Analysis Of The BookPost Office, By Charles Bukowski

The Red tent is a book that follows the life of a woman named Dinah. The stories that are told throughout take place in biblical times, and follows some of the lineage of the bible itself. The book begins by telling the story of Dinah’s four mothers, along with their relationship with Dinah’s father Jacob. After being introduced to Dinah herself, the book follows her life story from beginning to end, all the way from Haran, through Canaan, Shechem, and into Egypt. Throughout this paper, I will be describing and comparing events of the book verses modern day, in relationship to child birthing practices, family dynamics, personal life experiences of characters, along with discussing herbs, spices, and medications used by

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, by Die Sijie contains many prominent themes, such as the effect and influence of literature on the characters, friendship and loyalty, coming of age, and the power of knowledge. However, one significant, underlying theme appearing throughout the novel is feminism. Feminism is defined as the acnowledgement that women and men are equal socially as well as in intellegence, and that both deserve to have equal rights to freedom and be treated as such in society. Sijie uses this theme to track the Little Seamstress’ development throughout the novel, showing how at first she believes in society's definition of what it means to be civilized, but as she reads literature and begins to think about for

Women are primarily objects of sexual pleasure for the male protagonists. Their characters are always filtered through the men's perspective, with the exception of the maid Bertha, Charlie’s maid, who at times makes fun at either of the brothers. (Perspectives on How Women Internalize the Ideal Beauty Standard, Year Unknown).

The sexual politics of the man-woman relationship, or more specifically the sexual exploitation of women by men, is a clear concern in Margaret Atwood's "Backdrop Addresses Cowboy." Although the oppressor-as-male theme is by no means an original source of poetic inspiration, Atwood's distinction is that she views the destructive man-woman relationship as a metaphor for, symptom and symbol of, bigger things. From the vantage-point of feminine consciousness, Margaret Atwood empahsizes the "backdrop" as being not only the woman, but also the land and the spiritual life of the universe; the "cowboy" is both a man bent on personal gain (possibly an American based

Besides, Margaret as the maid to Hero, is under the deceptive appearance that veiled her witty nature. When she is with the woman, her true self is shown through the use of sexual innuendo when she refers woman as ‘maid and stuffed’ with the idea of pregnancy. She can have bawdy talk just like man when she responds to Hero by saying ‘heavier by the weight of a man’. In a patriarchal society, though women are suppressed, they are not totally submissive and innocent as their true self is veiled by the deceptive appearance.

She shows a female character doing what previously only men had done; directly committing herself to the criminal underworld, walking dangerous streets at night, boldly trespassing into perilous areas and defending herself- all the things that only men would do in conventional versions of the genre. On the very first page, Day introduces this concept of ironic mockery by creating confusion as to the gender of the character. A tough voice that fills the requirements of hard-boiled school men is established, and only after turning the page does the reader realize that the terribly hung-over narrator is a female private-eye and the blonde in the bed is a good-looking male.

The stories in David Rensin’s book, The Mailroom: Hollywood History From the Bottom Up, are exciting, intriguing and perfectly suited for reality television. The book, which is comprised of interviews with over 200 mailroom graduates from some of the biggest Hollywood talent agencies, reveals the not-so-glamorous lives of mailroom assistants in the most glamorous industry in the world (Rensin). These mailroom clerks are young, motivated, and competitive individuals who aspire to be Hollywood agents making millions. Such driven and aggressive people would make for excellent reality stars. Due to the combination of business-oriented tasks and out-of-office drama, The Mailroom is the result of The Apprentice meeting Vanderpump Rules.

The novel, Station Eleven, written by Emily St. John Mandel, has an abundance of examples of speaking about the past. Many characters in this book talk about experiences with their past, whether it be memorable or something they did not want to remember. Everyone has their own opinions on whether or not they should remember the past, and if they should continue to study it or not. Three characters that are involved with the past in the novel are Clark Thompson, Jeevan Chaudhary, and Kirsten Raymonde.

