Masculinity In The Gas Room-Personal Narrative

The definition of masculinity; Is the fact of being a man or having qualities considered typical of a man.

Following "Lamb to the Slaughter" in this anthology was a work named "Taste," which involves an outlandish bet between two wealthy males. The men are both worldly wine connoisseurs who challenge each other to name the breed and vintage of an obscure bottle of claret. At stake in this ostentatious guessing game is the eighteen-year-old daughter of the host. The famous epicure Richard Pratt cheats in finding the claret's name so that he may marry the virgin Louise Schofield.

Normally wine is started in the fall when the ripe grapes arc harvested. It is not ready to be tasted until at least the following May-the origin of the young, and often very harsh, ‘May Wine.’ This time sequence coincides with the typical school year and thus provides an ideal opportunity to have a continuing demonstration. As the year passes and the course progresses, continued reference can be made to the various stages of the wine production….

At the same time, it shows how the world progresses. For example, wine was thought to be a drink for the noble and for the mighty; only high-ranking members of the hierarchy were able to drink wine, such as educated men in Greek symposiums. Soon enough, wine became more available and was then drunk by the masses, instead of beer; even slaves ended up drinking wine. However, wine still made the clear distinction between those who were powerful and those who were not—the most prestigious individuals drunk the rarest and heaviest wines while the least prestigious such as the slaves drunk light and putrid wine. This shows the development of social structures and the progress of history as there were now clearly-marked different social classes that would influence the world for years to come. I decided to choose this example because I always thought that the drinking of wine meant one was wealthy, but I found out it was more influential than I thought, and although it was drunk by the wealthy, it was also quite omnipresent among different

Your fingertips followed the movement of your hand as they brushed over the wood grain, barely making contact as each one dragged against the oak. Occasionally, your path was interrupted by pools of spilt alcohol, fluid spawning ripples with every beat of unidentified music. The vocals could have been French, Spanish or Enochian. You didn’t know, nor did you care. Alternative rock. Classical. Rap. Whatever the label, it was all just a distant murmur of voices and instruments. But the smell, you certainly noticed. The stench of summer sex and CK eternity, oh, hell, yes. In all honesty, the only reason you chose the company of intoxicated minds over the depths of bed blankets was the promise of some form of gain. From a free drink to the occasional pickpocketing, you would take anything considering your situation. Maybe things would be different if you didn’t call a different motel room every night ‘home’ and dinner meant whatever you could swap for what little cash you owned.

What confuses most people in the selection of wines is that they don’t draw a line between these two categories:

Great wines can also be dependent on a given mood or occasion. During an East Coast Grape of the Night meeting, a comparison was made between two top Australian Shiraz wines, Molly Dooker Boxer and R Winery First Class. I could not say that one was better than the other. The Molly Dooker Boxer was a thick heavily extracted fruit bomb wine that had a long lingering finish. The R Winery First Class was more subtle, reminding me more of a French style wine, slightly dry in the finish with well defined flavors on the

A cowboy, the strong and silent “man’s man” is the iconic figure of masculinity. The same cowboy also has a certain fragileness. The perception of a man usually does not reveal the fragile side. However, Gretel Ehrlich reveals this underlying soft side of cowboys in About Men (1985), and Paul Theroux explains in Being a Man (1985) that the idea of manhood is pitiful because there is a fragile side to every man.

T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land explores modernism, specifically focusing on the troubling of binaries and the breakdown of the traditional. The boundaries between life and death, wet and dry, male and female, and more are called into question in Eliot’s conception of modernity and the waste land. The blurring of gender boundaries—significantly through Tiresias and the hooded figure scene in “What the Thunder Said”— in the poem lends itself to Eliot’s suggestion that traditional masculinity breaks down and decays in the waste land. Traditional masculinity is further challenged through Eliot’s criticism of hyper-masculinity and heterosexual relations in the modern era through allusions to the myth of Philomela and the “young man carbuncular” scene in “The Fire Sermon.” Along with this, Eliot stages scenes charged with homoeroticism to further challenge ideas of traditional masculinity. Homoerotic scenes such as the “hyacinth girl” scene in “The Burial of the Dead” and the Mr. Eugenides scene in “The Fire Sermon” suggest an intensity and enticement towards male-male relations, while also offering a different depiction of masculinity than is laid out in the heterosexual romance scenes. Through scenes depicting queer desire and homosexual behavior, Eliot suggests that masculinity in the modern era does not need to be marked by aggression and

The man felt that the taste of Eisbock, which was an overwhelming aroma of raisin, banana, clove, and chocolate, had lingered on the tip of his tongue for hours. The aftertaste could be real, or it could be imaginary. All this man knew was that even a barrel of Berliner Weisse with green syrup could not help rinsing down this sickeningly sweet tasting alcohol in his mouth, because he already did so without much success. The brief shower only ended a moment ago, and the water drops continued falling from the rusted ceiling above. He could barely open his eyes, but he sensed the moisture and lifted up his head with difficulties, eagerly catching the droplets with open mouth. Licking to catch the liquid that trailed down

Through the dialogue of “A clear, Well-Lighted Place”, Ernest Hemingway deploys a similarity between the old drunk customer and the older waiter. Their difference also sets apart the character of the older waiter to that of the younger. Once the old man to leave, the younger waiter states to the older, “You talk like an old man yourself. He can buy a bottle and drink at home” (Hemingway 169), to which the older waiter replies “It's not the same” (Hemingway 169). This develops an understanding that the older waiter, like the old drunk customer is lonely. Through their shared loneliness, the older waiter is able to connect with the old drunk customer, thus setting him apart from the younger waiter. Because the younger waiter is married and wants

In his short story “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place,” Ernest Hemingway, uses his usual style of elegant, yet unembellished, prose to depict one late night interaction between an old man, a young waiter, and an older waiter. The story takes place at a café in Madrid, during the era following the “Lost Generation” and is apparent, given the contrasting perspectives of the characters. The part of the story where the young waiter refills the old man’s brandy with an agitated demeanor and the old man desires nothing more than to drink continuously, as he does on a nightly basis, illuminates the broader concerns of the of the story. This passage, although centered around the story's supporting characters, unveils the idea of nothingness before the reader's introduction to the word nada. Hemingway's “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place,” is a revelation to the elaborate complexity of emotional fulfillment versus the existential crisis of spiritual and emotional emptiness, between the young and the old, throughout this particular generational gap.

In absolute terms, the author of the earlier examined piece, gives obvious illustrations of established and recognized male personalities, and applies them to his preferred vocation; however, I personally believe he has mixed feelings, in both his message and individual beliefs. While there is no doubt he enjoys his work, society has likely

Aileana walked over to the bar to place her order for the sampler platter of shrimp, scallops and mussels in white wine, butter, and garlic broth. The platter was served with a chunk of warm dark Scottish oat bread with a generous portion of soft creamy butter. She decided to go with a white wine since her seafood platter came in a wine broth.

“It’s from him.” The waitress flashes me a scheming smile and points to the bar. The man wearing a cream-colored sweater, blue jeans, and boots sits with his back facing me. I can’t see his face in the mirror behind the bar, but he has thick, brown hair and broad shoulders. I take a sip. A fuzzy navel. How did he know?