Susan Faludi

they see the world around them. The question what shapes the identity is discussed in the works “Selection from love 2.0: How our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become” by Barbara Frederickson, “The Naked Citadel” by Susan Faludi, and “The Myth of the Ant Queen” by Steven Johnson. The authors view this question from different perspectives. However, there is one common thing that could be seen in all the three works. The authors prove that person’s identity is mostly shaped

With the help of authority, one would think change will speed up. However, this is not the case. In Susan Faludi’s The Naked Citadel, individuals who value of the traditions and customs of the Citadel, a military school in the South, oppose to all ideas of reform. This particular case focused on the acceptance of the institution’s first official female cadet, Shannon Faulkner. Even with a court ruling in her favor, Faulkner was met with a lot hate and threats because she threatened the balance of

In both essays “Biographies of Hegemony” by Karen Ho and “The Naked Citadel” by Susan Faludi, there are two higher institutions, which would be Wall Street and the Citadel. Both of their goals is to “remold” an individual to fit their criteria. Each individual has a certain identity and presents themselves in a specific way. People are known to change due to influences in their everyday lives, which eventually changes their identities into someone completely different. In these two essays, it becomes

women who try to change themselves experience “splitting”. Bell gives examples of women, her patients, who have dealt with “splitting” and talks about how they changed themselves to fit into society. Some ideas from Bell’s story can be related to Susan Faludi’s story, “The Naked Citadel.” The Citadel is an all boys military school, but this all changes when Shannon Faulkner, a girl, is allowed to attend it. Since no other girl has attended The Citadel, Shannon does not know how to adjust and act

Reader Response for “The Naked Citadel” by Susan Faludi The Naked Citadel, written by Susan Faludi, chronicles the life of cadets in an all white male school- until Shannon Faulkner, a daring woman, disrupts The Citadel’s prestigious tradition: no females allowed. Although, according to Faludi, Shannon was anything but the feminist poster girl: “She prefers to call herself “an individualist” and seems almost indifferent to feminist affairs-” (198). Despite Faulkner’s disregard to the feminist revolution

0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do and Become, describes love as a “positivity resonance”, using science to explain how it can be thought of as a connection between individuals through small, positive interactions. Susan Faludi, author of The Naked Citadel, illustrates a

Darkroom, Susan Faludi endeavors to examine the life of her father leading to his sex reassignment surgery and simultaneously explores the elements that construct identity. Faludi’s exploration of the meaning of identity finds complexity in striving to detail her father’s life, their relationship, and her own life, as well. However, she skillfully crafts her narrative by transitioning between these three factors in a sporadic, yet smooth manner. Particularly in the paragraph where Faludi introduces

cadets, and if the new cadets don’t follow them they will not be allowed to fit with rest of the cadets. The upperclassmen teach the difference of wrong and right which he feels according to his views and force the new cadet to think in same way. So, Faludi says that, “the group mentality that pervades The Citadel assures that any desire on the part of a cadet to speak out about the mounting violence will usually be squelched by the threat of ostracism and shame…The power and authoritarianism of the

difference between wanting to keep a tradition alive and being so avid about living in sameness that it becomes dangerous. Fluidity and being open to revision is necessary in order to survive in an ever changing environment. In The Naked Citadel, Susan Faludi recounts the events that occurred during the period that Shannon Faulkner fought for acceptance to the Citadel, the military college of South Carolina. Throughout this time, the school community experienced utter chaos as a result of mixed emotions

neighborhoods, and genetics all play a part in the means of interaction of individuals. In "Selections From Reading Lolita in Tehran", Azar Nafisi reveals how the revolution in Iran changed the behaviors of women. In "Biographies of Hegemony", author Susan Faludi portrays the culture of smartness that is introduced to the Wall