Guys and Dolls

Imagine having a neighbor that no one has seen for nearly a decade that everyone makes out to be a madman. There is no real evidence of him being a normal guy, so wouldn’t it be reasonable to be scared of him like Jem Finch was? To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is a story that addresses many issues including rumors, racism, lies, and relationships. Two of the main characters, Jem Finch and Arthur “Boo” Radley, have a relationship that alters the story more than any other relationship because

Between the Pool and the Gardenias, a young woman named Marie found a dead baby on the side of a desolate road. When she found the baby, Marie was still mourning the loss of her miscarriage so she decided to keep the baby and treat it as if it were a doll. In Haiti some women can’t afford to care for a baby so they have to get rid of them. “When I had just come to the city, I saw on Madame’s television that a lot of for city women throughout their babies because I cannot afford to feed them.”(page 80)

Television violence and its effects on viewers has been a controversial issue for many years. Some viewers believe that there is an increasingly large amount of violence on television and this widespread public concern has "led to calls for stricter controls on the depiction of violence in programmes" (Gunter and McAleer 1990:92). Exactly how much violence is there on television though? Many cultivation theorists have studied this, acquiring data in the form of content analysis. They

How is Gender represented in your TWO prescribed texts and ONE related text? In the texts of ‘The Chrysanthemums’ by John Steinbeck, ‘Folk Hero’ by H.M. Tolcher and ‘Ode to Barbie’ by Romanie Moreton the concept of gender is supported and challenged in a variety of ways. Men are typically portrayed as hard-working, rebellious and fulfilling a job in a male dominated profession. In contrast to this, females are depicted as fragile and emotional, having the role of the housewife. The authors of the

genius that set these stores up this way? Why are there so many Tequilas and how does anyone actually know the difference between them? Did you know they have Tequila that costs $400? Why isn’t there some kind of a tutorial or display, or at least some guy standing there to help me? When did it get this complicated? While his call got me laughing, it hit on something we all experience in every supermarket and most retail stores: there’s too much of everything nowadays. Anyone over forty can remember

Santiago states “Suddenly, through language, through writing, my grief and my joy could be shared with anyone who would listen” (Baca 154). This quote represents the moment Santiago realized the power of language. He was raised to be a tough guy, and not show too many emotions. He felt no one would listen or even care about what he was going through. Writing became therapeutic for him, and it grew into something he loved. Just like Santiago I also write for therapeutic reasons, and I’ve grown

No one ever responded to him as if he was a ghost; it literally drove him mad and his head exploded with rage. No one even noticing him yelling with frustration, so he walks out of the school to go home. Again he notices everything around him is so doll and boring as if people are walking around like zombies. As Carl arrives at home just to play on his Xbox because he loves video games. He turns on his Xbox to find out it was not working. His day could not have been any worse. So he throws his

6 of season four when his wife Skylar doubts his physical integrity and states that he is a weak man. A pissed off Walter responds, “You clearly don't know who you're talking to, so let me clue you in. I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger. A guy opens his door and

in portraying the skinny, street-wise Italian-American caught critics and audiences by surprise and earned him an Oscar in 1954. His triumph led to a second career as a mature movie star, playing Nathan Detroit opposite Marlon Brando in "Guys and Dolls," and many, many other very famous roles. He also became active in politics, supporting Democratic candidates and fighting against racism in pop culture and the rest of American life. By 1961, Sinatra had set up his own label, Reprise, producing

“Gender is an imitation for which there is no original” (Butler, 68). That is the strange part about gender—how it has positioned itself so highly in society, yet falsely exists. Rather than being born as just humans and left to find our true identities and expression, we are automatically assigned a gender at birth based exclusively on genitalia and expected to grow and live through social gender norms that declare out thoughts, actions and feeling as appropriate/inappropriate. Almost everything