Comparison Between ' Ghost World ' By Terry Zwigoff Essay

By exhibiting traditional gender roles in his novel, Jonathan Franzen exposes the oppression that inequality brings. In the Lambert home, traditional gender roles are very prominent. If Enid “got sloppy and talked about the wrong thing to Alfred”, she would be immediately shut down and ignored (359 Franzen). As a woman, she is only allowed to talk about “sex or fulfillment or fairness”, not about politics or

In a country that is the melting pot for many cultures, it is hard to interact with all of them. Tony Hillerman educates readers about one culture, the Navajos, through his novel, The Ghostway. After a shooting occurs in the quiet Indian reservation, a Navajo police Jim Chee, officer overcomes many obstacles physically, mentally, and spiritually to sort the case out and protect a young girl. He is constantly struggling with his identity, whether or not he should continue living his life as a Navajo or cross over to mainstream “white” life. Although the book’s main plot is about a murder and police investigations, a theme that the book is always making references about is cultural differences and how these

Children can be an unseen ghost as they walk silently in the footsteps of their dying parent. Having a serious illness in the family creates its own kind of culture; the culture of the “sick family”, where an illness takes the lead as the most important player in the family. Children who are used to being the first consideration in most homes suddenly take a far second to dealing with the illness. They are often left out of important discussions and shielded from seeing the sick or dying parent and many of their basic needs are left poorly met. In the emotional chaos of critical illness children are often believed to be unaware of what is actually happening, and are forced to either find emotional support from someone outside the family or hurt alone. Julie Orringer in her short story titled

Both Watchmen by Alan Moore and Ghost World by Daniel Clowes comment on an individual’s role in the political sphere through similar themes but differing narratives. Most notably, the two graphic novels focus on the motif of graffiti and the varying political attitudes and motivations of the characters. Ghost World focuses on Enid’s response, an apathy that allows her to thus remove herself from the political sphere and any potential progress. On the other hand, both Rorschach and Ozymandias of Watchmen make elaborate efforts to mend the political unrest, but they are unintentionally distanced from the experience of the average citizen’s political struggle and cannot comprehend realistic cause and effect. Consequently, none of the characters

In “Ghost World,” The female characters, Enid and Rebecca, do not have a traditional friendship because their bond is through their mutual hatred of the world around them; they are ghosts, who live in the shadows between a young and mature adult. Although Enid and Rebecca have known each other for a long time, the distance between

In order to deconstruct how well Danganronpa functions with its narrative structure as a visual novel, this paper will be using both feminist and gender theory as a lens, namely those ideas from Judith Butler. As a narrative, Danganronpa initially sets up various stereotypes and constructed spectrums for its characters to play off of. Both these stereotypes as well as spectrums are black and white in nature, with characters often falling on one side or another at various points in the story. However, as the narrative continues many characters begin to break out of their stereotypes and bend the rules of the created spectrums, specifically those spectrums of gender and sexuality. As Butler suggests, “a relation among socially constituted subjects

    In order for a film to be successful many different elements must be taken into consideration even before beginning to shoot. The tone of the piece, what sort of lighting will be used, the location of the shots, and a palette for the film, are all elements that need to be considered before the actual filmmaking begins. However, even with rigorous planning, questions will still arise during shooting, questions that might not even be apparent or answered until the footage reaches the editing room. However, many shortcomings in shooting can be solved through editing. In fact, with good editing pretty much any type of footage can be made into a working piece of art. But good

For my Seminar Paper, I want to compare the discussion of sexuality in Nella Larsen’s Passing and Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio. In this comparison, I want to focus on whether the sexual desires of the women are fulfilled and in what ways these desires are either ignored or fulfilled. In both pieces, I believe that sexual desire is either stunted or impossible to explore for the female characters, but because of the different settings of the stories, classes, and races of the characters, the female characters’ desires are unfulfillable for different reasons. Using this comparison, I hope to draw conclusions about the representation of women between these two distinctly different authors. As I see problems possibly arising by comparing

In order to properly view a story from a feminist perspective, it is important that the reader fully understands what the feminist perspective entails. “There are many feminist perspectives, and each perspective uses different approaches to analyze and interpret texts. One is that gender is “socially constructed” and another is that power is distributed unequally on the basis of sex, race, and ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, ability, sexuality, and economic class status” (South University Online, 2011, para. 1). The story “Girl” is an outline of the things young girls

This book is presented in a very raw form. It is uncut and shows exactly how teenagers function within society. Its popularity soars from its modern lingo, sexual references, and its light approach to adolescent life. Ghost World was created by Daniel Clowes when he was a teenager, giving it an unforced cheerfulness that any teenager can relate to. Ghost World includes characters like Allen Weinstein, the boy with whom Enid had her first sexual experience with, who also smoke marijuana and rebels against his wealthy parents.

