Today in society, there are many social institutions that have different social structures, however every social structure is constructed differently based on the setting and the atmosphere of the institution. In the book Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol (2011), the author gives the audience an insight of the social structure at school for Anya. The book is about a girl who ends up falling into a hole and meets a ghost named Emily. Anya later discovers that Emily is attached to some of her bones, meaning she cannot go anywhere unless one of her bones is moved. Anya eventually gets out of the hole she fell in and starts becoming better friends with Emily. Anya later discovers nobody can see Emily, so she starts using Emily to do better on tests …show more content…
For instance, Anya falls into a deep hole and calls for help, eventually catching a man’s attention, however, to get out of the hole she said, “Get me out of here and I’ll reward you beyond your wildest dreams.” (Brosgol, 2011, p. 34). When Anya says this, she says this in a sexual way which enforces how women are considered to be sexually attractive. This also enforces the stereotype of women being a reward to men, since she makes herself sound like she is extremely sexually attractive. The author also has Emily read Anya’s fashion magazines and has her say, “Oh my gosh… I can’t believe she’s wearing that. You can see her entire boob!” (Brosgol, 2011, p.102). This enforces the stereotype of women always reading fashion magazines and are keeping up to date with fashion. Above all, when Emily mentions a woman’s entire boob being shown it enforces the stereotype of women dressing revealing to attract men. Emily also dresses Anya for a party that she is going to see Sean at and purposely dresses her revealing her stomach to catch his eye (Brosgol, 2011, p. 113), which enforces how women dress to impress men in society and how women dress revealing. Overall, the author clearly demonstrates stereotypes by having mainly women in the novel doing certain