Elizabeth Wilson's The Sphinx In The Cities

Eric Larson pulled me in once I read the title of the first chapter, “The Black City”. What locked me in, however, was when Larson expressed women in the city and the dangers of being a female during the specific time period. Public warnings addressing that “advertisements upon their face bear the marks of vulgarity, nor do we regard it safe for any lady to answer such unseemly utterances” (Larson pg 11) make it clear that there is a problem. Although it seemed like a lot of information to grasp in the moment, looking back I’ve noticed that the author left room for me to picture what these criminals wanted from such innocent women.

The main theme in the story The Fall of a City is heavily focused on stereotypes, there are many issues to be addressed, but probably the most devastating and/or most impactful of these on our protagonists future, is stereotyping. Alden Nowlan’s short story is the story of a young boy who minds his own business and plays with paper people and cardboard kingdoms up in his Uncle and Aunt’s attic suddenly has his self confidence and self-esteem ripped from his hands due to his Uncle’s ruthless gender role stereotyping. Our first example of stereotyping is when our protagonist Teddy’s Uncle finds out that his nephew enjoys pretending that he has paper people commanding a military up in his attic. When his uncle discovers this he proceeds to

Essay 4 Chapter three, four, and five of Human Geography covered population trends throughout the world. Short discussed the risks of a growing population such as food shortages, depletion of nonrenewable resources, and climate change. More developed countries have become concerned about the high birth rates in East Africa and Southern Asia. The MDC’s have talked about possibly sending funds to the less developed countries to educate their people on contraceptives. Sexual education would not only benefit the women who have large families, but it would also be doing the whole world a favor.

With the discovery of the New World, a wave of settlers from various European nations crossed the Atlantic with unique motivations for their voyage. Whether they migrated for personal prosperity, or aimed to garner wealth and glory for their country, each individual was met with the marvels and trials of relocating thousands of miles from their birthplace. Spanish conquistadors were among the first to settle the Americas, in current day Mexico and the American Southwest. English pioneers and settlers followed shortly, colonizing the Southern Atlantic coast of America. However, geography was not the only distinction between the Spanish and English colonies.

The thesis of this excerpt is how “savage” poverty is; the anecdote is centered on Flavio and his impoverished family and lifestyle. 2.Flavio’s siblings are presumed to be dirty and a bit violent. His parents are both hardworking and manage utilizing what they can to earn money for their family. Flavio is the eldest son therefore has the most responsibility within the household when the parents are working; he cooks, cleans, and keeps the other children out of trouble. 3.Flavio’s home is in Catacumba, which is an impoverished favela.

One of the greatest and most ancient of the worlds mysteries, still undeciphered by archaeologists today, resides at the Giza plateau. It is ‘The Great Sphinx’. This colossal statue holds centuries of untold secrets. Standing “sixty feet high and two hundred and forty feet long, the Sphinx is the biggest single stone statue in existence” (“Secret: The Sphinx”). This Egyptian masterpiece represents a fictitious creature that has the head of a man, but the body of a lion. Unfortunately, the Sphinx’s appearance has suffered greatly over the years. “The head of the Sphinx has been badly affected by…years of erosion” and pieces of the monument are missing, like the nose (Haughton, 45). However, historians

For example, Marji realizes how atrocious the Iranian government is. She reads up on the Revolution to understand more of it. Marji grasps how prevalent the revolution is when she figures out the differences between social classes affects her and her maid. She is mad at the fact her maid cannot have the same opportunities as her family because she was born in a different social class. Marjane expresses, “Is it her fault that she was born where she was born” (Satrapi 37). Social classes can divide communities. Traditional ideals forbid marriage between classes, so it is particularly difficult for anyone to advance to a different social class. When the lower class begins to make an attempt to climb the rigid social pyramid, conflicts begin. Western values are not as strict on social classes, movement is allowed and encouraged. Their principals make it easier for people to progress in class, lessening the divide in communities. The Islamic Revolution causes the differences in social classes to increase far beyond an acceptable amount. Marji was particularly close with her maid in the comfort and privacy of her

What is good advice? Good advice helps people to learn how to achieve their goals. In Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture, Randy goes on to talk about his life goal, and how he was able to achieve it. He then gives several pieces of good advice to help others accomplish what he was able to. Good advice should be given to inform, not to critique, and it should help those receiving the information, not confuse them.

