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The Control of Women, 2007.
A comparison and contrast of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall Paper" and Kate Chopin's "The Story of An Hour."
887 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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The paper relates that Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Kate Chopin wrote their two respective short stories, "The Yellow Wall Paper" and "The Story of An Hour" within two years of each other in the 1890s. The paper discusses how both authors wanted to change their lives and the control their husbands had over them. The paper points out a number of similarities in their plot, symbolism and characters.
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"Both stories utilize a very similar plot, setting, and symbols to come to their unfortunate endings. Each of the women is described as a very sensitive character, as females were characterized during this era. In the story "Yellow Wall Paper," the female narrator's physician says that she has a "temporary nervous depression," which would have been called post-partum depression today. In "The Story of an Hour," Mrs. Mallard is afflicted with heart trouble. However, these illnesses are not actually why these women are treated as they are. It is because wives and mothers had certain roles to perform and are to behave in specific ways dictated by their husbands and society in general."
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"Rosa Lee"--A Review, 2007.
A review of Leon Dash's "Rosa Lee: a Mother and Her Family in Urban America."
4,415 words (approx. 17.7 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 115.95
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This paper explores the relationship between Rosa Lee and her daughter, Patty as described in Leon Dash's ""Rosa Lee: a Mother and Her Family in Urban America." Like her mother, Patty is a heroin user as well as a prostitute. The paper traces the reasons for these choices that Patty made and how her relationship with her mother shaped her path. The paper additionally cites research articles which support the belief that the dynamics of family life may significantly contribute to addictive behavior. The reviewer concurs with author Dash by stating the only treatment that will lead to any success with Patty will involve both the use of medication--methadone, most likely--and the establishment of relationships with individuals who do not partake in the use of heroin and do not tolerate its use in her.
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" In many cases, and certainly in Patty's case, the dynamics of family life contribute most significantly to the subject's addictive behavior: "Even though its values are largely shaped by the surrounding subculture, the family plays an integral role in shaping the attitudes of its members toward drug abuse," (Schlaadt 12). Typically, family settings within which drug abuse is common or accepted facilitate the spread of that practice to other family members. This was clearly the case in Patty's introduction to heroin. Patty was first exposed to the drug by watching her brother and his girlfriend while hiding in his closet: "After Ronnie pushed the liquid into his vein, she watcher her brother's worried frown change into a look of pleasure. . . . Ronnie refused to inject her that day. But, Patty told me, 'I knew then, "Well, I'm gonna try that one day,"'" (Dash 186). One of the major problems with being introduced to such a serious drug at a young age is that the pain and suffering associated with growing-up in a drug abusing household does not simply end with childhood: "If these children survive, it follows them, particularly if they are girls, into their own adulthood. For example, many of these girls will, themselves, resort to substance abuse in adulthood," (Pagliaro 94). Depression is another major result of such a childhood. This effect can manifest itself in further drug use, or even in attempted suicide. "
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Latin American Magical Realism, 2007.
This paper provides a contrasting study of the role of women in Latin American magical realism in 'The House of the Spirits' by Isabel Allende and 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
1,255 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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In this essay, the writer discusses that in both 'The House of the Spirits' by Isabel Allende and 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, females figure prominently in the authors' narratives of magical realism. The writer notes that in both novels, the struggles of the main female protagonist exist on a literal level of story and have a symbolic level of significance beyond the story, about the nature of politics or the nature of women, respectively. The writer concludes that Allende ultimately seeks to question the reasons for man's inhumanity to men, and women, in a political reality, and uses magical realism to heighten the consequences of her character's actions and cruelties, while Marquez relates his tale of a fictional village and family exclusively in the register of the fantastic and the surreal.
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"True, some of the actions of Allende's characters may be heightened by supernatural narrative motifs such as the matriarch Clara's ability to see into the future, but these plot points have ramifications beyond those of the psychological, symbolic, or merely mystical. For example, in a parallel of the terror that will come to Chile, Esteban hits his wife, and Clara takes a vow of silence, and never speaks to him until he dies. This act of defiance, although taken to an extreme in the novel, can also be read as a heightened example of a difficult relationship between husband and wife, and how the oppression within a patriarchal family structure mirrors the politics of the land."
"In contrast, Marquez's female archetypes lack the complex psychology of Allende's females, existing in the material dimension alone rather than on simultaneous spiritual and material planes."
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"Flat Broke With Children"--A Review, 2007.
