Flowers

“My Brilliant Friend” by Elena Ferrante and “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan” by Lisa See are bildungsroman novels which follow the journeys of two young girls stuck in the lower class of patriarchal societies, who both attempt to free themselves from their confinements and achieve self-actualisation. Abraham Maslow defines self-actualisation as “the desire for self-fulfilment, namely the tendency for him (the individual) to become actualised in what he is potentially.” In his theory proposed in…

The story of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is one of a growing up story set in classical China. Lily is the main character, and this story is about her life growing up into a young woman, and how she was treated in her society of male dominance. As she grows and matures, her bound feet, which are a symbol of status and beauty, catch the interest of Madame Wang. Madame Wang is a matchmaker, whose primary job is to find young girls and boys their wives and husbands, but she also finds perfect…

“Karintha” and “November Cotton Flower” display the effects of advancement that occurs too rapidly. In Karintha, the woman (Karintha) has been immensely beautiful since childhood, so much so that men of all ages want her. This causes her to grow into her sexuality much faster than the typical girl does and she learns how to use her looks to manipulate men. As she grows older, her life also becomes much different than most girls her age who probably marry once, have children, and live out the…

Per.2 Irony Irony happens in a lot of places in the stories Flowers for Algernon and The Necklace. Irony happens in The Necklace when Mathilde loses her friends Necklace she bought a 36 thousand franc necklace. Meanwhile the necklace that she actually lost was only worth about 500 francs. In The Necklace irony is showed when “Madame Forestier, deeply moved, took her hands. “Oh my poor Mathilde! But mine was imitation. It was at the very most five hundred francs!..” (Maupassant, 5). It is ironic…

Aupicks sent him on a trip to India in hopes that his experiences abroad would reform him. During his travels he began writing poetry and composed the first poems that would be included in The Flowers of Evil. When Baudelaire returned to Paris in 1842, he received a large inheritance. The poem The Flowers of Evil was published in 1857 shocked readers…

There are many similarities and differences between the movie, “Charly,” and the book, “Flowers For Algernon,” by Daniel Keys, including the fact that Charlie Gordon was teased by his friends in both formats, there were different founders of the Algernon-Gordon Effect, and there were drastically different endings to the story. The first similarity between the movie and the book is Charlie was laughed at by his friends in both formats. In the book, Charlie’s friends left him in the bar and…

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The deeper meaning behind the words “(…) like the flowers (…)” is of course comparing women to flowers. Flowers are beautiful and there are a myriad of breeds. This interpretation shows that there are many different kinds of women and the only thing that sets them all apart is their unique forms of physical beauty. Wollstonecraft goes on to say that the flowers are “planted in to rich a soil, strength and usefulness are sacrificed to beauty (…).” The word “planted” signifies that once a woman is…

When I saw the title “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan”, I know that this book will definitely have interesting information about Chinese cultures for movie adaptation. The book has two fascinating point that could be used in today’s life. Even though the book is categorized in fiction, but it including real and factual historic details about Chinese cultures. For example, Chinese ladies had the weird beliefs that having small feet made them look more attractive or at least marrying a rich guy, so…

Sister Flowers The story, Sister Flowers, is about a young girl named Marguerite, and a woman named Mrs. Flowers. Marguerite was raped in the story. After she was raped she sopped around until she met Mrs. Flowers. Marguerite admired how Mrs. Flowers was a gentle woman. One summer afternoon Mrs. Flowers was at the store to buy provisions when Marguerites mom offered her brother to carry Mrs. Flowers Provisions. Mrs. Flowers instead asked for Marguerite. On the way to Mrs. Flowers house they had…