Tramp

As children we all dread the discomfort and awkwardness of the sex talk. Whether it takes place with our parents or in a health classroom, the conversation that takes place is not one many people enjoy. Possibly the worst part of it all is that most people don’t learn much about sex. They are taught about the act briefly about the anatomy with diagrams and maybe taught about protection, like how to apply a condom, but the majority of sexual education classes in high schools can be summed up by…

After being the target of public humiliation and keeping silent for almost twenty years, Monica Lewinsky walked onto the Ted stage and shared with the audience her personal experience as a victim of cyber bullying and humiliation, as well as her calling for a more compassionate and empathetic world. Her persuasive speech titled “The Price of Shame” is well written, organized and delivered, and is worth learning from.…

The Dangers of Double Standards Many movies, TV shows, and films in society today portray the double standard with men and woman’s sexuality, shine light on the negative stereotypes, and show many double binds and gender blurs we see in our society every day. An example of a film that portrays every single one of these concepts is the movie Easy A, which takes place in Ojai, California. This movie tells the story of a young teenage girl named Olive, who ultimately gets pressured by her best…

three factors. The first one is due to the fact that it constitutes sex-exclusive lexis like hunk for man and chick for women. Second, it is made up of linguistic items that stay unchanged but alter in meaning regarding the sexes such as the word “tramp”. The final element is that it is the language carrying within it a mutual acknowledgement about how men and women are supposed to conduct themselves and the traits that they are supposed to have (34). Piercey (Vol1) is also a proponent of this…

When the stock market crashed in October of 1929, nobody could have predicted the amount of struggling and helplessness Americans found themselves in during The Great Depression. During this time, many businesses failed and some people became migrant workers, traveling across the country in search of a job, a place to stay, or a friend or family member to help them. Sometimes these workers were lonely due to discrimination, as they were not respected by anyone but those worse off than themselves…

The quote “Knowing and living with the knowledge that one must die,”- means that death cannot be avoided. In some cases, we can delay death but eventually the reality is that we will all experience mortality. The director, Mark Romanek of ‘Never Let Me Go’ exhibits his views of individuals who are stripped from their personalities and are named as insignificant duplicates. The futuristic film, set in England in the mid-1990’s, portrays a dreary world where cloning is socially accepted with the…

Throughout the entire novella, Curley's wife is labeled as a tramp, tart, and even a bitch. Curley’s wife secured these derogatory terms associated with her due to the way she dresses and her actions. When meeting Curley’s wife for the first time, George and Lennie were astounded. She entered the barn dressed in a…

Throughout the semester short stories were the main focus of English Composition II, and so a number of short stories were assigned for reading. Though each short story can be viewed as fundamentally different, each of the stories had something in common with one another. Each short story had theme(s) within them, which allowed the reader to better understand the story being told. A theme of a story is easy to point out in the story when it is given to you, or when it is as simple as black and…

Television as almost everything in life has had an evolution. The way we think of television is very different than the way our ancestors did. Television has been around since the late 1920’s. However, back in the day it was a very expensive luxury that only the elite could afford. With the passage of years television became more accessible and as a consequence more popular. In the 1950’s television was considered to be the primary medium in which many families gathered their information.…

sections (chapters) as sections of the argument. In the book, it talks about the police in the context of urban history, issues in studying crime and the police in the past, The historical development of the police, Arrest trends in the 1860s-1920s and Tramps and children: the decline of police welfare. He goes into deep detail in explaining how these topics or situations show in the urban cities and how the police forced changed these crime rates. Using these topics, he examines the prompt…