Obsolete Chuck Palahniuk

As the story continues Larry begins to lose his way and gets in trouble, Lucia tries to protect him from the harm that is coming to him but he continues to make it increasingly difficult for her. When Larry gets in an argument with Lucia about working for bootleggers he ends up pushing her, which is one of the most disrespectful action he could have taken, "The mother rushed across to him and hit him... He gave her a push that sent her staggering... The Le Cinglatas were aghast" (Puzo 69). Not only has Larry disrespected his mother but he did it in front of other people, truly embarrassing her. When Larry disrespects Lucia, it is a sign that she is losing her oldest son to the American ways more and more, which makes her worry for his safety in America. Instead of stressing over losing her son to America, Lucia steps back and lets him figure out what to do with his life on his own.

Kurt Vonnegut is known for his dark humor, wit, and imagination. He is consistently listed among the great American authors of the later twentieth century and his novel’s such as Cat’s Cradle and Slaughterhouse Five are considered modern classics. In this essay, I will focus on two of Vonnegut’s short stories “Welcome to the Monkey House” (1968) which takes place in a dystopian future where everyone is required to take pills that take all the pleasure out of sex and “Miss Temptation” (1959) which takes place in a small east coast town by looking at them through a feminist lense. Both stories come to the same ultimate conclusion that over-moralization of human

Over the course of the “Earth on Turtle’s Back,” When Grizzlies Walked Upright,” and the Creation Story of Adam and Eve, females are depicted to be dependent characters; furthermore, due to their actions they have been characterized as ignorant beings that influence people to believe that their existence is based upon them being creators of life that happen from their faults and even though they did things that are beneficial to others and the world itself, they are often unappreciated or ignored by others. Throughout these stories, female characters are seemingly described to have mostly negative traits; while on the contrary male does not. For instance, female characters are portrayed to be dependent creatures like in the Onondaga

The title of the book had provided a foreshowing because “Obsolete” meaning no longer active or replacing it with something new. Chuck Palahniuk had illustrated the character in the story whom no longer want human race and replace it with new race known as emigration (killing themselves). When the community start to realize that there was after life, after watching the news that the astronaut went to Venus and found Garden of Eden which was the heaven. The government set an order that everyone should go and kill themselves. As it seems people rather want to go to heaven and not wanting to stand on earth. Everyone starting to commit suicide even Eve’s brother Larry wanting to commit suicide. However, Eve was showing disapprove about this idea,

Author and civil rights activist Maya Angelou once said, “How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!”. When one thinks of comic books, it is very likely that the subjects that come to mind are Marvel’s Spiderman or DC’s Batman. Although comic books are stereotypically thought to be mainly about super heroes, there are a wide variety of subject matter they could be written about, such as romance. In the 1950s – 1960s, it was common for these romance comics to exploit the social norms of that time and emphasized the subject of gender roles. While the men in comic books were usually illustrated in a brave heroic manner, the women would be portrayed to be what would now be considered a stereotypical “trophy wife”. As a young child reading these comics and taking in these images, they are slowly molding their ideals to believe that what they are reading and seeing is what is accepted and normal in their society. By coding gender norms into the texts, authors are helping mold the ideology of its readers to believe that it is acceptable for both genders to follow specific rules that accommodate to the believed social norms of the time.

In the story “Jury of her Peers,” the women are thought of as inferior. The men treat the women like they are not able to do the same things as the men. “But would the women know a clue if they did come upon it?” (Glaspell 266) The women have “feminine intuition.” They know the pain from isolation that Minnie was going through and know what clues to look for. “Again, for one brief moment, the two women’s eyes found one another.” (Glaspell 280) The men underestimate that the women can think on this level.

Since the beginning of evolution, females have been subjected and objectified based on their gender. History taught us that when during the 19th century, Charles Darwin, an English naturalist and geologist stated in his papers “The Origin of Man” (1859) and “Descent of Man” (1871) that men were superior to women. Unfortunately, such subjections to women still persist today; in politics, education, labor and surprisingly in science.

Women are not always treated fairly in the work place, sometime they are seen as inferior and not able to work as hard. “Women form approximately 75 percent of the world’s part-time workforce and are often employed on short temporary contracts without health benefits, job security, or protection against job-related health problems.”(Darity) The lack of job security health benefits and job safety shows women are not valued as employees. The humans in “Bloodchild” were only valued because of their ability to reproduce which devalued them as individuals. They also had to make the ultimate sacrifice with their bodies, just as women that don’t have health care and job safety do.

