Burrowing beneath skin, voyaging across red canals of pulsing blood, beyond the framework of calcium and marrow, one finds the letter. It is a simple, unobtrusive character, yet it is responsible for so much. X or Y. Y or X. Whether determined during development in the womb, or preordained from a higher being, the outcome remains the same. The bearer of the X is female. The bearer of the Y is male. Although worlds apart, the two can converge and interact, create mutually benefiting relationships with one another and prolong the life of the species. Jacob, a member of the house of Y, has yet to find his X. His dealings with women are many, yet his successes can be counted on the hands of a paraplegic. How is this Y so lonely?.
Jacob Flanders is an educated, well-traveled man with solid connections in major cities. Yet, at the same time, Jacob is but a mere man, bound by a genetically encoded imperative that drives into him the desire to pass his DNA along to the next generation of human beings. Indeed, this is a cold, harsh description for a novel such as Jacob's Room, where intelligent narration and ceaseless observations of life reign over all. However, one can still say that his DNA and hormones drove Jacob in his decisions and actions; this is just one out of any thousands of observations made in the book. Granted, it is unlikely that Virginia Woolf had any inking of what deoxyribonucleic acid is and the way it helps to play a role in our development and lives, but had she written Jacob's Room today, she may have made some mention to it.
When one begins to notices the persons around him or her, several observations are made. Whether knowingly or not, these are the preliminary analysis in the search for a mate. For most people, the appearance of clean, unblemished skin is a sign which tells the observer that person is likely clean, healthy. For most women, muscles on a man indicate that he is potentially capable of protecting her.
Have you ever tried a delicious Mrs. Fields cookie before? Do you wonder how the cookies are made to taste so good? All the answers to your questions on how to make the cookies made by Mrs. Fields will be answered. I have worked at Mrs. Fields Cookies for over three years. As the assistant manag...
In the 1894 story, "The story of an Hour", Kate Chopin appeals to the reader's sympathy, when the lead character, Mrs. Mallard, receives the news of her husbands "tragic death". Even though Mrs. Mallard loved her husband, once the wave of grief passed she began to daydream of her life as a "free" w...
The author demonstrates Mrs. ... Mrs. ... Jones feels something is the right thing to do, she will most certainly do it. Her strong sense of right and wrong and confidence are also indicated in the lines "You ought to be my son. I would teach you right from wrong....
As we go through life many choices are presented to us. How we response to those situations, and how we allow those circumstances to affect us defines our lives. In George Bernard Shaw's play "Mrs. Warren's Profession," we look inside the lives of two characters and the choices they make to survive....
The Failures of Life in a Modern Society A common theme in many novels is for the protagonist to come to some sort of realization about life, therefore enriching and fulfilling some goal or desire in his own life. Most of the time he will learn a lesson, realize some truth, or derive some meaning ...
Moral Absolutism: Right or Wrong? ... He uses an example of a woman in Mali, named Mrs. Diarra, and a relativist Frenchwoman, named Mrs. ... In conclusion of this story, the absolutist states that there is no difference between Mrs. Diarra and Mrs. ...
The story Roman Fever by Edith Wharton is about two women and the ongoing jealousy, a result of a past love affair. In the story, Mrs. Slade holds a secret envy for Mrs. Ansley and reveals the horrendous actions she took to retain "her" Delphin. In the end, the plot takes an unexpected turn agains...
