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J. Neil Garcia's The Conversion

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J. Neil Garcia’s poem entitled “The Conversion” talks about the sad details of the killing of the innocent little girl. The innocent little girl was tortured and killed by a group of men who happened to be her own family. They did it in the name of love. Moreover, it also talks about the little boy who tried to protect the little girl but at the end, he still lost the battle. This story clearly narrates the experiences of the people who are homosexuals. Specifically, I will argue in this critique paper how does the case in the poem represents the social as well as the psychological conflicts of gay identity coming of age in a heterosexist world. Moreover, I will also show the ways that illustrates the operations of compulsory heterosexuality. Before I dwell with my intention in this critique paper, let us pause first to define the meaning of heterosexist and compulsory heterosexuality so that we will have a fluent discussion later on. Heterosexism is institutionalized discrimination against homosexuality and the consequent privileging of heterosexuality. Meaning in heterosexist world, the people who belong to the homosexuals are suffering with the unfair or unequal treatment. Meanwhile, the compulsory heterosexuality is an enormous pressure to be heterosexual placed on young people by their families, schools, church, medical professions and all …show more content…

Which is a great representation of the psychological conflict of gay identity in the heterosexist world. For us to be able to fit in this world there is really a point that we should change ourselves even though we know how it is hard to change. In the part of the character in the poem he had a hard time changing himself because it was his heart really desires. Moreover, it is also hard for him because his past keeps on haunting

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