Analysis Of The Article ' The Naked Citadel ' By Tim O ' Brien

A. Jeannette Walls, in her memoir The Glass Castle, demonstrates Erikson’s eight stages of development. Through the carefully recounted stories of her childhood and adolescence, we are able to trace her development from one stage to the next. While Walls struggles through some of the early developmental stages, she inevitably succeeds and has positive outcomes through adulthood. The memoir itself is not only the proof that she is successful and productive in middle adulthood, but the memoir may also have been part of her healing process. Writing is often a release and in writing her memoir and remembering her history, she may have been able to come to terms with her sad past. The memoir embodies both the proof

When America entered into the Second World War it made their friends from different region and everywhere in the world to unite and fight for freedom and also fight against fascism. Ronald Takaki, a famous historian finds out that the armed fight for democracy abroad was followed by disregard of America that everyone was made or created equal. There was racism of all kinds; segregation of African Americans and imprisonment of Japanese Americans and also denying to overall asylum to the Jewish refugees.

When you are a part of Greek life you are popular. In professional sports, with men sports the National Football League, National Basketball Association, Major Baseball League etc., there is a history of hazing to accept new rookies into the league. Even though, the organization have dangerous activities, but ignore outrageous events they may have to endure to become part of the organization. Hazing is classified into three types subtle, violent, and harassment. Subtle hazing is mainly deception, or not having to do the same thing other new members had to do. These falls under “reasonable hazing” to others, but to me it is not. With subtle hazing when a pledge is lining up you could call a guy run a lap but referring to him as a girl. Mainly, required greeting of members in a specific manner when seen on campus. With harassment hazing is causes stress, a relative degree of discomfort, physically or emotionally, to the new members

One of the most controversial topics concerning Muslim women’s rights is the idea of the veil. It is believed by some Muslims that the veil is an Islamic obligation that all Muslim women must adhere to. But nowadays, the veil can have different meanings that are not necessarily religious. In her article “Reinventing the Veil,” Leila Ahmed addresses some of the different meanings that the veil can have. Marjane Satrapi explores one of those meanings in her animated autobiography Persepolis (2008). In Persepolis, Marjane tells the story of her rebellion against the Iranian Islamist regime that takes over Iran, oppresses women, and forces them to wear the veil. What was interesting to me was seeing Marjane wear the veil without being oppressed, although she does not believe in it, and is being forced to wear it. In Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi escapes being a subject to the Iranian Islamist ideology by establishing her individual identity through transforming the veil from a means of oppression into a means of feminist rebellion.

Individuals can be seen responding to the circumstances they endure in many different ways. The way they choose to respond to issues can determine whether the effect of their exposure will end up to be a positive strengthen to their character. In the memoir The Glass Castle written by Jeannette Walls, we see the effects of past experiences on Jeannette and we see how she uses those situations to shape the person that she becomes. Jeannette is a focal point to the life of success that a person can live even after growing up in an unorthodox family. She goes to prove that even with the strangest life she lives, she had the passion to pursue her goals is significant and her desire achieves the life she wants while her dreams were being

The memoir The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is the tragic story of Wall’s abusive childhood with her alcoholic father and living in poverty. One of the most important and memorable parts of her story of struggle is when she actually stands up for herself against her father on pages 236-238. Throughout Jeannette’s horrid childhood, she has always been loyal to her father, even though he has been highly abusive. It is at this point of the story Jeannette’s rhetorical strategies help convey to the reader her realization that she needs to stand up for herself and get away from her parents. Even in only three pages, Jeannette's strategies show how much better off she would have been without the help of her parents.

According to Elizabeth Lowell, “Some of us aren't meant to belong. Some of us have to turn the world upside down and shake the hell out of it until we make our own place in it.” Sometimes what every situation needs is an outsider to flip the script and create a new outlook on everything. In Shirley Jackson’s novel, “We Have Always Lived in the Castle,” the speaker, Merricat, is an outsider of society on many levels, such as mental health, gender, and that she is an upper class citizen in a poor area. Although Merricat is mentally unstable, her outsider’s perspective criticizes the social standard for women in the 1960s, indicating that social roles, marriage, and the patriarchy are not necessary aspects in life such as it is not necessary to have the same outlook on life as others.

