Girl with a Pearl Earring

‘It was decided at the town meeting that all the young girls of our community must perform the Katyayani Ritual. If the ritual is properly performed, we will be blessed with good rainfall at the end of a month.’ ‘Radha will definitely participate,’ assured her mother. ‘How many girls are there?’ ‘Around five hundred thousand.’ ‘Five hundred thousand!’ ‘The more the better. Group prayers have better outcome. Every single girl has to perform the Katyayani Ritual to save our community. Our economy…

As a young girl Blanche marries a boy, with whom she claims to had love just like a “blinding light”. She describes him as a tender and gentle man that eventually, turned out to be homosexual and Blanche admits that she said to him that he disgusts her, for which…

Visual Arts in the Modern World Assignment Number: U08A01 HUM1000 – Dr. Perry Capella University Introduction Throughout history the Visual Arts have been vital to the communication between and survival of the human species. We have evolved over thousands of years from the time of the cavemen our first art being that depicting that of the hunt to the modern surrealism depicted by Salvador Dalí. The vast expanse of emotion behind visual art is truly beyond the peripheral of the mind’s…

Luxuries are defined as an inessential, desirable item that is expensive or difficult to obtain. However, different authors may use the term to have another meaning to correlate with their own stories. Barbara Ehrenreich, a journalist and activist for improving public access to health care, wrote a story describing how she gave up her luxuries and lived as someone only making minimum wages. Her story, “Serving in Florida,” is a narrative of her experiences as a waitress living off of tips.…

as I turned around. Behind me stood a towering Uncle George. “Nothing, I was just going for a walk.” I hesitantly answered George. I caught his eyes examine me from my muddy shoes to my restless eyes. As he stepped closer to me he said: “Pretty girls like you shouldn’t be out here alone. Someone might hurt you.” His words sent chills through my body. George was so close to me, that I could feel his hot breath that reeked of hard liquor against my skin. As his cracked hands began to brush…

from 18th century New England and silky tunics from the Middle East. She always wears intricate gold earrings with pearls and sapphires handcrafted from Syria in the 1500s, given to her by her mother, who said “For the longest time, I saw them as the end of my journey, but now I think they were always meant to represent the beginning of yours.” Overall, Etta is described as an attractive young girl whose beauty is noticed everywhere she…

Real change takes time. It is not for the impatient or hurried. Hollywood is no exception. Gender inequality is rampant in film careers in Hollywood. For screenwriters, we appear to be in the midst of change. As Sherry Lansing broke through the celluloid ceiling in 1980 when she became the first woman studio head, “female screenwriters appear to have made a breakthrough over the last three years, with an unusually high representation in the top 20 UK independent films (37%) and profitable UK…

Reader Response I The opening chapter of The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck begins with Wang Lung discussing with his father how he wants his home to look presentable before he sets out to purchase a wife. Reading the dialogue between Wang Lung and his father on how his wife should not be an attractive woman was compelling. Wang Lung’s father asks “And what will we do with a pretty woman? We must have a woman who will tend the house and bear children as she works in the fields, and will a…

“Barbie-Q”, describes the hardships endured by a young girl, never identified by name, and the less-fortunate life she and her family lead. The child discloses the rarity of new toys, but purchases damaged Barbie dolls while on a trip to the flea market. The narrator acknowledges the flaws of the Barbies, but counters the stereotypical “perfect” woman standards by implying her gratefulness of possessing any dolls at all. Through this struggle, the girl learns to cope with her burdened lifestyle…

The concept of beauty has been a baffling issue and a bone of contention among thinkers and intellectuals. Such confusion can plausibly be understood through the changeable standards considered in every culture and the many attempts to approach it. Throughout history, it has been glorified and highlighted in many ways. From a philosophical perspective, Kant, in Observation on the Feeling of Beautiful and Sublime , tackles beauty, through the view that women are identified by their beauty, while…