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The setting consists of the couple sitting outside a bar in a train station in Spain. What makes this story so enduring is the fact that it is a coming of age tale. During the course of waiting for the train, the young women grows from a naïve girl into a woman, fully in charge of her destiny. The struggle between the couple reaches a climax right before they board the train to Madrid. Although it is uncertain what the topic of their argument is about, I believe it had to do with whether the…

A Woman’s Worth "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid reveals the overwhelming pressure on young women to look and act in certain ways in order to please men and society. Through the use of literary elements such as style, tone, and characterization, Jamaica Kincaid is able to place the reader into the shoes of a young Caribbean girl as her mother describes to her what she must do in order to protect her reputation and grow into a respectable woman. While there are many cultural topics specific to…

have changed for the better, for the female sex since Katha Pollitt’s essay was written over twenty years ago. As a mother of a preschool-aged little girl, I have seen my fair share of Disney movies. Movies such as Tangled, Mulan, Frozen, and Brave are some of the many movies that have come out since 1991, that are not about poor defenseless girls, with nothing in mind but meeting their prince…

A Matter of Appearance In the short story A & P, by John Updike the narrator/main character Sammy quits his job at the A & P store after defending three girls dressed in bathing suits from the “stingy” A & P manager Lengel, however the girls leave the store without even noticing Sammy’s attempt at gaining their attention. This then raises the question about why he quit. What was his reason? Was it wrong? Was it right? It is quite possible that Sammy may have had a deeper subconscious reason for…

Americans saw a drastic social change in the years immediately following World War II. Young women sought out help and support from major magazines, specifically Seventeen Magazine in the years 1946 and 1947. Both teenage girls and young women were the targeted audience, and though they were close in age, their social interactions and fashion senses were on separate ends of the spectrum. In a Seventeen ad. published in 1947- the company influences it’s audience to invest in their new…

Koivula’s study points out the evidence of the impact of social construction of male-female relations that maintain, strengthen, and naturalize differences in genders as the results are measured by motives to participate. From birth, both boys and girls have different socialization as it relates to athletics and physical activity resulting…

uncomfortable.” Olenna hugged her daughter and said: “Oh my sweet little girl, everything will be fine.” Visenya was showing a homesick impression, but she knows that her journey is about to start in this town. Part two: Visenya wanted to know her neighbors and she had notions of making new friends and having a proper life. Therefore, she was walking on the sidewalk next to the Finch’s. Jem and his sister scout were playing in the backyard; their noise was notable. Jem noticed…

a mother. In Prudence Punderson’s The First, Second, and Last Scene of Mortality (1773), the woman in the center is the assumed mother of the child on the right. As the piece of art portrays the growth of a young girl into a woman into a deceased human, the art can be interpreted as girls are expected to grow up and become mothers. Regardless, everyone begins their lives as…

Creative Piece ~ To Kill A Mockingbird ~ Additional Chapter ~ After the tragic case that stroke Maycomb, the society that was built over prejudice, strict traditional values, and inhumanity towards justice, still haven’t tasted the change that Atticus Finch wanted to establish. Therefore, an excessive hatred was gained from Tom Robinson’s case, there was an increase within their discrimination towards everything that goes against their values. However, Atticus Finch gave up on his ambitions…

John M. Darley and Bibb Latane 's essay, "When will people help in a crisis?" could argue that people have become cold and should open their eyes to what is going on around them so they do not neglect the people surrounding them. We should agree with Darley and Lanate because there are people who choose to ignore those around them even when those people are being abused. One point Darley and Latane make is that American ideology is a leading cause of a lack of response when someone is in need.…