...Anzlee Is a sixteen year old girl with long black wavy hair that flows down the back of her caramel colored skin. She posses eyes of such a dark brown they fade into black lifeless pupils. Through those lifeless eyes, she sees the world in black and white. Currently, Anzlee lives in a world of isolation, depression and self harm. Yet, no one is there to know her inner struggles, her true feelings; about the scars upon her legs. The faded marks that once let her forget her pain, that distracted her from the sadness just for a few seconds. Although,this life she lives was destined to happen. Anzlee grew up in a spilt home, leaving one parent to be with the next. Growing up with two sets of morals and rules. She was the product of two people who were never meant to...
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...Sula is a novel about self-creation, about women, about men, and about a culture. The girls, Sula and Nel, realize early on that the world does not easily accommodate people such as them: “Because each had discovered years before that they were neither white nor male, and that all freedom and triumph was forbidden to them, they set about creating something else to be.” They would be black women. That means something different to each of them. For Nel, it means becoming a wife and mother, sustaining the values of the community. For Sula, it means living an “experimental life,” rejecting commonly held values. Nel tells Sula, “You can’t do it all. You a woman and a colored woman at that. You can’t act like a man. You can’t be walking around all independent-like, doing whatever you like, taking what you want, leaving what you don’t.” Sula will not accept such limitations. When Nel demands to know what Sula has gained from her choices—having no husband and no children; her grandmother put away in a nursing home; her mother, father, and uncle dead; residents of the Bottom all despising her—Sula responds, “Girl, I got my mind. And what goes on in it. Which is to say, I got me.” Nel, on the other hand, has loneliness, an empty space that Jude used to fill, and another one Sula formerly occupied. Sula’s self-knowledge and Nel’s connection to other people are both essential to human existence. Each woman, even if only momentarily, comes to understand that. Fire and water are recurrent...
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...Uncle Tom’s Cabin in the mid-1800s. Stowe was well educated and was raised in strong Christian and Calvinist beliefs (Weinstein). Her writing of this novel reflects things she was witness to as well as things she was told. Stowe opposed slavery and racism (Novels). These became major themes in her novel. Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Stowe has two main plots going through the novel. The first plot Uncle Tom’s story. He is an old slave, very reliable and trustworthy. His master is a kind man and treats his slaves well. Hard times fall on the master, and he must sell two of his slaves to pay the bills. Tom is one of the two chosen to be sold. Tom must leave his family and travel to New Orleans with a trader. Tom becomes friends with a young girl on the ship that is carrying them to New Orleans. The girl’s father buys Tom at her request. Tom once again has a good master. He is treated well and doesn’t want for anything material. He does miss his family and hopes that someday he can return to his home in Kentucky. Tom’s young mistress falls sick and soon dies. The master had told Tom that he was going to set him free and that he had begun the paper work. It was his daughter’s wish that Tom be set free and could return to his family. As fate would have it, the master is involved in a brawl. He is trying to stop it, but is injured in the process. Unfortunately, not much later, he also dies. The papers are not finished, so Tom is not a free man. The mistress sells everything...
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...George Harris. Eliza heard what Mr. Shelby said and he planned on escaping with his son because he don’t want to be far from it. She told her plan to her husband hoping that they will reunite in Ohio. Mr. Haley knew this and followed her when she tried escaping. She escaped in Ohio using only a floating ice on the river and that made her escape Mr. Haley. On the other hand, Tom stayed with Mr. Haley because he believes that Mr. Shelby will be disappointed if he will run away. Mr. Haley and Tom, traveled. While they were travelling, Tom saved a little girl from drowning which was Little Eva. Augustine St. Clare bought Tom from Mr. Haley to make him the personal servant of Little Eva. Eva and Augustine were both kind, unlike the mother of Eva. Tom and Little Eva became close to each other and comfortable. Eva became ill and when she was about to die he gave something to the servants so that they will remember Little Eva. Augustine promised Tom that he will be freed but even before that happened, Augustine died. Most of the slaves from the house of St. Clare were sold in the auction wherein Tom was included. On the other hand, Eliza and George Harris was reunited with each other and went to Canada. Tom’s new master was an evil man named, Simon Legree. Despite the bad treatment of his new master, Tom still maintained his honest and kind characteristic. Tom was beaten to death when...
