The Powerpuff Girls

If you do not stand up for yourself you will never be free. Freedom is essential for a happy life, but basic rights are so often taken from people. Amel Benaboura illustrates this issue in her short story ‘Only a Woman’ which depicts a young woman facing oppression in a patriarchal society. Benaboura uses metaphors, anecdotes and word choice to emphasise her key idea about fighting for your rights. Yamina is a young woman who has grown up in Algeria, a patriarchal society, where violence…

A theme is the central topic a text treats like the authors message to the reader , ¨Themes can be divided into two categories.´´ there can be many themes in a story. In the Book that i read ´´The girl on the milk carton´´ the theme is that Not everything is as it seems Also the theme of fantasy and versus reality. I think these are the two themes because in the story Janie had always thought that the family that she had been with was her family the whole time when it wasn´t and she had been…

walks these three girls in nothing but bathing suits" (Updike 430). The first sentence in John Updike's "A&P" introduces the three girls that will affect the main character, Sammy. The three girls play a big part in Sammy's final decision at the end of the story. Updike puts the three girls in bathing suits instead of regular attire to draw everyone's attention towards the girls, especially in a sexual way for Sammy. Sammy wouldn't have made the final decision to quit if the girls were in…

gospel more direct than others. I understand that people just need some kind of experience that gives them that reality check, but on the other hand I can definitely see how it could scare someone into believing in Christ. When I went, there were girls in my group who got so scared they started crying and cried the whole time, even after it was over. To me, some of the actors were actually pretty rude. Some yelled at us to hurry up (even though it was literally pitch black and we could not see…

I am a girl. I have always been a girl, have always seen myself as a girl, and hold onto being a girl as a part of my identity. For most of my life, this identity has not had a profoundly negative nor positive impact on how I live. I have the privilege of having grown up in liberal Sonoma, where my being a girl did not automatically make me lesser. I played Co-Ed soccer until I was 10, was given the same opportunities to learn as the boys in my classes, and never had anyone other than a…

In “The problem with separate toys for girls and boys” Hains explains that gender rigid toys negatively impact children’s psychological development. That is the case she claims, because this marketing strategy tells children who they should be, how they should behave, and what they should be interested in. However, children are supposed to use play as a way to try on new roles, experiment, and explore interests (Hains 2015). Another problem is that gendered toys are causing children to stop…

Going from a little girl to an eighteen year old women,stereotypes toward females have become apparent. Living in a society that revolves around social media,it is hard to avoid stereotypes and the shame they bring to girls. Men and boys also deal with stereotypes,but since I am a female certain stereotypes directly affect me. The stereotypes that society puts on women are appearance, their role, and actions. These stereotypes can negatively affect women;I know from experience. The stereotype of…

that can be replaced as easily as the kitchen mat that represents the insignificance of Mrs. Willard (Bonds 54). Esther only manages to free herself temporarily. She feels better at the moment, but The Bell Jar is still hanging over her head. She has not succeeded in fulfilling her aspirations but instead learned how to live in the world of her time, gained control and confidence in her decisions and came to terms with her complicated personality. This outcome can be considered an important…

desire not to be black that she is willing the imagine harm to her black body. In addition to thinking about Morrison’s presentation of this theme, I also thought about the documentary Dark Girls and thought back to the way that the way that the manifestation of colorism was shown by the director. The little black girls' choice of dolls was one way that this was shown, therefore, inspiring me to incorporate details about Pecola’s creation of a doll that emulates white beauty standards. I took…

Beauty Pageants are a way girls can learn important life skills while also having fun. It’s a way to learn the difference between winning and losing and also gaining friendships, not even just in beauty pageants, all other different types of pageants such as rodeo queen pageants and “natural pageants” girls are able to learn more about themselves. Beauty pageants give girls additional skills that they can use in their life growing up. From competing it gives them more confidence, develops social…