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De Beauvoir, Simone. "The Second Sex." Anatomy and Destiny. N.p.: n.p., n.d. 117-24. Print. Beauvoir’s text The Second Sex serves as the main focal point for my research. This piece is highly feministic and explores many of the discriminatory aspects that women experienced during the specific time period in which the text is written. Beauvoir’s main criticism is that women are characterized as the Other by society as a whole. Meanwhile, man assumes the role of the Self. Throughout the text…

In the Times of the Butterflies is a novel written by Julia Alvarez. The novel followed the four Mirabal sisters contrasting roles as females that sets their decisions on whether−or not−they wanted to follow the anti-Trujillo movement throughout this movie. The sisters are, Dede, Minerva, Maria Teresa, and Patrai. Dede and Minerva are the most conflicted on the whole movement, while Maria Teresa and Patria’s was less conflicted and their participation in the Trujillo movement was more of an…

“Some consider it a new thing, they hope to be able to stop it; whereas others judge it irresistible because to them it seems the most continuous, the oldest, and the most permanent fact known in history” (Democracy in America 3). Here Tocqueville presents the inexorability of democracy. In essence, democracy is a continuously expanding force where “all events, like all men, serve its development.” (Democracy in America 6). Most importantly, Tocqueville argues that democracy is not upheld…

El Dia De La Independencia If you are unfamiliar with Mexico’s culture then you have probably never heard about Mexico’s biggest tradition, El Dia De La Independencia. This is one of Mexico’s biggest traditions that no Mexican citizen wants to ever miss, this tradition has gone for many and many years. Furthermore, it is the day Mexico celebrates its independence from Spain. El Dia De La Independencia is Mexico’s biggest tradition because is the day they celebrate their independence gain…

Guy de Maupassant uses characterization, symbolism, and irony to convey the effects of social class. With diction relating to characterization, the author brings the characters to life. Mathilde often daydreams about “oriental tapestries and… handsome butlers” catering her every need (221). With these thoughts Mathilde believes she should be in the aristocracy, not a commoner. The day of the ball nears her and she seems “sad, uneasy, and anxious” (222). She worries that although she seems…

is always going to be the pros and the cons to needing something and wanting something. Materialistic things can’t always make someone feel good. It can emotionally and physically damage a person. In the story The Necklace by, Guy de Maupassant. A woman named Madame Loisel had a learning experience from making careless decisions that physically took some of her precious life including her husbands. “What I gave back to you was another one just like it. And it took us ten years…

In the “Drive” directed by Nicolas Refn, the driver starts off as a professional in his career of offering repairs and getaway services for clients organized by Shannon (IMDB). The Driver’s professional code of work breaks loose when he met Irene and her son, Benicio – neighbor in the apartment – and he develops a close connection with her (Rotten tomatoes). Nicolas Refn uniquely presents the movie in such a dramatic way that events surrounding all scenes are stylistically combined to produce an…

“A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens scrutinizes the aristocracy by telling tales of injustice during the French Revolution. Dickens employs this notion through a few quintessential events such as, the death of Gaspard’s son, Foulon’s escape and through the French treatment of the impecunious. In the second book, “A Golden Thread,” the Marquis St. Evrémonde runs over a peasant child when racing his carriage through a town. To absolve himself of his own crime, he throws out a few coins to…

Company. Dirk Jan De Pree entered the company as a clerk and by 1919 he became the president. De Pree’s father in law, Herman Miller, purchased the majority of shares of the company and renamed it Herman Miller Furniture Company. The company’s culture originated from the story of Mr. De Pree’s visit to one of his workers who died unexpectedly. “This led Mr. De Pree to wonder whether the millwright was a person who wrote poetry or poet who was also a millwright”. This experience made Mr. De Pree…

In Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, the theme of love is constant throughout the whole play. The main love interests consists of Cyrano, Roxane, and Christian, but the three overshadow another love line between Ragueneau and his wife, Lise. Although the two are married, the real love line is between Ragueneau and poetry. Though the two are rather small characters and lack appearances, Ragueneau shows that love does not have to be found in a person and that it is important to find one’s…