Women Struggles By Nina Revoyr

Through Women’s Eyes by Ellen Carol DuBois and Lynn Dumenil addresses American History from 1865 until present day. The third edition of this textbook includes visual and primary sources over several centuries. I used this textbook in a history course, “Women in the United States, 1890 – Present;” I found the textbook to be engaging, helpful, and useful throughout the course. The way in which in the information was presented allowed me to learn, assess, and analyze the difficulties women faced.

The poem “Mothers and Daughters” is written by Pat Mora. Pat Mora is a contemporary award winning writer, who writes for children, youngsters and adults. She was born in El Paso, TX in the year 1942. She attains a title of a Hispanic writer; however, the most of her poems are in English. In her literary work, one can observe the different aspects of the immigrants’ lives such as language issues, family relationships, immigrants’ experiences and cultural differences (1187).

Nina Revoyr’s novel, Southland, provides a glimpse into the injustice, scandal, and struggle in Los Angeles from the 1940s to the 1990s due to its racial composition. The novel contains a unique cast of characters who, although often times interact with conflict, are forced to live side-by-side one another in their separate attempts to attain the American Dream. Southland takes its readers on a journey through a history full of trials and tribulations, with Los Angeles as its stage; throughout this story, the reader begins to understand that there was much more to this place than what was originally promised by the boosters. Revoyr makes it

In her novel Southland, author Nina Revoyr creates narrative arcs for a multitude of characters that occur in multiple separate timelines. These arcs have recurring themes focused on race relations and sexuality as major civilian protests and campaigns for human rights unfold in the greater Los Angeles area. Revoyr explores Los Angeles’s residentially segregated neighborhoods throughout different time periods and examines interracial alliances and more personal interracial relationships. Jackie, the primary character of the novel, is a Japanese American, semi-closeted lesbian. Her narrative emphasizes acceptance of personal identity and family history, as she discovers more about her recently-deceased grandfather, whose perspective also

The women in Things Fall Apart may seem to be an oppressed group with little power which is true to some extent with the way some women are treated. This characterization of Ibo women is limiting, but when more in depth in the book it shows the divers roles of women, and how important the women are to their tribes. The women in the tribes are sometimes shown as the weak ones of the group but when these women are the foundation, nurturers, and caretakers of the tribe that shows the great responsibility they have and how important they are.

Just like what I answered in the previous questions, we, women, tend to change ourselves to the person that our partner wants us to be because we think that is what we should do for love. We do our best just to be enough for him. This is why think this message was sent and why it should be shared. Love isn’t about being someone you’re not just for him to appreciate you.

Nawal El Saadawi’s novel, Woman at Point Zero, can be considered to be a rebellion against authoritarian political and patriarchal structures because it tells of Firdaus’ life story in way that shows an obvious discontent with the way society views women and the way it glorifies aspects that go again societal norms.

The poem "I, being a woman and distressed” by Edna St. Vincent Millay focused on the social issues of women and how they were meant to act during the time period. The speaker in the poem goes against the social norm of what is expected of women during the 1900’s in the United States. Millay expresses the women expectation norm issue within the setting, diction, and tone. The poem shows the contraction with the normal expected of women in society during the time and the speaker of the poem. .

The novel consists of sixteen interrelated stories centred on the lives of four Chinese immigrant mothers and their four American-born daughters. Each four sections of the novel begin with a short parable set in italics and Tan uses parallelism, repeating similar elements of the story to introduce each four individual stories and to emphasize the conflict between the mother and daughter, familiarizing the reader with it.

Of the definitions of feminism presented in the readings/videos, the one that occurred most often was “Feminist: someone who believes in social, political, and economic equality of the sexes.” This definition came up in the TED talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. She states that this is the first definition of feminism she encountered, when she was told by her childhood friend that she was a feminist. This definition is also brought up in Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg. She presents statists regarding this definition. She says that when women are asked if they are feminists, 24% say that they are, but when they are presented with the definition, the percent jumps to 65%. She says that our success lies in understanding what we are for and against, and not applying labels to ourselves. This same concept is presented in the article by Andi Zeisler, “The VMAs Cemented Feminism as Beyoncé 's Brand. What Comes Next?” The article talks about Bjork, another musician, who states that she does not consider herself a feminist because, she said, “I think it would isolate me.” Actress Melissa Leo stated “as soon as we start labeling and categorizing ourselves and others, that’s going to shut down the world.”

Female characters, who pre dominate in her work, are typically damaged by their experience. Family ties, marriage and love are threats to freedom; those women who attempt to escape are usually thwarted; and even those who gain independence achieve it at great cost. . . .Although she has long maintained an enigmatic silence about herself, the insistence with which Porter returns to the themes of female entrapment and resistance, the damage of sexual inhibition and the failure of love in the lives of women, tempts one to speculate about the personal statement embedded in her work

Society looks down on women who are sexually active with more then one man or have sex all the time. On the flipside of the situation men are prized and put on a high horse for having many sexual partners. In most societies men ultimately decide what women can and cannot do, which shouldn’t be the case. A woman cannot be liberated or truly happy until she can make choices non-sexual or sexual by herself without the degrading opinions from men in society.

Anita Desai’s treatment of the women characters looks to the past to anatomize the pain inflicted on women down history to the present in a passionate affirmation of female identity and experience. Women meet a dead end whatever road they may take to assert liberty. Their quest becomes a circular journey for them, always bringing back to the point from where they begin

But Virmati doesn’t care for the traditional norms and rejects her mother’s view. The protagonist has grown up seeing her mother’s restricted world and miserable plight which makes her protest against the system that does not allow women to be capable of being something else than a wife only. Virmati has been taught and made to believe marriage is the ultimate fate of women. Kapur focuses on the fact that although Virmati is educated and financially independent, she still suffers by being the second wife to the professor. Virmati enters into a scandalous relationship with her married neighbor Harish, the professor. It is impossible for her to accept a physical relationship. She is haunted by a deep sense of guilt. The official marriage, a social and public acknowledgment, is a must for her. This approval will establish her identity even if it is as the professor’s second wife. Marriage thus for her means deliverance from the fear of being socially condemned, a possibility which will perhaps bring her back into the fold and relieve her from the sense of insecurity and uncertainty. Marriage seemed to be the ultimate goal of existence for Virmati. Even though Harish married her and takes her to his home. Their marriage wasn’t accepted by the family. After all years of care, concern, sacrifice

WOMEN’S CHAIN HAVE BEEN FORGED BY MEN, NOT BY ANATOMY-SHASHI DESHPANDE’S CHARACTER SARITA IN THE DARK HOLDS NO TERRORS