Gender Identity Literary Theory A White Heron - 726 Words

Discussion Board #3 - Using the Gender Identity Literary Theory. A White Heron. This short story portrays the resistance that feminist concepts give way to. Our story having the main character as a nine-year-old little girl who embarks on a journey that yearns for the young girl to come from a state of innocence to a state of knowledge about the world around her. She becomes illuminated in her environment once her grandmother has brought her to live in the rural countryside. Knowledge and nature seem to be key reoccurring elements, signifying some of the elements that the feminist analytical approach targets as a unique discourse of feminine characteristic. The author being female, it can be argued that an underlying attempt is submerged†¦show more content†¦To tie this together, with wealth and power, an insensitive male culture is able to exploit the harmony of the world he dominants, which is a significant point made in feminist movements. Sylvia and the young man take on an expedition into the woods to find the white heron. The young man hopes to se duce Sylvia to gain more knowledge of the prized white heron. When the seduction occurs, there are several poignant emotions that the author describes of the young girl, which directly leads the reader into the second perspective which is â€Å"her initiatory journey.† Young Sylvia is thrust into a yearning for womanhood, which is depicted in the story â€Å"the woman’s heart, asleep in the child. This part is important because of its portrayal of a masculine device at using the innocence of a young girl’s heart to obtain his needs. The journey she must embark upon is more an upward that an outward one, a direction that emphasizes not only the limits of her environment but points to her affinity with the bird. We think of the journey to knowledge as more of a flight applying bird-like characteristics to Sylvia. â€Å"With her bare feet and fingers, that pinched and held like bird’s claws to the monstrous ladder† and â€Å"Sylvia felt as if she could go flying away among the clouds†¦truly it was a vast and awesome world!† Sylvia has recognized her own independence. Ultimately the concluding choice that Sylvia makes coincides withShow MoreRelatedHistory of the Development of the Short Story.3660 Words   |  15 PagesThe Short Story. Basic Literary Elements of The Short Story. 1.1.History of The Development of The Short Story. 1.1.1.Early Forms.Origins. The short story refers to a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, usually in narrative format. This format or medium tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas (in the 20th and 21st century sense) and novels or books. Short story definitions based upon length differ somewhat even among professional writersRead MoreIroquois Confederacy9092 Words   |  37 PagesIROQUOIS CONFEDERACY by Loretta Hall OVERVIEW The Iroquois Confederacy, an association of six linguistically related tribes in the northeastern woodlands, was a sophisticated society of some 5,500 people when the first white explorers encountered it at the beginning of the seventeenth century. The 1990 Census counted 49,038 Iroquois living in the United States, making them the countrys eighth most populous Native American group. Although Iroquoian tribes own seven reservations in New York