Society defines the right and wrong for us, thereby limiting the choices we have to express ourselves. Society decides what position we must acquire to be seen as respectful, thereby forcing us to achieve that and only that. Conversely, if one chooses to express themselves in a different, unexpected manner it leads to an uproar on the society’s behalf. People were being bullied or judged on their character by the communities they belong to. Sandra is a young girl with dark skin who is born to white parents and it is because of her skin colour.
These outsiders serve mainly to be scorned by the “higher” members of society, and to make those “insiders” feel better about themselves. The character that is most easily recognizable as an outsider in The Bluest Eye is Pecola Breedlove, but her father, Cholly, who has had his own experiences with self-hatred, initially establishes her self-hatred and status as an outsider. The beginning of this vicious cycle takes place during Cholly’s adolescence. The origin of his self-hatred is his first sexual experience, which is interrupted by two white men catching he and Darlene in the act. Though Cholly was humiliated by the white men, “he hated the one who had created the situation, the one who bore witness to his failure, his impotence” (151).
This is showing Stradlater is a secret slob because he appears all right on the outside, but once someone gets to know him, they know he is slob. As shown by the book, his razor is full of hair, lather, and crap yet he does not care. He does not seem to care about how he keeps himself as long as he looks good on the outside. Stradlater gets into a fight with Holden, and Holden alienates himself from Stradlater by saying, “That’s just the trouble with you morons. You never want to discuss anything.
His Grandmother on the other hand warned him of the issues of western paradigm. She even tried to make it clear that he has developed a false consciousness. “It is a sham. I cannot bear to see my boy live a made-up
Okonkwo and Macbeth are both heavily influenced by other characters, fuelled by the expectations of their societies, and driven to act based on their tragic flaw. The reason behind all the actions Okonkwo takes can be traced back to one person; his father. Okonkwo grew up hating Unoka’s laziness and he “was ruled by one passion- to hate everything that his father Unoka had loved” (Achebe 13). This led him to rule “his household with a heavy hand” (Achebe 13), and treat his family poorly. He is afraid to show affection, as seen with Ezinma and Ikemefuna.
White people believed they were superior to the blacks and barely viewed them as human beings. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee writes accurate descriptions of how racism was ingrained in the daily lives of Americans such as Aunt Alexandra whose response to Scout as to why she cannot play with a black boy is "Because- he – is – trash, that’s why you can’t play with him". Alexandra is not giving Scout a real reason why because she has no reason other than she grew up with society telling her black and white children could not play together and was brainwashed into believing it. Another situation that shows the shocking segregation is when Cecil Jacobs asked a question about why the Jewish were persecuted in class "But that ain’t no cause to persecute ‘em. They’re white aren’t they?"
In Erdrich's work, she displays the white people very critically by using quotes from the John Wayne movie she uses in her her poem, such as “It is / not over, this fight, not as long as you resist. / Everything we see belongs to us.” (Erdrich 12). This direct attack on the whites from the film gives a glimpse into how Erdrich feels that the white men are the sole reason that the Native American culture has almost been destroyed. She feels that the whites' greed and aggressive nature forced the destruction of the traditions and values that the Native American people once had. Alexie, on the other hand, feels that the blame falls more on the actual people of the new Native American generations becoming more like the white men on their own accord.
Afrah Noor Briget Horne ENC 1102 9 March 2014 Paper 4 Proposal This paper is based on racial conditioning, white privilege, and white culture, and how it has affected our lives for the worse. Using quotations from the essay “Leave Your Name at the Border” by Manuel Munoz, and quotations from three other essays, this paper will portray the imagery of how much the diversity in America is actually respected. Racial conditioning encourages the reduction of respect towards others, making diversity seem detrimental, and making it seem alright to look down on others, which allows for an unfitted environment for our children to be brought up in. Other aspects discussed in this essay are the effects of capitalism and stereo typing.
Society’s Burdens Social influences have shaped the way humans function since the beginning of time. Whether it be by style of dress, religious beliefs, musical choice, or language, society has played a vital role on how people decide to live. In the short stories “Greasy Lake” by T. Coraghessan Boyle and “Hills like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway, both demonstrate how society can influence our decisions and can lead to devastating mistakes. A boy in “Greasy Lake “exudes a “bad boy” persona which leads him to commit crimes, and see the negative consequences of his decisions, in “Hills like White Elephants” a woman becomes entranced by an American philosopher and loses her self-dignity to fit in with in with him. The young man in “Greasy Lake” portrays himself as a “tough guy” by changing his demeanor and wardrobe.
Different from other women, who obey men and follow orders, Shelley represents Safie as a rebellious female figure in an attempt to convey her hostility toward sexism. Safie’s strength is shown when she disregards her father and escape to join Felix instead. Because of Safie’s mutinous characteristic, Safie is able to criticize a male dominant society where women’s rights are often neglected. Furthermore, Shelley argues that confinement is nauseating because it is a form of oppression toward women. Victor’s two years of alienation between himself and society during his process of creating the monster parallel the period of a woman’s confinement before labor.