She uses ethos, pathos, logos to gain the readers trust. She appeals to motion and logic in her reader through passion and unwavering intensity. Her argument is invalidate because it attempt to steal ethos from sources which disapproved of those who take radical point of view about marriage First, there is no primary claim. Anna begins her article with how much Evans lucky for having two moms she attempt to turn the corner about the happiness of having two moms to make the reader focus in her view. And the concise statements build anticipation, which is concluded with what the writer wants the reader to accept as a fact; Evan and his two moms are a family.
Much of the Chinese values moved with them to America. In the movie Mulan, all the parents want for their daughter, Mulan, is to bring honor to the family. But Mulan is not your typical Chinese girl; she has her own opinions, and can’t hide who she really is. (Mulan) In the story “Two Kinds”, Jing-mei’s mother and father want her to be a prodigy in order to make a life for herself. At first Jing-mei liked the idea, but after all of her attempts and fails she wanted to live a normal American life.
Pizan so obviously from the start of her writing, introduces how women should behave (from the perspective of a princess), so that her actions shall be beneficial to her and her husband. By talking about the finances, which is radical, Pizan degrades women in all other aspects. Degrading is used in the sense that she does not promote equality in any other way other than the financial aspect. These women could be considered early feminists if they looked for equality in other things as well not just a specific
‘Maybe you better go along to your own house now. We don’t want no trouble’ this shows that the workers were cautious of being caught with Curley’s wife and sent her on her way to avoid conflict. Curley treasures his wife and if she were caught in any trouble, even if it was her fault, she’d be seen as innocent. Finally, Steinbeck also presents women as attractive and confident. The quotes ‘If he ain’t, I better look someplace else, she said playfully’ and ‘Hi, Good-lookin’.’ These show all the workers think Curley’s wife is attractive and she knows this, so she’s being confident with them.
. . .” This made her dream become more apparent because she wants to be noticed. Steinbeck constructs Curley’s wife as a round character, where she has more than one side to her, as she is portrayed as a flirtatious and lonely character but the audience knows that she has had previous experiences to make her feel this way. Curley's wife does try to put herself out and fulfill her American dream.
This paper discusses three literature pieces, Desiree’s Baby, A Jury of her Peers, and The Legacy, to show how the women in these stories were treated similarly under a Patriarchal Society. Desiree had enjoyed a successful marriage with Armand – the two are happy with their marriage but this came to an end when Armand realizes that their child is not white. Because of this, he believes that the Black Traits came from Desiree. This is because Desiree had obscure origins. Though this deals with miscegenation, in some ways it does handle with the treatment of women.
The new and improved Cosmopolitan magazine had headlines such as, “So you’re Bored to Death with the Same Old You.” And “Yes, you can change your image.” These headlines are used to influence women to not settle for what they think that they deserve but to go after what they want. Brown and Cosmopolitan helped move society into being more accepting of a woman being comfortable with her sexuality and that she didn’t have to be married to do it. At the time, women were expected to be conservative. Their goal was to find a husband and take care of the housework and stay at home with the children. Brown’s book Sex and the Single Girl took that idea and completely turned it upside down.
In other words, it conforms to the conventions of marriage in the 19th century. It is a marriage typified by a kind of quiet friendliness, and as such it is utterly at odds with what we have previously seen of Catherine’s character. She recognizes that she must choose Edgar, for the implications this has for her and her children’s lives, however she refuses to accept that this means forgoing Heathcliff and a life of passion. Furthermore, in chapter 9, Catherine puts forward her thoughts on marriage as
Jeing-Mei believes that America will give her the identity she wants without having to work for it. Her mother believes that personal identity is not as important as fame. “And after I played them both a few times, I realized they were two halves of the same song.”(Tan 212) Throughout the whole story Jeing-Mei and her mother battle over who she is to become in America. Jeing-Mei had her own ideals of how she would become the prodigy. As time passed Jeing-Mei became rebellious over being pushed into a mold.
Couples can share a life of dreams, excitement and happiness. Many believe that marriage put women in higher risk factors for abuse and violence. Marriage has become only a statement now because of the widespread social change. Many have stated that being marriage is not important any longer and choose to live together instead. But this is not the same as sharing an intimate and fulfilling life.