The Bad Man

The Goodness Within The novel, The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, was published in 2006 and won the Pulitzer prize in 2007. The Road is about a father and a son who have to try and find a way to survive a post-apocalyptic world. In this world, the will to survive causes a loss in morality and values. The choices people make in order to survive defines whether they’re good or evil, and these choices must be made everyday. As illustrated in The Road , the father and the boy set out making good…

Our world is plagued. Plagued with insecurities, ridiculous expectations, and gender roles. These things are reinforced time and time again by different and all forms of media. It has only grown worse in the 21st century with a new myriad of types of media being created and taking control of the minds in our society. Most people attack the visual media that portrays women and men of unattainable physical appearances, but it is not just physical insecurities that society places on people. It is…

are still taught to shrink themselves. In the U.SA., women earn more college and graduate degrees than men do putting women in the workforce but not ahead in a workforce (Lisa wade). Why is it that when you go to jobs people always look for the lead man that is in charge but not women? Because leadership positions are exclusive to women, there are few females at the top of a business to provide mentorship to a new generation of women leaders. Sexuality is still looked down upon, not wanting to…

Woman are considered to be more of a supportive role when it is the man who is the manager and considered ungrateful if the roles were reversed (Kirchmeyer, 1998). However, even with this, Priestly still cares about her daughters, meaning not all of her feminine characteristics have vanished, as she is still someone who is nurturing. Furthermore, she is also worried about what people say concerning her ability as a mother. Her twins are very important to her, yet as seen in the film, she is not…

“The Killers” is a story about two hitmen entering a small diner in order to murder a man who visits the diner frequently. During their visit, they harangue the people working at the diner. The short story was adapted into a film titled The Killers, which initially follows the short story almost exactly, but extends well beyond the original plot. The short story opens with two men named Max and Al entering a diner and sitting down at the counter. The story is set in the early evening, just…

the boys and the man morals stay pure throughout the novel. The man, the boys, and society's morals have clearly shifted due to the environmental changes that have occurred to the world around them. Whether their morals are good or bad they are tested many times throughout the book, pushing some people to their limits. Society's morals are tested when the world turns post apocalyptic, this allows society to discover how strong each individual can be. In the book, the boy and man take cover in…

Throughout The Road, the father and the son categorize the people they come across on their journey to the South as “bad guys” and “good guys”. The good guys refers to the father and the son. The father is the good guy in this book. The reason why i say this is because he was always there for his son. Always protecting him. He always told his son positive things, to not give up, that their is a better life ahead. Something good that he did was that he perseveres when in reality there was no hope…

An enraged father jumps over the witness stand and rushes toward the man that has torn his life apart. He is quickly tackled, cuffed, and pulled out of the courtroom by law enforcement. His enemy sits there without a scratch. This man’s name is Randell Margraves and he was attacking Larry Nassar, the man who molested his three daughters. For years Nassar was the doctor of the US Olympic Gymnastics Team and throughout his career, he sexually assaulted young female gymnasts in the name of medical…

help the families’ financial problems the father would give his daughter to a man in exchange for something in return. Man are seen as a greater human being and women where always below them, but in the story “The story of an Hour” Kate Chopin tried to show that women are like slave. That we are blinded by what society has tried to make us, as a little girl you have always seen that a women’s destiny is to get married to a man who will take care of her in the next live she is going to live for…

In Umofia, masculinity is thought of highly as a virtue. It goes hand in hand with being brave and having control. It is even an insult to be called an “Agbala”, a woman. It’s widely known that if a man can control his women or children, then he was said to not really be a man. The main difference between the two genders is that they believed that women are to obey men and men are to control. Okonkwo epitomized control and manliness. His father accomplished nothing and was the main reason that…