1. Painting Overview - American Gothic
Set in the 1970s, Lolita portrays the love of a middle-aged man, Mr. ... Humbert falls in love with an innocent girl who is about his age. ... Humbert's perception of beauty did not mature with the rest of him; he viewed beauty as innocence. ...
I will use the Cycle of Human Experience to dissect Sylvia's coming of age story, by documenting her experiences as they relate to the points in the cycle. ... She becomes aware of him when she hears his whistle, which symbolizes the taking away of innocence. ... In this work the male stranger, "the enemy" intimidates Sylvia with his age, demands and his shotgun, which is the recurring phallic symbol in this story. ... She also wanted to portray that it didn't matter the age of the woman because they were all ill-treated the same by men from children to adults. Even though she u...
For Example, in I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced, Nujood Ali a 10 year old Yemen girl that is forced by her father to marry a man, who is three times her age. ... Nujood did not have a clear understand of marriage due to her young age. ... This highlights the innocence and her unwariness of the situation forced upon her. ... Nujood at even such a young age did not understand how her father would get rid of her. ... As seen in I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced, Nujood encounters the negative differences in gender in her culture. ...