A review of Sharon Hayes' seminal work on poverty "Flat Broke With Children: Women in the Age of Welfare Reform."
2,042 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 64.95
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This review of "Flat Broke With Children: Women in the Age of Welfare Reform" by Sharon Hayes describes this work as a cry for change in the ways that America views poverty, motherhood, welfare and work. In particular, the review describes how Hayes sees welfare as a controversial topic because it seems to go against core American values. The review considers current welfare reform, and how it ultimately harms mothers and children. Although Hayes favors welfare reform, she believes it must include job training for employment that provides a good salary and that process of weaning someone from welfare must be gradual. The review concludes that there must also be a national acknowledgment of the need for some collective concern for the common good and the future of the nation's children who are the silent victims of so-called welfare reform.
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"Also, the fact that so many single women with children are on welfare in the United States further contradicts the nation's self-perception as a nation of strong 'family values' where the nuclear family is the norm. The United States wishes to see itself as a compassionate nation that loves children, but to support children and single mothers with welfare with what are seen as 'free handouts' makes many people angry, even if they have little sense of the people receiving such social support. Theoretically, according to the national myth, such single, needy mothers and children should not exist--the father should be the breadwinner."
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Feminism in Art, 2007.
An analysis of the feminist perspective in Baroque and Rococo art.
3,257 words (approx. 13.0 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 93.95
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This paper examines the feminist perspective in art and discusses if it is portrayed in the early 17th century Baroque and late 17th century Rococo art. It suggests that there is a lack of the feminist perspective during these time periods. The paper explains why this is the case by discussing the time period, as well as the emerging artists of the two time periods.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Baroque in the Context of Time
Emerging Artists
The Later Period of Rococo
Conclusion
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"That the depictions of the Madonna from the earlier period of the 17th century show the Madonna receiving the blessing of Christ, or bathed in the light of the divine is in keeping with the tradition and doctrine of the Catholic Church. There is nothing suggestive as to the femininity of the depiction other than that of the Madonna being the Immaculate Conception. It does not in these works of art raise her above the masculine hierarchal order of the Church, but rather as the image of what the Church perceives as the role for women; the nurturers, the mothers who give birth to divine greatness, the temptress, the redeemable soul, and she who surrenders herself to the passion of the divine spirit. This is in keeping with the representations of women in the Bible stories, and it is the Bible stories that serve as the inspiration for many of the works of art of the 17th century as a whole."
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Gangsta Rap Music, 2007.
This paper discusses gangsta rap music and violence towards women.
1,396 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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In this article the writer notes that the term gangsta rap began its rise to popularity when the controversial single "Gangsta, Gangsta" by N.W.A. (Niggaz with Attitude) hit the Billboard's Hot Rap Singles chart. The writer explains that rap music is an expression of minorities' frustration with poverty, drugs, and sexual harassment, yet some includes explicit lyrics about violence and sexual abuse that many critics believe can easily mislead impressionable teens who are the main patrons of this type of music The writer maintains that gangsta rap music is essentially the vocalization of sentiments that have lived long within the political environment of the African-American community. The writer concludes that to feel empowered, African- American males attempt to keep women subordinate.
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"African American men have historically enabled themselves with the power and authority to determine the black political agenda, and have consistently abused that power and defined the boundaries of the imagined black nation in terms of a sexual politics that institutionalized male domination and the subordination of the feminine. For example, Alexander Crummell suggested that one of African American women's main political duties was to protect their virtue and maintain sexual purity, and Stokely Carmichael asserted that the only position for women in his movement was prone."
"Ice Cube held women and gay men in contempt in "Amerikkka's Most Wanted," and in particular the fictional violence against women, with lyics such as "bitch-killah" in "The Nigga Ya Love to Hate," and the misogynistic "You Can't Fade Me," which is a venomous mother's -baby-father's-maybe tale that concludes with a murderous fantasy."
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Catharine MacKinnon on Pornography, 2007.
A discussion of Catherine MacKinnon's opinions on pornography as expressed in her well-known essay on this subject.
1,244 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper examines and reviews Catherine MacKinnon's perspective on pornography as expressed in her essay "Pornography, Civil Rights, and Speech." The paper's author agrees with many of MacKinnon's views on pornography, yet does not accept them all. The reviewer does not feel that all pornography should lose its protected status under the First Amendment to the Bill of Rights. The paper further discusses MacKinnon's views of pornography which are based on her feminist outlook. The reviewer concludes that while some of MacKinnon's arguments are valid, others seem extreme.
