Gender: Gender and Text ‘folk Hero Essay examples

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The Chrysanthemums
Intro
-Story is about Elisa Allen, who is a wife of a ranch owner. Henry Allen, struggling between being a strong woman and a traditional woman.
Patriarchy (Male Dominance)
-Elisa is a strong and a nurturing wife that has a special talent with planting crops.
-Henry, the husband, acknowledged Elisa’s talent when he said that Elisa “got a gift with things” and that he wished that she can “work out in the orchard and raise some apples that big”
-Elisa too, agreed with Henry’s remark on her gift as she said her mother got what is called “planters’ hands”. However, their conversation just ended there when Henry stated that “it sure works with flowers”.
-From this statement, it suggested that Elisa’s unique skill is being regarded by Henry as a pointless skill and it is only useful on something minor such as planting the chrysanthemums.
-Patriarchy is evident in this scene when Elisa changed the topic of the conversation from her panting skill to Henry’s meeting with the two businessmen. This strengthens one of the definitions for patriarchy. Henry is the dominant one in their relationship while Elisa is the submissive. Elisa unconsciously agreed with Henry’s statement of her skill and she also changed the topic so that they do not have to talk about it anymore. Therefore, it is clear that the issue of patriarchy is raised in this short story.
Gender Stereotypes
-The author (John Steinbeck) defined gender stereotyping as simple as possible about the gender personalities, differences and roles.
-“I wish women could do such thing.”
Elisa wants to fit in with the men doing the hard work fixing the wagon. She thinks to herself that why cannot women do this. This challenges gender stereotypes since it implies that only men can do the fixing.
-“It ain’t the right kind of life for a woman.”
He is stereotyping that women are not suitable to live that sort of life and that women are only meant to stay at home.
-Females are expected to be soft, harmless and dependent.

Folk Hero
-In the text ‘Folk Hero’ the author (H.M. Tolcher) not only reinforces gender stereotypes but also challenges it through portraying M’Gill as a typical male teenager. M’Gill portrays male being interested into cars, being anti-social and making careless decisions and rebellious.
-The author shows gender stereotypes in M’Gill being easily peer pressured. This reinforces gender stereotype because it tells us that M’Gill listens to people under pressure, speeding leading to a
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