The plot of both Susan Glaspell’s “Trifles” and Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll House” provides scope for a few scenes that lack the presence of all or any men. These scenes, consisting of communication between the female characters, assist in developing the theme of women openly defying the fact that the society they live in is primarily run by men. All the power and authority in their society, no matter the situation, belongs to the men while the women are simply excluded. The women in these plays defy the norms set by society and manage to evade the expectations of their patriarchal societies.

In the early 1900´s women did not have the same rights as men and are not respected as much as men either. Women did not get their voting rights till 1920, four years after the play Trifles by Susan Glaspell. In the play women are suppressed by men and society, Mrs.Hale and Mrs.Peters prove that women are not constrained by society's rules and are in fact, the most astute characters in *Susan Glaspell’s play “Trifles”*.

The education system also has power upon the lower class society, as they make decisions about who is given opportunities. The worker in the boarding school tells Briski that the children have low chances to get enrolled as they are children of sex workers. Other than their family reputation and status in society, their physical appearance and talents depend on how they are represented. Briski mentions that Puja is from a family of prostitutes but it’s difficult to interpret because of her well groomed appearance. This confirms that wider society judges the appearance of individuals to give them a presentable identity. Also, Avijit is given the opportunity to represent India in Amsterdam because of his artistic talents, whereas the non-talented kids are set back in the country looking for other minor opportunities. However, despite the daily challenges and hardships the children and women face in the Brothels of Calcutta, they value their relationships with family and friends. The children are grateful for Briski’s attempt to help them benefit from education and escape the chaotic lifestyle of the Brothel, even if some of them didn’t benefit from this opportunity. Briski’s mission to help the lower class society suggests how much she values the connection she developed with the children over the years. Therefore, Zana Briski’s documentary, Born into Brothels, portrays the tough life the

In the opening of the novel The Street, author Ann Petry carefully establishes the bitterness and stressfulness between Lutie Johnson’s, and her relationship with her environments’ urban setting. Petry develops this relationship through the use of imagery, personification, selection of detail, and figurative language. With the use of imagery Petry establishes the stressfulness in which the wind causes between her, and the pedestrians around her. In the beginning of the opening Petry commences her first paragraph with a lengthy sentence which causes a stressfulness in a reader's breathing; similar to the way in which the wind causes in a person’s breathing.

Comparatively, the inner-city demographics hindered the boy’s chances of social mobility and personal growth along with the social brutality. A city is like a machine in the sense that every part of the city works together to bring

Tehran, the capital of Iran, has its highs and lows. It is polluted by everything it encompasses. The city is jam packed with rapid highways, stentorian neighborhoods, and idiosyncratic citizens. City of Lies, written by Ramita Navai, perfectly sums up the way that this cryptic and disturbing city works. The novel follows eight very unique characters on Vali Asr Street who have a connection to the city that changed each of their lives. Each of them have very different backstories and personality traits that make them different from the last. But in the end, what brings them together is that they are all polluted by the city they call home. These characters, throughout their lives in Tehran, experience difficult pasts and hardships all because of the different ways of pollution in the city. This is evident when we read about Dariush’s environmental realization during his return to Tehran, when we read about many woman characters dealing with sexism and prostitution, and when when we read about the citizen’s opinions on the politics and organizations.

In the novels Midaq Alley and The Yacoubian Building, we are shown the ongoing, daily struggles of the working-poor in both colonial and postcolonial Egypt. Both share central, overarching themes such as debauchery, desperation, and unstable political situations. The two settings are both examples of microcosms, “cities within a city”. Midaq Alley is a small, dead-end neighborhood in 1940’s Cairo that consists of various shops and apartments. Within each of these buildings are characters that live completely separate lives but all have the same aspirations, to experience the world outside and the wealth it has. The Yacoubian Building is also set in Cairo during the turbulent 1990’s. Similarly, the characters were all tenants of a large apartment building, living in cramped and decrepit spaces.