Promiscuity

Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” details sentiments of a mother advising her daughter how to become an Antiguan woman. It has no traditional plot, character descriptions, setting, or action. Instead, it only has two voices. From the story, the author strives to demonstrate the issues inherent in mother-daughter relationships, adolescent sexuality, contradiction of female roles, the legacy of colonialism, and life under patriarchy. All these are shown in the short piece, hence illustrating the mastery…

The Orient, according to Said, is always considered to be inferior and objectionable to the occident. Throughout the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte displays a typical anglocentric assumptions about non British. Bronte is a considered a colonial author because not only is she is British, but by the end of the 19th century, her nation controlled almost two thirds of the entire world. From her biography, it is not actually depicted whether she ever left the confines of the European continent and…

Charles Perrault, as I perceive his version of the tale of Red Riding Hood, among other variations of this tale that most of us have heard, is probably one of the first tales introducing a new literary genre. He derives his moral intentions laid out in his story from the pre-existing folk tales taught in a translation to frighteningly prepare readers for the events that commonly were suspected to be taking place. The way it was told by Perrault seems to be less of a gruesome tale, though it was…

It can be assumed that this is due to the perceived promiscuity of the dance. In the Dinki Mini, the dance movements are focused on the pelvis. Dancers rotate suggestively gyrate their hips as they move their bent legs in a heel to toe motion (Williams). The sensual moving of the hips doesn’t have a sexual meaning…

In Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl”, the poem aims to expose the truth behind American culture, and the fantasy behind capitalistic society. Ginsberg highlights the destructive nature of American culture, and pays close attention to the suffering of those ostracized people who fail to meet the idealistic expectations. In a poem loaded with allusions to American culture, Ginsberg paints his picture. “Howl” captures the sentiments of citizens forborne from success, proving itself a revolutionary text…

As Christians, we believe that the God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are one in the same just with different dimensions. Mistakenly, other religions find it commonplace to try to separate the Holy Trinity. It is difficult for them to grasp that they have the same purpose and they are all God. A sad reality for the Black church and community is its dualistic views on religion, fullness of God, and our relationships with one another. God is a spiritual and sexual existence who created man in his…

Dress code in Montana is proven to teach students appropriate behavior(5). It is important because it helps kids learn in a favorable environment. Dress Code helps with problems such as inappropriate dressing, behavior and concerned parents. Dress Code has been around for quite a while because it is effective and non bias. Some people will dress inappropriately without a dress code and that is one of the main reasons it is still being used throughout the U.S. Some inappropriate clothing…

Peer pressure is substantially concentrated in teen and young adult years due to a coercion of teenagers’ minds to fit in as opposed to not associating oneself as an outsider. This theme is frequently portrayed in the visual text ‘Easy A’ produced in 2010, written by Bert V. Royal and directed by Will Gluck. This theme is communicated through the characterization and dialogue of the main characters, especially Olive Penderghast. She is an enigma who presents a true representation and portrayal…

The experiment, “The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male” (the Tuskegee Experiment) that took place in Macon County, Alabama in the 1930’s was extremely unethical and immoral. Individual rights were violated and American citizens were taken advantage of based on their demographic status. There were alternative measures that could have been taken to obtain the desired data that would have been more appropriate. This study should have never been conducted in the manner in…

Families were encouraged, promiscuity was shamed, drugs were unacceptable and pursuing betterment through hard work was dreamed about. In the book however, families are just a bad joke, promiscuity is heavily encouraged, even expected, drugs are used daily and betterment is not an option due to conditioning. Brave New World was published in 1932 and during this…