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...loyalty never wavered even during the worst of times. Time Period: The novel takes place during the mid-19th century. This becomes evident in the text with the use of slavery and prejudice manners between blacks and whites. While many white families were living on farms and in great homes, most African Americans were forced to work for them and be sold between different “masters” creating misery and desperation of freedom in them. Author’s Purpose: In the novel there is very much inferences and descriptions of spiritual matter. The author, Harriet Beecher Stowe, gives a strong moral about Christianity and not losing hope and trust in God. Though Uncle Tom struggled in the end of the book while being tortured by Legree, he constantly tried to picture God and Eva (the young girl who helped him carry out his faith) and never lost sight of who he was and what he believed in. Therefore, I think that Stowe’s purpose was to share about faith and give an underlying message to always look to the Lord in times of trouble. Protagonist: While Uncle Tom seems to be the biggest influence as a protagonist in the novel with his unwavering faith and constant love for others, I do think that there are a couple of other protagonists as well. I think that young Eva was also a protagonist because she helped Uncle Tom to have hope in times of trouble and reminded him to always stay strong in his faith. I also think that her father, St. Clare, could be viewed as a protagonist...
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...oppression to the capitalist system. Women suffer a double exploitation as women and as members of the working class. Radical feminists disregard all questions of political and economic dispensation to concentrate on the roots of the problem. The central root of the problem is the system of patriarchy which leads to all kinds of discrimination against and devaluation of women. Politico-economic questions are not the roots but only auxiliaries. The concept of gender is the real villain and has to be demolished. Lately, more groups like Psychoanalytical feminism, Postmodern or Poststructuralists feminism, Black feminism and so on have also been added. Black feminism mainly studies the issues of self- consciousness and self identity of black women who are caught in a dilemma and tries to provide methods to help black women achieve self realization. In the long history, that is black women’s double identity,...
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...Barbie dolls, and extra-ordinarily beautiful girls, came about the idea of the female body. Whether you are a believer of creationalism, scientology, or evolutionism, somehow we all came about with the perception of the “perfect” female. Women have always been seen, and portrayed as a sex symbol, and usually the disobedient one. Dating back to B.C and the story of Adam and Eve, Eve was the naked one who bit into the fruit that god told her was forbidden. Why couldn’t it have been Adam that caused such scandal, and was the cause for destruction, and crime in the world, and not Eve? From the believed beginning of time, to present day, women have really only progressed a small amount up the social ladder. Today, women are looked down upon, if they are slightly more over weight then what is considered “normal,” if they are “underweight”, “darker skin color”, too “pale”, “flat chested”, big boned, “thick,” or because of their ethnicities and backgrounds. So what exactly defines the “perfect female?” Is it the girls featured on “Girls Gone Wild” in Cancun, or the half naked models posing for Victoria’s Secret? Or is it the perfectly put together “Miss America” pageant queens? Or is it the Hollywood actresses with billion dollar dresses, and priceless jewelry? Or the well toned, well defined professional team cheerleaders, and dancers we watch? WE, speaking for us “average” women, who often tend to idolize, and carry pieces of all these girls within us, and envy them, for not being...
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...(Kevin James), who is smitten with celebrity Allegra Cole (Amber Valletta), Hitch finds himself falling for Sara Melas (Eva Mendes), a gossip columnist who is determined to unmask and ruin the so-called date doctor after one of his "clients" (with whom Hitch refused to work) had a one-night stand with her best friend. However, where Albert and Allegra's relationship continues to progress, Hitch finds that none of his tried and tested methods are working on himself, despite being a master of the art. After Hitch is unmasked, he and Sara break up, and Allegra and Albert follow suit. Finally, Hitch confronts Allegra and convinces her to reunite with Albert, before reconciling with Sara. In the process, he makes the startling discovery that he doesn't really do anything significant, and that most of his customers (particularly Albert) really were successful by just being themselves. In the end, Albert and Allegra get married and celebrate their marriage with Hitch and Sara, who are also back together again. Hitch, reflecting on love's unpredictability, addresses the audience in the last line, "Basic principles... There are none." Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitch_(film)#Plot_Summary taken on Dec. 24, 2008 Was race an issue in ‘Hitch’ casting? By Jeannette Walls Casting Will Smith’s love interest in “Hitch” was not a simple black or white decision. Eva Mendes was given the role opposite Smith because the moviemakers were worried about the public’s reaction if the part...
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...specifically, women. Women are generalized to be, “Angry Black Women,” and it is broadcasted heavily. The “Angry Black Women” stereotype...
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...another group. One example for this is the history of black Americans in the United States. The USA has always suffered from divisions between white and black Americans. Many times white people have stopped black people from being equal citizens. White people thought that Africans were inferior and uncivilised. This idea justified the discrimination and exploitation of black people. But of course these justifications were nonsense: There were important kingdoms and great civilisations in Africa at the same time as people in Britain were living in primitive iron-age huts. Moreover from Egypt came ideas about geometry, arithmetics and astronomy. The proofs of their skills are for example the pyramids which are also one of the seven wonders of the world. Different words have been used to describe black Americans. For a long time they were referred to as negroes and often the word ‘nigger’ was used to insult them. Many whites called them ‘coloured people’. Since the 1960’s the term ‘black’ has become normal, although some people prefer the term ‘Afro-American’ as a reminder of their original roots in Africa. THE BEGINNING OF SLAVERY IN THE US The history of blacks in North America began in 1619, when a Dutch ship brought the first Negro slaves to Virginia. The first imported Africans were brought as indentured servants, not slaves. They were required, as white indentured servants were, to serve seven years. Black people were forcibly taken from their native land. They...
