Essay on The Hour of the Star

To begin, the protagonist Clemencia is like a chameleon, who can blend into any social event and with any class of wealth when she says ““I’m amphibious. I’m a person who doesn’t belong to any class. The rich like to have me around because they envy my creativity; they know they can’t buy that. The poor don’t mind if I live in their neighborhood because they know I’m poor like they are, even if my education and the way I dress keeps us worlds apart”(Cisneros 71,72). Clemencia is a woman who knows how to talk and have a good time. By nature she is a very creative being who loves to impress by wearing the best clothes, and show off to anyone to make herself seem better than others. (Cisneros 71). Clemencia is poor and does not have much being that she works for the school system as a translator, and other various positions. But acts rich and very wealthy to all of her friends (Cisneros 72). This connects with the myth of La Malinche, of how the character is a bad woman who sleeps with lots of men.

In the 19th century women were not thought of much as sexual beings, and it was unusual for unmarried women to even speak to a man alone. The main character of this story doesn’t care about men, she sees what she wants and takes it. Laura describes her initial impression of Carmilla: “There was something in this lady's air and appearance so distinguished and even imposing, and in her manner so engaging, as to impress one, quite apart from the dignity of her equipage, with a conviction that she was a person of consequence” (LeFanu 217). Carmilla’s power is constantly demonstrated throughout the story: her treatment of Laura, the axe scene, and the climax. While Carmilla is portrayed as a power figure, all the men in the story seem to have lost some aspect control in their lives. Carmilla continues to be deliberately used as a way to destabilize both the traditional family and social structures. Though most features defy the stereotypes, there are some puzzling features to Carmilla. Throughout the story Laura seems to realize that she is emotionally unstable. In the church Laura observes her trembling as if she was holding back emotions, and barely able to control herself. This could be interpreted as playing to the characterization of women as emotional, although it could also be adding some realism to Carmilla’s character. Laura also has some qualms to

In The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, the reader gets a sense of what the expectations are of Dominican men and women. Junot Díaz uses Oscar in contrast to the other male characters to present the expectations of the Dominican male. On the other hand, Díaz presents the women in the text, especially Belicia, La Inca, Lola, and Jenni, as strong characters in their own rights, but the male characters, with the exception of Oscar, have a desire to display their masculinity to maintain power over these women. It would be unfair to say that the women bring the abuse unto themselves, but rather it is their culture that makes the abuse acceptable and almost to a certain extent—expected.

Does deviating from one’s gender norms inevitably doom one down a spiral of moral corruption? Tim O'Brien, author of “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” and Ernest Hemingway, author of “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber”, certainly seem to hold this view, as evident by the fates of the major female characters in their respective works. The deviance of the major female characters in both works appears to corrupt not only themselves, but also pollute their partners, causing them to suffer injury or harm as a result. The degree of injury ranges from negligible, like Fossie’s demotion and broken heart, to fatal, like the bullet that rips through Macomber’s skull. It begs the question, are these stories meant to serve as cautionary tales for their female readers, or possibly for their husbands, so they may recognize gender deviance and stop it in its tracks before their wives transform into Margot Macomber or Mary Anne Bell? This essay will analyze what such characters say about pervading views of women, both in society and in literature.

Guiletta and Fatima differ greatly in their personality and relationships. Both are strong women, but are caught in polar situations. Guiletta, throughout the film, seems to take charge and lead the men in your life. The grandfather and the son respect her and listen to her. It can seen in the scene where she told them to turn their home into a resort for tourists to make extra money. She can freely speak out her feelings and no one seems to look down on her. In relations to other women, she also have their respect and gratitude. The immigrant woman,for example, spoke about her struggles with Guiletta and thanks her for her troubles. In this society, Guiletta does not stand any inferior than the men or the women.

“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands” (Psalm 19:1–4). The book Psalms was written by King David, and in this verse he was talking about how the heavens proclaim the glory of God ,but does it really? Yes, the sky really does proclaim the glory of God; there are actually three areas of Christ's life when the sky shows signs. The first was when God showed signs of Christ's conception. The second sign was when the star of Bethlehem appeared and how it showed Christ's birth. The final sign of Christ's life was at the crucifixion of Christ.

When Macabea is dying, she suddenly understands that “a woman’s destiny is to be a woman” (Lispector 84), and as a result, she is a woman. Macabea’s realization that she is a woman could be generalized to what constitutes a woman, yet this would be an idealized reality: although by many arguments identification does indeed act as the definition of woman, whether one identifies as a woman or not, this does not dictate whether society treats you as one. Thus, there is a dichotomy: woman by identification, and woman by society’s assignment. Although Macabea was ignorant to being a woman, this still hugely affected how she was treated. This raises more classifications: throughout the text, Macabea was regularly referred to as a girl, and before

Patriarchal make society harder to lives for women, especially during war times. With friendship with people of the same gender, life can get easier to deal with. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaild Hosseini, is set in Afghanistan during the war times. The story follows the two main characters, Mariam and Laila, as they live they lives. The two main characters story soon will cross when Rasheed decides he is going to marry Laila after her parent died in a bombshell while getting ready to leave Afghanistan.

