Anita Desai is a female author who reflects on the peculiarities of life for women in India, from a unique Indo-Anglian perspective. She spent one part of her life in India, while most of her academic career she spent in the West, teaching in Massachusetts. At the age of nine Anita Desai studied Wuthering Heights and was nurtured in the world of Brontes in her initial life. At the age of twenty she studied the novels of D. H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, James and Proust, which exercised deep impression on her. Recently she studied some western novelist and poets i.e. Kawabata, Rimband, Hopkins and Lawrence which also impressed her novels deeply and in this account she used flashback and stream of consciousness technique in some of her novels. …show more content…
Of these writers Kamala Markandaya and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala are unquestionably the most outstanding. Kamala Markandaya’s first novel Nectar in A Sieve (1954), has been compared with Pearl Buck’s though a nearer and an apt analogy would be K.S. Venkataramani’s Murugan the Triller, Kamala Markandaya’s Some Inner Fury (1957) recalls his Kandan the Patriot, where Venkataramani is poetical and masculine, Kamala Markandaya is suggestive and feminine. Ms. Attia Hossain’s novel Sunlight on a Broken Column (1961) gives evidence of a talent for reminiscence and sensitive observation. Anita Desai presents neo-concept to the achievements of indian women writers in English fiction. Anita Desai in proper perspective has compared the women writers in more or less same thematic and theoretical exposure to deal with the theme of human relationship. Her fellow women writers Kamala Markandaya, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Nayantara Sahgal, S.R. Rau, Attia Hossain rarely take effort to depict the psychic elements involved in these themes in their completeness. Anita Desai presents a new dimension to English fiction through the exploration of this troubled sensibility, a typical neo-Indian
In both of these articles by Christine Dell’Amore and Matt Miller, they discuss how these top predators impact the island, why they are they important, and should humans interfere? On the island of Isle Royale, there is a variety of animals that mostly just consume vegetation; therefore, they need wolves to balance out the food chain. But, the island is only accessible during the winter when stable ice bridges are created. Unfortunately, the ice bridges have not been forming due to warmer winters. Leaving a small count of wolves on the island with no new genes to mix in.
The following essay examines the up close dynamics of Brianna Marie De Moss. This entails the aspects of her social, cognitive, and mental development related to theories of Erik Erikson, Urie Bronfenbrenner, and Jean Piaget. This timeline is set up on the basis of Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages of Development according to Brianna’s accomplishments in age. In addition, outside scholarly articles are included that pertain to influences on her growth from prenatal care through the present. Brianna’s mother, Angie De Moss also adds to the conversation to give the reader insight towards her witness of her daughter’s development.
In “Avatars, Scarlet ‘A’s, and Adultery in the Technological Age” by an Assistant Professor of Law Sandi S. Varnado explore the new increasing twist on the age-old issue of adultery and online infidelity by using technology that causes many divorces between marriages. Nowadays people have love affairs using the Internet, specifically to communicate with others. According to Varnado, she reports that in December 2012 a survey revealed that 81% of all adults in the United States use the Internet, which has impacted our society in both positive and negative ways (372). Varnado also emphasizes that given the appearance and prevalence of online sexual satisfaction, it is not difficult to imagine that many Internet users are engaging in online. When
Petitions are, in many cases, controversial. They are often signed in protest of things such as unfair pay, civil rights, or unsafe working conditions. Oftentimes the signers of these petitions risk their jobs and their reputations. “Lyddie” by Katherine Paterson is the story of a young girl coming of age in mid nineteenth century New England. Her family is indebted, and eventually Lyddie makes her way to Lowell to start life as a factory girl, leaving behind her younger brother, sisters, and ailing mother, in pursuit of her new job.
Anna Goldsworthy writes in the introduction to her Quarterly Essay, that it’s never been a better time to be a woman in this country ‘on the surface’. Despite the hegemony of females to crucial positions within government, large business and greater education, women are still held to incredible standards in what Goldsworthy marks as an ‘image-centric culture’. Before I read the essay, I thought it was going to be solely based around women in politics, but it wanders off into the general area of sexism and misogyny where she Goldsworthy starts writing about how the female is viewed in common society, and then further away into Gonzo porn, online culture, typically associated with teenage women and their image and how they are viewed online, and also how women may go out and correct their flaws by makeup and plastic surgery. Goldsworthy begins her essay here with Gillard 's speech, now referred to as simply ‘the misogyny speech’, it was a hit out of Abbott and his associated endorsement of ‘sexism and misogyny’.
