Great Gatsby Chapter 16 Summary

This novel “is a book that truly speaks to adolescents in contemporary language and with teenage characters about adolescent sexuality” (Kaplan 27). Katherine is learning about her sexuality in the novel.

In contrast, by appearance of a horny sexual character, Joyce, viewers are positioned to see the danger of a woman as she rallies support which turns into a mob after she fails to proceed what she wants – sexual intercourse. However, the actions of main character, Edward, and the clothes worn him and more importantly, an awkward looks of him with scissors for hands positions the viewers to see him as a person who can't and never will fit in ordinary suburbia. Burton’s use of these characters is to convince viewer that whether conformity is good or bad, distinct individual is always to be left behind.

Sexuality has an inherent connection to human nature. Yet, even in regards to something so natural, societies throughout times have imposed expectations and gender roles upon it. Ultimately, these come to oppress women, and confine them within the limits that the world has set for them. However, society is constantly evolving, and within the past 200 years, the role of women has changed. These changes in society can be seen within the intricacies of literature in each era. Specifically, through analyzing The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, one can observe the dynamics of society in regards to the role of women through the lens of the theme of sexuality. In both novels, the confinement and oppression of women can be visibly seen as a result of these gender roles. Yet, from the time The Scarlet Letter was published to the time The Bell Jar was written, the place of women in society ultimately changed as well. Hence when evaluating the gender roles that are derived from sexuality, the difference between the portrayals of women’s oppression in each novel becomes apparent, and shows how the subjugation of women has evolved. The guiding question of this investigation is to what extent does the theme of sexuality reflect the expectations for women in society at the time each novel was written. The essay will explore how the literary elements that form each novel demonstrate each author’s independent vision which questions the

Vallery A. Lupande Professor: Kristopher Whited Eng: 122 February 2, 2016 Pornography Pornography in the 1880s, a topic could not be discussed openly and considered shameful. Sometimes it's hard to describe or even to explain how far back did pornography business started? Furthermore, who came with this idea of exchanging sex for money? I even wonder if there were any law to prohibit or regulate the age in order to be part of the business. It is obvious that this was not an easy topic to discuss back then and maybe that's why Lawrence novel was banned in the UK and US since pornography or sex, in general, was a very sensitive topic and very secretive to the point where only wealthy people could have access to. As I was reading the book, I started asking myself few questions and that include why was Lawrence novel banned? Was it because what he said in his novel was against the

Chapter 8 starts the day after the tragic events of Myrtles death. Nick, unable to sleep, hears a car pull into Gatsbys drive and decides to go talk to Gatsby. Gatsby tells Nick that he stayed outside Daisy’s house until four o clock to make sure that nothing happened, which it didn't. Worried for Gatsby’s safety, Nick tells Gatsby “you ought to go away… It’s pretty certain they’ll trace your car”. There was actually quite a bit of sense to what Nick had said.

Within the novel lie a plethora of sexual remarks and comments made by male characters towards women. Each of these comments add up to promote the idea that women are symbols of sex and that the society these people are living in is extremely phallocentric. Within the novel lie a plethora of sexual remarks and comments made by male characters towards women. Each of these comments add up to promote the idea that women are symbols of sex and that the society these people are living in is extremely phallocentric. The reader first witnesses these remarks when, while at the Games Building getting registered, Richards has a conversation with a young attractive women where he states bluntly, “Nice tits,” and then later, “He leaned forward and swatted her lightly on the rump,”(King 29).

This binary relationship manifests itself in Levy’s work in another way, as well. Toward the very end of the book Levy claims she has no complaint against women who do gain genuine sexual pleasure from “their vaginas waxed, their breasts enlarged” (Levy, 198). On one hand, Levy recognizes that sexuality is personal and that everyone’s own experiences and preferences are unique. Yet at the same time, by drawing the line between “authentic” and “fake”, she must impersonally interpret these experiences in order to classify them as “problematic”. This desire to judge yet not judge women’s sexual nature represents an underlying tension within the book that threatens to unravel her arguments.

image into our heads of a sexual exchange from everyone. In the first chapter the author

In chapter 8, Nick visits Gatsby in the morning chats with him about last night when Tom, Daisy, and Gatsby were together. Gatsby tells Nick the story about him loving Daisy for her youth and vitality. Gatsby also stated that he lied about his social status in order to impress Daisy and show her that he is worthy in marrying her. In the end, Daisy marries Tom because of their parents’ approval and also because of their social statuses. Later, Gatsby’s gardener asks Gatsby if he wanted his pool drained or not because autumn is coming and if the pool isn’t drained the fallen leaves can clog up the pool. Gatsby refuses to have his pool drained because he never used his pool before and wants to use it for once. Since George Wilson’s wife Myrtle

and, “What is America’s values?” The novel’s setting insinuated this fear for Eliza Wharton’s taboo as she wanted to be young and free and date multiple people, that of which including someone in a different class. The moral dilemma Foster wrote in the novel evokes emotion in the audience, something gothic novels do as well. Although, there is a difference in the emotions evoked: Sentimental novels, on one hand, make the readers feel loving and empathetic and gothic novels make the reader feel scared and full of terror. I want to write about how The Coquette aroused both types of emotion as a “proto-gothic” novel even if it is just in a subtle way.

Another important aspect of the novel is that of sexuality and of same-sex desire. Froehlich states that, in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries,

According to sexology, sex is a foundational part of what it means to be human; it is as much a basic need as eating or sleeping (Connell 9/13). Because sex is highly prioritized in the human mind, creators of media often utilize sex to captivate audiences and advance their own agendas—after all, it has been proven sex sells. A notable example of a sex entertainment phenomenon is the novel-turned-film Fifty Shades of Grey. Despite its global success, the movie was largely criticized by sex scholars who expressed concern with the film’s glorification of abusive sexual relationships, exemplified by the two main characters. By examining Fifty Shades of Grey through the lens of a feminist sex theory, one can better understand the unhealthy ways in which the narrative surpasses the sexual eroticism and experimentation of BDSM, and creates a world in which sexual abuse and abasement is romanticized.

As the reader is getting an idea what is going to be analyzed, this paper is going to have a purpose. The purpose of this paper is going to be that a romance book, in this case Fifty Shades of Grey, can make people believe that a sexual, aggression male can dominate a female with his money and sexual needs. The book is allowing people to believe this

“I think that the dog tied to the chain is an alliteration of Louisa’s virginity.” The class suddenly stuttered to a halt. The offender, one Emily A, had long brown hair done up in a bun and hipster ray ban glasses. She knew very well that Sex, in every subject except in biology, and even then only the bare minimum was accepted, was never a topic to discuss in class. Mrs. Schuster looked like she swallowed a lemon. No one spoke. Even Sarah and Eva in the back had gone

In the late eighteeth century, notions of modesty and propriety meant that there were few ways in which sexuality could be discussed openly in a social setting. Gothic narrative served as an outlet. In Victorian Supernatural fiction, the anxieties surrounding homosexuality is a very prominent theme. However, due to the cultural status of homosexuality as taboo, the subject is heavily veiled in literature. In John Mead Faulkner's `The Lost Stradivarius,' the story appears to be about a young man's obsession with a wonderful musical instrument and a particular piece of music. Through carefully disguised metaphor's, the story conveys pertinent information regarding the reception of homosexuality in England during the Victorian period.