In the short story‚ “Initiation”‚ Sylvia Plath utilizes Millicent and the sorority girls to imply the theme that conformity for popularity is not better than being one’s own self. Following Millicent through the hazing period or ‘initiation’ of a sorority-like high school social group‚ the reader witnesses Plath’s changing of the character. In the beginning of the story‚ Plath describes the protagonist in the basement of a house‚ detailing how it felt “dark and warm‚ like the inside of a sealed jar”(1)
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Susan Fine wrote a book by the name of “Initiation”. This book was one that was meant to tell a story and hopefully inspire people. It was also wrote to let people know that they are not the only ones going through things. This book was based on a boy that goes by the name Mauricio Londono. He was raised in poverty and wanted a escape. In this he found a school he could attend which he thought he wishedd he had as a life‚ although when he got there it was a different story. He tried to use people
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rather not work for a manager that decided to embarrass the young girls in front of everyone instead of addressing them privately‚ so he quits. The bold step that he takes is part of his initiation into adulthood. Updike develops the initiation through the story and it becomes the central theme. The theme of initiation can be very broad and viewed in many different perspectives. The teenage boy in the story could be seen as being initiated into the adult world. I can remember many times in my own life
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Sexual Initiation Among Filipino Youth Today‚ Filipino youth tend to engage in early sexual initiations. With our modern day culture telling them it’s perfectly okay to have sex even before marriage; the youth is misled with their true understanding of sexuality. Sexuality belongs within marriage and that it is not simply a pleasure done out of curiosity and without respect. Because of higher exposure to sex from the internet‚ magazines‚ TV shows‚ movies‚ modern music and other media‚ the youth’s
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Initiation or Incarceration: Hazing in Fraternities and Sororities Frat boys and sorority girls‚ what do they do for society? They party all weekend‚ every weekend. None of them care about academics. They are elitist and snobby. They violate noise ordinances. They do not serve the community. They couldn’t possibly hold any value as individuals in our society‚ right? Wrong. Many people think of those who belong to the Greek system as the rich‚ preppy Caucasian students who get drunk and party
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Function/Symbolism The “Initiation Rites Cult of Bacchus” was used to communicate the rites of passage for the women of Pompeii. Much like the Greek women‚ Dionysus was the one of the most important and popular gods for Roman women. He was the source of both their sensual and their spiritual hopes (Art and Archaeology). This painting may have been viewed as a sacred item because it represented the ritualistic ceremony centered on a deity that prepared girls for the psychological transition to life
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Achieving true happiness is a good for many. For some‚ the way to achieve that happiness is by being true to themselves. This is a theme seen in many short stories‚ such as “One Thousand Dollars”‚ “Initiation”‚ and “The Opportunity”. In each of these stories the protagonist finds happiness by being true to themselves. By being true to himself‚ the main character‚ Gillian‚ in “One Thousand Dollars” achieves true happiness when he decides to give Miss Hayden the $1‚000 dollars because he loves her
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A Journey of Self-Discovery and Self-Initiation What is identity and how is it that we are socially defined by this one word? This term is so much more complex than the simple idea people give to it‚ the idea that identity is what makes us who we are. Individuals are made of what makes them themselves‚ nothing else. Our values‚ ideas‚ and beliefs make us who we are. Certain factors that also make a person who they are usually include their families‚ cultures‚ and people that they associate with
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girl probably modeled after Munro ’s own childhood experiences on an Ontario farm‚ faces her awakening body and the challenge of developing her social identity in a man ’s world. "The girl‚" an unnamed character‚ acts as a universal symbol for the initiation of a girl into womanhood. Through first-person narrative‚ Munro shoes the girl ’s views of her budding femininity and social identity by describing the girl ’s conceptions of her parents ’ work‚ her parallel to the wild mare Flora‚ and the "mysterious
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Madaline Hill Dr. Fussell ENGL 1302-56352 January 25‚ 2015 Hard Choices vs. Initiation into Adulthood When I initially read the two essays I wasn’t really sure what the difference was between the two essays. What made “Hard Choices” better than “Initiation into Adult hood?” After reading them a second time and going through the check list I realized there was a big difference between the two and Hard Choices is definitely was the better essay. First glance I went through looking for grammatical
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