From the lack of critical commentary on Homer Barron's sexuality, we might conclude that scholars are ignoring a question often raised and vigorously answered by undergraduates, who can be homophobic or just fascinated with even mild sexual references in literature: Homer Barron, they insist, is homosexual. ... Surely memory and imagination have helped to embellish the stories swept forward by curiosity and "affection." ...

• Word Count: 872
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Greek philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle developed different concepts of love to help us justify the love we feel. ... Fromm's solutions to alienation can only happen through an artfully union with others whether it is our family, our friends or just strangers who help us overcome our pain. ... Although she is an operating system, Samantha helps Theodore overcome his fears, learn how to love truly and how to express himself. ... Moreover, Jean Rhys in literature with her novel Wide Sargasso Sea and Spike Jonze in Her represent the separateness that comes from cultural and gender di...

• Word Count: 961
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There is a pattern that I am seeing with the literature that points to sexual attraction being the "big speed bump " in heterosexual friendships, because it is part of gender socialization. ... I couldn't help but compare my research to this book, because men and women are given social roles based off of their gender. ...

• Word Count: 1760
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

His literature works written over 400 years ago, have survived the challenge of time, so much so that Shakespeare's plays, sonnets and poems are still considered to this day an integral facet within the study of culture, society and language. ... As per Dusinberre (2012): "The female gossip networks gave women sources of power which were feared by men; if female networks were never the crude schoolhouses of subversion depicted by pamphleteers, they played a major and wide-ranging role in shaping women's lives, and helped them negotiate rather than simply submit to a patriarchal ...

• Word Count: 1880
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Dating and romantic relationships typically initiate when one person is attracted to other based on one of three needs: (1) Physical, as reflective if a desire to be with an attractive other; (2) social, as defined by the need to be in a relationship; or (3) instrumental, or the degree to which the other will help accomplish a task (McCroskey & McCain, 1974). ... Subsequently, Liebowitz reasons, animals and likely humans are genetically programmed to secrete endorphins in situations of social comfort such as sex, which would help them to feel both less anxious and also give them a sense of w...

• Word Count: 3859
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate