The Quiet Man

One man looked up, he looked me dead in the eye, and proceeded to stand up crossing his arms, and looked down upon me. “Look around you, you’re in a weak ass story with no plot, no character depth, and horrid description.” He chuckled to himself “I mean really? You have so many god-damned dialogue tags, you could feed the poor.” He steps closer his footsteps echoing in the room, everyone looked at me snickers from the left, then the right, then the whole room was full of chuckles. My heart…

the time, charcters in O Pioneers do quite the opposite. Carl Linstrum, a male character in the novel, does not come across as your “typical” 1900’s man. Another bold character, Alexandra Bergson, defies the social sterotypes widely accepted at the time of O Pioneers. She supports herself and does everything that people of her time period believes a man should do. Most relationships being male dominanted, it’s obvious that…

lip and keep going because men take it that have to always be manly. I disagree with this stereotype. “Be a man,” “suck it up,” are only a few phrases chosen from a plentiful basket of ego damaging creations built into today’s society. Men are born loving people, but at a very young age, they are told to follow the main traits and mindsets that matches them with our world’s concept of a man. But the truth is that men feel just as much emotions when presented with heart-warming material. Now,…

her friend, and shows emotion and expression in this statement. Old Man Warner is angered by this, believing that being chosen should be considered an honor. Although this is just a simple portrayal of compassion, Oehlschlaeger describes that it “is perceived by Old Man Warner as a threat to the social order” (259.) Another time, Mr. and Mrs. Adam discuss how more places are talking about getting rid of the lottery. When Old Man Warner hears this, he scoffs, claiming that they “are a crazy pack…

Pioneers!” are not shamed for their gender reversals, Alexandra is actually seemed to be praised for being masculine. Alexandra is the character that the audience gets to see gender reversal in. Carl is also described differently than the stereotypical man. While Alexandra and Carl are the most prominent characters that show gender disregard, or reversal, there are characters that show gender disregard in subtle ways. Lou and Oscar are seen as masculine, but when Alexandra, a woman, is given the…

On display in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art are two works painted within about a decade of each other. At first glance, they seem to have little in common other than the fact that they each depict four human beings. One would not expect to be able to draw a meaningful commonality between the two based solely on this, and if the viewers make their observation merely on the surface level of the works, they will not. However, the existence of these two sets of people, the essence of humanity…

let a man rule, and make choice and decision for her; the modern problem for this today relates to women having the right to their own bodies and having control over their own decision (Malacrida & Boulton, 2014). Dealing with women’s aggression, it isn’t as dealt with women; in the book Odd Girl Out, it is stated “Girls use backbiting, exclusion, rumors, name-calling, and manipulation to inflict psychological pain on targeted victims” (Simmons, 2002, p. 3). This shows that women play a quiet…

Dectives Halligan and Cole. The older one, Halligan, started to ask me what happened, but I could not respond without stuttering my words and having my hands shake.He leant forward past the harsh light they had in front of them. Halligan, an older man with a roughly kept black beard and receding…

Crazy Horse a Lakota History ventures into the realm of the different roles of both males and females within the hero’s life. In the biography, Marshall shadows a young man on his journey towards becoming a leader for his tribe. Given the name of honor by his father, Crazy Horse, the young man must live up to the name and become a man for others as the tribe deals with white Americans lingering nearby. Crazy Horse faces many obstacles throughout his journey; all in which he receives help…

It wasn't supposed to happen like this, everything was going so well. Pain sears through my leg, I can see Paul through the corner of my eye, he’s hit too. This won't end well for me, Paul should be fine but, I'm hit in the knee; I can feel my body quiver with every throb that is sent through my leg. Why couldn’t I have been hit only a little higher up the leg? Paul keeps trying to tell me that it’s a few inches above my knee, we both know he's only lying to make me worry less. It's not helping.…