A Cup Of Tea By Katherine Mansfield Analysis

said Malala Yousafzai, a girl who fought for education for women, also living getting shot by the Taliban.

Throughout history great writers have brought women’s struggle under male dominance to light. Shakespeare’s Othello and Glaspell’s Trifles bring great female characters to the stage that share similarities. Both Glaspell and Shakespeare follow the same theme, while using both foreshadowing and irony to illustrate that Desdemona, Emilia, Bianca, Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Peters, and Mrs. Hale live under similar oppressive conditions.

Greg Mortenson, with the help of his co-author David Oliver Relin, has painted a picture perfect image of himself in Three Cups of Tea. Leading many to believe that he is a hero and savior for the children of Central Asia, when in reality he is just a conniving, deceitful, greed driven man. Greg Mortenson hides behind his Three Cups of Tea persona and the truth about his “charitable” actions.

“The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his remarkable humanitarian campaign in the Taliban’s backyard” is the introduction given to Greg Mortenson’s readers before even opening his book, Three Cups of Tea. This phrase slapped on the back cover of the millions of books sold in America prepares readers to not only buy into Greg Mortenson’s heroic story but even support his cause. “One song we hear too often is the one in which Africa serves as a backdrop for white fantasies of conquest and heroism”(Cole). The problem with Mr. Mortenson’s “song” is that it provides a single view of the religion of Islam. At first glance of Mortenson’s book, “[Greg’s] mission to Promote Peace… One School at a Time” is an

These three brides represent the femme fatale, the fatal woman. The over sexualised women whose charms ensnare her lovers in bonds of irresistible desire, often leading them into compromising, dangerous, and deadly situations. These women serve as monstrous reminders of what happens if the boundaries of proper behaviour and traditional gender roles are crossed. These women, although beautiful, possess the wrong type of beauty, one of which brands them as evil, openly sexual and seductive women. Who, in addition lack the chaste passivity and fragility of the ideal Victorian lady, thus making them deserving of some form of punishment in order for them to be returned to their pure, innocent, albeit dead, human form.

Throughout David Oliver Relin’s “Three Cups of Tea,” Greg Mortenson is faced with many obstacles that interfere with his goals. He struggled with money, sickness, and stress. Mortenson began the novel struggling to climb one of the toughest mountains and after many attempts to reach the peak, he failed. He then stumbled upon a small village known as Korphe. Meeting the people of Korphe and seeing their generosity showed Mortenson that failing the climb was not a true failure, but an act that brought him to the Balti people. He saw their need for a school and wanted to help educate the next generation of Baltis. If Mortenson had given up the first time he was faced with hardship, he would never have accomplished all he did. Throughout the novel Mortenson endured many obstacles but never gave up. As a child, Mortenson’s father told him, “If you believe in yourself, you can accomplish anything.” (Pg.38). Perseverance is a recurring theme throughout “Three Cups of Tea” and is portrayed while Mortenson is climbing, raising money for the school, and building it.

"Three Cups of Tea" starts with a short introduction by one of the authors, David Oliver Relin, about Greg Mortenson. David tells a story about how Greg Mortenson helped a retired army helicopter pilot find the fuel refill spot. David uses this story to lead into saying how amazing Greg Mortenson is and what an incredible experience he got from working with Greg.

Greg Mortenson, the author of the allegedly true story , Three Cups of Tea, is a series of fabrications in order to convince the world that he was a hero. He was able to utilize his isolation to create horrific lies in order to give himself the heroism and pure qualities that people would admire. Greg Mortenson’s triumph was an fictional story full of lies and deceit which led to his ultimate downfall. Through him, people had to learn that heroes only belonged in comic books.

Unlike boring authors who coldly list rules and make you fall asleep on the first page of the book, Lynne Truss of “Eats, Shoots and Leaves” writes in a humorous tone that leaves the reader laughing and wanting more. With the help of a little sarcasm, examples, and over exaggeration, the way Truss writes is unique and admirable.

