In Maggie Nelson's "Great to Watch" she writes about the connection between image flow and mediated images with the integration of human relationships. ... Nelson expresses a great deal of problems that are created because of the freedom of image flow. ... Jayanthi and Alicia chose their specific strategies because they went against the expectations. ... Alicia, coming from a Hispanic background, chose to oppose her family and community expectations by working hard and avoiding early marriages. ... The twenty-something women are kept confused by the society's expectations a...

• Word Count: 1904
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The poem "Cousin Kate" depicts a story of a young cottage maiden caught up in the brutal temptations of love and passion that is later cast aside by a great lord of a greater social superiority. ... Within ˜Cousin Kate' there is a sense of expectation within the female characters of the poem when it comes to men, but the narrator realizes that to become truly happy she must break away from typical social expectations. ... As a reader we learn than the relationship between the great Lord and the maiden results in a child as she states "my fair haired son, my shame, my pride. " Th...

• Word Count: 777
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate