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    The Victorian era of the United Kingdom was the period of Queen Victoria’s rule from June 1837 to January 1901.[1] This was a long period of prosperity for the British people and calamity for many of its dominion subjects‚ as profits gained from the overseas British Empire‚ as well as from industrial improvements at home‚ allowed a large‚ educated middle class to develop. Some scholars would extend the beginning of the period—as defined by a variety of sensibilities and political concerns that

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    *George Peregrine and Gilbert Clandon have several things in common. Identify similarities and write a four or five paragraph essay. George Peregrine from The Colonel’s Lady and Gilbert Clandon from The Legacy were self-centred husbands who share similarities in two main aspects. A) Mr. Peregrine and Mr. Clandon’s personalities were very similar. 1. Mr. Peregrine’s vanity and selfishness 2. Mr. Clandon’s vanity and selfishness B) Not only were George and Gilbert alike in terms of personality

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    considered the norm and there are many form of it seen today. In today’s society men who are homosexuals are considered to be feminine. Robert Brannon‚ a psychologist suggests that being a man can be best summarized in four phrases. To quote one‚ “No Sissy Stuff! One may never do anything that even remotely suggests femininity” (pg 85). The way

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    what his peers think‚ no adults. For instance‚ Alfonso knows his father doesnt understaned the desier for a cool haircut. Because the story states‚’his father‚ who is pure mexicano‚ would sit in his chair after work‚sullen as a toad‚ and call him sissy if he dyed his hair purple and it a certin way.’Alfonso definitely doesnt want to act differently to be accepted by his father. he wants a cool new haircut to be accepted by people his own age. "fish cheeks by amy tan" If acceptance is achieved through

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    had been taught throughout the years. Masculinity‚ Kimmel says‚ is attributed through peers‚ male figures in their lives‚ and a “hard-wired” definition of what being man means. Once a man steps outside of those lines‚ the risk is looking being emasculated.

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    Brett’s personality. Jake’s war experience mixed with his past love experiences and any other past events gives Jake an apathetic attitude. Even if someone were to ask him about his past he would show little interest. Jake would “speak loosely‚ emasculated in the war” (Young 13). The characters also do not show any sign of caring of how they are damaging their bodies with the amount of alcohol that they are taking in. Unlike Jake‚ Brett seems to have a more apathetic behavior relating to love hence

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    a state of confusion. War‚ in the novel‚ is presented as a thing only masculine male could participate in. “They’d been trained to identify emotional repression as the essence of manliness. Men who broke down‚ or cried‚ or admitted fear‚ were sissies‚ weaklings‚ failures. Not men’. The significant word Rivers‚ uses in the quote‚ is ‘trained’. This is because it indicates that the men have been given specific orders to stop themselves from being demasculinised which would lead them to being unfit

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    Looking Out for Yourself It’s sad but true that "If you don’t look out for yourself‚ no one else will." For example‚ some people have a false idea about the power of a college degree‚ they think that once they possesses the degree‚ the world will be waiting on their doorstep. In fact‚ nobody is likely

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    2 months later...... I woke up to Toby jumping on my bed. "Come on sissy‚ wake up! It’s time for you to get dressed! I’m so excited!" I laughed‚ "come give sissy some loving this morning." He snuggled up to me and let me hold him. After a little while of snuggling Toby went downstairs to eat‚ while I got up to take a shower‚ dried off‚ blow dried my hair curling it. I put on makeup then walked out to my closet‚ pulling my wedding dress out. Patches knocked on the door‚ coming in to help me put it

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    According to Kimmel‚ the Guy Code is the collection of attitudes‚ values‚ and traits that together composes what is means to be a man. Pretty much‚ the Guy Code means that you never show your feelings‚ be strong‚ and never give up. All in all‚ don’t be a sissy. You should never show emotions or admit to weakness. To the world‚ you must show that there’s nothing to be concerned about and that everything is going to be fine. In my opinion‚ I would have to say that this is also my understanding of what is

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