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Discussion between Bell Hooks and Gloria Anzaldua about love and how it relates to the methodology.
Bell Hooks views love as an aspect that comes together with affection, respect, recognition, commitment care and trust. The love that is portrayed in the modern city is not she views as the greater aspect of love. Her being a feminist seems to think that the men have pushed the women to the walls and made them beg for love when they should be having it in return. The modern society has made love to be a customary method whereby they are gender stereotypes, dominant, ego, control and aggressive.
Bell Hooks is of the point that the young people in the society need to be taught about the
true nature of love and how it is supposed to be portrayed before they get to adopt the beliefs of the town where women are vied to be frustrated and in need of love in the society. She also says that in order for one to experience love, he or she needs to accept the way they are fast and love themselves before they get to be loved by another. There is also the need of one having a proper spiritual background before they get to experience love as the spiritual world is the source of love and without guidance from ones spirit love nobody can ever get to love anyone. Bell Hooker also says that when one is so possessed they do not get to have love as their spiritual possession and material loving has hindered them from getting to experience the real love. She also says that the male learn to lie in order to lure women into their arms, this should not be a way of getting to be close to someone as relationships that are based on lies do not last. The female also get to lie in order to feel powerless and allow the male to be dominant in the relation. This should not be a way of getting someone to love you. (fourth chapter) Gloria Anzaldua is also a feminist author who writes mostly poets. Gloria has used poet to get to her audience .She is encouraging women to rise up and give themselves what the real world does not seem to be giving them which is enough love and awareness. She says that they do not need to write but she must write for the real world to discover her, for her to be able to express her anger and to become more intimate with herself and her readers. She loves the way women get to express them and wake from oppression and the neediness to be loved by men. ”Nobody is going to save you. No one is going to cut you down, cut the thorns thick around you. No one is going to storm the castle walls nor kisses awake your birth, climb down your hair. You will have to do it yourself” Referenced cited Anzaldúa, Gloria, and AnaLouise Keating. The Gloria Anzaldúa Reader. Durham: Duke University Press, 2009. Internet resource. hooks, bell. All About Love: New Visions. New York: Perennial, 2001. Print. Moraga, Cherríe, and Gloria Anzaldúa. This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color. , 2015. Print.
For many years people have argued about the inclusion of The Cather in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger in the high school english curriculum. This is such due to the inappropriate and adult oriented themes within If considered, many times within the novel the main character will face situations in which that the negative and vulgar themes will blossom into something meaningful that the reader can benefit from as a person and as a student. While the vulgarity and adult themes in The Catcher in the Rye are indeed inappropriate for adolescent students, ultimately its underlying themes of self discovery and possessing moral values provides life and ethical lessons that can be applied in the classroom as well as on a daily basis and therefore, the novel should be included in the high school curriculum for students to learn.
... much easier when we were all in segregated communities sharing common experiences in relation to social institutions. Without this grounding, we must work to maintain ties, connection" (hooks 95). As hooks hints, maintaining ties may not be easy, but it is definitely possible. hooks establishes common ground with people who have these questions, and she gives the answer in her experience of hard work. Having worked hard on handling harsh criticism and pressure without losing ties with her background, bell hooks, in my opinion, is an example of a strong individual. So, if you need proof that the answer to these questions is yes, bell hooks is all the proof you need!
Since its publication in 1951, The Catcher In the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger has served as a conflagration for debate and extreme controversy. Although the novel has been the target of scornful criticism, it has also been the topic of wide discussion. The novel portrays the life of sixteen year old, Holden Caufield. Currently in psychiatric care, Holden recalls what happened to him last Christmas. At the beginning of his story, Holden is a student at Pencey Prep School. Having been expelled for failing four out of his five classes, Holden leaves school and spends 72-hours in New York City before returning home. There, Holden encounters new ideas, people, and experiences. Holden's psychological battle within himself serves as the tool that uncovers the coming-of-age novel's underlying themes of teen angst, depression, and the disingenuous nature of society. The novel tackles issues of blatant profanity, teenage sex, and other erratic behavior. Such issues have supplemented the controversial nature of the book and in turn, have sparked the question of whether or not this book should be banned. The novel, The Catcher In the Rye, should not be banned from inclusion in the literature courses taught at the high school level.
