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Male Relations With Women - Paper

Male Relations With Women

Ever since the beginning of time, men have not known how to treat women. "Hills Like White Elephants", written by Ernest Hemingway, "Shiloh" written by Bobbie Ann Mason, "The Magic Barrel", written by Bernard Malamud and "The Yellow Wallpaper" written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, all bear out this point. Often women are treated with respect, or only as decoration, but mainly men do not seem to know how to handle women. These four short stories are all based on mans relationship with women, or often times, the absence of a relationship.
In the story, "Hills like White Elephants" Ernest Hemingway lets the reader take a peek into two peoples lives. The feeling that one gets after having ...

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guilty afterwards, the man can say that he told her she did not have to, forgetting that he added after every sentence that he knew it would be perfectly simple. The man pretends that he does not care if the girl does not have the abortion, yet it is really very important to him. He proves to the girl his true feelings when he says, "That's the only thing that bothers us. It's the only thing that's made us unhappy." The man shows his true colors without having to say how he really feels. It is the fact that he keeps on, he is pushy, and deceiving, giving no thought or care to the fact that she is the one who must deal with the after affects.
In "Shiloh", Bobbie Anne Mason presents the perfect picture of a 1980 male redneck; lazy, and a dreamer. Leroy has been out of work for four months and refuses to get a job. Instead he insists that he is going to build Norma Jean a log house. The line, "Ever since they were married, he has promised Norma Jean he would build her a ...

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Added: 7/6/2008 12:47:10 PM
Category: Social Issues
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