...Each country has been personalized throughout history with various different traits and distinguishable attributes. Even in larger counties, such as the United States, people characterize certain sections. New Yorkers are rude and loud, whereas those in the South like Georgians are well-mannered. Many of these qualities track back to the early history of each area. Still, as a whole, Americans began to gain a unique essence which many historians have been studying to credit its origins. For example, Frederick Jackson Turner ascribed these qualities to the westward expansion and frontier settlement of the United States. Turner explained his theory of the “making of the American Man” by showing the West’s large role in history. He states that...
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...Janie only suffered domestic violence when Tea Cake got ill and could not control his actions making him wanting to shoot her. Tea Cake failed to kill Janie and this is where Janie found dominance within herself. She slowly started to find dominance is when she left Jody because she was unhappy and doing what she please and wanted to do. Janie started to be known for being superior within herself because she began to go against that a housewife would be, as in she played checkers and started to become more and more free. Bessie Smith wrote a poem about just because she’s a woman does not mean she can not get the man she wants. The poem as a whole means that she is just like everyone else, the poem says “I’m a good woman, I can get plenty of...
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...come to accept the fact that women can do everything that man can do. It is now acceptable for women to be “manly” without losing their womanhood. The question is: if the image about women only being feminine has changed, how come men are still pressured to only be masculine? Are “macho” men the only “real” men? Does it take a strong jaw-line, defined and muscular abs, and a beer in one hand to be considered a “true” man? Today’s world has summed up men to be just that… In order to be considered real men, they can’t wear the color pink, drink diet soda, do housework, drink fruity-flavored alcoholic drinks, or be anything less than a sports-loving, scotch-drinking, gym-going, and woman-loving guy. In an ad about the new Dr. Pepper soda, “Dr. Pepper Ten”, the slogan that Dr. Pepper used was “IT’S NOT FOR WOMEN” in big, bold letters. This message implies that the drink is meant to be only for men. Underneath the slogan, the ad reads “A lady-free zone of rugged, macho, hair-on-your-chest awesomeness that’s definitely not for women.” In this ad, not only is Dr. Pepper discriminating women, but it is also raising the question that if a guy is not “rugged, macho”, and has “hair on his chest” then, could he not drink that soda? Would he fall in the same category as the women who can’t drink it, therefore not be considered a man? Dr. Pepper made it clear that this drink was for men even though the description of the “ideal man” that they would like to drink their new soda is very specific...
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...The Price of Desire “I do not consider myself to be a follower, just a lonely deserted soul in a barbaric city, who walks his own treacherous path in life.” (McGready, 10) I, like many women before me covet love deep in my soul. I have gone to many lengths to protect that desire from those that seek to destroy it, at a price only I will know. An all consuming desire so strong as to change the course of the soul, back into ones self. How far will one go for the craving of love? What part of your soul will you be willing to sacrifice in exchange for the need to fill the void in your heart? When we look at stories about desperate love and the longing of the human heart we might look at William Faulkner. Born in 1897 into an old Mississippian family, the reader may find that most of his stories focus on the vast emotions that one feels when trying to understand the heart and the soul in small town southern life. “A Rose for Emily” written by Faulkner in 1950, tells the story of a proud southern belle robbed of her chances for love and to belong, by an overbearing father and a culture so stifling as to lock her away her with desire forever. Faulkner writes this story from an objective point of view as the reader is told only what Miss Emily does with her life as it is picked apart by the town gossip. “The Griersons held themselves a little too high”, as most would say and Miss Emily, a well bred southern daughter, described as “a slender figure in white”, (Faulkner...
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...Does Old Spice Body Wash make men more attractive? While the scent is aromatic, the product itself will not guarantee luxuries that their commercials say you will get. The commercial I am referring to is the one narrated by Isaiah Mustafa, also known as, “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like.” This body wash does not have the magical powers that are fundamental to making you rich, famous, or better looking. The only thing this bottle of soap can do for you is make you not smell like a foot. Commercials like these use rhetorical strategies to persuade the audience to buy their products. They use ethical appeals to convince an audience of the author’s credibility or character, and they also use pathos to invoke sympathy from an audience. This thirty...
