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Essays 181 - 210

Ivan Ilych versus 'Slave Girl' Linda Brent

In one page this paper compares the characters Ivan Ilych from Leo Tolstoy's short story 'The Death of Ivan Ilych' and Linda Brent...

Lazarillo de Tormes in New York City

yours. Stand still, shut your eyes, and wait." I did, and something began to happen. The air began to hum.. I tried to open my ey...

Who Was Anne Frank?

In two pages the young girl who was Anne Frank is considered through her diary recollections and observations that provide compell...

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

birth of her child, she describes his outburst in legal terminology: "Then he launched out upon his usual themes, - my crimes agai...

Dominican Poet and Novelist Julia Alvarez

In ten pages the life and works of Julia Alvarez are examines in an overview that includes a discussion of How the Garcia Girls Lo...

Slave Narratives and Virtue in the Works of Harriet Ann Jacobs and Harriet Wilson

In 10 pages this paper discusses how virtue is depicted in the slave narratives Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet A...

The Life, Works and Philosophy of Alice Walker

shacks they were forced to live in to the yield from their crops. From a very young age, Walker experienced the racism of the Sout...

Gangs and Females

In five pages this research paper examines gang participation as it pertains to girls with backgrounds, home life, and abuse among...

Lessons From Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl and The Awakening

slave, she was not fortunate enough to belong to the middle class and to have the social connections that come along with that cla...

Comparative Analysis of 2 Slave Narratives

and sorrow" (Prince; 1). She was soon sold off to a master and then began to learn about being beaten and abused as a slave. Sh...

A Traditional Hawaiian 'Talk' Story

After two days with them, I felt sure I could stay with them forever. I remember the smells of their house, the ginger cookies,...

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs and History

This was the condition of slavery for women. They were often seen as breeding machines that were good for little more than produci...

The Color Purple by Alice Walker and Black Women Overcoming Oppression

Ultimately, "It is through their friendships, their love, their shared oppression... that they collectively gain the strength to s...

Life and Times of Saki

In eight pages of H.H. Munro, aka Saki, is examined in terms of the British author's wit and how its cynicism is rooted in his ear...

Joan of Arc

was located within the realm of the Duke of Burgundy, but while the Burgundians were in alliance with the English, Domremy had con...

Community in Maxine Hong Kingston's 'No Name Woman' and 'Everyday Use' by Alice Walker

actions related to their sense of community. A small agricultural community generally lives on the edge of survival. What holds t...

Effects of Body Image on Young Girls and Women

and anorexia nervosa addressed in the paper. Legrand, Doroth?e. "Subjective and Physical Dimensions of Bodily Self-Consciousness,...

Polingaysi Qoyawayma's No Turning Back A Hopi Indian Woman's Struggle to Live in Two Worlds

represent one of the most fascinating cultures of the earth yet she makes a circuitous trail coming to this realization. Her life...

Contemporary Women's Lives and Backlash by Susan Faludi

progress because of the biased portrayal of women by the media and society at large. In this regard, this book is...

Economics and Culture and Ethiopian Women's Lives

Bogalech Aldemu of the Womens Affairs Department of Ethiopias Prime Minister contends that gender discrimination not only exists i...

Women's Roles in Homer's 'The Odyssey'

the strongest women in the piece are the goddess Pallas Athena and Penelope, Odysseuss wife. In addition, although her part was sm...

Women's Lives in the East and in Southeast Asia Present and Past

Indeed, the road to female freedom and self-expression has been paved with patriarchal intolerance and characteristic skepticism f...

Women’s Liberation of the 1960s

taking place within and beyond our national borders" (NOW). In this statement one sees that the organizations aim was to fight for...

Procrastination Exemplification Essay

In four pages this exemplification essay presents a first person narrative that considers a young woman's procrastination problems...

Emecheta/2nd Class Citizen

brother. As with all female orphans, she becomes a "servant" in her uncles household (Emecheta, 1983, p. 17). Her uncles family co...

A Young Woman's Life Choices

goal. My father is a college grad but my mother did not attend school beyond high school, and I know that she regrets that. She ha...

Elderly Woman's Life Odyssey

this, in that she learned to be quiet and respectful in church, as well. Louise gained a well-balanced education of what it means...

Women's Apparel and the Life Cycle of the Fashion Industry

13.5 percent in the same length of time (Industry Center, 2005). Certainly there will always be demand for womens clothing,...

Ancient Greek Woman's Life

Greece, 2004). Eleni supposed her husband would do the same, but given that she had never met him she couldnt be sure. She was d...

Comparison of Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys and Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

the womens circumstances and the move to change those circumstances. Rochesters dismissal of Antoinette, her family and her commun...