Women's writing in English

school, I wrote economic research papers for competitions and won trophies at a state level. I figured I had some sort of background in writing research papers because I’d already done it for the past two years of my life, and had to learn about appeals in Introduction to Public Speaking last semester. However, when I started writing argumentative research papers in English Composition II, it was extremely difficult. I felt like I wasn’t doing my topics justice until I truly researched and knew…

Traditional crime stories have changed over time due to the values and changing contexts within different societies. The film ‘Rear Window’ composed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1954, America and the short detective story ‘A Scandal in Bohemia’ in the novel ‘The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1891, England illustrate how the values and changing contexts within a society contributes to the changing conventions of the genre of crime. Crime texts are valued and…

and wages. Even if women still aren’t on equal footing with men, they have made great societal progress through action and activism. The first half of this activism focused on the legal status of women as seen in the construction of the Married Women’s Property Acts in the early 19th century, the election of Jeannette Rankin to Congress in 1916, the passing of the 19th Amendment…

Sui Sin Far realizes that the cultural difference is the primary difficulty for Chinese traditional women to deal with when they arrived to the United States; at the same time, their pressures are all come from this culture complexity. In the past, Chinese women were taught to be silent and followed their husband no matter what; as a result, their thoughts were very conservative and traditional, which caused the cultural conflict when their husband invited them to America. In Sui Sin Far's…

Strong, determined yet graceful and refined, the transcendent power of women is an attribute that has been misconstrued throughout centuries. Women have the ability to raise and educate generations all the while possessing a fierceness that allows them to accomplish anything they desire. In modern society, the power of women is limitless. They are free to follow their individual paths and choose their own fate. Although modern women have the opportunity to attain their goals, a woman…

Kendavid Stenhouse Professor Willard English 102 27 November 2017 Suppression of Women in The Yellow Wallpaper Women were stereotypic throughout western cultures. At most, they were considered fragile and contemptible. Women were to maintain the home and avert from intellectual thinking. In the Victorian period (1837-1901) aside from women's suffragette movements the women were seen more than less a possession rather an individual and recognized as a feminist indictment in a male presiding…

English develops a special role that is recognized in a lot of countries, and in fields such as politics, businesses, tourism, and many others. Now, English is an official language of 54 countries. Nevertheless, its massive role could ruin other national languages. A statistic data from statistata.com proved that around 80% of English speakers are not native speakers. It confirms that English is learned by many other countries. A survey from Department…

She is considered to be the leader of love poetry writers in Saudi Arabia for the courage she has in writing bold love poems. In the first line of her poem, Almutayri emphasizes the meaning of love by not only loving but also by giving one’s self to their lover in addition to everything they own. If you love someone, you have to devote yourself to them.…

feeling lonely; I want people who read my work to feel seen and understood. I attended UC Riverside, the 7th most diverse school in the nation, and majored in Anthropology, so that I could better understand and respect identities beyond my own. In my writing I aim to be as inclusive as possible, so that people of both my own identities and others can connect with my work. There’s enough literature out there about straight white males; my main characters are all queer people of color, and I’m…

stands out because of her sharp, satirical depiction of the late 18th century English society. Our fascination with Austen not only stops with her work, but with the woman herself. Austen was the daughter of a Hampshire clergyman, with eight siblings; she grew up in a happy close-knit family. She began writing at a young age, and family members would often circulate…