“While the standard polarization of human being in a crime story is normally dividing by the law abiding citizens from the criminal, the characters here are soon divided on the basis of sex differences.” (Alkalay) In Susan Glaspell’s “Trifles” Glaspell uses a murder investigation of a woman’s husband to demonstrate the different roles of men and women in the early 1900’s. Glaspell shows the reader, through small significant objects that the men think are inessential to illustrate the greater value women have other than merely taking care of a household. She illustrates through important evidence the importance of individuality, and freedom between men and women.…
Mirta Ojio’s book Hunting Season, Immigration and Murder in an All-American Town is based on a true story of an immigrant’s murder that turned a small American town on Long Island village of Patchogue into a war zone for immigration rights. In this critical reflection paper, I will discuss and analyze three key issues or themes that were represented in the Hunting Season and elaborate how these concepts connect with those of Governing Immigration through Crime by Dowling and Inda. The first concept is that of the Membership Theory, a theory which “limits individual rights and privileges to the members of a social contract between the government and the people” (Dowling & Inda,2013). The Membership theory often marks out boundaries of who is an accepted member of society and who isn’t, which was demonstrated in Hunting Season when Marcelo Lucero traveled from Ecuador to Long Island.…
These stories highlight some of the most important issues of the current era, both in different ways. In Eisenberg’s book The Carnivore Way, a more modern take on the current state of the ecological system. Eisenberg presents lots of logical facts and scientific statistics that are used to prove her point. In the other spectrum, Faulkner’s Big Woods collection tells a more narrative approach to telling the reader. He uses fictional characters to invoke emotions from the readers and insight his own messages to the reader, all while keeping the messages ambiguous to the reader.…
In only a matter of seconds one man's actions had severely changed another man's life for the worst. What was supposed to be a week of hunting magnificent Bighorn, swiftly changed into days of being hunted for Ben. Going from a state of relaxation in the silent desert to being startled by the enormous sound of a gun being fired was all that it took. Who was to blame for this you ask? A cold hearted man named Madec.…
The Essence of Humanness On June 15, 2015, a shooting took place in Charleston, South Carolina. The person responsible for this tragic event is defined as a “hateful person” who attempted to separate a community. His actions demonstrate the “looseness” Mark Twain argues that man has in his morals. In his essay, “The Lowest Animal”, Twain claims that man is the bottommost animal because he contains a conscience that makes him aware of the rightness and wrongness of his actions.…
The suffering of humans and nonhumans are a critical aspect in the novel such as the continuous suffering Lurie and his daughter encounters on the far. With the usage of animals as similes, the characters begin to have a new outlook on how they should live in society after their sufferings. Lurie and his daughter experience hardship, especially after they suffer through the attack on the farm, and after discussion regarding the humiliation and shame they receive, they realize they are unable to live the way they lived before the attack. Their new outlook connects themselves to animals figuratively as “perhaps that is what [they] must learn to accept. To start at ground level.…
He would mention things like “I would no more enter that kitchen than I would attempt to park a nuclear aircraft carrier” or “surrounding Arlene are thousands of steaming cooking containers. He describes cooking, a task so simple to women, as if it is something humongous, or too much for a typical human to deal with. With this in mind, he identifies…
Many of the Latin American stories consist of depicting death, loss, oppression, and in some odd ways the obstacles in love. Everything unfolds in a surreal way while others convey magical realism into their plots; making each spun tale more alluring and breath taking. In the nineteenth century Latin America was transitioning from a world where society was its people spoke out and rebelled against those of higher authority with the goal of gaining freedom. However, for the most part there was a lot of terrorizing of the town folk, torture and death as far as the eye could see.…
Deer hunting with my dad always brings joy to my life. He has taught me everything I know about shooting a gun, and being able to patiently wait for the animal. My dad is a great teacher and super supportive if I miss a shot. Instead of getting enraged, he encourages me try again. Deer hunting is one of the many events my dad and I can do to bond, and strengthen our father and daughter relationship.…
Ranch Hands are made to be tough. They don’t need anyone. They’re okay with living their lives traversing throughout the land. Does this mean they aren’t allowed to show emotions? In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck allows us to believe that this is what the characters think a working ranch hand should be.…
Two important works that are good examples of traditional gender roles are Susan Glaspell ’s play Trifles and Lynn Nottage’s play Poof. On the surface, these plays don’t seem to have very much in common; a closer look, however, reveals that both plays show similar themes and issues. The issues highlighted in both plays are suppression of women and ramifications of society.…
The Hunting Ground, by Kirby Dick, was based on the reality of undergraduate students who were sexually assaulted. In this documentary, students told their stories on how they were sexually assaulted and what took place after. Most victims were sexually assaulted by someone they knew. Victims had a fear of reporting their assaults; they did not want to be labelled, nor blamed for their assaults. They also had a fear of being turned down by the legal system as well as the institutions due to lack of evidence.…
Hunt for the Wilderpeople Film Taika Waititi ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople’ is about a young troubled adolescent boy, named Ricky. After years of being thrown around countless foster homes at the age of 13 years old, Ricky feels he has found himself a stable family environment. But with a disturbance in the family and his backyard being hundreds of miles worth of native bush, troubles arise and he finds himself running from authorities, as they are on a manhunt after suspecting Ricky has been kidnapped. Two main themes which stood out to me as a Maori viewer living between my two parents homes were how stereotypical barriers create an image for people in today’s society and how ‘family’ influence a child’s development growing up. I felt close to Ricky as he is the perfect portrayal of a young Maori boy..…
They are annoyed and confused by the kitchen in general. This is where the title of the play comes from, when Hale says women worry about “trifles.” She worried about that when it turned so cold.…
In the play jacob’s wake by Michael Cook a major focus is on the kitchen of the house. Culturally in newfoundland the kitchen is the hub of the household. A majority of the time it was the only place in the house where there was heat was thus becoming a congregating ground. The symbol of the newfoundland kitchen ties the newfoundland family together. The kitchen not only ties the family together in a symbolic way, but also in a physical way, being the kitchen is one of the only warm places in the house thus naturally becoming the hub of family happenings.…