Notes on Anil

Furthermore, the author uses personification to develop the message by making it seem like the stars can move around and cause commotion. For example, Plath says, “The stars drop silently.” (Plath 4). As a result, the author makes us think of stars as if they are people who move around and make noise, causing the audience to see stars in a different perspective. Plath also makes it seem as if the river is an uncontrollable kid by using, “But tonight they have discovered this

The story is set in Panem. It consists of 13 districts. It is run totalitarian dictatorship.There are strict norms practiced in this locality. Norms are the accepted standards of behavior for any given group. The basic norms of this society include obedience and sacrifice. This society can also be called a total institution. A total institution is a place of residence where similarly situated people, cut off from the wider community lead an enclosed, formally administered life together. In the movie, it is shown that the people of panem are not allowed to migrate out of the districts, and thus are cut off from the larger society. People do not oppose this system as they are taught to live in this way. In this society uprisings are prevented through primary and secondary socialization. Primary socialization is when a child learns appropriate values and actions. Children are taught to live and think a certain way. They are introduced to the basic norms and values since a young age. Other form of

It is foolish to think following the community's beliefs and traditions is better than what one believes in. In the novel “The hero's walk” by Anita Rau Badami when family traditions are broken, many harsh consequences are made. In the Sripathi family, decisions made causes society. guilt and female rights to be an issue.

I picked this quote, because in this scene Peter is seen cutting off his Star of David by Anne, and he is confused as to why Anne hesitates to get rid of the thing that has categorized her for her whole life. Peter feels that now he doesn't have to be imprisoned by the patch that he is forced to wear.

The narrator, a young girl named Nea, starts the story in the middle of action. She told that she stabbed a man with knife at eleven years old in order to release her older sister, Sourdi, from the man. “I charged and stabbed the man in the sleeve” (9). This situation is not only a introduction of this story to the readers, but the further explanation of the events explains each of the characters involved in this story. The main character of this story is Ma, who willing to sacrifice Sourdi’s happiness in order to please the man in the society. Next, Sourdi is another main character in this story. She has beautiful face that attracted the attention from admirers throughout this story. Then, Nea is also main character in this story. She is impulsive young girl who reacts in rash to protect her sister from the men that can threaten their relationship.

Peter was released from the mental health facility after 5 years. The writer held this information and allowed the viewer to experience Peter’s delusions. The viewer was allowed to take the journey with Peter and see the world as he saw it.

The heat wave of the summer of 1952, Djinda wiped her hands against her dress. Her mother would kill her, it was dirty and the pink had faded. Her feet were bare and she hurried across the burning sand toward the small house her father had built. They’d both compromised each of their cultures; her father could do whatever he wanted that involved his culture but as long as he built her mother a house. This had been before she was born; her mother had also wanted to go to the hospital for her birth but had compromised to let the women of her husband’s tribe in there with her – much to the doctor’s protests.

Couple executed by their own parents... for daring to fall in love. This case shows that both society and families are our own undoing. Our families have such high expectations and we fear them out of respect. Like two young sweethearts Vidhal and Sonu secret love, led to the barbaric murdered by their own kin. I say that this is heartbreaking to hear that family's that are willing to end their children's lives instead of facing humiliation. But humiliation to what cost. "The girl’s parents decided that the best way out of the situation was to kill their daughter". They were embarrassed because they were of a lower caste, so they decided the only way to rid them of that embarrassment was to kill their daughter. Society has also set up the caste system and it shows that richer or better people are at the top while less people are on the

For young children it is easy to be carefree about your future. It is not until you are an adolescent that you begin to see what is important and what is expected of you. In the Walt Disney motion picture Mulan the title character is being tested by what her traditions and society expects of her. The film touches on numerous concepts on childhood and what society expects of children in China. She has to exist in a community where her gender has expectations set for young females. She has strict traditional expectations set by her family for her age, in which she is to be prepared to seek out a husband. War begins to threaten the community and her father who is aging and ill is expected to go and serve. Her instinct to protect her aging father leads her to make a decision and to begin the journey to find out who she is on inside. Mulan embarks in a self quest to find out who she really is and goes against all the social construction that society has set out for her.

Readers are introduced to Busayna by Aswany (2002) describing her character as an educated woman who once had a set life plan but as soon as her father passed away resulted in the dynamics of her household changing. Varying from her mother taking up a job outside the home to Busayna being pressured to put her dignity to the side to provide for her family. The text

Young boys Amir and Hassan have grown up in the same household and are the best of friends. The only difference between the two is that Hassan is Amir’s servant. Growing up in Kabul, Afghanistan the boys face obstacles day to day, however, no obstacle can compare to the coming one. Separated by war, Amir and Hassan grow up in two different worlds, the prior leaving Afghanistan for America. One day Amir receives a call from an old friend from Afghanistan telling him he must come at once. Amir soon learns the horrible truth and must come to terms with himself to make up for his previous wrongdoings.

Ancient Greek called the God of the dead as Anubis but Ancient Egyptian called Anubis (Inpu) (Egyptian Way), Anubis is known as the Egyptian god of mummification, afterlife and also the underworld as well as the god of lost souls and the helpless, he only worship God, Goddess and the dead. He is one of the oldest gods of Egypt in the old kingdom, who most likely to developed from the earlier (much older) jackal god Wepwawet with whom he is often confused. Anubis' image is seen on royal tombs from the First Dynasty Of Egypt (c. 3150-2890 BCE) but it is certain he had already developed a cult following prior to this period in order to be invoked on the Tombs walls for protection. He is thought to have developed in response to wild dogs such

There is evidence of physical, mental, psychological abuse described from an early age. An alcoholic Father, controlling Mother responsible for a series of abortions made against the will of Malaika. A husband who after physically abusing her, once separated becomes a vicuous stalker inducing a consistent fear. At the central part of the book, a man walks into Malaika's life, a charming man with an accent, a man who seemed foreign to her in many ways, he was kind to her, offered a sanctuary away from her tyrannical husband and family, a role model for her two daughters in the true meaning of a “Father”. It is no surprise to the reader when this knight in shining armour turns out to be too good to be true.

In The Sand Child, Tahar Ben Jelloun composes a multi-layered tale about Ahmed, a woman socialized as a man, who struggles to reclaim her sexuality. Ben Jelloun contrasts gender and sexual orientation to suggest that a person’s characteristics can be shaped and changed by will, but his sexuality is predisposed and will be the deciding factor of how he will act and identify himself within his community.

Shirley Lim Geok-Lin’s “Mr. Tang Girls” is a short story that illustrates the life of the four Malaccan girls in the second family of Mr. Tang or better known as Ah Kong in the story. This story, set off back in the 20th century in Malacca, mainly revolves around how Ah Kong tried to control his family especially the eldest girl, Kim Li and how she finally set herself free by killing him. The theme victimization and resistance of women against the patriarchy of family by using the feminist literary tools of male domination, exploitation of women as well as resistance.