Slip and fall

Throughout history, men have been generalized as brutes, because of certain few iconic men. Since the beginning of time, men have been entitled to positions of power and with that power comes stereotypes that men are arrogant, aggressive and egotistical. However, history has shown that these select few have dictated the overall view of masculinity. For example, historical figures like Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun, and Malcolm x have displayed masculinity through aggression, violence, and…

The Gluttony in a Good Soul Okonkwo has seen what happens to men who cannot fend for themselves, his actions reflect that. However, having a troubled past is not an excuse for the actions of oneself. So when asking if Okonkwo is a good man or terribly flawed, we first must ask what makes a man terribly flawed? What makes a man good? Is it the way he treats his family? His morals and values? Everything in between? Okonkwo can be seen as both a good man and terribly flawed depending on the angle…

Seneca Falls, New York was a tiny village in eighteen forty-eight. Barely large enough to accommodate the steady stream of wagons filing into it. Men and women from all over the country struggled to find seating in the meeting hall. Drawn by notices and publications announcing the advent months prior, nearly three hundred people arrived to provide witness and opinion to the topic of women’s rights. Later called the Declaration of Sentiments, signers of this resolution agreed that women should…

In “The Tell-Tale Heart” it is clear that the narrator’s conscience has overtaken him and it is up to the reader to discern whether the narrator is actually insane or whether he suffers from an over acuteness of his senses. However, when Poe makes the suggestion that the narrator is insane based on the narrator’s own claim of insanity, then the actions of the narrator serve to expose the narrative irony in the story. In this regard, Poe makes the audience believe that the narrator’s insanity…

Many people tend to treat their children equally to keep the tension low. Spreading equality within children is very important, especially your own. On the other hand, Okonkwo didn't seem to really spread equality. He treated his son Nwoye and his daughter Ezinma fairly different. Okonkwo seemed to fill Nwoye with fear of his own father, which made the relationship distant between them. The reasons for that was mainly because “Nwoye was already causing his father great anxiety for his incipient…

Although there are many incidents of sacrifice in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, the boldest ones are the aspects of sacrifice in Igbo culture, and Okonkwo’s reasons for being extremely masculine. Sacrifice is largely shown in the book, as it the center point for most events. As the Igbo culture has numerous specific traditions, many include rituals of sacrifice. The sacrifices can span from fruit to animals to people. The Igbo people saw these as spiritual symbols- they believed that the…

TS: In the Ibo society, the men express a misogynistic attitude toward women through derogatory language. CD: For instance, by killing a clansmen, “Okonkwo had committed the female [crime], because it had been inadvertent” (105). CM: The Ibo society counts Okonkwo’s felony as a female crime for it is unintentional and innocent which indicates that women are passive as to men are aggressive. CM: In addition, seeing that men are aggressive, they classify Okonkwo’s offense as a female crime which…

1. Okonkwo’s punishment was too harsh. In the culture Okonkwo lives in, everything the people do is too please the gods. Therefore, his punishment too was put in place to please the Gods. He was forced to leave his village for seven years and burn down his huts and his wives huts. I do not think that his punishment was fair. He did not hold the intention of murdering his son. Also, I believe that it was not fair that his whole family had to receive the same punishment as well. They did…

“We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men and women are created equal” (Elizabeth Stanton 295). This quote was given in a speech called “Declaration of Sentiments” by a woman who fought for women’s rights. The quote relates to the speech given by Frederick Douglass who fought for the rights of black people. In his speech “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July” and in Elizabeth Stanton’s speech that fought for women's rights, although fighting for different groups, equality was…

Jasmine Bessada C 6/7 The Oval Portrait This short story written by Edgar Allen Poe consists of a story within a story which creates and establishes a romantic gothic mood. In Edgar Allen Poe's short story "The Oval Portrait", Poe creates a unified effect of mystery and suspense by using gothic elements, juxtaposition, and fatal love. Poe utilizes many diverse gothic elements throughout the story to portray the setting and mood. The gloomy, bleak ambience and…