Essays on Ironing

Literature Review: Comparison-Contrast Organizational Plan

Each of the stories “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid and “I Stand Here Ironing” by Tillie Olsen introduce a Girl to the reader through a third party, the narrator. Ironing is an activity in both stories. Kincaid’s Girl is receiving many lessons on how to wash clothes, cook pumpkin fritters and other household duties including ironing her “father’s khaki shirt” and “khaki pants so they don’t have a crease” (380). Ironing is only one of the tasks in a long list of tasks Girl needs to learn and to do. On the other hand the Olsen’s ...

The setting is very important in any work of fiction. Often, the setting in the work of fiction carries a symbolic meaning that helps underscore the central theme of the work of fiction. In light of this, this paper will consider the symbolic function that the settings in A Worn Path and I Stand Here Ironing by Eudora Welty and Tillie Olsen respectively. The central theme in Eudora’s A Worn Path is the triumph of human love. This is seen through the protagonist who endures everything to make a journey inspired by the love for her grandson. Although she is ...

John Updike’s ‘A&P’ and Tillie Olsen’s ‘I Stand Here Ironing’ are two short stories that seemingly do not have anything similar, yet share some themes that form the central core of the stories. Although there are more differences between the two short stories the themes of conflict, feminism and self-analysis runs through both the stories.

Updike is multifaceted and was a novelist, an art and literary critic and a poet. He was a proliferate writer and is one of the very few writers who won the Pulitzer Prize more than once. Most characters in his works go through a personal ...

There are a lot of literary elements that form the base as focused on the story interpretation. As factored on the story, the girl’s mother is seen to be having numerous activities to carry out at the expense of her parental responsibilities. As spelt out in the story, she gives every bit of excuse as to why she cannot make it to school despite her being summoned. It is equally clear from the same story that there is a poor relationship between the girl and her mother. In the normal circumstance, a mother cannot talk all that ill against her daughter ...

[Client’s Name] [Client’s Professor] [Client’s Subject] [Date Passed]

An Alternating Arrangement Analysis The portrayal of women in the short stories “I Stand Here Ironing” by Tillie Olsen and “The Garden Party” by Katherine Mansfield are quite similar to each other. The four most prominent themes when it comes to women and feminism in both stories are the image of a mother, women and physical appearances, assigned tasks to women, and social class. In the succeeding paragraphs, this essay will try to analyze and explain how those themes are present and are related from ...

John Updike’s ‘A&P’ and Tillie Olsen’s ‘I Stand Here Ironing’ are two short stories that seemingly do not have anything similar, yet they share some themes that form the central core of the stories. Although there are distinct differences between the two short stories, the themes of conflict, feminism, and self-analysis run through both the stories. Updike is multifaceted, being a novelist, a literary critic, and a poet. He was a prolific writer and is one of the very few writers who won the Pulitzer Prize more than once. Most characters in his works go through a personal conflict and have ...

English

“Girl” is a short story written by Jamaica Kincaid and lists things a daughter should do and when to do them. In this story “girl”, a mother tries to give advice and instructions to her daughter who is growing up. The poem between the mother and the daughter ends with exchange whereby the daughter directs questions to the mother after all the comments. Girl’s theme is a mother-daughter dispute as the mother goes all the way teaching her daughter on how to be a good woman in the future times (Edwards et al, 45). The daughter seems not to appreciate the mother’s ...

<Student Name> <Name and Section # of course> <Instructor Name>

Responsibility involves morals and ethics clearly defining a parent’s role as to knowing what actions are necessary to take. The decisions parents take on those actions affect how a child’s life will be determined, resulting in a vital turning point. Consequently, in “As I Stand Here Ironing” the feeling of welfare for Emily was stronger than the perception of the narrator seeing as a victim. Based on Emily’s childhood, she was not affected by the circumstances of the time but by the affection the narrator gives ...

English

“Girl” is a short story written by Jamaica Kincaid and lists things a daughter should do and when to do them. In this story “girl”, a mother tries to give advice and instructions to her daughter who is growing up. The poem between the mother and the daughter ends with the exchange whereby the daughter directs questions to the mother after all the comments. Girl’s theme is a mother-daughter dispute as the mother goes all the way teaching her daughter on how to be a good woman in the future times. The daughter seems not to appreciate the mother’s advice and after ...