In today 's world, women have an important role. They keep the sanity of others in tact, they maintain the peace, and provide a lot to communities all over the world. Women are just as capable as men when it comes to intellectual thinking, professions, and ideas. But one thing that cannot be changed is that men are just naturally physically stronger than women. So in the 1600’s and about up to the 1950’s, because women were not as physically strong, they were seen as weak in other aspects too. They were treated like decorations, just to be seen and not heard, just hang on a wall. But evidentially this is not true. Women are very powerful in many ways and Anne Hutchinson portrays that throughout her court case. American Jezebel by Eve

Women have been downgraded and mistreated because of their gender. From birth, Women and Men grew up with very different rules to follow. Men were raised to be the head of the house and do work for a living. Growing up as little girls, women were taught to raise their kids and make food for their families. “Strong family structures were necessary because the family was the basis for all other institutions. The government, church, and community all worked through the nuclear family unit.”(“Gender and

Sexuality has an inherent connection to human nature. Yet, even in regards to something so natural, societies throughout times have imposed expectations and gender roles upon it. Ultimately, these come to oppress women, and confine them within the limits that the world has set for them. However, society is constantly evolving, and within the past 200 years, the role of women has changed. These changes in society can be seen within the intricacies of literature in each era. Specifically, through analyzing The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, one can observe the dynamics of society in regards to the role of women through the lens of the theme of sexuality. In both novels, the confinement and oppression of women can be visibly seen as a result of these gender roles. Yet, from the time The Scarlet Letter was published to the time The Bell Jar was written, the place of women in society ultimately changed as well. Hence when evaluating the gender roles that are derived from sexuality, the difference between the portrayals of women’s oppression in each novel becomes apparent, and shows how the subjugation of women has evolved. The guiding question of this investigation is to what extent does the theme of sexuality reflect the expectations for women in society at the time each novel was written. The essay will explore how the literary elements that form each novel demonstrate each author’s independent vision which questions the

I found a very interesting article from The Guardian newspaper, which was written by a woman that I have found other interesting articles from. Jessica Valenti wrote an article titled, “Obituaries show that sexism follows women to the grave”. Now, at first I thought that this was a strange and somewhat morbid idea for an article. Upon further reading, however, I found that the story held a lot of meaning and importance in today’s society.

In doing this Stoker illustrates the consequences of the abandonment of traditional belief, the dangers of female sexuality, homosexuality and fears of the `New Woman'.

There was a stalled revolution. The revolution being the “gender revolution”. The movement has begun again. In the 1920’s we stood idle after gaining rights for women, it took a couple generations to perspire a change. In today’s news mediums, we see that women are tackling obstacles that prevent equality in the especially in the workforce. Through this, women are reshaping the role of the modern woman. In The Richer Sex by Liza Mundy, the author takes us through a time machine to examine the evolving phenomenon called “woman, how she became, or is becoming, the “Alpha Female”. Although in her book she thoroughly analyzes the changes that have occurred because of the advances for the modern woman, her forecast of modern society, in America specifically, does not encompass all factors to produce an accurate prediction.

The “New Woman” refers to a category of women, beginning in the late 19th century, who adopted feminist ideals, wishing to break gender roles and gain independence from and equality with men (Newton, 560-61). While not one specific, real person, the “New Woman” is an overarching term that encompasses the many women in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The first generation of these women strove for economic and social autonomy with roles separate from the home and family spheres of domesticity (Newton, 561). For example, they would not marry, but instead receive a higher education and work in a profession (Newton, 561). To replace their commitments to men and family, they instead formed close and passionate relationships with other women, though these relationships were not sexual in nature, people viewed women as passionless and pure. The second generation, however, living in a more modernist culture of sexual freedom, began to discuss female sexuality, and wanted to participate in more opportunities only offered to men, including drinking and smoking (Newton, 564). Because of the societal idea that only men were sexual beings, New Women had to explain the intimate relationships among them, which had become sexual in the second generation. Thus, they created the idea of masculine lesbians, who had male souls that caused them their sexual feelings (Newton, 566). The “mythic mannish lesbian” refers to these women who dressed and acted in a masculine manner