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Desiree’s Baby by Kate Chopin. In 1893, this short story was published as “The Father of Desiree’s Baby” in a magazine. Madame Valmonde and Monsieur adopted Desiree for the reason she was found abandoned when she was just a little girl. As she grew older, she found the love of her life, Armand as they had so much love for one another. They had a child, and as soon as they had the baby, the relationship turned out to be bitter and complicated. After a few months passed, Armand and Desiree…

• Greater Love is a poem written by Wilfred Owen where he mock romantic love for falling short in front of the brotherly-friendship bonds created during young men in war. • Wilfred Owen was an officer in World War I, however was sent to a hospital because he suffered from "shellshock". Here, he met poet Siegfried Sassoon, who played a part in influencing him to write poetry about war and the suffering of soldiers. He later returned to the war, where he was killed. Opening Statement and Title •…

Gender Stereotypes Gender stereotypes have played an important role within our life since we were young. We were taught to be either feminine or masculine and that we have to live by certain roles. Stereotypes have evolved so much as time progresses and it can be analyzed by observing how men and women are treated in society, the fight for equal rights, and how it effects society in general. Till this day men and women are being treated differently. “As we are growing up we are taught…

Throughout this semester I have developed in many ways in my writing and I’ve been able to recognize and learn from my mistakes. There are five major areas that I was graded on with each of my essays. Those five areas are unity, development, coherence, grammar/-spelling/punctuation, and overall. Out of those five areas I had two strengths that was consistent from essay one through essay four, these two strengths are unity and development. Not only did I have strengths but I also have major…

First Person The moon barely lit the muddy pathway ahead. Twisted twigs and fallen branches caught my ankle and I could feel them crunch underneath my worn out sandals-making it hard to walk. There was no sensible movement for miles on the abandoned ally, it was completely vacant, except for one ancient house on the far corner of the road. The boards creaked and moaned and threatened to collapse at any given moment. My heart skipped a beat, and the inside of my stomach churned into an unpleasant…

“Man’s Search for Meaning” is a book that is told in first person perspective from Viktor Frankl about the holocaust. In this book Frankl explains all the ins and outs of his time spent in the concentration camp. As he encountered many other men and heard their stories, he learned more about himself through his journey. Although Frankl had dealt with such humility, he still held his head high to find his true meaning after such distraught. In the beginning of the book “Man’s Search for…

I found Jodi Picoult’s novel, “My Sister Keeper”, to be an emotional and inspirational story. Anna Fitzgerald was created as a designer baby to be a donor for her sister Kate who was diagnosed with Leukemia. “They had me so I could save Kate. I wouldn’t be alive if Kate wasn’t sick”. When Anna turns 13, she decides that she has had enough and sues her parents for the right to her own body. This novel describes the pain and damage the arrangement caused their family and teaches the audience about…

Throughout time art has been the main connection between the many generations of people who have roamed earth. Slight and noticeable contours in varying pieces of art tell stories of royalty, reveal the nuances between different culture and present historical facts. Egypt, a country that has literally and figuratively been painting pictures of their world through art since the start of time, have many particular pieces of art that tell more than just seen. The sculpture Mycerinus and his queen,…

The author, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, wrote the short story titled “The Return,” about a protester returning from a detention camp rather than an individual who stayed at the village because it shows the true emotions that men face when they left their families behind. The readers know that Ngugi wa Thiong’o faced great hardships growing up as a member of the Kikuyu people because the “Before You Read” page talks about his life as a child. The short passage says that Thiong’o’s mother was tortured, and…

Almost all cultures in the world are set up within a binary system. These cultures force people to conform to either adherently masculine characteristics to show they are male or adherently feminine characteristics to show that they are in fact female. From the time a person is born they are taught ways in which they should act in order to conform to their culture’s ideas on their role based on their gender. Anyone who does not conform to these characteristics is chastised and marked as being a…