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I use to love the dirt. The mud, the bugs, getting my clothes and hands dirty. Everyday after elementary school, my younger brother and I use to run to our backyard and dig up dirt piles then make mud pies or mud castles. I absolutely loved the dirt, until middle school. Middle school changed my outlook on how little girls should act and dress.It shaped my story of feminity and womanhood. Once I turned 13, I watched more television and read more teen magazines. I was open more to the media…

possible forms of alternative masculinity, which has been neglected in patriarchal society for an excruciatingly long time and provides examples of women who, just like Shug Avery and Sofia from The Color Purple, possess the above mentioned traditional manly/masculine physical and mental features. As briefly mentioned above, the main aim of this paper is to show that in her novel The Color Purple, Alice Walker breaks the traditional boundaries of masculinity as a signifier of male power. To…

“She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city (Payne)”. Brett, a character in the novel The Sun Also Rises written by Ernest Hemingway, embodies these same characteristics. Brett was constantly moving around throughout the novel and therefore was not able to “belong to no man [or] to no city”. She used this as a coping mechanism to protect herself from the harshness of the world. Her free spirit reflects her idea of femininity…

If what I do prove well, it won’t advance, They’ll say it’s stol’n or else it was by chance.” (Norton, 208) There are not many female writers in American Literature, and writing is traditionally viewed as a manly activity. Therefore, it is very interesting that the first published author in the newly established Puritan society, Anne Bradstreet, is a female. Puritan women are very restricted to life at home and therefore judged as inferior to men. Anne could be considered America’s first…

arranged by their parents but they didn’t have any fights which is very uncommon among American couples as they fight even when they marry the person they love. But in this novel Ashima was pretty much a stay at home mother who let her husband do all the manly things, bring home the income, pay the bills, make all the major decisions in the marriage. This shows that regardless that they were living in a very civilized country where men and women are regarded as equal they still followed the…

Black death It came from central asha In the 4th century the black plague swept through europe it killed over 20 million people it was cared in the bloodstream of the blake rats and their fleas on trade boats. it was the worst plague in history and was nicknamed the black death to make matters worse there was an over population at the time and it lead to poor and little higen which made it easier for the plague to spread and everything in its way. The black death was a plague that…

Marijuana, all though it is an illegal drug in many countries, many people are still using it. A country that legalized marijuana for some of its states is the United States Of America but only a few states can legally use it and some of these states are Washington, Oregon, and California. One country that is going towards legalizing marijuana is Canada these are three reasons why Canada shouldn't legalize marijuana. The THC in marijuana has similar cells as a female hormone. A compound…

The novel To Kill A Mockingbird displays a large amount of racism as well as discrimination. This can also be seen in the real world as well. Many people are racist and create groups to protest for what they believe. Furthermore, people discriminate against people who are different or don’t believe in the same ideals. They convey this by protesting, organizing groups, and racial profiling. These are the topics I will be analyzing in this essay to show how much hasn’t changed for some people…

that helps people fight of the disease and not harm them. With the lower cost, and all the scientists work. When others say that vaccines are not beneficial. There are others that say that vaccines are beneficial For an example, when anyone but manly children get pass the cold winter without getting the flu, think did you or your kid get the flu vaccine? If you did not get the flu vaccination then you had luck but if you did than the vaccination worked. The reason why it worked was because…

because he is strong and wise. If Malcolm does immediately assume the role of king, he must think quickly about how he wants to rule the kingdom. Malcolm’s realizes that he must become king in order to protect the village and continue to be seen as manly and wise, as shown in the quote, “The Prince of Cumberland, which honor must not unaccompanied invest him only, but signs of…