A Woman's Identity

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Imagine a society where the woman were boring and acted just alike, it would be boring, right? The world would be awkward because everyone's identity would be exactly the same, nothing would set them apart from each other, Nothing makes them unique. There would be no conflict no nothing because they are just like one person. Which makes it hard for people to interact because there's so different characteristic that makes them attracted to one another. In literature an author creates a woman by using the stereotypical gender roles. The authors typically have different identities for the woman in the literature. They all experience something different so it makes them a different character. When a author makes the woman in the pieces different it creates a better setting for the readers. Women are able connect with what would happen in the real world. The events in the literature makes the woman. That's why a woman’s challenges and experiences in life shapes her identity. There are so many rules that a woman has to follow. Those rules are supposed to teach them how to be a “perfect” woman. The rules include how a woman should act ,what they must like. And how they must behave with stress. A woman is supposed to like the typical girly things like makeup, jewelry, pink everything,etc. A woman is supposed to dress very feminine and be polite. With that she must also nurture everyone. Must act like a motherly figure to people. They have to act like the proper woman by doing things like listening to the man, caring for other, and putting people before themselves. The author Jamaica Kincaid of the story Girl, illustrates the things the girls should do …show more content…

The challenges that females face can be bad. Those challenges help the woman grow as an individual, they use those experiences to make them a better person. They learn from those experiences and use that to shape their identity. Stress comes in many different

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