Outline:
What Catharine MacKinnon Has to Say
Work Cited
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"In a more understandable and non-cryptic paragraph on the first page of her essay, MacKinnon says that feminism is the "first theory, the first practice, the first movement," to really take the situation of every woman "seriously." Feminism, she explains, looks at the position of women's social life "as a whole," which is the first time the women's legal and social views have been put forward as a theory of humanism. "
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Sexism and Racism, 2007.
An argument against the points made by Laurence Thomas in his article entitled "Sexism and Racism: Some Conceptual Differences."
1,112 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper presents the writer's personal response to the essay by Laurence Thomas, entitled "Sexism and Racism: Some Conceptual Differences." It argues that Thomas presents an impractical argument, an exercise in rhetoric and semantics, based on subjective analysis. The writer then points to numerous flaws in the specific points that Thomas tries to make and suggests that since Thomas' essay was written, attitudes have changed dramatically.
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"And here is still another consideration: taking the position of a chauvinist in order to explain what sexism is ruins his argument in the first place. For example, on page 247 he says in the "traditional male role" a "real man" is one who "wears the pants around the house." This is an old-fashioned concept and has little to do with a man being "sexist" except for the fact that the writer himself seems to have chauvinistic ideas about the man-woman genre."
"Meanwhile, some of the arguments spelled out by Laurence Thomas have value, but others are completely innocuous. How can he say that "sexism" is "unlike racism" because it "lends itself to a morally unobjectionable description"? Both sexism and cultural bigotry are morally objectionable. Both are examples of the cultural confusion in our country."
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Where Have All the Rosie's Gone?, 2006.
A review of the sexual revolution of the 1950s.
1,875 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper reviews and discusses the era since the end of World War II. The paper relates that this era saw many social changes, especially in the traditional roles of men and women. The paper explores the sexual revolution of the 1950s and how the media fought fervently to eradicate this new emerging role model for American Women.
Outline:
Muscles and Might
Conclusions
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"They needed new role models and shows such as the bungling wife in "I Love Lucy" provided just the perfect image. Women in the media during the 1950s were portrayed as incompetent. They could no longer learn to do anything that a man could do. One of the best examples is Margaret in Father Knows Best, who could barely get her car out of the garage without the help of a man. Women had been reduced in status to their former subservience. They had more important things to do during the day than worry about careers and independence, they had to keep their houses spotless and spend all of that time making sure that the cake was iced before the man came home...all while wearing high heels one might add. Women were expected to cheerfully accept their new role without resistance or complaint. "
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Civil Rights Laws, 2007.
This paper discusses the emergence of civil rights laws in the 1960s and their influence until today.
921 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 32.95
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The paper discusses how the decade of the 1960s was one of the most momentous, since major anti-discrimination laws were passed to clarify the rights of all people. The paper relates that civil rights laws, passed in 1957, 1960 and 1964, promised voting and employment equality, but were enforced poorly or ignored. The paper discusses how the fight for equal rights for all individuals regardless of race, creed, religion, color or gender continues in the United States until today. The paper concludes that the decade of the 1960s will always be known as one of change and evolution.
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"Some scholars say that because the framers of the U.S. Constitution were a relatively group of white men, many of whom had been educated at the country's best schools and were from some of the best families, the document produced was biased in various ways. For example, in 1987 Justice Thurgood Marshall said that the Constitution was "defective from the start," that its first words--"We the People"--excluded "the majority of American citizens," because it left out blacks and women."
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The Changing Role of Men, 2007.
A discussion of the changing roles of men in the home and society.
1,317 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 44.95
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This paper examines how the role of men within the family and society has changed over the past two decades. The paper gives a brief history of men's traditional role, based both on physical stature and societal expectations. The author then examines the impact of the feminist movement and men taking on more traditionally female roles in the workplace and at home. The author acknowledges that some men may not be accepted for accepting non-traditional jobs and roles at home. The author concludes that men need to discover for themselves how best to bridge the gap between traditional expectations and current social acceptance.
