The Girl Essay

Gone Girl, written by Gillian Flynn, has multiple ways of reading. I have chosen to look at Gone Girl in terms of reading it in the feminist theory, paying attention to the females both in and surrounding the book, including the production company for the film adaptation produced in 2014. The character of Amy is a complex, determined and intelligent woman. These traits are against the common stereotypes of women in literature. Amy can appear as a feminist role model as she is very anti-traditional

Hamed Rabah Mustang is a Turkish film about five girls growing up in a small and conservative Turkish town. In this community arranged marriage is common, and the girls are expected to get wedded to a man their family decides for them. The production then becomes a journey about gaining freedom, as the two younger sisters try to escape to Istanbul. The title Mustang could be a reference to the girls’ desire to free like a horse roaming around the countryside, not meant to be fenced in. This is

Within “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid, family relations were explored between a mother and daughter’s relationship. The author seems to get the nitty gritty of how the mother disapproves of her daughter behaviors including called her a “slut” multiple times throughout the section directly expressing the lack of support and the cruelness the mother feels towards her daughter. The lines with the word slut provide us with more meaning than her mom belittling her but how much this society thought of the way

woman standing in the corner with a teenage girl. Their stunning green ballroom dresses were identical to each other, their hair was even done in the same way. The woman was gripping the girl’s arm tightly, an obvious look of pain and discomfort on the girl’s face. Rowena tried to eavesdrop on what they were conversing about, but could only pick on the urgent whisper of the woman. Rowena stood there deep in thought, not able to figure out who the random girl was and why the woman was grabbing her. The

1. “Girl” Protagonist: The girl, Antagonist: The mother, Point of View: First Person, Setting: The girl recalls her mother’s lectures In Jamaica Kinkaid’s story “Girl,” the main character recalls the lectures her mother gave her. Most of her mother’s lectures involve instructions on how to do something or how to conduct yourself. The girl seems to have a distaste for these kinds of lectures from her mother, and she feels that her mother is not trying to understand her when she interjects. This can

An Analysis of Katha Pollitt's "Girls Against Boys?" The article titled "Girls Against Boys," published in the 30 January issue of The Nation magazine by author Katha Pollitt, brings to light pressing issues of gender discrimination and how this nation's education system has changed over the past forty years but still isn't up to par with where it needs to be with issues of gender equality. Pollitt exposes the views of conservatives toward feminism in the school systems of today. This article describes

In Jamaica Kincaid’s essay, “Girl” the short story is a monologue however; it is not entirely a monologue since there is a second person point of view in the story. The girl character is a young adult who is growing up in a critical society and the mother is trying to give her guidance in how to become a self-possessed woman. The mother worries about her daughter’s behavior and she fears it will lead to a life of promiscuity. She believes that a woman’s reputation determines the worth of her life

In “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid, we have a mother conveying important life advice to her daughter in order for her to adapt to cultural customs and most important to learn the rules of social behavior. Her mother's advice is not only intentionally told in order for her to become the proper antiguan woman she believes in raising, but is also told to criticize her actions and everyday doings. Her mother makes it very clear, in order to live a proper antiguan life, there are many rules that one must follow

studied her. She was barely four foot eleven and did not look as though she could put up much resistance if he were an assailant who had forced his way into her apartment. But her eyes were expressionless and calm” (Larsson 361). This scene from The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is when Mikael Blomkvist, a famous journalist in Sweden, first meets with the hacking genius, Lisbeth Salander. Mikael pretty much describes her as an underdog in society, but what he doesn’t know is that she is one of the smartest

I have always viewed myself as being the stereotypical girly girl. This most often could be seen in my appearance. Although, my hobbies and interests as a child and into my teenage years would have probably made you think different. I liked to get dirty, go outdoors, roll around in the mud, and dissect dead animals. However, I also spent a large amount of my earlier years breaking into my mom’s bathroom and stealing her makeup and playing dress up in all of her clothes and then later mimicking my