In my paper I will be exploring the differences between desktop computers and laptop computers. This is to answer the question of whether it is worth the extra price tag in order to buy a laptop over a desktop. This is something I have been wondering myself and I would like to do some more research on the topic to see whether the higher price tag of laptops is justified.

Analyzing "I Want a Wife" and "Men - It's in Their Nature"

 

I Want a Wife:

 

     In this article the author, Judy Brady, describes what she views as the duties and obligations that are expected of women in our culture from the viewpoint of a man wanting a wife. The author makes a rather blatant implication that husband take their wives for granted with a large list of expectations that outlines what western culture has come to expect from the "ideal" housewife.

Men - It's in Their Nature:

 

     This article talks about males and masculinity and how the current trend towards trying to discourage boys from acting on their masculinity is both counterproductive and ultimately futile. The author describes how schools are trying to re tune boys towards less masculine interests in order to close the gap in gender equality. However the author asserts that modern science indicates that a boy's masculine traits and desires are in fact hard-wired in our brains and that trying to change it through force only pushes them further away from the desired equality. She instead suggests that males simply need an outlet for their masculinity that is productive for society versus detrimental.

Essay Choice:

 

     I choose to write my analysis on the article "Men - It's in Their Nature" because I feel the author addresses her viewpoint clearly and provides her reasons for her views. This stands in contrast to "I Want a Wife" which is mostly a list of the various stereotypes of the "ideal" housewife where the author only takes on one viewpoint while neglecting to address the other side nor explain her viewpoint. As such I feel that "Men - It's in Their Nature" is a more complete thought which I can better analyze for the essay.

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Descriptive Free-Write

     I like to go to this place when I want to get away from normal daily life without having to go very far away. As I walk to this place I can feel the salty air of the ocean hit my nostrils after a cool breeze blows my way. As I continue I look upon the waves as they quietly lap along what appears to be a rocky wasteland, though I know that this is no wasteland. A veritable plethora of tiny life teems among shallow pools and under the grey rocks they call home. Nearing my destination, I must pass under a tree laying like a resting behemoth across my path. Arriving at my destination I take my seat upon  an old driftwood log whose bark has long shed away, like a snake that shed it's skin only this skin will never be replaced. At this point I like to start a campfire, in part to keep warm if the day is a cool and chilly one, also to ward away a certain blood-sucking pest who proliferates in the nearby marsh. As I finally sit back I take in the quiet solitude this spot affords, punctuated by the occasional sounds of nature be it the sound of the waves as they continue in their never-ending siege along the shore, or the sounds of the birds as they chirp, caw and sing in their muted cacophony behind me in the forest with their green giants looming over me. Few human souls make their way up to here so for me it is easy for me to whittle away an afternoon sitting there taking in everything around me.