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...into three strategic business units; music, films and children's books. Madonna has always known which audience she is targeting. Her initial style was targeted at young 'wannabe' girls. This was given credibility by Macy's store producing a Madonna look-alike clothing range. A year later Madonna changed her image which allowed her to develop the current market as well as penetrate new areas. (Ansoff's Matrix) This time she was targeting a more grown up audience. Madonna's strategy is based on differentiation. She is more than just a singer, she is an image. Her product is better than her competitors. It stands out above the rest as superior. This strategy of differentiation is pursued by courting controversy but staying marketable enough. This was demonstrated in the 1989 video 'Like a Prayer' where, as a red-dressed 'sinner', she kissed a black saint. At this time Madonna struck a deal with Time-Warner that created her record company Maverick worth £33m. This allowed her to take full control of her image. The success of the differentiation approach is likely to be dependent on two key factors;> Identifying and understanding the strategic customer> Identifying Key competitors Madonna cleverly, marketed herself in a way that she appealed to a wide audience. She appealed to young girls because of the music and she maintained her original fan base by moving with the times and demonstrating a strong, independent character. She understood the critical success factors...
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...In the 1973 novel Sula Morrison delineates a lot of different scenarios in Sula to demonstrate how racism is depicted in not only the book but also in history. Sula is an African American novel written by Toni Morrison an African American english scholar who centralizes this story of two black girls into a “circulation of sorrow”. This literary work does not only focus on one main focus but many main focuses. Each character goes through a estimation or challenge they want to fulfill. Toni Morrison also talks a lot about gender roles and the difference between male and females. Males are displayed as greedy , manipulative and childish or child-like while the women are displayed as strong and powerful. There is no secret that Morrison favored...
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...it founded for their benefit. Their white counterparts founded it on their backs. And unfortunately, they are still looked down upon today. By whites castigating them as black or even by stereotyping themselves, it does still matter today if you are black or white. The following exhibition will show American art's progressive portrayal of blacks as an inferior race. In 1710, Justus Engelhardt Kuhn painted Henry Darnall III as a Child. In this painting a young white boy along with his black child slave stands on a balcony overlooking his estate's elaborate gardens. The slave stands behind his master, holding a dead bird that the master has just killed after a hunt. The slave is not placed directly on the balcony with his master but behind the ledge so that he can not come too close to the white boy. This indicated a clear distinction between the two races. And to further subjugate the slave, he is given a facial expression tantamount to adoration of his master. He is not a person but rather like a puppy. One can treat a puppy however they want since animals have no feeling. (This is before PETA.) Despicably, black slaves were treated far worse than the house pet. Blacks were not given the human status that they were. In John Trumbull's The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunkers Hill (1786), a black slave is painted behind his master. By placing the slave in the bottom right corner, Trumbull marginalizes his significance in order that the...
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...sun ever since her birth. Margot with her ardent need to see and feel the sun alienated her from her classmates. Due to this, anytime she mentions something about the sun, the Venusians reply with. “You’re lying, you don’t remember” (pg. 2). Furthermore, if she continues, “they [would surge] about her, caught her up and bore her,...into a...closet, where they [would slam and lock] the door” (pg. 3) to shut her up. However, in the hour on a day when the sun appeared and it was time to release Margot, “Their faces [would be] solemn and pale. They [would look] at their hands and feet, their faces down” (pg. 4). In other words, when the children’s beliefs were proven to be wrong, they filled with guilt in their harsh treatment of the girl who only wanted to see the sun...
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...pioneers were called—and their struggle to achieve equal political rights. These women’s central aim was to obtain the right to vote, even if that meant they had to protest through various hunger strikes, as they did in London. The ‘second wave of feminism’ focused on ending all forms of sexism, and it fought both psychological and sexual oppression towards women. Among others, Betty Friedan realized that women felt frustrated due to the oppression that came from their perceived role in society, namely that of staying at home. The patriarchal culture started to be criticized by many radical feminists. This second wave was very marked by Simone De Beauvoir and her work, The Second Sex. She believed “one is not born a woman, one becomes one”. Eva Figes wrote about how patriarchal values influence the ethical, philosophical, religious and cultural sides of society. Germain Greer pointed out how women are discriminated sexually and how they are promoted as objects for men. Kate Millett argued that patriarchy is present in our history and in order to fight it, people have to become more conscious of this unfair subjugation. The second wave was a...
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