The Hundred Dresses

After the war, the American people made the change from "old" ways to "new" ways. Many factors, such as new technology, fundamentalism, new looks and church led to tension between the old and the new. The 1920s were a time of conflicting viewpoints between traditional behaviors and new and changing attitudes. New technology in the 1920s attributed to the change. Inventions such as the radio helped improve communication. Court trials, conventions, and meetings were broadcasted. Electrical appliances

late in the afternoon. "Brett Reston." "Hi Brett, remember me. Victoria, from the Art Gallery opening." Reston's brows furrowed as he attempted to recall the meeting. Then, it hit me, Victoria was the hot blonde in the shortest of little black dresses that he'd spent a few minutes chatting with. Unfortunately, she was accompanied for the evening, but apparently she had a penchant for stock-brokers - better than admitting he was a pimp - and they'd exchanged numbers. "Of course I remember, how

This paper focuses on the ‘subaltern’ community in the post colonial society. Adiga’s The White Tiger throws a ray in the downtrodden and oppressed in the modern world. Adiga being the mouth piece of the deprived, lonely and alienated section of the society through his character Balram. He represents Balram as the white tiger which is the rare kind of animal who has the matchless intellectuality being born in the dark side of India. For Adiga Darkness refers to the oppressed community which is the

“Pride, that invisible bone that keeps the neck stiff.” I found this quote one day while web-surfing the internet for information on a project I was working on about pride and I kept it because it made me think of how my Grammy always says,” That stiff neck pride of yours.” I looked it up thinking it was going to be from about the time dirt started forming because my Grammy always tells me she’s older than dirt, so I just knew it was going to be about as old as she was, but surprisingly I found that

will not stop until society stops viewing gender as a social construct and starts viewing the two genders as both human beings. The Oxford Dictionary defines gender as the state of being male or female. I was born a female. I grew up wearing pink dresses, playing with barbie dolls, and cooking with my easy bake oven. I was taught to sit always sit with my legs crossed and to always act like a lady. Many members of society would agree and say that gender is determined at birth. Sex is determined at

when Nick is invited to the Buchanans for lunch, he walks into a room where Dailey and her best friend Jordan are laughing and describes them as “two young women were buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon. They were both in white, and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house” (Fitzgerald 16). Daisy is a 26 year old woman who was married very young, and married into the upper class. When she married her husband Tom

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby portrayed the drastic changes that occurred in the 20’s. The 20’s were an era where the social norms were being changed. Due to the war that had just ended, many soldiers went into big cities rather than going back to farms. Women moved to cities to become secretaries during the war, and did not want to return to being unemployed. The people in the cities would spend their time partying, as Fitzgerald shows in Gatsby’s parties. Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

technology attributed to the new attitudes and demands. One of the most changes was the "new look" for young women. The Flapper Era entered America. Ladies did the unthinkable in cutting their long hair to chin length bobs, smoking, wearing shorter dresses and even engaging in premarital sex. Traditional women were horrified at these loose morals and daring behavior. They pushed to stop the women reformers who pushed for legalized birth control. They spoke against the sensual behavior of young women

In today’s society the general public has slowly became more accepting of homosexuality over the passing years, however it still remains an extremely controversial subject for a large majority. Different people have formulated their own opinions on whether or not this particular lifestyle is right or wrong. Some of these opinions are backed by generations upon generations of traditional views and religious beliefs which can be particularly arduous to break away from. How strongly people feel about

In this essay, I will be discussing how the director, Kenneth Glenaan, portrays the effects of the September 11th attack as they impact upon the Muslim community of keighley in the drama Yasmin. The drama Yasmin is about the life of a Muslim woman caught up in the racist backlash of September 11th and about a Muslim community in northern England dealing with Islamaphobia after the September 11th attack. Kenneth Glenaan has chosen to show the impact of the Muslim community