The obsession, the hardship, and the struggle to make life seemingly simple and easy, is an understatement to its true complexity. To dwell in the past, is a fault that one must not fall under, or else the difficulty to progress and move forward with the future, is a pleasure the past will have to turn any due progression, into failure. Robertson Davies’ novel, Fifth Business, examines the memoir of the character Dunstan Ramsay that reveals the struggles he comes across in his life, and the failure he has with moving forward to progressing from these struggles. By examining Dunstan’s Victoria Cross, his engagement to Diana, and Mary being a saint, one can see behind every literal event is a deeper psychological truth that Dunstan seeks,

Not only does Mrs. Cullinan call an extremely derogatory term, but she throws a piece of the broken china which missed her and hit Miss Glory instead (36). Margaret’s actions are necessary because she lost respect from other

The book Leading From the Second Chair discusses what it is like to lead from the second chair. This was a semi-new concept for me. I have always heard of leadership and know that it is something special, however, I never thought of leading from the second chair. This phrase means being a leader but not the person in charge. This is something that is foreign to me. I have always though that a leader is in charge of their section and other leaders are in charge of their section and eventually they come together to put it all together. However, though going through the experience of my internship and going through this book and leadership class I have learned that this is not the case. When you lead from the second chair you are

In the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, men and women hold very different roles. Not only are women the weaker sex, but their worth is dependant on how powerful and high up their husband is. Because of this, women are forced to be silent and are not allowed an opinion. If a woman shows traits that are considered manly, such as intelligence, determination, or control, she is considered masculine, and therefore unattractive. From a very young age, the main character, Janie, is taught that in order to find a suitable husband, she needs to suppress her independent personality. As a result of this belief being engraved into her, Janie does not realize her worth, therefore she is involved three abusive relationships. For years, girls were taught to make themselves smaller so they do not threaten the male’s reputation. The reader sees that Janie is an example the mistreatment of females through Janie’s three marriages.

Sexual objectification is the act of treating a person as an instrument of sexual pleasure. Miller elucidates this by using milieu of the time period. This sexual objectification of women is mainly used by Willy with his mistress and also with the philandering Happy when he talks about women. This ideology that women are only good for the pleasure of men something that has been prevalent for centuries, stemming from the stereotype that women are objects and/or possessions for a man to exploit. Willy shows no respect to either his wife or his mistress. On his way back to Brooklyn, Willy tells his mistress to “keep [her] pores open” (1.39). This degrading statement gives insight on how Willy views women. He does not view women as people who have identities of their own, but objects that he can use for his own pleasure. Not only does this statement give insight on Willy’s views on women, but also how the mistress views herself. Her response to this statement was “Oh, Willy (1.39)”, and starts to burst out laughing. This depicts how in this time men treated women with no respect, and there were no repercussions. Linda never stood up to Willy in Brooklyn, and neither did his mistress in New England. Willy’s insolence towards women definitely rubbed off onto Happy. Happy, a philanderer, had an “If I want it, then I will get it” attitude towards women. This attitude is demonstrated when he states that, “...I don’t want the girl, and still I take it and- I love it” (1.25). This statement is the epitome of sexual objectification towards women. Happy doesn’t view women as people, but instead just as things that he can “take”.

It would be a challenge not to wonder what causes him to be so nasty, audacious, and insensitive toward everyone, including himself. The transient beauty of Bukowski’s prose is hidden within the elusive and terse nature of his writing. Although it might be hard to appreciate at first glance, it gradually becomes more transparent as the reader becomes increasingly familiar with the two books. With this, the reader gains the ability to enter into the mindset of the protagonist and embark on a series of self-reflections regarding what type of person he/she might have become if he/she experienced similar neglect. Charles Bukowski wrote in a scramble, with a nothing-to-lose truthfulness that became the expedient in reliving the downtrodden generation in which Chinaski is raised. Along with some opinions that were expressed in the critical article in Time Magazine, Bukowski’s main character has deemed himself as none other than what he is in life: a “low life loser.” It does not require an immense level of effort to describe him as such, but attempting to explain a man of his particular genre is unquestionably abstruse. He is ornery and taciturn; when he does speak, it is with no apologies. He lives his life botching any remedial job for which he is lucky enough to get hired, and has no desire to escape the sphere he lives in as a “loser.” The reader must first ask why Henry

prison that shackles all the basic impulses with which, he believes, men are endowed "Man is by instinct a lover, a hunter, a fighter" (Williams). In the warehouse, Tom does not find any satisfaction at all "I’d rather somebody picked up a crowbar and battered out my brains than go back mornings!" (Williams) let alone amiable, intimate friendship or companionship.