In order to survive in an ever changing environment it is important to be open to the idea of modification despite fear. Though change can be scary, making modifications can be a good thing. The community of the Citadel was so set in their old ways of only accepting and breeding masculinity that Shannon Faulkner’s acceptance into the school resulted in complete pandemonium, “She would be what one Citadel defender called in his

These lines are taken from The Wars by Timothy Findley. In the Part 1, As snow falls, Robert holds up at the railway station with a bag kept really close to him. He is mindful so as to ensure nobody sees him. He jumps at the noise of the train. This shows that he is very cautious and watchful. He waited until the point that every one of the men have come off the train and wishes for nobody to see him. He sees three ladies, one of whom looks at him. He looks at the other way which exhibits that Robert is quite shy, want his privacy and does not trust women. He is helped to remember Heather Lawson, a lady he once knew who had demanded that he fight another man since that man was attracted towards her. Robert recalls that he found the entire

Hazing in universities across the nation has become an increasingly dangerous ritual that is seemingly becoming more difficult to put an end to due to its development into an "underground" activity. Though a regular activity in the seventies, hazing, a possible dangerous act of initiation to a group, has now become an activity that is banned in thirty-nine states (Wagner 16). However, this ritual has not been stopped or become less severe. In fact it is becoming more dangerous. Since it has been banned, with many colleges imposing their own penalties against those participating in it, many fraternities and sororities have pursued this activity in an underground fashion. Since these groups have gone underground, some victims of these

The struggles in life are something everyone is faced with whether it is physical, emotional mental or personal struggles. These efforts are capable of shaping an individual’s personality and outlook on life. Timothy Findley’s novel The Wars shows that conflicts lead to the character’s ultimate inner struggles, outer struggles, and self-discovery. War exists in a person’s physical and psychological aspects. In The Wars, Robert Ross goes to war and fights a personal and physical battle. In the novel The Wars, Robert Ross is a sensitive nineteen-year-old boy who experiences firsthand the horrors of battle as a Canadian Soldier in the First World War in hopes of trying to find who he is. Being named a Lieutenant shortly after arriving in

Hazing in universities across the nation has become an increasingly dangerous ritual that is seemingly becoming more difficult to put an end to due to its development into an “underground” activity. Though a regular activity in the seventies, hazing, a possible dangerous act of initiation to a group, has now become an activity that is banned in thirty-nine states (Wagner 16). However, this ritual has not been stopped or become less severe. In fact it is becoming more dangerous. Since it has been banned, with many colleges imposing their own penalties against those participating in it, many fraternities and sororities have pursued this activity in an underground fashion. Since these groups have gone underground, some victims of these

The antiquated views of women in society have somehow been of constant discussion. In the novel The Man in The High Castle, Philip K Dick manages to provide insight into a world where Nazi Germany and Japan won the war and are fully in control of what would be the US today. In this engaging sci-fi novel, the author delves into the theme of gender roles in society. He presents a viewpoint in which women are merely objects, controlled by other men. Through women, the author represents the probing dilemmas in society, and at the same time, provides a stark contrast with the ending of the novel.

David Brooks ‘Moral Suicide’ begins with him lamenting how easy it is to criticize a Tom Wolfe novel. However, Brooks decides to instead to debate the books ideas on the climate of morality today. The plot of the newest Wolfe novel I Am Charlotte Simmons, follows the eponymous character moving from her small town in North Carolina to a high-end university only to discover its moral decay. Wolfe describes college like a festering hell hole with no regards to morality and all that it entails. He describes a moral decay taking place, calling it a moral suicide. Brooks criticizes Wolfe’s portrayal of college students as these sort of gremlins that have no care for the discord they cause. However, he believes that Wolfe has stumbled upon something worthwhile, while students minds are developed, their character is not.

On the other hand, Dazed and Confused portrays many instrumental relationships (most related to hazing) that encourage status relations in the high school setting. In the opening scenes, next year’s group of seniors are preparing for the annual hazing of incoming freshmen. “When classes dismiss, the incoming freshmen boys are hazed by paddling, and the incoming freshmen girls are hazed by being covered in condiments, flour, and raw eggs” (Linklater, 1993). These hazing incidents reveal the basic status hierarchy in the high school which is largely based on graduation class. According to a 2002 study, “Students are pulled toward hazing for the promise it brings: a sense of belonging. It’s better to be degraded than to be on the outs” (Oliff, 2002). This initial sense of belonging to a certain group is what coerces many upcoming high schoolers to endure the pain and embarrassment of hazing rituals. The relationships between the perpetrators and the victims of hazing, however, are purely instrumental. Exposing younger students to such degrading initiation instills a sense of fear in them that causes an overestimation of the power possessed by upperclassmen. Not only does hazing create “fake” relationships, it also makes the incoming freshmen more likely to haze younger students when they eventually become upperclassmen. The status hierarchy in high schools is enforced by the negative effects of hazing that unrealistically portray upperclassmen as all-powerful. In addition, the