The Bad Man

Based on the horrific environment and situation, the reader is led to expect that the duo would succumb to the “new normality” of savagery that is displayed by other survivors in the story. However, this typical expectation is only half true, since the man is the only one of the two has submitted to society’s bestiality, the father, and the other remains adamant about conforming to his morals, the son. The son’s actions of aiding others despite his own struggle to survive and the scarcity of…

-------Strange noises, eerie stranger, and phantasms are things that often pull an audience into a suspenseful story. In Lucille Fletcher’s The Hitchhiker a man is driving from his home in Brooklyn to the west coast. Along the way he continues to see a man who makes him nervous. Eventually, this vision makes him question his sanity. This play works because of the plot decision that the author has made. Fletcher uses the element to plot to create an effective story. -------One of the first…

qualities that are considered typical of a man” (Cambridge Dictionary). Even though the Cambridge Dictionary defines manhood in a somewhat gender-equal way, it still has its flaws. What are the typical qualities of a man? Strength? Courage? Power? Honor?? If the exact selection of these characteristics are unknown, one thing is as clear as water: man has never had any traits like woman. Almost never in the ancient or modern literature readers find a “manly man” described as shy, gentle, kind or…

to go into the women’s restroom looking and passing as a cis male it could be very dangerous and/or chaotic. Women would most likely panic because you don’t always know when someone is trans* and they would think it’s just a man. If a cis male in the women’s restroom is bad, why isn’t it the same for trans* men? It can also trigger dysphoria. A trans* woman going into the men’s room can be very harmful to her mental health. It can lead to many mental health issues such as depression and anxiety.…

where the odds are stacked against someone so much, that they have the right to give up? Cormac McCarthy would say no. In his novel The Road, McCarthy tells the story of a man and his son slogging across the post-apocalyptic wasteland of the United States. In this ashen wasteland, morality is almost completely absent, with the man and the boy being some of the only characters the reader sees who have even an ounce of goodness within them. The others are murderers and thieves, who would stop at…

limits. Sometimes man can overcome these tests and hardships and win; however, these are times just simply fails. In Jack London’s “To Build a Fire,” a man goes through many trials and is tested to make it to survival in which tests his limits. Unfortunately, through arrogance and lack of preparation, the man struggles and becomes frustrated and in battle within himself. Nature has no limits to test man in his task to make it to safety. In the short story “To Build a Fire,” the man is in…

tendencies in a man’s collective unconscious. Or another way to put it is the female aspect of a man’s psyche and represent his true self, and the femininity of one’s soul. This would be things such as moods, vague feelings, and the need for love. A man can’t be completely masculine, just as a women can’t be completely feminine. Over time, men have been taught to keep their emotions and their soft side hidden…

undisputed, and Loretta goes to Saint Clara . The fact that Captain Kitt believes that his own wife is too weak to take care of the house alone and that a woman matchmaker is bad at her job is degrading and sexist because that implies that women are not good…

“good” or a "bad” woman. A good woman is one who takes on all of the characteristics previously described as expected of women. A bad woman, on the other hand, does not. If a woman is judged to be a “good” woman she is then honored and respected, but if a woman is judged to be a “bad” woman than she is subject to being “used, abused, and deceived” (Mirande 1979:474). This categorization of women as good or bad has been explained through the concept of a ’contradictory dualism,’ where a man needs…

nature of man according to Hobbes in chapter 13 of Leviathan is that men always desire power and will never be satisfied with the amount of power that they have, because of this men will always try to gain more power. This power hungry mindset causes men to be in a constant state of competition and war. Men will continue to fight for power. Without rules and a common leader men will become so power hungry that they will destroy themselves and others. William Golding fulfills Hobbes ideas about…