The Unknown Man

Lady or the Tiger Did the princess’s love for the young man win over her jealousy? A long time ago, there was a semi-barbaric king, who had a daughter; like the king, she was a passionate and arrogant. Since the king was semi-barbaric, he had an arena to determine whether someone was innocent, or guilty. This was completely fair because it is unknown to the criminal what lies behind each door. If the accused criminal chose a door that had a tiger, the tiger would shred the criminal up into…

Gender is a socially constructed term which could be defined as attitudes, feelings, and behaviors that a given culture associates with a person’s biological sex. Based on The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde that is set in late 19th century, the Victorian era. In the 19th century, men are supposed to be more dominant than women. Wilde’s purpose of this play is to criticise the hypocritical society and hence, gender reversals is observed in this play. Gender reversal can be seen in…

American housewives were envied by other women around the world because women in America lived, such “lavish lifestyles”. American housewives got to clean and cook with time-saving appliances, didn’t have to deal with illnesses or the unknown of childbirth, and only had to worry about her husband, kids and keeping up with the home. So, should American women feel guilty for wanting more? Of course not. Despite some people’s beliefs every human whether they are a male or female should have…

would be quitting his job at our school, so he planned a very good trip for our 8th grade class. We would be doing a few extra things on our trip than past years, one thing extra was a wreath laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers. Laying the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers is a great honor, and four…

growing up. A child’s experience can be extremely different from another child’s experience, depending on gender, race, religion, and class. In the article from “A fabulous Child’s Story," it explains how there was a baby being raised with the gender unknown by the parents. Some might think that it was an impossible task, for example, in the story it states how family members and friends wanted to, or already had bought gifts for baby X, yet the parents would not tell them “what is was," in…

heroes, and givers. At Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier which represents those soldiers who fought and sacrificed many things, but were never found or identified. These soldiers deserve to be remembered, honored, and respected for everything that they did for their country. I believe that the students, who get the privilege of laying the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, should feel proud and honored to be carrying out such a task. I strongly…

The reason I want to lay the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is to honor my grandpa who served in the Navy during the Korean and Vietnam War. This would be a great way to honor and thank him for his service. A reason why I would want to be able to lay the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is because of my grandpa. It would be great to be able to lay the wreath because it would be a great way to thank him for serving the country when it was a choice to fight and not mandatory.…

Such as in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight written by an unknown author who also goes by the Pearl Poet, where Gawain is faithful to the one and only Queen Guinevere, who is supposed to be considered to most beautiful, along with the only woman that her men should be loyal to. Men “[held] women as the source of…

make their choices based on what they believe is right or wrong. For most this is an easy thing to do and most problems normally don’t make a difference to other people anyway. Sometimes it isn’t that easy such as problems like what it takes to be the man of a situation. Sometimes it works out but most of the time it does not. Most would like to believe that people always do the right thing and not based on what society thinks. Everyone has wanted one thing but ended up doing another simply…

place. Through these symbolic aspects the idea that sportsmen are heroes is further reinforced as Beckham strives to make a difference. Beckham's body language and facial expression depicts a man with determination and purpose. His upright stance and emotionless facial expression positions us to see him as a man on mission, almost like the “terminator.” This again reinforces that he is trying to make a change by supporting as many kids as he can. The image depicts Beckham as almost as a…