Little Man

When The man finds some hot chocolate powder, he gives it all to The Boy to make sure that he lives. “You promised not to do that, the boy said.” (McCarthy, p. 2006, 44) In reality, they both were starving, surviving off hope and fear. If The Boy said nothing, he…

The Role of Women in Becoming a Man In the past sixty years, society has undergone a significant change in how its people view women and their role in everyday life. Women evolved from residing solely in the home completing such tasks as housework, child care, and making sure life runs smoothly, to becoming CEO’s of large corporations and fighting in the front lines of war. In this particular commercial ad for the Old Spice antiperspirant spray, the denotative meaning behind the ad can be…

comes to telling the story of the film, but both Cassavetes and cinematographer, Erich Kollmar, take it to the next level. The films use of cinematography is very similar to conventional Hollywood/mainstream filmmaking, but Cassavetes also puts a little twist to it. For example, they use the camera to help give the characters a bigger sexual tension between each other than there already is. It is very obvious…

‘trifle’ and develops the word into a concept of revealing the bigger picture through the women characters in the story. The definition of the word trifle has several different interpretations. As a noun the dictionary says that it can be “a thing of little value or importance” or as a verb in third person says “treat (someone or something) without seriousness or respect” (Webster 1966). Both of these book definitions are relevant to in this story. The woman and the men in the play Trifles,…

them for the sanity and health of the next generation. When I was little, I loved Disney movies, but I never really realized how gendered they were and the, perhaps unintentional, messages they are subtly conveying to the young,…

is also examined and amplified by the man and the boy in The Road by Cormac McCarthy. While analyzing the novel, a contrast is created between love and danger as seen through the caring father-son relationship and the strain that is put on each character to prove that love conquers hardships faced during stressful situations. The man and the boy have an obviously close and loving relationship. The…

As a man, I know that men are just as “weak” or “fragile” as women, but I don’t think that I’ve ever heard a man admit that. I also know that statement alone, if it were somehow to be broadcasted, would draw tremendous criticism, and probably even more hatred and disgust, from many other males. But, it’s nevertheless true. However, that isn’t what we, as citizens of the United States, are taught. From early on, we have had the narrative of rugged and fearless men who make tremendous sacrifices…

article Theroux displays the expectation of men from different communities, he also stresses specifically on the struggle of being a male writer in America. Theroux says growing up as boy’s progress towards becoming a man, we constantly hear common statements such as “Man up!” or “Be a man!” Every day we see that many boys are expected to always act like “men”, whether…

Color Of The Rainbow When we think of men crying we usually pair it with certain events like the death of a family member or the day their children are born. Soft males are men who show emotion and are sensitive people. Being themselves emphasizes a man is brave enough to show he has a heart. People believe real men should never cry but in reality all humans show emotions at some breaking point; therefore, men have every right to be soft males. David Buchbinder, in his book Studying Men and…

men, twelve long rectangular sheets of color paper transitioning from light green, blue, purple, orange, and yellow and a painting of the man facing towards the audience while standing on top of a cliff overlooking the ocean during the time of a sunset. As I continue to look my eyes caught a quote on a mustard color wall. A particular section of the quote sparked my curiosity. It stated, “As a cradle of humanity, Africa is a part of everyone’s heritage.” What strikes me as odd, is the fact that…