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Bessie Head's 'The Collector of Treasures' and Marriage

In 5 pages the 2 couples featured in this short story by Bessie Head are contrasted and compared regarding the marriages of each. ...

'The Collector of Treasures' by Bessie Head

Her husband has only used her sexually for that is his nature, and is representative of the oppressive patriarchal culture. But, s...

Bessie Head's The Collector of Treasures, Life, and Judgments

essence, sex was available to anyone and there had previously been no such thing as the selling of sex. But, this also enticed the...

Overview of Female Writers from the Post Colonial Era

In six pages this research paper considers post colonial women writers in a discussion of Rosario Ferre's 'The Youngest Doll' and ...

Bessie Head and Mahasweta Devi's Patriarchy Perspectives

a stake in his hen-pen and like any cock, his hair was up about it" (Head 70). He returns home to reestablish his "claim" on his "...

Conflict in the Works of Ngugi Wa Thiong'O and Bessie Head

In five pages the interpersonal conflict theme as it manifests itself in 'The Return' and 'The Collector of Treasures' is discusse...

Bessie Head's 'Maru' and the Characters of Moleka and Maru

In five pages these characters featured in Bessie Head's story are contrasted and compared. There are no other sources listed....

Cultural Literature Issues

arranges marriages, though she also comes from a culture that, according to Indian standards, "Kerala is well known for its relati...

Feminist Literature and Issues

in order to be educated at a missionary school since her British uncle runs the school. What happens as a result is that Tambu co...

Ralph Ellison and Bessie Head on Race Relations

paints a vivid picture of the racism and the harmful effects it had upon the black community. Invisible Man is a troubling accoun...

'A Prisoner Who Wore Glasses' and Bessie Head

In a paper consisting of five pages this short story is considered in terms of its message, style, symbolism, and power struggle c...

Multiculturalism, Prejudice, and the Writings of Bernhard Schlink, Bessie Head, Patricia Grace, and Manuel Puig

In 5 pages this paper examines the prejudice featured in the multicultural literary works such as Grace's 'Potiki,' Head's 'Maru,'...

Solar Collector's Mass Flow Rate Installation, Acquisition of Data, and Reduction

In seven pages a design proposal to assist in this task completion is presented. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

The Idea of Marriage Expressed in Three Plays.

This 5 page paper discusses the portrayal of marriage in three plays: A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen; The Marriage of Olype by Aug...

Marriages: Their Eyes Were Watching God

want him to do all de wantin" (Hurston 192). Her grandmother tells her something that seems specific to all arranged marriages whe...

In Favor of Same-Sex Marriage - With Qualifications

define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. The same debate in mostly-liberal Vermont several years ago resulted in ...

A Drink to Compete with Coca Cola and Pepsi - LOL in Australia

but to buyers who facilitate the purchases. The childrens market is one that is particularly difficult for marketers; the product ...

"I Want a Wife" by Judy Brady

care without losing her job, as the spouse "cannot miss classes at school" (Brady 361). I know a young couple where it is the husb...

A Strategy For Google

This 4 page paper considers what strategies Google should pursues in the future The paper looks at the existing competences and op...

iPod And iTunes; the Potential Impact of Microsoft's Zune

Microsoft with the launch of Zune, or has Apple learned its lessons and will it be able to retain the dominant position. With th...

Same-Sex Marriage

right of same-sex couples to marry and New Jersey has granted these couples the "legal equivalent of marriage" (Hull, 2007, p. 748...

Metaphors of the Body

rational level. In order to accomplish this task, the article informs the reader that the US plans to spend $3.5 billion to rebui...

In Opposition to Gay Marriage

is linked to moral, religious and political views about the legalities involved in gay marriage and the sanctioning of gay and les...

Thoughts on Marriage

the woman reaps any benefit at all from her matrimonial vows. "If marriage be such a blessed state, how comes it, may you say, th...

Origins of the Head Start Program

culturally appropriate education, health, nutrition and social services, parent involvement and career development. The program w...

Refutation: About Marriage

work, does not eliminate the need for men and this has not provided an excuse for them to essentially run away. In all honesty men...

Same Sex Marriages

of grandparents, aunts or uncles, brothers or sisters, adoptive parents, single parents and almost any sort of family one could im...

The Battle Over Same Sex Marriages

that the basic needs and desires of a society to maintain stability and social order are often very influential in where a society...

Marriage During the Victorian Era and Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse

and mother. Nor does she seem to have regretted that - basically, she had no choice in the matter. Mr. Ramsay...

Marriage

important. One could well argue that in all cultures the institution of marriage has generally been an institution that encouraged...