Sameness is a central theme in Lois Lowry’s novel, The Giver. In her book, Lowry warns the reader of the danger of conformity by creating a utopian community that operates based on the idea of sameness. In this utopian society, individualism and the freedom of personal choices are being discouraged. Children from early ages learn that breaking rules and being different is shameful and they need to fit into their society, into the “sameness”. This society makes the people to live in numbness by
In the last section of my dissertation I will explore the intersection of postfeminism and Gothic which informs the birth of ‘Postfeminist Gothic’ that “demarcates a new space for critical enquiry that re-invigorates previous debates on the Gothic, in particular the notion of the Female Gothic and its relation to second-wave feminism, as well as shedding light on the contemporary postfeminist conundrum” (Brabon and Genz 1). Within this nascent genre, women writers transgress the 1970s feminist gothic
She fought for the abolition of slavery and for women’s rights. In 1851, she gave a speech titled “Ain’t I a Woman?” at the Women’s Convention in the city of Akron, Ohio (Truth 649). Truth fought for equality between whites and ex-slaves; she also fought for equality between man and woman. In her speech, Truth compares herself to white men on an equal level by asking rhetorical questions. For example, Truth said, “I could work as much and eat as much as a man -- when I could get it --
Islam is the religion of utmost respect, morality, etiquettes, values, and respect. Muslims believe it to be the last and the most complete version of Allah’s religion. In only 1400 years it has become one of the widely spread religion with almost 1.8 billion followers. However ,it is eminent that over the time Muslim’s have gained distance from their religion. Is it because of the worldly affairs that have attracted Muslims away from Islam or is it the hesitation and resistance from asking about
therefore will the making of the Other also be the making of the One. In other words, everybody have to define Others to define themselves those two terms can’t be separated if we ever wanted a definition. He used the deconstruction method to distinguish between the Other and the One or the Self . On these grounds, he was relating to the other and the literary attempt to narrate, recognize, and understand the other are mutually exclusive courses of action since in the process of describing and grasping otherness
administering the laws or resolution of disputes arising out of implementation of laws are totally considered of male bastion and equitable gestures, if any, towards women came out of men’s sympathies for women’s problems. The principle of equality is equated with “sameness treatment “in an inherently unequal society. The Hindu succession act 1956 came with the objective of providing a comprehensive and uniform scheme of intestate succession for Hindus. As I have researched on the “Disqualification” under