I chose to read the article about Andrea Yates. The article started out by talking about Andrea (Kennedy) Yates’ achievements in her younger years, such as, being the class valedictorian, officer in the National Honor Society (NHS) and she was also captain of her swim team (Andrea Yates: Post-Partum Psychosis n.d. ). She later went on to become and work as a Registered Nurse (RN) (Andrea Yates: Post-Partum Psychosis n.d. ). In her mid twenties she met Rusty Yates, however, it was odd that she approached him as many people described her as a recluse (Andrea Yates: Post-Partum Psychosis n.d. ).
Throughout the story “In the silence” by Peggy S. Curry the protagonist; Jimmy is on a rollercoaster of emotions. At the beginning of the story, Jimmy is depressed and homesick because of his interactions with Angus Duncan. Although as he would finger is brooch he would remember home, this made him happier. When Angus sent Jimmy into “the silence” he was scared, scared of all the dangers around him. After a few nights “in the silence” he had already lost two of his sheep, one was killed when trampled by a horse, and another was dropped and killed by a sheep, he was worried about what Angus’ reaction would be along with the sheep’s safety in jeopardy.
Dinesh’s D’Souza’s Ronald Reagan is a biography recounting the life, acting career, and political career of President Ronald Reagan. D’Souza’s analysis of Reagan’s life gives another perspective to the man one critic called a “useful idiot” (138). D’Souza’s use of simplistic language, concise depiction of events, and unbiased writing makes Ronald Reagan an effective narrative of how President Ronald Reagan, the “hopeless clown,” transformed the world. Dinesh D’Souza uses simplistic language to make the story of Reagan’s life understandable and readable.
Imagery of the bass, the river, and Sheila Mant One of the main themes of this story is that sacrifice. The narrator of this story is not given a name but he is fourteen year old. The narrator has a major crush on a women- seventeen year old, Sheila Mant. The narrator finally, and I say finally, asks Sheila on a date via the narrator’s boat.
Lynn Nottage’s play By The Way, Meet Vera Stark is an interesting play that deals with race during 1933 Hollywood. The two main characters Vera Stark and Gloria Mitchell show how black and white actresses were treated back then. Vera is African American and in the 1930’s the roles for her were degrading such as playing maids or slaves. Meanwhile Gloria, a “white” actress, gets the leading roles for movies. These two women show us how Hollywood treated black and white passing actresses.
In “Seeing” by Annie Dillard, Dillard argues that there is more than one way to see the world. To allow oneself to enjoy the simple wonders and life a pleasurable life, one must see the world properly. Dillard begins “Seeing” with a story from when she was young about pennies. How she would hide them, wishing and wondering about how later on they would be found by strangers. She continues to recount multiple stories about bullfrogs and darkness to emphasize the different ways of seeing the world and how it affects the observer.
The essay Be Specific by Natalie Goldberg was an essay thats main point to me was respect. Respect is something that every individual deserves. A synopsis of what respect means to me all leads back to the golden rule, treat others as you want to be treated. The example that Natalie used that was the most realistic to me was when she said "Hey, girl, get in line.". Many people in today 's world do not take the time to use names it is always hey you, dude, bro, girl, and so the list goes on; as a result our generation is known for being disrespectful in regards to previous years.
According to an article on CNN, Muslims only make up less than one percent of the American population (Yan). This number can be surprising to many Americans because of what they see and hear on media. There are many misconceptions about Muslims in our society that is causing hate towards them. Through a personal story in Suzanne Barakat’s speech titled “Islamophobia killed my brother. Let’s end the hate” she effectively shows how bigotry against Muslims is a problem in society.
In Nothing to Envy written by Barbara Demick, the author describes North Korea as "a country that has fallen out of the developed world" (Demick 4). Through diction, Demick is attempting to demonstrate the notion that North Korea is surviving solely without interruption from the outside world. This is done by ruling the country by a totalitarian dictatorship, such as an absolute monarchy controlled by generations of the same family in pursuit of the same goal. In North Korea, each individual person is denied basic human rights in attempt to control the incoming knowledge about the world around them. They are taught to solemnly worship and abide by the rules of their supreme leader and are denied any uncontrolled access to electronics, such as movies, television, and internet.
Government Arts College for Women, Thanjavur. Abstract: Identity crisis or search of identity has received an impetus in the Post-Colonial literature. Man is known as a social animal which needs some home, love of parents and friends and relatives. But when he is unhoused, he loses the sense of belongingness and thus suffers from a sense of insecurity or identity crisis. In the field of Indian English Literature, feminist or woman centered approach is the major development that deals with the experience and situation of women from the feminist consciousness.