In the world of pop-culture movies, women are represented in a pretty, fantasized, often objectified light. Catherine Breillat, a controversial director on many feminist fronts, breaks these norms by creating female characters that explore their sexuality and search for intimacy outside of what might be considered “normal”. Through the use of a myriad of unforgiving close ups Breillat explores not only the enigma of female sexuality, but also the female form in its reality in the movies Romance and Anatomy of Hell. In order to introduce these movies, women’s representation in media must be explored so as to understand why Catherine Breillat explores the themes she explores. Themes such as the consistent reliance of women on men in order to fulfill some sort of affirmation, both in media and reality. Breillat explores feminist concepts and female sexuality in a way that had never been done before; Anatomy of Hell and Romance are beautiful depictions of the controversy she stirs and the conversation she starts.

“Adults, older girls, shops, magazines, newspapers, window signs - all the world had agreed that a blue eyed, yellow-haired, pink-skinned doll was what every girl child treasured. ‘Here,’ they said, ‘this is beautiful, and if you are on this day ‘worthy’ you may have it” (Morrison 20). One day, a new student, named Maureen Peal, arrives at the school Pecola attended. She fit the bill for society’s beauty standards: pampered, light-skinned and a green eyed black girl. “A high-yellow dream child with long brown hair braided into two lynch ropes that hung down her back. She was rich, at least by our standards, as rich as the richest of white girls, swaddled in comfort and care. The quality of her clothes threatened to derange Frieda and me” (Morrison 62). She intimidates Pecola and her school friends with her beauty and possessions. They envy her because she has what they desire. “If she was cute - and if anything could be believed, she was - then we were not. And what did that mean? We were lesser. Nicer, brighter, but still lesser. Dolls we could destroy, but we could not destroy the honey voices of parents and aunts, the obedience in the eyes of our peers, the slippery light in the eyes of our teachers when they encountered the Maureen Peals of the world” (Morrison 74). Maureen’s character emphasizes the desire for an “easier” life just because of her physical appearance. Both black and white people treat Maureen with equal respect. It is as if following society's guidelines give her a fast pass throughout her

In contemporary literary studies there is an abundant amount of literary theories and criticism that can be evaluated when analyzing any type of literary work. In Jamaica Kincaid’s Girl the literary theory regarding feminism and other feminist evaluations can be utilized to understand the themes, motives, imagery and other noteworthy elements included in Girl. The feminist theory contains a major breakdown on the feminist perspective and the development of gender in literature throughout the nineteenth century and so forth. Using works from Judith Butler and Helene Cixous, Girl exemplifies the feminist theory through the characteristics discovered through these criticisms and provides readers with a better understanding of the short story.

In this essay I will explain the similarities and differences with the topic of genders and sexuality between the stories Weetzie Bat by Francesce Lia Block, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and The Color of Earth by Dong Hwa Kim. Each of these books are mainly for girl readers and it shows female characters facing changes as they are maturing from young children to young adults.

There 's that look people get told they have, where they look like they 've seen a ghost. I want to know what it means to have that feeling but knowing you 're the ghost. It had been too long since I stepped foot anywhere near these parts of the city. After I turned and changed into who I am now, I never wanted to risk getting seen by any members of the family that runs this part. That is actually a good reason they have never been able to extend their territory any further. It 's kind of easy to hear when a gang war is about to break out for someone to gain new ground. And for me, it 's all too easy to join the defending family and help kill men you were once friends with to make sure you had the room to run fucking wild. I 'm made a few good friends, nah I made a few bad acquaintances by doing that. The men that run other parts of this city know me by who I am now, only one knows me by who I was. Maybe it 's for the best he knows Big Mac is against him, less likely that it 's me behind the mask then. God, in those days, before I grew up and found out doing everything I was getting told to do, without being told to do them was so much better, Claire not counting, she just above another voice in my head. But the freedom I have, may not seem like a good thing for the city and its people, but I love being me and only this me.