Summary Of Sylvia Piviah's Initiation, By Sylvia Plath

Another influential change in 1970 was the role of women on campus. One dorm integrated the sexes (Yackety Yack, 1970, p. 23) alongside Pi Lambda Phi, the university’s only coed fraternity (Hancher, 1970, p. 1). At this time, women on campus had strict rules concerning their activities after hours. Some of these rules were loosened. For example, by 1970 women no longer had to sign out if leaving their rooms after 11 pm and could enjoy the freedom of spending time in men’s housing (White, 1969, p. 2). While reigns were still tight on what women were permitted to do on campus, these small changes still strongly impacted the campus dynamic.

As a college student living out her father’s dream of a college degree, Cheryl falls in love with Mike, the leader of Gamma Beta Psi fraternity, and the most athletic and handsome brother on campus. Cheryl must learn to see men for who they are when a young Christian, Perry, decides to pledge Mike’s fraternity.

A few weeks later, she was approached by a nice gentleman who was a member of a fraternity at the campus who introduced her to his sorority sisters. One of the sisters took an immediate liking to Sophie and offered to be her “big sis” is she decided to join. Big Sis expressed that Sophie reminded her of herself; young, shy, sweet and innocent. Sophie decided to pledge when she heard that she would have a family on campus that would support and protect her. After she started pledging, Sophie started partying and drinking every weekend at parties thrown by the sorority and their brother fraternity. On the weekdays, Sophie would be out all day and returning to her room only in time for bed. She joined an organization that was in charge of the majority of

In part 1, we examined the concept of identity and society. Inspired by the short story, “The ‘In’ Group” by Eve Shalen, I decided to write a dramatic monologue. The course outcome my dramatic monologue attempts to meet is to: “analyse[s] how audience and purpose affect the structure and content of texts”. Eve Shalen’s short story (please see Appendix) expresses the remorse felt by 13 year old, Eve for a girl in her class who was being ostracised and bullied by her classmates. The short story “The In Group” is portrayed through the voice of one young girl as she reflects upon her own struggle with being part of “popular” one group at school.

On September twenty-third, 2015, approximately three hundred and thirty three thousand sorority girls are predicted to flock to the University of Tennessee campus. To make room for this incredibly large volume of over-privileged girls, the campus administration is forcing all of the students with last names ending with all the letters from B to Y to vacate their rooms.

Miss. Campbell was apart of the administration at the school. She opposed Erin's teaching tactics. She also thinks Mrs. Gruwell’s students’ can't be trusted and are lost causes. Miss.

In the short story “Initiation”, the author, Sylvia Plath, conveys the theme that being part of a group and having friends is great, but being an individual and having an individual identity is stronger. The narrator simply states that Millicent was “plain” and “shy”, but also tells us that “Tomorrow she would come to school, proudly, laughingly, without lipstick, with her brown hair straight and shoulder length, and then everybody would know, even the boys would know, that she was one of the elect.” By pointing out that she’ll “come to school, proudly, laughingly, without lipstick, with her brown hair straight and shoulder length” suggest that she simply wants to fit in with the other girls at school, she wants to stand out, and that she

Beatrice Prior lives in a world where society is split into five different factions. Each of the factions are devoted to one characteristic: the selfless are called Abnegation, the brave: Dauntless, the peaceful: Amity, the honest: Candor, and the intelligent: Erudite. All 16 year olds choose a faction that they must dedicate their lives to forever. Beatrice’s choice is either to stay with her family, or to be who she is on the inside. Her choice surprises everyone, even herself.

On her way to school, all she could think about was the dress. The dress seemed to be the center of Kawena’s mind and she could not stopped thinking about it. However, after ten minutes of riding in the car, Kawena finally got to school. She waved goodbye to her mother and then went into school. Inside of the school, there were many students. Some students formed a small group, as well as the name of the group. For instance, “The Cool Kids,” “The Nerds,” “The Singers,” “The Mean Girls,” and so forth. Kawena liked all of the groups except The Mean Girls’ group, which consisted of three girls. Kawena does not like The Mean Girls’ group because of the way they treated others. For instance, The Mean Girls would make fun of other students based on their appearance, intelligent, and talent. Despite of how much Kawena hated the girls, she always saw them at school. In addition, the girls and Kawena were in the same choir's

Confessionalism are topics written by authors confessing his/her thoughts and emotions and sharing them to the public. Sylvia Plath was born in Boston, Massachusetts on October 27, 1932; is a confessionalist author with famous works such as Daddy, Lady Lazarus, and Cut which the trio contain a dark nature of writing. Sylvia Plath wrote many poems about her life and sharing it to the public before her suicide in February 11, 1963. Though her writing style convey to confessionalism, people believe that she deviates from confessionalism because she breaks some rules of confessionalism, but Plath conforms to the conventions as she conveys her writing with thought and emotions of her troubled life, fear of her father, and mental issues .

She could be one of the “elect” or being with her loyal friend of years. This is a struggle many high school aged kids face constantly. The best of friends transitioning into high school will break apart in order for one of them to be part of the cool crowd. Millicent doesn’t like the rules she must conform to in order to be part of the sorority, nor does she like the way they profiled her friend, criticizing her “knee socks” and “book bags.” She thinks that it is taking away all of her individuality, and is wondering if being part of the sorority is worth the high

The novel begins with the teenage girl Violet, who is looking forward to leaving home for her bright future at Julliard in the fall. Violet, or Vee as she is called in the novel, is characterized as the epitome of upper-middle class ascendency. She has a structured home, two parents, and all of the resources she could possibly

Claire's freshman year in college went just like many others, slowly feeling her way through the campus, weeding out the people that were like her and those to avoid. It didn't take her long for her to find her little group who quickly grew into a very large group that started their own sorority so they'd have a place to throw parties when there were none going on. Despite all the drinking and late nights Claire had managed to keep her grades up which was the only thing keeping her in school at this point. Her most recent on campus party had resulted in two frat boys getting arrested and one girl being sent to the hospital for alcohol poisoning and Claire with a suspended scholarship 'until she cleaned up her act'.

Ruthie’s reading was rudely interrupted by her roommate’s pleas for no more. The two girls had been sharing a room in the dorms of The St. Maria Faustina Academy for Girls for almost two years. This was the first time Ruthie had been brave enough to read one of her rough-drafts for her friend, and after such a reaction it would surely be the last.

In order to express the importance of the theme, the reader is introduced to Millicent’s initial dependence on belonging as a result of her self-conscious character. When she first learns of her invitation to the sorority, Millicent compares her situation to waiting outside a dance floor “looking in through the windows at the golden interior … wistfully watching … couples waltzing to the never-ending music, laughing in pairs and groups together, no one alone” (Plath 200). Millicent emphasizes that in her vision no dancer is left on their own, and that her desire to enter the sorority is