The Illustrated Man

culturally preconditioned to subconsciously believe that men are more superior to women, yet morally see them as equals without even realizing it? Perhaps so. Hugh Garner’s “The Yellow Sweater” begins with a successful, plump middle-aged business man who is driving home from his most recent business trip. As he passes by several hitchhikers on his way home, he refuses to help any of them; except for one young teenaged…

“Speak up, we can’t hear you” “why don’t you talk more?” “Women talk too much”, these sentences are often heard by women throughout their lives, and women seem to never be able to catch a break with communication. In addition to women speaking too quietly, not speaking enough, or speaking too much, women are also judged on how their voices sound. I’m sure everyone has heard another say, “her voice is too high pitched to take seriously” or “she talks so loud and stern, she’s probably a …..”.…

The short story, “Lust”, written by Susan Minot uses style, tone, and imagery to explore the universal idea of helplessness. She uses a style of writing in which there are short paragraphs that tell multiple stories of experiences she has had in her life; it is much like an itemized list. This allows the narrator’s voice to be strengthened and begins to address the issue of helplessness. Minot wrote, “it was different for a girl.” This one sentence, she composed as a paragraph, has a meaning…

The speech by Patrick Henry was very persuasive and it makes me want to fight for the way. I was one of the delegates who was invited to the convention, which is where I witness the Patrick Henry’s speech about going to war with Great Britain and finally gain our independence. Within the room, I felt the passion of the people as Patrick Henry read his speech, but I also felt the anger of the ones who disagreed with the speech. As the speech was being read, I looked around and saw all the…

Within the system, a woman demonstrates all of her roles that not only pertain to her within society, but also those she plays within the prison itself. In normal society, the woman is both a wife, a mother, a form of a teacher, a civilian, and a caregiver or provider, whereas she is all this plus a prisoner, a criminal, a menace, a inmate, and ultimately a woman. Demonstrating all the different roles a woman plays within both society and the private prison systems contributes to the association…

When first examining the poems Spinster and Siren Song, the two poems seem quite different. In Spinster the poem is discussing a woman who has decided that she should shut out all of the men in her life, because she feels no need for them. Siren Song focuses on a creature that is doing almost the opposite; she lives her life with the main purpose of finding men to lure into her grasp. Although the poems Spinster and Siren Song may appear quite different from one another when they are first…

There are multiple similarities shared between both the poem, A Work of Artifice, by Marge Piercy, and the novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood. The main similarity is in the overall theme present in both pieces, more specifically the theme of power and dominance. This is not to belittle the significance of other similarities between the two, such as their parallel views on feminism, along with sexuality and control. The novel and poem resemble each other in numerous ways; they both…

also have some differences concerning certain aspects of our lives. Cory Maxson and I share some traits related to our relationships with our respective parents. Cory has a complicated relationship with his father, trying to prove that he can be a man, succeed…

Women throughout history have had many roles. In the Middle Ages, women were seen as a problem, where they did not have a place in society, or were pushed into fitting into certain roles. Alisoun in The Wife of Bathe’s Tale and Prologue addresses this problem directly, by saying that she herself does not fit into the “perfect” role of Mother Mary, but is instead a powerful woman who desires obedience from the men she is surrounded by. Writing like The Wife of Bathe’s Tale and Prologue was…

It was a gray day. The sun did not shine; it could not sever the layers of powdery black skies and the fog. The thick mist that was not really rain and not really fog covered the southeastern corner of New Jersey. It was depressing, just like most days in the area surrounding the Overbrook Asylum. On the outside, Overbrook was a welcoming place where patients were treated with care and respect; the inside was very different. I entered the asylum as a nurse in May of 1910 and was excited to be…