New Book!
Summary:
In this new book a boy by the name of Philip Malloy has a huge conflict with his English and now homeroom teacher Miss Narwin. Before she was his homeroom teacher, she was his English teacher. Originally they never got along because, according to him, she has it in for him. He always gets in trouble in her class, and rarely does work and for that reason he received a D for the term. In his eyes, he studies but never understands the material, he tries to explain to her but she never understands him. Its though they just will never get each other. In homeroom the students have to stay quite and listen to the tape recording of the national anthem being played on the intercom. Philip, instead of staying quiet, begins to hum along with the anthem. Miss.Narwin asks him to stop a few times, and he did not stop.The first day nothing happened, but the next he was sent to the office. Where he was told that his behavior was against the rules because he was to stay quiet during that time. He went home and tried to tell his parents while they continued to interrupt him. When he finally did tell them, they were confused as to why singing the anthem would get him into any trouble since it was patriotic.
On the other hand there is Philip's family. His mother and father notice that something is wrong with their son. Philip was supposed to be on the track team, but cannot tryout because of that D in english, now his parents do not know this. Instead, Philip has made them believe that he no longer wants to try out. Mrs. Malloy feels that her son is not receiving support from his father, her husband, Mr. Malloy. Listening to his wife he tries to reach out to Philip. He tells Philip that he and Mrs. Malloy are on his side, and that he should stay strong and fight for his rights.
Lastly there is a girl by the name of Allison Doresett who likes Philip, however is not able to get to know him nor increase her interest in him because of how he is acting. Philip is too busy with these school problems that he puts no effort into building a friendship with Allison, and notices this once she is completely turned off. He always says the wrong thing, and expresses himself in the wrong way, making it seem like he has not one bit of interest for this girl. She is slowly being pushed away, and began testing the waters with another guy.
Quote:
"Lots of kids bad-mouth their parents, say they never stick up for them or understand them. Or pay any attention to them . Stuff like that. My parents are different. I'm lucky"(AVI 70).
Reaction:
In this quote Philip is writing in his diary, after his father told him that his parents were going to support him in his problem with Miss. Narwin. However, I see it as his father saying what his mother would like him to say. She asked for him to be supportive, so instead of listening to his son, to see how his son was feeling, he simply said that he will be supportive. Actions speak louder than words.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
How Sex Changed A History Of Transsexuality in the United States(209)
Summary:
By the end of the previous section of this book, the 1960s, transsexuals had convinced some American Doctors to Accept the fact that they wanted their bodies changed in order to match what was in their minds. They let the doctors know that they wanted to be the ones to determine what was their sex, and identify themselves, and would like to be left alone while doing so. Now that they had this system, many felt that there was nothing else to hide, or hold back. Some just like Louise Lawrence, devoted their lives to educating others on how life was to be a Transsexual, whether people wanted to know or not. An example of this is of a autobiography of a MTF (male to female). Because by the 1960s, there were changed in "censorship laws accompanied a new sexual ethos"(168).
So much that transsexuals began branching out into other self identified groups. This was promoted by the possibilities that came with surgery or hormones. There were Mate to Female cross genders, female impersonators, drag queens, and later on there were butch Lesbians. There were also the "inverts" during the early twentieth Century, who identified themselves as makes with female body parts. By the mid-twentieth century doctors defined transsexualism as are included that weren't because of the narrower definitions of homosexuality and transvestism. Not every individual wanted to be called homosexual, instead they wanted their own identification.
Furthermore, the transsexuals were in their own new world where there was old school transsexual and new generation transsexual. Many of the new generation did not want to model their surgical results after Christine Jorgensen. Her model was a very sophisticated, respected. She not only showed those two characteristics, she kept her sex life private, and their appearance conventional. The younger generation preferred was accustomed to the 60s. Where they had lived as hippies or drag queens, and where they might have absorbed the method of expression. Instead of simply expressing themselves, as many of the people did in the sixties, they expressed their sexuality.
Quote: "In the 1960s the popular press printed even fewer stories on FTMs than it had in the 1950"(Mayerowitz206).
Reaction: I felt that this is also a never ending battle between makes and females. It is a competition with jobs, and amounts of money, and in this competition it is for attention. What I wonder is in fact these transsexuals are simply looking for attention? When the MTFs were not getting enough attention, the news was involved.
By the end of the previous section of this book, the 1960s, transsexuals had convinced some American Doctors to Accept the fact that they wanted their bodies changed in order to match what was in their minds. They let the doctors know that they wanted to be the ones to determine what was their sex, and identify themselves, and would like to be left alone while doing so. Now that they had this system, many felt that there was nothing else to hide, or hold back. Some just like Louise Lawrence, devoted their lives to educating others on how life was to be a Transsexual, whether people wanted to know or not. An example of this is of a autobiography of a MTF (male to female). Because by the 1960s, there were changed in "censorship laws accompanied a new sexual ethos"(168).
So much that transsexuals began branching out into other self identified groups. This was promoted by the possibilities that came with surgery or hormones. There were Mate to Female cross genders, female impersonators, drag queens, and later on there were butch Lesbians. There were also the "inverts" during the early twentieth Century, who identified themselves as makes with female body parts. By the mid-twentieth century doctors defined transsexualism as are included that weren't because of the narrower definitions of homosexuality and transvestism. Not every individual wanted to be called homosexual, instead they wanted their own identification.
Furthermore, the transsexuals were in their own new world where there was old school transsexual and new generation transsexual. Many of the new generation did not want to model their surgical results after Christine Jorgensen. Her model was a very sophisticated, respected. She not only showed those two characteristics, she kept her sex life private, and their appearance conventional. The younger generation preferred was accustomed to the 60s. Where they had lived as hippies or drag queens, and where they might have absorbed the method of expression. Instead of simply expressing themselves, as many of the people did in the sixties, they expressed their sexuality.
Quote: "In the 1960s the popular press printed even fewer stories on FTMs than it had in the 1950"(Mayerowitz206).
Reaction: I felt that this is also a never ending battle between makes and females. It is a competition with jobs, and amounts of money, and in this competition it is for attention. What I wonder is in fact these transsexuals are simply looking for attention? When the MTFs were not getting enough attention, the news was involved.
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