The most important theme in A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini is the power of education and the difference education makes for a society. Education is not only a solution to many of the problems in the book, but it is also a way to prevent many of these issues from ever happening again. Education is the factor that divides first and third world societies. Education and the lack thereof is a constantly recurring theme in A Thousand Splendid Suns. Education pushes societies forward, and education has the potential to push Afghanistan forward as well.

The minds of humans are imperfect. It is for this reason that it is often easy to mistake fantasies and reality. Fantasies can be described as wishful thinking, as imagining something perfect and they may or may not have their roots based on reality. Therefore, reality is what we can deduce from the fives senses and experience. In Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes, many different kinds of women are encountered throughout the adventures of Don Quixote. There are poor peasants, rich vassals, prostitutes, and even shepherdess. Women in this novel seem to fall under either women of fantasy or as a women of reality. There is a stark difference between the two groups of women, but sometimes they are so sublime that they may even jump between women of fantasy and those of reality. Dorotea, the rich peasant and wife of the nobleman Don Fernando, and Luscinda, a very wealthy women and wife to Cardenio, would fall explicitly into the category of sublime women which can transcend from reality to fantasy and work their way between either realm. Dulcinea and Aldonza Lorenza fall into categories the very contrasting categories of fantasy and reality, respectively. Therefore, Luscinda, Dorotea, and Dulcinea serve as the fantastical ideals that men desire women to be, but truth of the matter is that most women of the time were what Aldonza Lorenzo was a women of reality.

In 1660, the first telescope was sent to the American colonies, sparking a new interest in the “study of the heavens,” or Astronomy (Lecture, 10/2). Years after the first telescope was sent, the American colonies became increasingly interested in the study of astronomy as newer and additional astronomical technology was being developed. Technology in science often acts as a catalyst for new discoveries with more descriptive and accurate results than previous generations could have imagined. Similarly, the development of technology over the course of the nineteenth century prompted more discoveries in astronomy, establishing it as a commanding study. The new technology in astronomy developed through the nineteenth century, and its advancement, affected who practice astronomy along with how data was collected and processed, as evidenced by the newfound role of women in astronomy, the

The reason why the sun rises every morning and sets every evening is because one of reasons and one reason only. The evil spirits and malevolent creatures that hide in the darkness of the world. It is said that Helios, the sun god, protects every single human on Earth. Helios has a very tremendous task everyday and that is to drive his sun chariot across the sky from East to West. The sun chariot has four horses with fiery manes and tremendous power. Helios is a very powerful god that can barely control the horses. On the days where he can not control the horses, it becomes rainy and cloudy because whenever the chariot streaks the skies, it pushes away all the badness. The light pushes them away. It is said that a couple million years ago, that the sun fell to the Earth,

Through time and tide, most ancient civilizations have recorded and observed the stars above. Since the different cycles and phenomena of the sun, moon, and planets mostly follow patterns that are predictable, it should come natural to use these cycles as a way to tell time. From calendars to seasons and farming, they have been crucial to predicting what may come next in way of weather and when to harvest or plant crops. A good amount of civilizations also used Astronomy to determine where to place and how to design funerary and religious buildings, as well as come domiciles. The stars were mystical wonders, they represented the gods and other mythological creatures that filled the beliefs and imagination of astronomers across the globe.

In this piece of art Van Gogh shows that even tho in a dark night you can still look out your window at night and see light. Another example of that would be in your dark or hard times in life, there is always a brighter side to everything.

Martirio once had a man interested in her but that opportunity was snatched away from her by Bernarda. On page 191 Poncia says, “Martirio is lovesick, I don't care what you say. Why didn't you let her marry enrique Humanas? Why, on the very day he was coming to her window did you send him a message not to come? And Bernarda responded, “... My blood won’t mingle with the Humanas’ while I live!” This is an example of how different Martirio’s circumstances were from Adela and Angustias. Martirio was repressed from her desire for freedom from her mother and became jealous when her sister’s were not denied in the same way. These two themes lead the characters to believe that escaping one prison will make them free, only to be confined to another. This is the situation the women in the play recognize as a inner conflict. An example of this is on page 169 when Amelia says, “These days a girl doesn't know whether to have a beau or not.” Additionally, On page 208 Adela says, “ I can't stand this horrible house after the taste of his mouth. I’ll be what he wants me to be.” This quote shows how the girls view men as an escape from their sheltered home. Men represent freedom as well as repression. For Example, On page 169 it says “... Her sweetheart doesn't let her go out even to the front doorstep.” This shows us that Bernarda’s daughters realize if they stay at home forever, they will be controlled by their mother,