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...the Museum This is a story about a man sitting in a museum looking at one specific painting: the Stubbs chestnut horse. Doing this, he talks with an older man of near sixty years old about a girl in the museum. This girl reminds the older man about the feeling of rejection in his teen years. The main character is telling the story from his own point of view, as he is the narrator of the story. He is a first person narrator, who does not comment on the characters and the action in an objective way. An example of this is when the girl jokes about the horse in the painting and walks away, just to go back, when she “stared at the horse, which she must have felt she had affronted by her laughter” (page 5 line 6). Of course, the narrator does not know why she comes back to the horse; this is just his guess of what she is thinking. This affects the readers, since we do not get to know the thoughts and feelings of the other characters. At the beginning of the story, the old man tells a younger man about Stubbs the painter and about the horses he painted. But the young man seems restless and he is not interested in listening to the old man. By his exit, he ends up insulting the older man, who does not understand why the young man is not willing to learn anything about Stubbs. Stubbs and the painting of horses seems to mean a great deal to the older man, so he gets insulted, not only by being left, but also because of the fact that the younger man rather wants to go to the French eighteenth...
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...there is one man who stands out. During the trial he was observing and taking down notes in his mind about the case. Others were also doing the same thing, but did not take in account how to analyze the situation like the old man did. This vote/tally by the whole group is basically a system. They all use this system to see where they all stand on the verdict. The old man decides to state his individuality because these factors: his beliefs, values and morals. This man has a belief that you cannot just send a young man off to possibly die without having talked about it first. He also made this decision based on the context on the situation. He knew some of the people in the room would be too scared to voice their own opinion. Others people’s belief though in the room are not in the right place. Some are more worried about a baseball game or money. Others are basing some things off their background such as the one of the other older gentlemen and his issues with his children. Their background experiences all reflect their actions and attitudes during the whole movie. This was also due to the perception of the situation they were in. Their attitudes and values were also a big influence on them during the movie. The old man that first voted not guilty was definitely a leader. He also had very high self-esteem because he was not afraid to voice his opinion. Many people went through intrapersonal communication during the movie, because of the examples and flaws the old man was sending...
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...approached the vehicle he made sure to leave a finger print on the tail light of the truck for safety reasons and to make identification of the vehicle easier in case he got hurt and the truck drove away. Officer White ran a background check on the driver and found no warrants for his arrest or unpaid tickets, so he let the man go with a warning to get the placement and lighting of the license plate corrected. After the man drove away, a disturbing call came over the radio, “A black male is holding a gun to the head of a black female and threatening to shoot.” Officer White hurriedly threw the car in drive and raced to the scene. Upon arrival, another officer had already gotten there and had the man by the arm dragging him out of the house and into the driveway. By the time White got out of the vehicle, five other L.C.P.D. units (including a K-9 unit) with nine officers, one S.W.A.T. unit with three S.W.A.T. members, and an ambulance with two medics arrived on scene. Three officers wrestled the man to the ground and hand cuffed him while S.W.A.T. and the other officers searched the house, backyard, vehicles in the driveway, and bushes around the house for the weapon the man had. The medics went inside the house as well and found the woman beaten on the floor crying and carried her to the...
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...from having a good-looking appearance while you have your clothes on Just imagine one day your dudes suggest going to the pool or the beach and denial is impossible And then, what’s going to be shown up next ??? Your pubs, that saggy booties, big round belly and especially man boobs So please tell me How do you feel at that moment ?? Embarrassing right ? So that one indispensable factor to be an alpha is to be looking good naked Well, I’m not talking about the man you all see on the magazines or newspaper ( Who’s got about 2% body fat and the abs are like Oh Jesus Christ ) because it’s nearly unachievable My point is not comparing you to other people, but to be in the best version of yourself you can possibly be when you are naked So now here comes 4 tips for you to be in the greatest shape like you’ve never been before (Slide 4 tips ) Tip 1: Get rid of your pubes For most people, having a blooming massive bushes might not be the good look Well I’m not talking about all men in this Universe but most people So my recommendation is to trim your pubes (slide on) just look at the picture and you can see the differences The man with chest hair, shoulder hair looks much creepier than the man with no pubes even though they are both big, strong and muscular So please gentlemen, shave it, you have a trimmer use it, you have the razor, use it And when you have a glance on the mirror again, you won’t be able to recognize yourself ! Tip 2: Having a well-defined...
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...male sex. While males face a plethora of issues, we mostly face three major criticisms. Males are criticized for their physical appearance, for their masculinity, and whether or not they choose to keep up with the current fashion trends. The physical appearance of a man is judged on so many things. Allow me to name just a few of the main aspects of a man’s appearance that are criticized. Our height is a big problem. Society tells guys that if they are not 5’10” or taller that they are short. This leads to people...
