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    What does it mean to be a man? Some say it’s your age that determines whether or not you are a man, or it could be your maturity. Well, it's much more than that. There are so many things that “could” make you a man, but here is what I think a man is. First, a man should be respectful, he should be kind toward others and not braggy/cocky. He should be able to get along with others well and cause drama, men aren’t in middle school, which leads to maturity. A man should mature, he shouldn’t

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    manhood, and the idea of what a man has to do to keep his manhood has evolved as time went on. The concept of manhood plays a big role in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Manhood appears at several key moments in the play, and some of those moments show different representations of what it means to be a man. One of Macbeth’s main internal conflicts is his manhood and what he actions decides to follow through with that he think defines his status as a man. The first time manhood is discussed in the

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    To Be or Not to Be… A Man The Red Badge of Courage written by Stephen Crane is a prime example of bildungsroman, or a coming of age story. Crane begins with a cowardly boy, Henry Fleming, and ends with an experienced war hero who has learned not just what war really is, but who he really is. Mark Twain once said, “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” [Epigraph] Although he struggles to learn that being a soldier means more than

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    Moonlight Film Analysis

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    could do was what other folks thought I should do. I was never myself.” This quote comes from one of the most powerful films I’ve seen in a long time, Moonlight. Moonlight is a movie broken up into three chapters of the life of Chiron, a young black man growing up in the Miami projects. Throughout the movie, we go on a journey with Chiron from his childhood to adolescence to adulthood and watch as he struggles with his sexuality, masculinity, finding himself and his family. Don’t let the fact that

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    From both of these eserpts, it is easy to find the similarities between the two themes. In Redburn, His First Voyage, the theme is the confrontation between innocence and corruption; the readers experience this as they read about him leaving home and the hardships he faces on his journey. In A Salior of King George, it also shows theme indicating the slow corruption of innocence. This is determined because in the exerpt it tells of a boy that wants to join the Navy and it even says that he is excited

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    body wash. In the first, these commercials first began in early 2010. The commercial titled “The man your man could smell like,” Old Spice persuades the viewer that they or their man will smell like the man in the commercial and therefore be the perfect man. No man wants to smell like lavender, especially if it takes attention from the woman. The character is key in this commercial. The idea of the commercial is for the audience to want to be like, or their man to be like, the man in the commercial

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    women go to the doctor than men. The reason being, first they would assume that I have a lower grade position, such as a janitor as opposed to being a medical staff; or they would prefer you over me because they may feel as though I am less intelligent, or hyper aggressive due to stereotypes. Also, in the workplace, females have a flexibility, when it comes to child care, such as having to take off of work due to a sickly child. Verses when a man has child care issues, most time people ask the whereabouts

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    inequality amongst men came from. Inequality exists economically, structurally, amongst different generations, genders, races, and in almost all other areas of society. However, Rousseau considers that there are really two categories of inequality. The first is called Natural/Physical, it occurs as an affect of nature. It includes inequalities of age,, health, bodily strength, and the qualities of the mind and soul. The second may be called Moral/Political inequality, this basically occurs through the

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    The Man, The Boy, and the remains of a dead world are the only constants the reader will know as they make their journey down “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy. The novel tells a story of the nameless protagonists as they traverse through a post-apocalyptic land in an attempt to reach the warm coast before winter. McCarthy’s story also covers many dark and heavy topics - primarily death. He has said himself that death especially is a major issue in the world, and that writers who do not address it are

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    James Saers Narrative

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    duty police officer. His name was Saers, James Saers and it was his first year of joining the force. He had just taken his first life for the badge and he wasn’t handling it very well at all. “I reckon you’ve had enough mate,” said the bartender, as Saers demanded another drink. “I don’t want to hear it, just pour me another one” said Saers. As the bartender was pouring his drink, a glass smashed further down the bar. A drunken man then began to blame the waitress for smashing his drink and became

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