Many wifes throughout the years have endured countless amounts of persecution from their husbands, but some men take it to a whole new level. Two male authors, Henrik Ibsen and Robert Browning, brought female hardships to light in the nineteenth century. Ibsen’s 1879 play, A Doll’s House, was so controversial at the time that he was forced to write a more pleasant ending in which Nora returned after having left Torvald. Browning’s poem, “My Last Duchess”, written in 1842, showed the immoral perspective of a Duke who had his wife murdered merely because she did not preserve her pleasant personality singularly for him. It was influential writers such as these who eventually gave feminism a kick start. The two husbands in these stories share a vast amount of similar characteristics. Despite the fact that Torvald loved his wife, and Duke had murdered his, both of them exhibit extreme authoritative and egoistic behaviors.

During this week's new episode of Sister Wives, Kody Brown's daughter Mariah shared some shocking news. Mariah revealed that she is gay and the family had no idea. Of course, they ended this episode of Sister Wives without getting the reaction of the family. Now Mariah Brown is speaking out to People and sharing how her family feels about her revealing that she is gay. This is the first time that anyone has been able to find out how the family really feels about her news.

The women’s ideas in both works are not taken seriously by their husbands who do not think their opinions are important. In “ The Yellow Paper” the protagonist of the story is suffering from a depression whose origin may be the birth of her child, but her husband does not believe her. “John is a physician, and perhaps that is the reason I do not get well faster. You see, he does not believe I am sick!” ( Gilman 551). Men expect that women take care of the children once they are born and since she is not playing that role in her marriage because of her condition, her husband is disappointed of her. In Trifles , Mrs. Wright is being investigated for the murder of her husband. Through the story, the characters talk about how was her life before and after her marriage. “I heard she used to wear pretty clothes and be lively, when she was Minnie Foster, one of the town girls singing in the choir.” ( Glaspell 984). She used to live a happy and normal life but everything changed after she got married. They talk about how she did not get out of the house a lot anymore, and how she stopped singing. The purpose of her life changed when she got married, because her husband’s expectations where her being at the house taking care of the farm with him. These works suggest that women’s roles in marriage are to be in the house taking care of the daily activities and the

Betty Keller wrote a short drama, Tea Party, to bring light to the subject of loneliness and isolation of the elderly. Tea Party is written in a point of view of the narrative voice, written in Hester and Alma’s perspectives, with the setting taking place in their house. These sisters are both realistic and stereotype characters because they seem like real people, but they are also the stereotype lonely elderly characters as well. Whenever people came to their house to provide them with a service, such as a newspaper boy or the meter man, the women organized a tea party to invite them in and share stories of their lives with their company. The sisters’ both are certain they are always right and the other sister is wrong. Keller uses the

In this paper, I will explain how the article “The Lady and the Tramp (II): Feminist Welfare Politics, Poor Single Mothers, and the Challenge of Welfare Justice” by Gwendolyn Mink relates to the thematic focus of working women and the Marxist and socialist branch of feminism. In Feminist Thought: A More Comprehensive Introduction, Rosemarie Tong explains that Marxist and socialist feminists understand women’s oppression as a labor issue. Women’s work is not viewed as a productive contribution to society. One of the ways Marxist and socialist feminists sought to improve women’s oppression was through the wages-for-housework campaign of the 1970s, which fought for work done in the domestic sphere to be paid and respected by society. In this same vein, Mink’s article can be viewed as a continuation of sorts of the wages-for-housework campaign. Mink suggests that poor single mothers have the right for their work to be recognized by society and supported economically like the Marxist and socialist feminist in the 1970s.

The narrator in the story “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield, is telling us this story in the third person singular perspective. Our narrator is a non-participant and we learn no details about this person, from a physical sense. Nothing to tell us whether it is a friend of Miss Brill, a relative, or just someone watching. Katherine Mansfield’s Miss Brill comes alive from the descriptions we get from this anonymous person. The narrator uses limited omniscience while telling us about this beautiful Sunday afternoon. By this I mean the narrator has a great insight into Miss Brill’s perceptions, thoughts, feelings, and into her world as a whole, but no real insight into any of the other characters in this story. By using this point of view,