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bias against girls and women. This discrimination is based on how women were no longer responsible for their families once they married into that of their husbands. In modern China, most of this tradition has continued. Therefore, Chinese couples…

You Going? Where Have You Been?” each story represents a young girl breaking free of the life she lives by being reckless and not listening to her parents, deciding she can make decisions on her own, and going with a strange man when she knows she shouldn’t. The story “Where are You Going? Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates is similar to the movie Finding Faith (2013) in theme, manner, and tone, such as; in each story a young girl sets out for freedom to go against her parents’ wishes…

“When I grow up, I wanna be famous, I wanna be a star, I wanna be in movies…” These words begin the chorus of the infamous song “When I Grow Up” sang by the pop girl group, the Pussycat Dolls, that dominated radio stations in the early 2000s. The song’s lyrics symbolize a group of women who have made it to the big leagues by being sexy and are relishing in their wealth and success. In the early 2000s, the Pussycat Dolls were a symbol of power and sex and were a picture perfect group of women…

The Journey to Love Me As a young girl you never really learn how to love yourself or mature until you go through the motions. You just start noticing how you make better decisions than the fools known as boys when you are about thirteen. You start to settle into yourself, your ways, and your groove. My mother calls it “going through the motions.” It took me all of middle school and nearly all of high school to find myself and love me. Here is the in and out of my story. The between the lines of…

Radium Girls Take-Home Quiz 1. Radium Girls displayed some very interesting signs throughout the show that helped signify crucial moments of the play. One such scene that demonstrated a very powerful and important part of the play was when Grace and Tommy picked out wallpaper. This scene signified that these people were not particularly special, but rather regular human beings from the time. The scene ended with Grace’s jaw starting to hurt; this showed how the downsides of capitalism can hurt…

“She’s Gotta Have It” is a momentous film that captures the dynamics one woman, Nola, encounters in her personal relationships, as she pursues multiple partners. Throughout the movie, Nola has three consistent partners; each possesses a distinctly different personality and manner in which they go about dating Nola. Nola is a young and successful woman who is unsure of what she wants in romantic relationships, so she seeks out multiple partners. Despite the many manipulations and domineering…

in the cause of her act. The woman who gave up everything in the cause of her art. The woman who gave up everything - a comfortable home a husband and a family – for love”. (SR 166) People see lives through their memory lane which are sometimes fractured and fragmented. Madhu secretly admired Munni’s mother and also has a crush towards her. In Madhu’s imagination Bai…

a meeting on joy’s behalf (unbeknownst to Joy and at her father’s behest) , and instead of actually advocating for her sister’s burgeoning business like she promised she would, she overhauls the meeting to pitch her own business ideas, and she ends up almost ruining Joy’s business in the process. Her role is as the rival, despite the fact that her success and her sister’s needn’t be at odds. Her own feminine characteristics are seen as detrimental and toxic to everyone around her, showing that…

Esperanza’s goal is to escape Mango Street and live in a house of her own after seeing the trapped women around the neighborhood. Not only that, in “Boys & Girls” Esperanza already understands the inequality between the boys and girls in her society when she mentioned that her brothers don’t speak to her outside the house because she’s a girl. For now her observation is still innocent and childlike and limited to her siblings. She mentions also her desire for a best friend “of her own”. Without…

would lead to a misfortune. The story, “A Patchwork Fever”, by Charlotte Mary Yonge, is the story of a young girl, Frances, who must uphold the responsibilities of the house and the family while her mother goes on a trip to visit her ill mother. During her mother’s absence, she should clean, cook, wash, etc. as all women are expected to do these duties at that time. However, she is an educated girl and builds upon a…