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...men play, props to elevate the glory of the main hero and stepping stones to achieve his full mission. The first woman we meet is Yvonne. She’s obviously gorgeous, and somehow that’s all we know. Through the narrative we learn nothing more than the fact that she sleeps around, and is somehow annoying for wanting more than just sex. Because wanting something more than sex is somehow too much to handle for our lead. She is literally being passed around from man to man, who take her home for sex and then treat her like garbage the next day. There is no difference between her and a high class prostitute. Not only is she an annoying walking sex toy, she also happens to be an alcoholic. During a scene the audience sees Yvonne drinking more than she should, and who comes to the rescue Rick. After she tells him that she doesn’t want to go, we see Rick almost forcing her out of the bar. Her opinion and feelings don’t matter. Rick somehow knows what’s best for her, which wouldn’t be a problem if he would have done the same for a man at the bar. I’m sure many men come to his place and get pissed drunk, but the moment a woman decides to get drunk it’s somehow his responsibility, as a ‘gentlemen’ to stop it. Another horrible...
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...Throughout years there have been numerous discontents among men. It is believed that one of the biggest discontents is the aesthetic discontent . In the past men have always criticized their art as being inferior to the past , but in the 19th century they realized that this inferiority was a shame to their generation and it was affecting the whole society . The problem with 19th century was that, even thought that generation was the stronger, creative and more powerful than the previous one, they built without emotion . They could make things that no one made before, but they were not capable of expressing what they felt with they work. Their work was either meaningless, dull, or it was expressive to the point it was better to not be expressed...
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...She takes this as confirmation of what she has believed all along: If he had died, she would have felt it. With this insight, Mathilde hires a lawyer and a private investigator and sets out on a quest to unravel the truth. Unfortunately Mathilde suffers from a condition known as poliomyelitis, which has paralyzed her legs making her unable to walk. However this does not stop her from finding her fiancé. Through interviews, letters, telegrams, and visits to important places Mathilde gathers information that leads her to discover the whereabouts of her lover, Manech. She begins to discover clues, each one leading to the next. First she finds a stamp spoken of in one of the letters she finds. If the stamp is real, then the letter must be too and her lover was alive on the supposed day he died. She then receives a letter from a woman who has had an affair with another soldier and one of the condemned men. The letter to Mathilde helps her discover the whereabouts of a pair of German boots that have been traded several times among the soldiers. These boots lead her to a man who assisted Manech in no-man’s-land, carrying him out on his back. Mathilde and this man manage to crack the code of a letter from one of the condemned men to his wife, and with it she is able to find the one person who carries all the secrets that lead to Manech. With all of these new people and discoveries, Mathilde finds out her fiance is alive, but he suffers from amnesia, not even being able to identify his...
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...role in sex and often enough we make it our mission to be great at it. But, what if you wanted to spice things up? What if you want to be the one that gets him burning with desire? Like women, men are also fairly complicated sexual beings and we also enjoy our share of fun. Most women believe that it’s enough for a man to “stick it in” and that’s really all they want from sex. That’s also true if your man is in his first years of sex (or under 22) but after a while they want and expect things to be at a different level. Sex doesn’t necessarily have to start in the bedroom…it can start anywhere you want it to. I’m not talking about nakedness in public places but giving him that little taste of the action can get him in a fiery mood early on. For example, if you’re out at a romantic dinner, have a passionate look at his pants then move onto his eyes and give him the “I want you now!” look. To make it even better, you can kiss him passionately on the cab ride home. As with you, kissing passionately gets a guy going. I don’t know what it is but for most guys, when they feel some tongue action things just start going crazy. In a way, our brains directly associate making out (tongue kissing) with sex, they go hand and hand. Role-playing is always great if you want to spice things up in the bedroom. The best part about it is that you can do it without any kinky costumes or anything like that. Just imagine a story and then play a role in that story, it’s that simple. To make it even easier...
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...Just another Breakfast The candle-light fluttered upon his face, lighting his sculpted features passionately. His lips were the most perfect shade of rose, matching his faint blush perfectly. Long eyelashes cast shadows across his skin, almost as feminine as a princess’. He looked into my eyes, grazing my face with a tender breath. My own caught in my throat, and I really cannot finish this god damn book With a groan, I crumple up the piece of paper in my hand and toss it to the floor, muttering about deadlines and bards and the Gods know what else. I lean back in my chair, rubbing my temple in frustration; it’s been a month or so since I’ve been hired by the travelling band of entertainers, but my work’s not been up to its usual standards. I hiss, before throwing myself to my feet and walking out of my caravan. I shield my eyes from the blinding sun with a raised hand, looking around the camp. Children run across the fields, tripping each other with sticks before jumping away again. Women sit in circles around barrels of water, nattering about their husbands while washing their family’s clothes. Their dark eyes flicker to me, and they wave good-morning before going back to their daily duties. I reply in kind before turning away, looking at the men of our troupe. Erik stands at the campfire, turning last night’s hunt on the spit. We nod at each other and I approach him, folding my hands into my pockets. “Morning, Erik,” I say. He grunts a reply, his eyes already back...
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