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Part II: The Old Man and the Sea Summary “Part II” of The Old Man and the Sea begins with the author, Earnest Hemingway, placing the elderly fisherman in deep thought. Thinking of his main purpose in life, Santiago believes that his main purpose is to be a lifelong fisherman. Seeing that he was in the subaqueous part of the sea, he no longer had a view of the myriad flecks of the plankton. Furthermore, since he was deep into the sea, consequently, he decided to slumber for a while. However…

The Notorious B When you walk past the toy aisle at a store what do you see? Usually there are aisles that you look down and see nothing but a sea of pink. Why is this? Why do certain products lean toward certain genders? Companies often do this to target a certain audience and increase sales. The toy aisle in your local store is not the only place, however, you see these sort of divisions.Did you know that they make earplugs specifically for just men and for just women. I mean women have…

“Pay it Forward “ In this is the film, “Pay it Forward”, by Mimi Leder 2000, explained the story of the boy who had a kind heart to change the word to better place when her a teacher asked them to do that assignment about social Next, the boy planned to start with the people who were wanted to be helped. Also, he affected to his mother’s life to better with her a teacher .In the end, the boy a traced in society because he died as a result of the goodness of his heart. Response: In…

Boys will be boys is something that society instills in our heads from the time of infancy. The standards for men are set to be aggressive, immature, lack emotion, and fearless. Their childish behavior is just supposed to be acceptable because “boys will be boys”. Not acknowledging the true consequences of their actions. Young men face the pressures of having to upkeep their masculinity and man hood therefore they push away emotions and any famine characteristics. Majority of boys are attracted…

What if you get stranded on an island with just a bunch of little kids, and out of nowhere a dead parachutist lands on the island? The dead parachutist may symbolize violence towards the kids. He could also be indicated as the beast; the boys are thinking that there is a thing called the beast and while they are looking for the beast they find the parachutist which makes them believe that he is the beast. The parachutist does symbolize something other than what the beast and the Lord of the…

“You throw like a girl.” I still remember the confusion and frustration I felt the day a boy in my Sunday school class jeered at me for my inability to throw the baseball as far as he could. Why did being a girl change my ability to play baseball? As a naive seven year old girl, I was unaware of the insulting yet common stereotypes reputed at girls everyday. Even though women can vote, go to college, and support themselves, gender roles and standards still linger. The gender bias remains a…

An insecure, technophobic dog trainer struggles to keep his business afloat when a tech conglomerate unleashes a line of robot companions replacing the dog. BRIEF SYNOPSIS TIM HARTMAN (33) is a charming, but insecure dog trainer. His life is turned upside down when a major tech conglomerate moves into town unleashing robotic companions that will soon replace the need for a real dog. Tim and his assistants need to come up with a plan quickly, or Tim will soon be out of business. Tim meets GRACE…

acknowledge a baby girl or baby boy the same way. He or She coming into this new world would be treated differently. Babies are just babies who are born with no differences in their behaviors. But as of birth they are distinguished and nurtured differently. Doctors would either say “Congratulations it’s a Girl” or “Congratulation it’s a Boy”. Genders are separated into two colors to classify which baby is which. For example, a girl would be dressed in pink while a boy would be dressed in blue.…

As a sociologist, Michael Kimmel's passion is to understand how individuals interact in society. His focus in the book "Guyland" was primarily on young boys between the ages of 16 to 26. The book described the many aspects that characterizes the life of young men. This book may be Michael Kimmel's opinions of young men from his experiences with them, but it speaks very truthfully on how all young men are as a whole. Of course he reiterates many times that this is not true for all men in this age…

“Why would I do that?” I said “Why not?” “I don’t want to change who I am.” I said “You look like a boy and your personality is like a guy’s.” “I do not care this is who I am and I will not ever change it I am unique there is no other girl like me.” I replied. This conversation was between an old classmate and I and it took place when I showed up to school with un feminine clothes. I see things in a different way so I chose the word unique and I saw that it fitted me perfectly, but I still…