The writings in the wife's journals and the symbolic description of the wallpaper show the rising theme of feminism. ... The narrator's journal entries are prohibited. The husband disapproves of her writing because he feels it is her creativity of thought that is the cause of her depression. ... The narrator broke free and explosively demonstrates her stand for feminism through the entries in her journal and the freedom opened by the wallpaper. ...

• Word Count: 831
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

I became interested in this subject when writing a paper on reverse discrimination, when writing this paper I noticed that many cases of affirmative action have turned out helping other people and at the same time upset people. ... I spent approximately one days writing the questions, two days finding the people to give the surveys to and one day recording all my data. I collected data from four main sources books, Internet, journals, and surveys. ... Using books and journals definitely helped in my research. 4. ...

• Word Count: 2239
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Readers view texts in perspective, to enable them to understand the books they are reading. Gender roles have been prevalent in our communities for centuries now and they are unfortunately still common; in today's society. The novel Speak , by Laurie Halse Anderson paints a vivid image on gender rol...

• Word Count: 1774
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School