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Finding Meaning in My Favourite Text The play, “In the chest of a woman”, written, directed and published in 2008 by the Ghanaian playwright, Efo Kojo Mawugbe, told the story of a female character who deviated from society’s constructed norms. The protagonist, Nana Yaa Kyeretwie, came to the forefront to challenge society’s notion that men should lead while women follow. This was evident as Nana Yaa exhibited macho characteristics. The hilarity of the text coupled with the feisty and cunning nature

In the selection, A Respectable Woman, Kate Chopin portrayed the life of an early nineteenth-century woman, expected role, and behavior in a largely patriarchal society. During that period, churches in America were instrumental to the way people lived. Due to the large influence of Catholics, Anglicans, and other Protestant churches in America, people believed that having an affair outside of marriage was a taboo and ungodly. Married women symbolized perfection and most times battle, with satisfying

The Summary of: A Woman In Jerusalem The brilliant author, A. B. Yehoshua, tells the story of very long quest to find the identity of a deceased young woman killed as the result from a bomb’s explosion in Jerusalem, within the book, A Woman in Jerusalem. The novel initially begins at a marketplace in the beautiful city of Jerusalem. Just as soon as the story begins, the death of a women is announced due to a terrorist bombing within the marketplace. Soon after the young woman’s death, her corpse

becoming a woman, her own woman, she must diverge from her mother and societies’ expectations, which ultimately will create a rift for them. Blinde states there are “vast discrepancies between Chinese and American thought progression: thought connectives that may logically lead to conclusions in one culture often progress in different and surprising directions in another culture” (Blinde 61).

the Kingston. To become a warrior woman or at least a woman that can stand out in her community. This can be foreshadowing the struggles that Kingston needs to overcome to become a woman warrior. It may be hard for her community

Pretty Woman is about how a shrewd businessman met and hires a prostitute to be at his beck and call only to fall in love with her. Garry Marshal’s timeless film Pretty Woman is a film that explores moral, social, and economic issues that are still prevalent today even though the film was made 25 years ago. Although the film portrays the dichotomy that exists between class, and also between genders in the most negative way, it is one of the best movies that I have ever seen. Jonathan Lawton’s script

In The Woman Warrior, Kingston develops the motif of comparing herself to a swordswoman in order to illustrate how the talk stories of Fa Mu Lan aid her in combating the racism and oppression she faces as a Chinese woman in America through embodying the power of a woman warrior she possesses in her fantasies. Throughout the chapter White Tiger, Kingston explores the mythical story of Fa Mu Lan, placing herself in the role of the woman warrior and explaining her fantasy of living with an old man and

“The Woman Card Has Its Benefits.” - Opinionated Response Essay and Current Event Maximillian Hall; 8B 333 The article, “The woman card has many benefits. Here’s one Donald Trump might not imagine” is host to many points and arguments, describing and shedding light upon, in a way, both sides to Donald Trump’s belief that Hillary Clinton’s consistent victories are only a result of her gender, which has allowed her to get so far in the presidential race. As mentioned in the Article, [Speaking in

Firdaus sheds her last grain of virtue. In doing so, she realizes the truth of her society. Seeing what a woman is and does in Egypt, her home, she sees the only way out of the situation. Firdaus, through her desire to be become a human being who was not looked upon with discontent; she finds that a successful prostitute was better than a misled saint. Throughout her life, Firdaus had incurred the abuse that her society inflicted on women. Firstly, her father treating her not wrongly, but the way

of a person's character lies in their own hands.” In The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston, Maxine, the main character, tells stories about her mother’s parenting style. Her mother, Brave Orchid, tries to control the way she grows up so that Maxine becomes someone she will be proud of. Maxine, however, does not understand her mother’s tactics and tries to fight against them. This causes disputes between them, and Maxine becomes a woman without using her lessons. Though her actions lead to Maxine