Bell Hooks writes not only to help others find strength to hold on to their pasts, but for their own resistance as well. Her audience is assured by her motives to educate and inform. Whereas Hooks’s personal experience strengthens her ethos, a certain rigidity used in addressing the audience simultaneously weakens her credibility. For example, Hook’s tendency to label academics and groups unlike herself pushes the reader to see her as self-righteous. She separates people into classes of those she perceives as right and those she sees as wrong.
During the second week of class, we were instructed to read a reading written by Bell Hooks titled “Come closer to Feminism.” This reading is what I consider to be a very important addition to this unit. Unit one is all about Making waves, Confronting Oppression. According to Frye, it is a fundamental claim of feminism that women are oppressed (Frye, 1983). Before taking upon this reading, my understanding of the feminist movement was not nearly as clear as it is now. After reading this short handbook, I too agree that feminism is for everybody.
Love and affection is an indispensable part of human life. In different culture love may appear differently. In the poem “My god my lotus” lovers responded to each other differently than in the poem “Fishhawk”. Likewise, the presentation of female sexuality, gender disparity and presentation of love were shown inversely in these two poems. Some may argue that love in the past was not as same as love in present. However, we can still find some lovers who are staying with their partners just to maintain the relationship. We may also find some lovers having relationship only because of self-interest. However, a love relationship should always be out of self-interest and must be based on mutual interest. A love usually obtains its perfectness when it develops from both partners equally and with same affection.
..., the society begins to see love as a goal. Romantic love becomes a noble trait and just quest if one wishes to embark on it.
Bell hooks views higher education to be a time in which we find ourselves and learn more about who we are. This concept remains difficult on the underprivileged because they do not want to be known for their background. They see themselves as less privileged, and therefore want to keep this hidden from their new society. These students face many obstacles in their lives; college presents a whole new and much larger challenge. The transition is also hard on them. They want to fit in and hide their past, but at the same time, they do not want to lose sight of their upbringings. Hooks felt that she was an outsider in college, because she herself came from an underprivileged background, while most of her peers came from privileged backgrounds. Hooks states, ̶...
Love caused his logic and sensibility to fail him, and provoked him to commit monstrous acts that destroyed many lives. Through analysis of “Happy Endings” by Margaret Atwood, it can be concluded that one of her many intended lessons was to show the value and the powerful effects of love. Atwood successfully proved this lesson by using powerful examples of both successful and disastrous relationships to illustrate the positive and negative effects of love. Atwood truly demonstrated what it is like to follow your heart.
The writer Bells Hooks remembers her mother as a young fifties women who loved learning from the commercials and magazines about motherhood. She had learned about not letting the children know about grown-up problems so, she would discuss the problems with her husband in their room than in front of their children. She had married the writer’s father after a divorce with two children. She loved fun and freedom just like her husband. She was really happy when she had finally left her mother’s house which was full of old traditions and morals.
There are many ‘norms’ and values expressed throughout hook’s writing. In the early part of the twentieth century survival belonged to the fittest. Not necessarily meaning fittest as ‘strongest,’ but able to produce, work hard, and make a secure life for yourself and family. On the other hand, in today’s society the message is that survival belongs only to the greedy. Also many young kids have the notion that in order to ’live the good life’ you must be wealthy of material possessions. Younger kids have to deal a lot more with the pressures associated with wealth.
Cummings theme of how strong someones love can be appeals to readers minds, because everyone wants that connection with their partner, That undying love for one another. Some people long for a love...
BIBLIOGRAPHY Bell Hooks; Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center. c.1984 by bell hooks; South End Press 2) Freud, Sigmund; "Femininity" from Juanita H. Williams, ed. Psychology of Women. NY: W.W. Norton, 1979 3) Hunter College Women's Studies Collective; Women's Realities, Women's Choices NY: Oxford University Press, 1983 4) Smithsonian World; Gender: The Enduring Paradox NYC: UNAPIX Entertainment Inc., 1996 5) Williams, Juanita H.; Psychology of Women NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 1987
In this essay I would like to emphasize different ideas of how love is understood and discussed in literature. This topic has been immortal. One can notice that throughout the whole history writers have always been returning to this subject no matter what century people lived in or what their nationality was.
Hooks, Bell. Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center. Cambridge, MA: South End Press, 2000. Print.