The Blue Boy

Bluest Eye uses symbolism to show Pecola’s desperation for beauty. Pecola constantly prays to have blue eyes. “It had occurred to Pecola some time ago that if her eyes...were different, that is to say, beautiful, she herself would be different” (Morrison 46). Pecola thought that maybe the boys at school wouldn't bully her if her eyes were pretty. She would pray every night for “pretty blue eyes” and “blue blue pretty eyes” (Morrison 46). She would pray for God

learning is that nobody can take it away from you” (Biography.com Editors, B.B. King Biography, The Biography.com website). He was known as an American blues singer, guitarist, and record producer. He introduced a different style of guitar to many hopeful electric guitar blues players. This allowed him to become one of the greatest and most influential blues musicians of all time. Riley B. King was born on September 16, 1925, on a plantation near the town of Itta Bena, Mississippi. He was the son of Albert

Have you ever looked in a high school classroom? Do you wonder what actually goes on inside the classroom? Like when the teacher steps out of the room. I know that when I am in the class Iĺl see a girl or a boy jokingly smacking or poking each other (AKA, flirting)...Which can draw attention from others in a class. Well I know of this due to I am facing it first hand. To help prevent from actions like decreasing grades, distractions, and chances of dropping out, then I agree to that split gender

Part One: Story Classification Title, Author, and Date: “Blue Water Djinn,” by Téa Obreht (1985). Setting: This story takes place at a beachside hotel composed of bungalows located in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt. It seems to be a semi-popular tourist spot even though sharks and other creatures live in the ocean by the shore. The story itself, though refers to other areas around this setting that some of the characters proceed to search for the Frenchman or in the Frenchman’s case his various body parts

new-born infant’s room you could almost certainly guess the gender of the baby just from the colour of his or her clothes, blankets, and toys. Any infant surrounded by pink items is virtually certain to be a girl, whereas a child immersed in blue is very likely to be a boy. This colour differentiation is not limited to newborns. Advertisements in catalogues and newspapers feature little girls dressed in pink clothes, playing with pink toys, carrying pink lunchboxes, typing on pink computers, and so

different things. For example, the reading brings up the stereotype that boys are better at math. When I was in the toy isle in Target I saw dolls that were only made for girls. There was no version of the baby doll for boys. This teaches children from before they can talk that only girls can take care of children. Our children will carry these stereotypes with them throughout their lives. We

because kids at a young age are attracted to bright colors. McDonald’s companies knew this and they began the Happy Meal. McDonald’s Happy Meal image advertisement convince boys to buy blue toys and girls to buy pink toys. McDonald’s marketers convince ethnicity groups especially by showing images in advertisements to boys and girls in a young age in their specific color of choice. For instance, “"McDonald's is typically strong among Hispanic consumers because kids are an important member of the

Barney or Blues Clues encourage having such imagination, thus inspiring kids to want to become one of the many options stores can transform them into. Walking into a regular toy store, people generally do not dissect the sexism that lays within the aisles, however, when walking in specifically to compare and contrast boys and girls toys

for boys they are expected to play with action toys that suggests that they should be tough and aggressive. I argue that toys contributes to gender stereotyping girls and boys behavior in society. The main factors that contribute to gender stereotyping are colors, suggested behaviors and gender roles. Action-oriented toys can categorize the toys boys which includes superheroes, supervillains, race cars, wrestling figures, and military vehicles. These toys contained the colors of black, blue, and

ages children begin to develop a sense of their gender, preferences, and play style. Gender socialization appears to begin at infancy, where a newborn baby girls receive their pink outfits and little boys receive their blue outfits. By about 24 months they begin to define themselves as “girls” or “boys” (Freeman, 2007). The problem with the toy industry is that they value business greater than the children’s needs, following societies and parent’s demands for what is proper for children to play with