Category: Social Issues

Sylvia Plath, the Applicant Sylvia Plath was born in 1932, and she grew up in Boston. Plath was precociously intelligent, and by the time she was eight years, she published her first poem (Rosenblatt). She was a divisive individual due to her controversy, which is depicted in her poem The Applicant. In the poem, the…

Kate Chopin is an author of American decent whose stories consists mainly of feminist points of view and focuses on women’s exploration for self-identity, non-conformist behavior towards gender and society’s expectations. Nineteenth century class status for women did not differentiate one from the other, women were not allowed political power and were subservient to men.…

In the early colonial days of America, women were seen as nothing but objects to men. Women were there just for the sole purpose of birthing children, cooking, cleaning, and taking care of their husbands. They weren’t allowed an education, or to have a job. Women were viewed negatively because of their emotional nature and…

Many times we make assumptions about people without really even getting to know them. All three of these stories have a character in them who is treated unfairly because of their physical appearance. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, there is a lot of racial discrimination. The Tom Robinson case is a perfect example…

Robert Owen, Charles Babbage, Andrew Ure, and Charles Dupin, are four people that tried to provide management solutions to the early companies and organizations. Robert Owen (1771 to 1858) Robert Owen was a successful entrepreneur in his time. However he tried to oppose industrialization because he thought that will do more harm than good. He…

Although experienced in vastly different contexts, contemporary Pakistan and 1960s Britain, Malala Yousafzai’s memoir, ‘I am Malala,’ co-authored by Christina Lamb and Nigel Cole’s film, ‘Made in Dagenham,’ (2010) both explore the ingrained gender inequality of the respective societies and the dogged determination of the protagonists to promote large-scale social change in order to address…

To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM), a novel written by Harper Lee, follows the journey of six year old Jean Louise Finch (Scout), a young girl growing up in a society of hatred that relies on a false sense of strength, conformity and high expectations. More specifically, Lee focuses on gender stereotypes and inequality forced upon…

Daisy and Myrtle are two women on opposite sides of the social hierarchy. In spite of their differences, both women face similar obstacles that prevent them from living fulfilled lives. Social expectations keep women from achieving their American dreams, forcing them to rely on men who own all of the power in society. Daisy Buchanon…

Introduction The Joy Luck Club is a famous novel written by American Chinese Amy Tan. The novel tells the story of four pairs of mother and daughter in a very special order. The book begins with the formation of the “Joy Luck Club”, which was founded by four Chinese women who moved to USA due…

I have noticed that there are many examples of discrimination and divide between wealth classes in the texts we’ve read this quarter. The Marxist reader does not like the divide and wants the established classes and apparent separation to be abolished. To them it is immoral for materialistic things like money to control others around…