This is apparently to captivate the little girls because since the whole lane is pink the toy's packaging must shine in the girl's face to get her attention. ... The Colors changed from pink and purple to orange, red, black and dark blue. ... I noticed that all of the boys toys had dominant poses, angry faces and on the boxes of the toys I always found a picture of a young boy smiling and having fun playing with the toy so that the child can relate to the boy in the picture immediately. ...

• Word Count: 1233
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

World is made of men and women. They are the two pieces of a puzzle without which life would be impossible. What is it exactly that makes the division between men and women? Scientifically, one responsible factor is a proper chromosome. But the truth is that it is not so much the matter of...

• Word Count: 3294
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Feeling Poetry Linda McCarriston shapes feelings of anger, rage, contempt and healing in her poetry through narration, metaphors with detailed sensory language as she unfolds the painful story of sexual abuse and family abuse at the hands of her alcoholic father. In an interview with Bill Moyers...

• Word Count: 3020
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In One of Ours the main character, Claude, is confronted with life changing decisions in his social and personal lives. He does not conform to many of the ideals, which his family lives by and therefore has become an outcast at home. However, Claude's personal struggles do not reside strictly within the confines of his household. His troubles carry on through the story and become especially apparent in his sexual life. At times, Cather portrays Claude as man who is crippled in his sexuality and is this act is demonstrated with the way he handles himself with women. ...

• Word Count: 5298
• Approx Pages: 21
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School