Picket fence

A white house, a beautiful wife, a good paying job, two children, and of course, a white picket fence. These descriptions may lead one to think of one and only one idea - The American Dream, "an age in history when everything was possible", or at least so people thought (Smiljanic). Will resembling the hottest fads of the time lead to destruction if one puts an aspiration above all else in their lives? Will setting aside morality to achieve a dream that many obtain, but few end up completely…

Home is where the heart is. While many people take the saying loosely, stitching it on copious throw pillows, poet Savannah Brown takes it literally. Every body part has a room to correlate to. Throughout Savannah Brown’s “real estate,” the speaker continuously describes herself by comparing herself to a home. The speaker begins the poem describing the type of home she is. She says, “i am my own / i have built myself a one bedroom / single bed home in my bones” (1-3). Clearly, a one bedroom,…

The operatic production The Merry Wives of Windsor, composed by Otto Nicolai and directed by Craig Tyrl, which is based on a Shakespeare play by the same name, was an outrageously hysterical farce with a superlative blend of comedy and musical theatricality. Due to its outrageous characters and outrageous plot situations, the audience is constantly on the edge of their seat laughing through this wild ride while witnessing a humorous secret plan two wives had devised to get back at a lustful…

was going to come sweep me off my feet and we would live happily. Of course she didn’t mean that in a literal but in a nutshell, this is what she meant, one day a guy is going to come and make you happy you’ll get married and live a perfect picket white fence life. As I began to get older mentally my mind would play tricks on me. We can just say that my life turned out very differently than from how my mom and family expected and for that reason, my life has been changed for both the worse and…

Lennie frightened and confused, so he held on for dear life rather than letting go. George, a little ways off, heard the girl yelling, so he came running over to see Lennie clinging to the girl’s dress. George had to hit Lennie over the head with a fence picket before he would let go, because he grew scared thanks to the girl’s screaming. She ran off and told the law someone had raped her, and a party got together to get Lennie lynched. Lennie obviously would rather have run away than have…

In Leslie Bell’s excerpt Hard to Get: Twenty- Something Women and the Paradox of Sexual Freedom, she explains how modern women in the 21st century are torn in between their desires and self-independence. Women face contradicting identities sometimes because of a cultural stereotype or sometimes due to social expectations. According to Bell she believes that young women make senseless decisions when trying to manage their sex lives. Family, friends, and mass media send out “confusing messages”…

Maverick is a typical male American living the ever-so-appealing American Dream. He has a good job, a lovely wife, two beautiful children, a German Sheppard dog, a cookie cutter house, and a white picket fence. He makes a decent living with a good amount of extra cash to splurge with. He is able to provide his family with many of the better things in life, including restaurant dinners and vacations to the beach or to Disney World. Maverick is undoubtedly an intelligent man, however, he has a…

When summarizing Rocky Horry Picture Show, we must not only understand the history of the production- but also the history of the world at the time of its release. RHS is arguably a postmodern masterpiece, although it’s cult following would never claim that title. To proclaim itself a serious postmodern work of art would allow the show to be adopted by the mainstream, whose attributes are usually NOT what the show stands for whatsoever. Rather, the show provides both audience members and…

hometown proves to be detrimental to his journey for healing, as he is shamed and ostracised for the way in which he served his country. Like many other middle-American towns, Norman’s home retains a strong sense of patriotism. From the white picket fences to the perfect ‘nuclear families,’ these civilians are proud of the image of their lives and country as a whole. Thus, these same civilians who fight for the victory of their country work to earn reputations as heroes, whose stories of bravery…

a woman can escape the physical proof of a rape and help to heal their mental health. Pro-choice is more than removing a few cells it is allowing women the choice to live. Unintended pregnancies cause enough issues for the stereotypical white picket fence family, imagine the catastrophic effects it can…