Fearful that they will be left with no money, she makes marrying them "the business of her life.... As Hazel Jones notes, there were many women who acted similarly, privileging a steady income and home over the possibility of happiness.6 If happiness was found in marriage it was usually just an added bonus; few marriages were actually created in happiness. ... When Collins proposes, she instantly rejects him because she knows that he will not make her happy. ... "8 In doing so, she highlights the idea that women and men are essentially just humans, rather than 'female' and...

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Winston is denying a fundamental part of who he is by marrying a woman. ... He still has a passion for ministry, however his congregation does not. ... The reader sees everything unravel as she realizes she no longer knows her own identity, even making a trip back home to her grandmother's in the south trying to find herself. She has the money and the address and the high paying job, but no idea who she is or where she fits in. ... The one person who tries to do something to help is Willie, the "outsider"" from Putney-Wayne. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Vivian though, we know, is not wealthy. ... This argument is further strengthened by his conversation with Vivian when she tells him "Baby, I"m gonna treat you so good, you"ll never let me go". ... She tells him "you"re not my pimp . ... I say who, I say when". ... Despite her awareness of her inferior social status, she pertly reminds Higgins that if he were a gentleman he would ask her to sit down during their first meeting. ...

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While the argument still rages as to whether (and how) women should take their husband's names when they marry Thorne et al points out that there are many other instances of this tendency. ... As if she were a valuable possession that was being damaged before his eyes. ... A point of view that is quite popular is that of Valian (1971, in Martyna 1980, 26) She believes that "it isn't a question of linguistics, but of how the people involved feel". ... However it does serve to illustrate that there is an important aspect of sexist language that is being ignored by Escala and Valian ...

• Word Count: 2723
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate