Mirror By Grealy Analysis

I mean, I am smart and funny, and I know I’m a good person. But this is high school, and nobody seems to care about that. Why couldn’t I be tall and elegant like Diondra, or have Judianne’s perfect complexion, all smooth, super-rich fudge? Better yet, why couldn’t I look like Tanisha, or Gloria?” (Grimes 46). This showcases inner conflict as Janelle’s character is shown insecure about her physical appearance. Even though Janelle is aware of her good qualities, she makes her physical appearance overshadow them. Janelle compares herself to others which make it hard for her to embrace herself and realize her self worth. This tells the reader how society is so attentive to the outer beauty of a person, that one isn’t giving importance to the inner qualities of themselves. On the other hand this is evident in Freedom Writers when Andre Bryant who is characterized as a tough and aggressive guy, agrees to a failing mark in Mrs. Erin Gruwell’s class. When asked why he did not try he says “It's what I feel I deserve, that's all” (LaGravenese). This made Mrs. Gruwell question this behaviour and tried to consult him by insuring that he can do it. This

As the novel begins we are shown Edna’s life before her escape from society’s standards. At the beginning we are shown that Edna is valued by society because of her physical appearance and is portrayed as a housewife married to a wealthy husband. On only the seventh page of the novel we are shown the lack of individuality women had during this time period. We are first introduced to Edna and Edna’s husband, Leonce. Leonce creates the income for the family as well as viewing his wife more of a possession rather than a partner. Leonce notices Edna is sunburned when she has come back from swimming and views her as “a valuable piece of property which has suffered some damage” (7).

She did not listen to anything society infringed upon her. She had a dream of money and carried it through when she opened her own dress shop. She did not let the stereotypical views upon the hired girls stand in her way of her dream. She was determined to reach her goal and with all of her hard work she did just that.

Douglas describes Sophia Auld’s change “under the influence of slavery” her “cheerful eye, under the influence of slavery… soon became red with rage” her “voice, made all of sweet accord, changed to one of harsh and horrid discord; and that [her] angelic face gave place to that of a demon” (Douglas 78). Despite her good nature, his mistress succumbed to the power that came with being a slave owner. One’s nature may play a part in his disposition, but who one actually becomes depends on his or her temptations and environment. Bradbury conveys this through the mindless culture of his world that “nips most of them,” “the queer ones” who are “exceptionally bright” and think for themselves, “in the bud.” Simply exposure to the school environment suppresses the intelligence and curiosity in children and them empty, pleasure driven drones. They are corrupted by their society, not necessarily by their own disposition. Thus both authors show In summation, Douglas and Bradbury similarly express the importance of one’s environment and situation to their his or her

In the novel Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier, Griet faces many challenges which causes her identity to change. Though Griet starts out as an innocent maid who has to follow orders, she starts developing her own opinion and the ability to make decisions. Griet changes from an household servant to having the courage to share her opinion to a mature lady, capable of making her own decisions. Many factors contribute to the change in Griet’s identity, but the main factor is Vermeer, her master.

The author gives a detailed account of Alys appearances since it portrays her personality too. Many traits that a woman wears on the outside is assumed to be on the inside as well. This woman was neither modest in dress nor her behavior. She was a woman who has gapped teeth, wears excess amounts of jewelry, and she wears dark colored lip stain. The gapped teeth where a sign of lose legs. The excess amount of jewerlier is a sign of boastfulness, and finaly her dark lip color draws attention to herself. All of her looks her broad hips reflect her tramp side. Her personality is big and clever. She is everything a woman should not be. She lacks ethics that girls of that time were supposed to have had. She barges in on conversation and demands

I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size..." (Angelou, 1-2) Most women are over-sexualized in today's media however, Angelou is brave enough to be herself despite the

The reader becomes aware of the flaws that society sees in the young girl in the second stanza; “everyone saw a fat nose and thick legs” and disregarded the fact that she “tested intelligent” because they were too wrapped up in her imperfections (Mays 724). The young girl’s inner beauty was never discussed within the poem, the readers weren’t made of aware of her personality, her smile, or her mentality. Instead they were bombarded with flaws that society found in the girl. Everyone should feel beautiful in their own skin, but with the expectations that society has set for women to look and act has made it hard for some women to embrace their beauty. The use of imagery allows the readers to see the flaws in the young girl just as society has.

Pattern recognition explores a women, Cayce Pollard, removes all the logos from her own clothing as a way to preserve her identity. In contrast to the women presented in the podcast “fetish in Japan” in BBC that women were portrayed to meet social expectation: they tend to dress up cute and do services that met men’s expectation, this novel seems to portray a woman who rather possesses a sense of individuality and her characters are not fixed by the rigid rules or social expectation to her. She does not define herself as propriety to society or men. She makes her living by her unique abilities. From my perspective, it is a sign that women’s role in society today is heading to a status that they gradually possess the conscious of identity rather than a dependent. Gibson intentionally portrays Cayce in such way to illustrate to us where women’s role will be headed in the near

Do you have a certain hobby or sport that you have been passionate about since you were a child? Lucille Clifton did, and that passion was writing. She felt as if it gave her “a way of walking in the world, a way of seeing the world, a way of understanding the world in one's life.” As an African American woman she didn't really fit in with others. Her poem “ What the Mirror Said” describes the insecurities of a woman and how they need to love themselves for who they are, not by hating their image because of comparison to another.

From a deeper point of view, the novel reflect the author's serious thinking of the 1920s American social mental outlook through three female characters, the author through its own failure experience profound reflects the essence of the American dream at that time. He realizes that behind the beauty of American women, the essence of lacking spiritual and money worship. The novel uses three female characters to reveal the American dream in the 1920s like American women, though the appearance is beautiful, the essence is shallow and vacuous. Based on no moral concept and no spiritual essence of the materially American dream, the inevitable result is

She is now seen as a regular domesticated woman, a “simple” creature with no “intellect”. Throughout history art has been masculine based. “The world artist means man” (28), showing that art was not meant to include women, women were not meant to be artists. They have been underestimated throughout history, because of their place in society, and as they were believed to be simple creatures who couldn’t think for themselves. “So long as a woman remains from unsexing herself, let her dabble in anything” (31).

Angelou’s speaker and Wyndam’s Gran defy society through their actions with Angelou’s speaker, “[dancing] like [she] has diamonds at the meeting of [her thighs],”(Angelou 27), claiming her own self worth in a society that dictates she cannot have any, and Gran claiming to have, “made four wheels yesterday,”(Wyndam 41) in a society that fears the wheel above all else. Unlike

Imagine having an unforgettable influence from someone you thought to be of high standards. Maya Angelou had this influence and expressed it vividly as she wrote Sister Flowers. The essay is passionate, yet conservative, and a carefully descripted narrative to say the least. While reading the essay there are many ideas anyone could relate and acquire knowledge to write their own essay or paper on, like myself. Even though Sister flowers is easy to read, you will find it to be intriguing and inspiring in many ways.

Sylivia Plath composes “Mirror” to portray the human, mostly woman, obsession over one’s appearance and dependence on reflections and how it creates how one sees themself. She displays this captivation to fabrication by employing diction to express the importance of reflections and the truth it shows that humans so rely on. The second stanza constructs how “I am important to her.” This composes how the mirror recongnizes it is important to the woman. The mirror appervieves this because “she comes and goes” and “each morning it is her face that replaces the darkness” “day after day.” The woman is indicated to be vain because of her need to see her reflection everyday. The woman’s compulsion to view her feature exhibits the human delusion that