The Illustrated Man

Be a Man: The Corruption Associated Battle, power, beat and ultimate: these are just a few words used to describe boys’ toys. Love, magic, friendship, and fun are used more commonly for girl toys (Smith). Contradicting each other greatly in their sense of meaning. From a young age boys are taught to be “manly”, and these words justify this. Learning young to just “buck up” or “don’t cry” can greatly affect a young boys childhood and even affect how he acts once he reaches manhood. Questioning…

societal constructs of femininity and masculinity and how these constructs impact men and women in society. It discusses the experiences and issues of mainly men, focusing on the influence society has on men by enforcing certain expectations of what a man should be like. Joe Herman, Michael Kimmel and several others discuss their experiences with societal pressures to behave masculine. Some of the main issues discussed in this documentary are toxic masculinity, violence in young men and boys,…

masculinity when he is alone. He has hysterical moments, unable to control his feelings, unable to fight, as the femininity illustrated in ‘I was exhausted with the violence of my emotion and of my…

woman, Lady Macbeth must be motherly can care for her young, even though the ironic stereotype of weakness is set for her. In nature the woman defends for her children while in Macbeth, they must be weak and helpless. This ironic role is most illustrated in the treatment of Lady Macbeth after the murder of…

relatable because the feeling of freedom that comes over her. These twos stories, in my opinion, do a great job in illustrating the oppression of women and classic sexism. The short stories are feminist masterpieces that give meaning to the spirit of man verses…

be able to support herself without the presence of a man. She asks, “‘Who could have stolen my doubloons and my diamonds?... What will we live on? How will we get by? Where will I find an Inquisitor or a Jew who will give me more? (Voltaire 19)’” Even though a murder has taken place and Cunégonde is finally free from the captivity of the two men who treat her like an expensive toy, she becomes frightened that she will be unable to find another man who can support her. This is a direct…

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 choices, but as time progresses, the father starts to lose his moral compass. McCarthy describes a split in humanity, as when placed into life threatening situations, both paths of…

The only sane patient in the psychiatric ward stands in the corner sweeping mindlessly. In their eyes, he is deaf and dumb, not worthy of attention. The truth is he can hear everything and is constantly analyzing, like a fly on the wall. He dares not speak for fear of being thrown in prison. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Ken Kesey, is set in a mental hospital and is narrated by a seven foot tall Indian named Chief Bromden. The ward is run by an overbearing, manipulative, and diabolical…

John Maxwell Taylor an American author once said, “Inside every man there is a potential woman and inside every woman resides a potential man” (Taylor, 2015) for the majority this sentiment may not ring any truth however to some minority it does. Androgyny, according to Encyclopædia Britannica defines this term in two categories, from a biological aspect and a psychological one, it states from the biological stand point that androgyny is refers to persons with fully developed sexual organs of…

family. I have chosen to do a rhetorical analysis on the movie, “The Pacifier”, from a female point of view. This movie was published by Walt Disney and is directed toward the younger population ranging from age nine to sixteen. The message that was illustrated in this movie encountered the status quote of society, as to what events and behaviors are intended to be done by males, and what is to be intended to be done…