated against. This is due to either their experience or, occasionally, just because they are female in general. I believe that this is quite unfair as women are able to do just as much or more than men and they are sometimes more qualified than men to do a certain job. Even if they apply for a job in one of the fields of STEM and get it, they are usually harassed or not taken seriously. In my essay, I will explain my vision for women in the STEM…
walked down the aisles, they were usually separated between boys, girls, and for all genders. You can tell by the color of the aisle. The girl aisle was mostly done in pink and purple. The boy aisle was mostly done with blue and green. I even noticed that the writing on the packages were even different. The girl toys had a more feminine writing and the boy toys were in a bold, manly writing. The girl toys usually had a picture of a girl playing with the toy and with the boy toys they had a…
Flint, Michigan: A River of Lies We live in a world full of fake. Women pose fake images of themselves when they wear makeup, dye their hair, or wear fake nails. This fakeness can pose as a way to make women feel better about themselves and pose as harmless to everyone around them. However, other forms of fakeness can produce extremely harmful effects on people and led to huge problems. When the government qualifies something as “safe,” the people trust the government. The public can follow…
In the memoir, “I Escaped A Violent Gang” and in the informational text, “Susan B. Anthony Dares to Vote,” a common theme is courage. In “I Escaped a Violent Gang,” Ana had the courage to get out of the gang that she had been in for a long time. In “Susan B. Anthony Dares to Vote,” Susan had the courage to fight for women’s equal rights. Although these two texts share the theme of courage, there are still some differences. In “I Escaped a Violent Gang,” Ana is trying to get out of the gang,…
As said in Beauty and The Beast, “Beauty’s sisters sickened with envy… could all her(Beauty) obliging affectionate behavior stifle their jealousy.”(Beaumont). In addition to, it is a type of motif portrayed in stories such as Beauty and The Beast, Rumpelstiltskin and many others. The different types of themes portrayed in these stories are what make them popular. Greed can make you a selfish human being is a theme shown in the real world. In Beauty and the Beast, it says, “... when they(the…
not allowed to go to school. A young girl in Pakistan named Malala Yousafzai attempts to pursue her right to education. She is punished by being shot in the head. Many people around the world have been held back from their desire to learn, but have fought back against the obstacles. The desire to learn changed all of their lives. This also occurs with the slaves in both writings, The Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass and The Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs. The pursuit of…
First impressions are direct reflection of one’s actions. In Free to Fall, Lauren Miller tells the story of a girl who is very intelligent, but has been living a lie. First impressions ar etypically how one might describe a person when meeting them for the first time. This is shown in the story when Rory is forced to room with an over perky girl named Hershey. Rory is often judged by others for her high intelligence level and quick thinking. However, one might argue that her eerie personality…
“A & P:” Short Story Analysis John Updike short story “A&P” portrays the mind of a young cashier, Sammy, working in an A&P store while admiring and analyzing customers, but especially the three girls walking around the store in bathing suits. Ultimately their defiance of standards of the community affects Sammy strongly. Updike uses action, dialogue and commentary to express the narrator’s personality and uses bathing suits and sheep to symbolize…
he has that ounce more of nerve control than a woman has.” He believes that men may also want to scream but they don’t because of the ounce more nerve control they have. This is the stereotypical point the colonel is trying to prove, but the young girl opposes. That men have more control than women. However, later in the story the American Naturalist does something that proves the young girl’s point but seems as if he’s supporting the…
In the story “A&P”, the author John Updike shows the readers three young ladies in a supermarket in a 2 piece bathing suit. The owner of the supermarket tells the young ladies they are not allowed in the store dress in bathing suit. The owner, Mr. Lengel, want customer to come in the store with clothes that do not show a lot of skin. In this time of life people think that women should not show off their body off to the world. The young ladies enter in the supermarket wearing bathing suit and…