She say, Here, take this mirror and go look at yourself down there, I bet you never seen it, have you? Naw. [..] I lie back on the bed and haul up my dress. Yank down my bloomers, Stick the looking glass tween my legs. Ugh. All that hair. Then my pussy lips be black. Then inside look like a wet rose.” (78) Shug Avery encourage Celie to explore her body. Celie acknowledging her own body let her open the barriers from male dominated society. Nettie also contributed to Celie’s outlook on the…
In the greater metropolis encompassing five counties referred to as Los Diablos darkness prevails. Daemons inhabited the remaining structures within the eighty-seven towns dismantled by massive super-earthquakes that rocked the entire region. The quakes were responsible for the destructions of the tens of thousands of buildings up to five hundred square miles including the downtown area. All counties affected heavily losses and causalities by the unexpected huge tidal waves and monstrous…
Jeb did as he was told and secured a room in the hotel. He made sure to get one near the back and on the top floor so they would be as far from the prying eyes and ears of the more popular rooms as they could get. He wasn’t sure what it was that Ben was going to find out from this Darcy character, but he was sure that whatever it was they shouldn’t probably be talking about it where others may get an earshot of it. Once he had brought the saddlebags up in to the room and secured the horses…
EN 281 Setting and characterization It was about 6 a.m. Saturday morning and it is an extremely beautiful morning; one of the mornings that makes you stop and realize just how amazing it is at that particular moment in the world. Everything from how nice the summer breeze felt on a freshly shaved face, how the cool water felt as it ran between the toes and bottom of your foot, the smell of fresh cut grass in air, the sounds, or lack of sound, that summer brings in when it is perfect outside. It…
People go to war because there is something to protect or defend--ideas, people, their own lives--but what really is war? It has no limitations despite efforts to create them. It is a conflict humans engage in against one another, however not by nature but rather by choice. Those who fight in it carry deep emotional and physical scars from fighting for the rest of their lives. Ultimately, war is all-powerful. In all its existence, war has affected the entirety of nations that are involved in…
When talking about gender socialization it is referred to as learning about gender norms and social expectations related to gender. For example, woman is treated differently in the work environment because they always have to prove themselves and they always have to prove they can do the same work as a male but when and if they mess up it is thought of like it is bound to happen. In our culture woman are portrayed as these delicate beings that can only take care of a family, clean, and pleasure…
Being a Veterinarian can be fun, yet difficult. The Veterinary practice is a growing field of work, with a crazy history behind it, beginning with basic horses, to exotic animals now. Although, the road to becoming a Veterinarian can prove to be a big challenge, the real challenge began early on in history, when the transition from just horses, to many companion animals was taking place. Although the earliest traces of Veterinary work has been traced all the way back to 3000 B.C., to a person…
In Samule Selvon’s 1956 novel The Lonely Londoners much of the characters’ interactions with each other are focused on sexual relationships between the West Indian male characters (“the boys”) and the European white women whom they pursue, whether these interactions be between men and women or between male friends. The way these relationships are described by the boys to each other perpetuates the systematic devaluing of women in British society, reducing their personhood to mere sexual…
“Yeah. It is better than working in the field. Would it be alright if I stopped and played soccer on the way home though?” I ask just to make sure. “That is alright but do not leave our water out in the hot sun for too long.” “Alright. Let us go.” I tell her as I eagerly walk out of the hut. We walk all the way there to find that there is no water in our source. What in the world happened to all of the water? We go around asking every one if they know what happened to the water source, and no…
Many years ago I had a dog who was my best friend. I found him when he was just a puppy and had been dumped on the side of the road. He was so young that I had to feed him baby food with a dropper. As he grew up we became inseparable; we went everywhere and did everything together. One day while playing fetch, Bronson ran into the road. It was a horrible incident to witness because he ran right in front of a car instantly breaking both his back legs and several ribs. My mom ran out and we…