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"What most people consider the traditional roles of the American man seem to be rooted in the generations of the two World Wars (Lindsay, 2005). Lindsay (2005) describes the role of the "Great American Alpha Male" as "husband, breadwinner, father and warrior" who "returned from saving the world to two-car garages and suburban malaise" (p. 1). Such men had the identity of male made for them and knew what was expected of them. They completed their education, fought in the wars of their country, settled down with a wife as soon as they could support one, and raised a family. Once married, they stay married. They provided for their family under nearly all circumstances and protected them from harsh societal issues and world events. (Lindsay, 2005). This is clearly not today's man."
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Women's Issues in Ethiopia, 2005.
A review of the struggles that face Ethiopian women.
1,562 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 51.95
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This paper takes a look at Ethiopian women and the hardships and struggles they endure. According to the paper, the mortality rate amongst Ethiopian women, is very high. The paper goes on to say that the reason for this is the food taboos observed among pregnant women, poverty, early marriage and birth complications of female genital mutilation or FGM, especially infibulation.
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" The National Policy on Women was established in 1993 to set up appropriate structure within government offices and institutions, which would introduce and implement appropriate gender-sensitive public policies. The 1995 Ethiopian government renewed its commitment to the policy under its new Constitution. It also waged an intense and extensive regionalization process, which would spread gender-sensitive policies and development interventions. Currently, interventions made available for the women of Ethiopia have consisted largely in temporary and unconnected individual projects. If these continued, they tended to just remain gender-neutral and not too effective in benefiting these women. The biggest challenge confronted by regional governments in Ethiopia is that the reverse hierarchy of activities does not reach targeted women effectively. Reasons include a lack of institutional capacity at the sub-regional level and the lack of participation in delivery assistance services. Development plans are not demand-driven and, thus, have failed to recognize regional differences. This trend has disconnected the target women from development interventions. The view at this point does not appear very optimistic."
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Fanny Brice, 2007.
This paper analyzes the life of Jewish comedienne Fanny Brice.
947 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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The paper discusses the life of Fanny Brice, a legendary performer in the 1920s and 30s who performed on Broadway, in burlesque and in the famous Ziegfeld Follies. The paper shows how Fanny Brice was a remarkable entertainer and woman. The paper relates that she was incredibly talented and learned how to perform by gauging her audience and finding what worked for her own personality, looks and talents. The paper notes that she was one of the first successful Jewish comediennes who is still remembered for her wit and outrageous characters.
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"Fanny Brice was born in New York City in 1891. Her parents were immigrants who owned saloons, and her real name was Fania Borach. She began performing early in her life, and aspired to be a serious actress, but her Semitic looks always forced her into character parts. In fact, while she often sang humorous songs with a Yiddish accent, in reality she did not even speak Yiddish (Editors, 2006). She was also tall and skinny, which made her stand out from most of the chorus girls of the time, who were more statuesque (Sorel, 1986, p. 81). In 1906, she won an amateur night contest at a famous vaudeville theater at the age of fourteen, and her career in the theater got its start. She dropped out of school after the eighth grade to concentrate on her career."
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Women in Iran, 2007.
A discussion of Mahnaz Kousha's research on women in Iranian society.
1,083 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper explores sociologist Mahnaz Kousha's research in "Voices from Iran: The Changing Lives of Iranian Women" to present an assessment of women's status in Iran today. The paper examines both the challenges that remain as well as the advances that women have achieved throughout the years. The paper also employs a cultural relativist approach to explore how Iranian women are able to exercise power and exert influence via traditional cultural practices.
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"Westerners, including western feminists often have a stereotyped version of women in Iran. Iranian women are often painted in various stages of "oppression." They are required to cover themselves up, do not enjoy equal political, legal, or economic rights, and are subject to the authority of their fathers or husbands. While there is a grain of truth to many of these images, they paint an incomplete picture of the status of Iranian women today."
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Women in Prison, 2007.
An examination of the prison system for women.
972 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 34.95
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This paper presents an examination of women in prison. The writer explores the history of the prison system, highlighting the historical aspects of women within the system. The author concludes that prisons with a female population are working toward a rehabilitative atmosphere more than a punitive atmosphere and only time will tell how successful such institutions will become.
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"For the most part society had less respect for female inmates and criminals than it did its male inmates and criminals according to records that were kept at various prisons around the country. The first Illinois female prisoner in the state system was in 1835,. Her name was Sally Jefferson and she was sentenced for arson. She was pardoned within six weeks however her stay alerted officials of a coming trend, women in prison."
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Enlightenment, 2007.
A comparison of "The Declaration of the Rights of Women" by Olympe de Gouges, and "The Declaration of the Rights of Man, approved by the National Assembly of France, August 26, 1789 ."
