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Gender Is Interpreted In Boys Here, Women

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“Prose is architecture, not interior decoration.” this quote from Hemmingway means that prose, which is many different forms of writing is an artform that needs structure. The overall judgement of the essay is based on the structure. I will be comparing this quote to the following essays: “Dating” by Beth Bailey, “Boys Here, Girls There: Sure, if Equality’s the Goal” by Karen Stabiner, and “Fighting Bullying with Babies” by David Bornstein. The theme of “Dating” was that in the mid 1920’s dating was a new idea, and before dating people used “courtship” which was an event that involved family and was more used with more intent of marriage. In “Boys Here, Girls There: Sure, if Equality’s the Goal” is based on gender roles, and mentions the advantages and disadvantages of single sex schools. “Fighting Bullying with Babies” is about bullying and the negative effects, also how watching babies and their mothers can be therapeutic. The essay that best fits the quote is “Dating” by Beth Bailey because the essay possesses the best theme, writing style, diction, and symbolism.
Hemmingway’s quote struck me as difficult to understand. When I first read the quote I thought it could mean a lot of different things. Then i began to think of the quote in terms of …show more content…

In “Fighting Bullying with Babies” the author used too many facts to support his main idea when I would like to hear from the author himself on why he thinks that babies can decrease and potentially eliminate bullying. “Boys Here, Girls There: Sure, if Equality’s the Goal” by Karen Stabiner was supposed to be about gender roles but she totally excluded the other gender and only mentioned girls single sex public schools. Therefore, “Dating” by Beth Bailey was the best fit for the quote because of how elegant the irony, theme, writing style and diction were in the

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