Louise Brooks

In the movie Thelma and Louise we see a group of people that have formed their own type of law whether it was by choice or by force, but in the end they created a law that will allow them to survive in what they consider their world or their state of mind. Thomas Hobbes Characters…

A group of five women including Emily Murphy, Nellie Mclung, Irene Marryat Parlby, Louise Crummy Mckinney and Henriette Muir Edwards, petitioned to have women legally considered persons so that women could be appointed to the Senate. Murphy contributed to the success of winning the Persons Case and helping women’s rights be as fair as…

This essay will look primarily at William Faulkner’s ‘A Rose for Emily’ and through that, argue how the atmosphere of the environment Faulkner was raised in, has directly influenced his work, not only through its central plot themes of death and decay but also through the setting and environment of the story. The environment he was raised in, glorified the past and alienated people from the present. Faulkner however rejected those views and through his short story “A Rose for Emily” attacked…

women have challenged those stereotypes. In Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie is a strong female character who goes against the stereotypes placed upon her, as a women in the early 1900’s. Similarly, in the movie Thelma and Louise, the best friend duo living in the late ‘80’s have to overcome obstacles thrown in their way because of the stereotypes they were facing. Most of these stereotypes were employed by men who think they know what is best for a woman, when in reality…

In Louise Erdrich’s enthralling novel Tracks, Pauline Puyat is a young woman of Chippewa and Canadian descent. Throughout the course of the story, it is abundantly clear that Pauline wishes nothing more than to shed her Native American culture. Instead of embracing her Chippewa roots, she wants be like her mother, “who showed her half-white”, and her grandfather, who was “pure Canadian” (Erdrich 14). While it is easy for the reader to assume that Pauline is willingly rejecting her Chippewa…

The climax of this issue is when society discovered that Louise Brown, the first test tube baby, had been born. The first medium is a recorded radio broadcast based out of England that included a description of the events that took place during the birth of Louise Brown. This recording may contain possible bias in that doctors may have left out complications in order to make the situation seem under control and…

Water Imagery and Symbolism in Love Medicine Louise Erdrich’s novel Love Medicine conveys the state of Native American life in today’s society. Her symbolism stands out to me above all else in the book. While Erdrich uses many symbols and motifs, the most poignant is her water and river imagery and the symbolism behind it. She uses water to symbolize many concepts in the novel, most prominently time and religion. The passage of time being likened to the movement of a river is not an…

Response Paper #3 In the film Thelma and Louise, two best friends plan a weekend road trip as a duo. This road trip was meant for Thelma and Louise to leave for a few days and have some time away from home. Thelma is a housewife whose husband bosses her around. Louise is a waitress, and who is Thelma’s best friend. Unfortunately during their roadtrip Louise and Thelma ran into some trouble. Due to the trouble that these ladies could face, their short trip away has turned into a long term getaway…

Louise Erdrich is an artist in her own right. Her fiction and poetry are filled with mythical characters and settings drawn from her Chippewa heritage examining the complex relationships amongst Native Americans and their battles with the European American community. The different voices and imagery in her work had lead some to compare her to William Faulkner , according to American novelist Philip Roth,“She is, like Faulkner, one of the great American regionalists, bearing the dark knowledge of…

Brook Farm included farmland and a school. The main goal of Brook Farm was to strengthen the intellectuality of its residents while balancing labor, literacy, and leisure. They took on “a deeper commitment to socialist experimentation” (Robinson). Each member of the community had a specific job or skill that they would provide. If someone liked farm labor, they would do that. The Brook Farmers were allowed to switch jobs and often did to escape…