Jamillah Powell Maryann McCall ENGL 104 9 June 2014 Lust is Illusive Susan Minot’s short story‚ "Lust‚" shares a tale of sexually pervading adolescent girl. The unnamed protagonist victimizes herself in fragmented recollections of sexual encounters with multiple partners. Debauchery down spirals her into a realm of self- languish. The narrator begins as a morally bankrupt adolescent and the text unravels a severely ambivalent sad teenage girl. The more of yourself that you passively give away
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Sexual Openness There have been several instances in history where a woman’s societal and personal existence revolved around her relationship with her husband. In “The Storm”‚ Chopin discusses women’s sexual openness in correlation with their husbands and status in society. By contrasting martial structure‚ gender roles‚ and class distinction‚ Chopin showcases the weight of societal pressures on women during the 19th century. One of the foundations for marital structures is the conflicting ideas
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Susan Strehle’s article “I Am a Thing Apart”: Toni Morrison‚ A Mercy‚ and American Exceptionalism” argues that Morrison’s novel criticizes the notion of American exceptionalism because it directly links to the emergence of racism from the concept of otherness. Another important argument in Strehle’s article addresses Morrison’s use of historical events such as Nathaniel Bacon’s rebellion‚ the Salem witch trials‚ and the spread of smallpox to the Native Americans to emphasize the exploitation of
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In the short story‚ "Lust" by Susan Minot‚ the story begins with a young girl talking about the first time she had sex with a boy‚ as the story goes on she talks more and more about boys she is with and the different situations she in with them. She doesn’t talk about her interests very much outside of the boys she encounters. In the story I feel like the girl has low self confidence and low self esteem "Some things I was good as ‚ like math or painting or even sports but the second a boy put his
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In Susan Straight’s essay‚ Travel with My Ex‚ she discusses about the experience of racism that her family have had. The author is a white women‚ who had married to a black man . They have three successful daughters and they are known as The Scholar‚ The Baller‚ and The Baby. It was the Scholar’s eighteenth birthday and they were all heading down to Southern California to Huntington Beach for celebration. The Scholar was driving and all of a sudden‚ a officer pulled her over when she didn’t do anything
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Jess Walter’s writing was definitely an interesting read and I felt like it was unlike any of the other readings that we have read thus far. It kept me interested in the story and I felt that was partly because of the mystery that came with it. The end of the story was a little suspenseful‚ not exactly knowing how the story was going to continue until you kept reading. Overall‚ it was a good short read. Gloria Bird’s writing and Sherman Alexie’s writings were my top favorites out of this folder
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Frédéric François Chopin “He had fair hair‚ blue-grey eyes and irregular but distinguished features‚ his nose being markedly aquiline. His whole person was characterized by refinement and high distinction….In him we have the unusual spectacle of a proud‚ reserved and passionate spirit housed in a frail and ailing body….he surrendered himself to the torrent of passionate music which flowed from the piano when he abandoned himself to his inspiration.” (Hedley 72-73). Frédéric François Chopin was
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fulfilled people feel in regards to their lives. At the moment‚ the most popular way of thinking about the topic having meaning in life seems to be that meaning comes from ideas branching from egoism‚ reasons of love‚ or the two endoxa as explained in Susan Wolf’s book “Meaning in Life and Why It Matters.” The egoistic perspective is states that people act in pursuit of self-interest. To elaborate‚ within the egoistic perspective there is the descriptive thesis (that people seek their own goods) and the
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essay‚ about Susan Cheever’s love for New York City and especially Central Park‚ we are taken on a visual trip through the streets of New York. In our modern society parents have an increasing urge to keep their children safe‚ and so they move them from the city to the country or opposite in an attempt to shield the children of any of the dangers‚ which lures all around us. But is this the right way to protect our spouse? Some people just fit perfectly where they are and I think Susan Cheever would
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