Motherhood

Summary Making a decision on choosing which book to read over the summer was very difficult. The novels that were given as choices all had an element of adventure and a main theme differing from female empowerment to what it means to live in poverty. I decided to review three of the novels that were given within the summer reading list. The novels I chose were To Kill a Mockingbird, Native Son, and The Bean Trees. Each of the books could be related to, making a reader sympathize with the…

The American sitcom “That ‘70s Show” is set during the time period of a new wave of feminism known as “Second-Wave Feminism.” Donna Pinciotti, a one of the leading characters of the show, mirrors many of the groundbreaking feminist ideas of the time. I relate to Donna, although she appears to be quite dissimilar to me on the surface: Donna’s tall frame and bright red hair sharply contrast my own petite 5’2’’ frame and dark hair. However, I relate to Donna in her spunky attitude and her role as a…

Hillary Clinton is in the middle of an intense battle to become Commander-in-Chief of the United States. The former Secretary of State could very well become the leader of one of the world’s most powerful and influential nations. Clinton’s is determined to become the leader of a world super power making her bid to eradicate gender inequality in America. Clinton used the phrase Glass Ceiling, created in 1979 by HP employee Katherine Lawrence (Zimmer, B. 2016) during her 2008 presidential…

Sarah (originally named Sarai) was one of several women in the Bible who were unable to have children. That proved doubly distressing for her because God had promised her husband Abraham that he would be the father of the Jewish nation, with descendants more numerous than the stars in the sky. After waiting many years, Sarah convinced Abraham to sleep with her handmaiden, Hagar, to produce an heir. That was an accepted practice in ancient times. The child born of that encounter was named Ishmael…

When recalling ether fond or sad memories your thoughts create a stream that is natural, maybe in order of event or in order of enjoyment. In “I Stand Here Ironing” the Narrator’s flow-of-consciousness replicates the unrestricted elegant thoughts of the mother, while she reflects on her daughter’s full life. The mother struggles to make sense and logic of her daughter’s situation as pieces together fragmented memories. She fights to try to see the reason for her daughter’s, Emily, behavior but…

The perspective of the word “freedom” remains to be the biggest controversy in America. Citizens tend to argue their rights, as citizens of the Unites States. Some of the biggest controversies include our freedom of speech, religion, and our right to bear arms. These all have one detail in common; they are supposedly protected by our Constitution. However, one controversy still stands without the help of our amendments. This is the removal of a fetus. Socially and economically, abortion is being…

This paper attempts to examine how Toni Morrison has employed female black solidaity as an act of resistance against the patriarchal set up. The warmth, security and sisterhood which Nel-Sula shares through their relationship not only heal the oppression meted out to the doubly marginalized black women , but also poses a threat to the heterosexual patriarchal structure. Through the two complementary characters Nel-Sula, this paper attempts to delineate how female solidarity itself can be a tool…

How do Churchill and Angelis present the characters in Top Girls to examine the struggles for women in the historical context in which they are set. Remember to present alternative viewpoints in your answer and to examine the aspects of dramatic presentation and stagecraft in your textual study. Top Girls by Caryl Churchill, written in 1982 and Playhouse Creatures by April De Angelis, written in 1993, are two congruent texts which delve into the ongoing war for women battling against the system…

From the very beginning of Uncle Tom’s Cabin it is very clear who the author’s intended audience is: white Christian mothers. Throughout the novel the author, Harriet Beecher Stowe, weaves in her definition of strong female characters and her ideals about the perfect woman in the 19th century and there for influences the thoughts of her audience. Stowe was so clearly trying to portray women in an empowering way, but her definition of equality was skewed and instead limited her female characters…

children “to feel that level of sadness, or to be that scared .” Unlike her time in Cholmondeley Home, Julie’s parenting would not be blindly dictated by social norms . Overall, Julie views motherhood as a cathartic process, through which she reconciled her experiences, concluding, “Cholmondeley Home shaped motherhood and empowered me. I knew what was right for my children, and also feel that, through this, my childhood hurts were healed .” Thus, Julie’s story comes full circle, but it does not…