1,207 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper discusses "The Declaration of the Rights of Man" written in 1789 and discusses how the ideals described in the work were seen to apply to men and women equally. The paper then compares this work to Olympe de Gouges' work "Declaration of the Rights of Women" written in 1791. It describes de Gouges' view of "The Declaration of the Rights of Man" and the changes made in the newer declaration.
Table of Contents:
"The Declaration of the Rights of Women" versus "The Declaration of the Rights of Man"
Conclusion: Enlightenment Optimism
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"De Gouges stresses a social contract that reinforces happiness, a happy government that is mutually agreed upon by both genders. She does not deny the need for law, although her system of law has aims of societal engineering, rather than merely protecting rights, as articulated in the first declaration. Despite her cynicism about the current relationship between the genders, even in her tract one can see the enlightenment optimism that rejected the ideas that human nature is flawed by original sin, a faith-based doctrine. If only humanity throws away its erroneous attitudes about bastardy and the inequality of women, then humanity is perfectible, just as the "Declaration of the Rights of Man" suggested that humanity's supposed tendency towards evil and error was rooted in constraint, rather than a lack of constraint. By eliminating bad laws, humanity's innate democratic goodness would emerge."
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"The Beauty Myth", 2007.
An analysis of the types and effects of the writing styles used by Naomi Wolf in her book "The Beauty Myth".
3,268 words (approx. 13.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 93.95
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This paper discusses how Naomi Wolf successfully uses emotive language in her book "The Beauty Myth" to communicate her concept of modern feminism and the place of women in society. It shows how Wolf illustrates her theories through the use of several distinct styles of emotive writing. The paper describes and analyzes these styles as dream language, inflammatory language, victim language and the language of female consciousness.
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"It can be seen, therefore, that Wolf has chosen her words with precision and care in order to evoke a strong reaction in her female readers. By using emotive language and imagery that provokes a gut reaction - fear imagery and victim language - Wolf stirs her female readers into conscious examination of their self and their female identity. Wolf hammers home her points using words that linger in the female consciousness - guilt, dream, fiction, myth, femininity - with the surgical precision of a woman who knows how best to anger, distress, challenge and reach her audience. Moreover, she effectively uses language to convey the strength of her convictions, and as such, the reader is carried along with her, willing to embrace her created atmosphere that is in such bold contrast to the atmosphere of modern society and the rules that they have created for women."
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Descriptive Writing Assignment, 2007.
A creative essay using descriptive writing to illustrate a scene in a grocery store.
958 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 0 sources, $ 34.95
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This example of descriptive writing highlights the author's perceptions of a woman in a grocery store. The essay's narrator describes her late night trip to the grocery store and a young mother she encounters there. The author speculates on the young mother's situation and her character, comparing it to how she raised her own children. The narrator concludes by seeing the commonalities in the young mother's situation and her own, despite the differences in their stages of life.
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"Her voice was rich, surprisingly rich, and husky, but it sounded tired, too, like the troubles of the world weighed it down. She pushed away a strand of hair again and reached into her bag for her wallet. She looked at the cart, glanced at the contents of the wallet, and shrugged to herself. I so wanted to hand her a twenty and tell her to buy the roast and the ground beef, but I knew in my heart she would never take a handout from a stranger. She probably wouldn't even take one from her own family. It was clear she was proud and struggling as she gathered her brood together and headed for the check stands."
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Love as a Commodity, 2006.
A discussion regarding the theme of 'love as a commodity' in the novels 'The Day of the Locust' by Nathanael West and 'Mildred Pierce' by James Cain.
1,983 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper reviews, discusses and compares the two novels 'The Day of the Locust', by Nathanael West and 'Mildred Pierce' by James Cain. The paper discusses how the two books share the common scene of Californian life, around the 1930s. The paper further discusses how the books also share their view of this world, especially regarding the way in which the emotional and sexual relationships between men and women are built.
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"Faye and Mildred differ widely in the aspects of their lives- Faye is merely a prostitute and an actress looking for fame and money, cruelly playing with the men who surround her, while Mildred is a hard-working mother, devoted to her family, and especially to her daughter. However, the two female protagonists do have something in common: first of all, Mildred's job as a waitress is another form of prostitution, and her excessive love for her daughter is, to a great extent a form of narcissism and selfishness, not entirely different from Faye's feelings."
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