Compare and Contrast: Sister Flowers versus I Want a Wife Lisa Jackson ENG 121: English Composition I Instructor: Alicia Giffin December 9, 2013 When given the task of comparing two different essays, I read through the list before deciding on Sister Flowers by Maya Angelou and I Want a Wife by Judy Brady. I found both essays to be well-written and each touched me on an emotional level. However, I found the essay Sister Flowers to be the better essay because of the descriptive nature and that
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repetition of “And ain’t I a woman?”, which is meant to draw attention to her being a woman and black. She uses this to bridge slave rights and womens rights because she is in fact, both a woman and a black slave. She lists off all the things that people say women should have done for them, and then calls it all out because she has not had any of these things done for her, even though she
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fit into the ideal view of a man. In Judy Brady’s, “I Want a Wife” Brady takes a satirical approach to showcasing how men think when evaluating a wife. She plays the role of a typical male and lists all the attributes this male would love to have for a wife. He wants his wife to cook, clean and take care of the kids. He also wants the wife to listen to him when he wants her to, but doesn’t want to feel obligated to listen to her when she needs to(361 Brady). However, this essay is a dated essay
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things like “I don’t know how it happened…I guess I was just lucky”, whereas male counterparts have no issues with accepting being confident and intelligent. While reading this essay, I found myself taking a neutral position. I can definitely recall moments during my life where I would be smiling on the outside, but upset on the inside, just because I thought it would be too mannish to show anger. I also thought of a time when I had been promoted and had to give a speech. During my speech, I simply said
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woman asked her to take a back seat to men’s work and not be in the fore front. It was not important for women to be educated, for they were not made to be leaders, creators, commanders or organizers. Sister Flowers by Maya Angelou and I Want a Wife by Judy Brady bring light to the dynamics of a woman and the many facets of a woman. Whether of a high or low class the, fortitude of a woman is astounding. In this ever changing world, women have begun to evolve and smile at the ratification of the
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In E.B. White’s “One More at the Lake” and Judy Brady’s “I want a wife”, both authors write on personal encounters they experienced. The author chooses two different methods of writing styles. E.B. White utilizes a nostalgic reflective descriptive piece, whereas Brady uses a more sarcastic narrative. Arguably both writers do a great job in their story telling skills. Both stories are respected and pleasing, yet similar but different at the same time. The authors’ choice of writing style is what
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Society has placed generic characteristics on what it means to be a man or a woman. A man must work for a living to provide for his family and himself to maintain financial stability. A woman must bare children, keep the house clean, cook and stay at home. Society has created this set script on “How to be a Man/Woman”, and for generations this script has been recited line for line in many American households. It can easily be blamed on the reinforcement of this idea through family life, media glorification
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is More Appealing ENG 121 English Composition I Professor Beth Riley October 23, 2013 Homelessness is More Appealing Many of us will never be homeless, and not everyone understands the benefit of having a wife, but after reading the essays’, Homeless (Quindlen, A. n.d.) and I Want a Wife (Brady, J. 1971), one can gain a better understanding of both. I am a wife. Therefore, I can certainly connect with the narrator’s story of I Want a Wife. This is a narrative essay, in which the narrator
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by Judy Brady in “I Want a Wife” a wife is to care for the children, the sexual needs, the social needs, and the physical needs of the husband. Caring for the children would obviously be one of the most prominent responsibilities of the wife. The wife is to “keep track of the children’s doctor and dentist appointments,” make sure the children eat healthy, and have a proper education (503). Amongst taking care of the children’s appointments she is to take care of the husband’s as well. A wife “will
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06/17/2016 Essay #2: Is Gender Bias Noticeable in Literature? In this essay I would be investigating if there are any gender biases in the short stories and the movie Gone Girl. By definition gender bias is, “Inclination towards or prejudice against one gender” (Collins). Although gender bias is mostly thought of being against women there has been a subtler bias against men most recently in movies. Therefore, in this essay I would be considering gender biases of both men and women. In the short story
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