Purity

Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried portray heartbreakingly candid representations of what it means to be a man or woman in society unlike any other novels one might read in their high school career. Both texts delineate the delicate relationships between men and women. O’Brien paints how toxic masculinity perverts men’s ability to have meaningful relationships with women while Morrison illustrates the demonization of maturity in women. Morrison and O’Brien…

these late-night endeavors, even her best friend’s father “never [knows] what they ha[ve] done” (Oates 1). Connie’s mother believes “[she cannot] do a thing,” but outside home, Connie’s “kissing sessions [with boys]” continuously degrade her level of purity (Tierce and Crafton 221). A connection can be made to the Brothers Grimm fairy tale of “Rapunzel.” Rapunzel does not let the enchantress, “a mother” to her, know anything about her relationship with the King’s son (The Brothers Grimm 45). In…

the ambiguity which resides within her sexuality in that “she expresses emblematically the gap between the free world…and the unsavory world of Denmark” (Lyons 70). This rift manifests itself in the incongruity between Ophelia’s initial ideals of purity and love and the dishonest, selfish reality which she falls…

Young Goodman Brown, a man who decided to test his faith. He believes that his morals, and beliefs could never be changed. In reality, he never needed to challenge the path of goodness, if he stays on the same road, he will stay the “goodman” that he is, without malicious thinking. We are born pure, and with goodness, but through life we gain knowledge that distort our thinking. That was the case of Young Goodman Brown, he decided to go on the journey that he knew he will be tempted by malicious…

however don't grasp that individuals themselves are in charge of the omnipresence of women' servility; from youth women are taught to be frail, delicate, tricky, and pleased just of their excellence. Women are kept in a condition of adolescence and purity, and when the expression "innocence" is connected to ladies it assigns them as frail instead of…

illness. The FDA has not approved marijuana as a safe and effective drug for any indication. This drug is fairly new to the pharmaceutical world and no approval does not mean it is safe, because the lack of FDA approval and oversight means that the purity and potency of the…

the purpose of the characters in Gilead, the setting of the book. The flowers are a symbol for the sole reproductive role of the handmaids and the colors are used to symbolize how the characters are meant to behave; red meaning fertile, white for purity, green for service, and blue for sadness. Everything about the characters in The Handmaid’s Tale, from their names to their clothes, is used to symbolize their roles in the book, the handmaids’ apparel is no exception. The handmaids all wear the…

represent the purpose of the characters in Gilead, the setting of the book. The flower is a symbol for the sole reproductive role of the handmaids and the colors are used to symbolize how the characters are meant to behave; red meaning fertile, white for purity, green for service, and blue for sadness. Everything about the characters in The Handmaid’s Tale, from their names to their clothes, is used to symbolize their roles in the book. The handmaids’ apparel is no exception. The handmaids all…

tightly to the Blessed Mother’s hand, trusting that she leads me always to the LORD Jesus, who does not lose battles. If I should stray from Him for any reason, I will react with humility and once again ask Mary to help me to begin again and again. Purity in Thought In the Book of Proverbs, we read that a man is as he thinks within himself. The human spirit is attacked in many ways, but the most vigorous assault is that which happens upon our way of thinking. When I consider St. Paul’s long…

According to the National Drug Strategy Household Survey, the overall use of methamphetamine has remained stable in recent years (National Drug Strategy Household Survey, 2013). However, there has been a shocking change in the preferred form of methamphetamine. In 2010, 51% of individuals who use methamphetamine preferred the powder form, while only 22% of individuals who use methamphetamine preferred ice (National Drug Strategy Household Survey, 2013). This survey was given again in 2013 and it…