4.2.4 Fire Hazard Profile The research was done in the Pope County to investigate the fire hazards and the possible causes, and the following results were obtained. First, the fire hazard is defined as the fire that starts in the residential places and puts people’s lives, the environment, the property as well as vegetations at risk of survival. It goes beyond normal fire, which burns all most everything and cannot be easily controlled once it spreads to several places. It starts from one place, spreads very fast burning all the properties and the people who may be ...

The Marriot group of hotels that today boasts of about 8000 hotels worldwide, the great chain of hotels was established in the year 1983 and is believed to be the 12th largest lodging facility in the world (Singh, Kumar & Sharma 86). This paper analyses the service strategies and the service quality that Marriott group of hotels has employed and in essence it divulges into the relevance of each (strategy and quality) in the hospitality management industry. First the paper discusses service quality drawing inferences from the Marriott group of Hotels and subsequently it analyses Service Strategy also drawing inferences ...

The Man Who Was Almost a Man

Although this story is typically coming to age, The man who was almost a man as well depicts the greater struggles of Dave with poverty and poverty, and it is a commendable piece of naturalistic work. Naturalists like Wright integrated stringing social criticism into their novels and stories through pitting their characters against environmental, economic and social forces, which they are unable to control. In making Dave a social oppression victim, for instance Wright attacks whites, which linger power over the black’s life. The desire by Dave to own a gun depicts a greater desperation and psychological need of establishing himself in the ...

Introduction

Proper selection of the material and manufacturing process to be used for a given application is crucial to the success of the manufacturing process. Material selection should be based on material suitability and the possibility of modifying the material to make it suitable for the application while the selection of the manufacturing process should be based on the material selected, the shape required, dimensions of the item being manufactured and the cost of production. A product design specification (PDS) is a crucial element of design that outlines the design and operating requirements and, therefore, facilitates the selection of suitable materials. This ...

When I was first assigned the task of reading the book, “Tell me a riddle” by Tillie Olsen, I was gained more understanding about what she went through as a feminist activist. This motivated me to search more about her life, because I thought that I had known enough about her life until this new discovery. Thus my intent of researching more about her works led me into writing this paper, to help analyze her life and work. However, I found this a difficult task than I had considered. First I wondered why her works had to be that deep. But by ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Special designs have been made to suit various sports. This is important as it plays an important role in sports performance. Companies have resorted to good quality textile materials to design sportswear clothing. Sportsmen should wear comfortable costumes for them to perform well in their competition. When designing sportswear, the market has to be identified first. That is the design to be used, the materials required and footwear. The fabrics available should also be identified. The comfort of the wearer is also considered as this affects performance.

History of polymers

Polymers have been used for centuries to manufacture plastics. Due to advance ...

The category that has the greatest energy use in our home is on heating. With upgrades, the category where we can realize the greatest savings is on lighting. The total potential energy savings that could be realized if we would implement the suggested energy saving measures is $197. If all the household energy use categories will be upgraded based on the suggested measures to be able to save energy, we could cost $1262 against the current cost of $ 1459.

To be able to save energy in our home, we make the necessary changes. In terms of ...

House Profile: The house consists of two levels plusand a penthouse built on a 600 sqm land, which is area, located in Al Mumora area. The. Its construction of the house started onin 2002, the almost completed houseand in 2004 it was then procured by the current owners on 2004.at the final stage of construction process. Many modifications took placewere made to accommodate the functional needs of the new owners. Such, such as the addition of an outdoor kitchen and a driverdriver’s room; and the, addition of the services penthouse such as, which consists of the maids roomsmaid’s room, laundry ...

This book is a seminal work in the analysis of literature and provides several succint examples of how works can be analyzed accordingly. It is split into several parts which demonstrate its strengths of analysis but there are also some intriguing reflections on the various aspects of literature and some finely selected poems and pieces of writing. Schib and Clifford begin by providing a succint analysis of Sharon Olds’ ‘Summer Solstice’, New York City in the chapter called, ‘How to Read Closely’. Here the author espouses on the beauty of the great city in summer also espousing the various values ...

Often, an author will write about what they know best. Which, invariably, is their own experience of life, love and everything in between. Authors do this for a number of reasons: because they know it so well that they can make an excellent story of it; because they usually have a message that they wish to convey to the world as a result of that experience. Tell Me a Riddle is a collection of short stories, written by Tillie Olsen, first published in 1961. It is a prime example of an author writing for the purpose of conveying a message: Olsen was a well-established feminist writer; her ...