Please read "Love is a Fallacy" by Max Shulman on pages 371-79 of your text and then address the writing prompt on page 380. You only need to write a developed paragraph in response.
If the story is antiwoman, it is equally antiman. This was a good short story. It made me laugh out loud at the end. This guy really conformed his analysis of both Petey and Polly. It can be seen as manipulation. It also shows that you can broaden the mind but the old ways of thinking can still linger. It's like the saying that "you can't teach a old dog new tricks" in a matter of speaking. In the sense that some people old ways, habits, and beliefs don't disappear. They can be tucked away dormat. Or you can say that our perception of a person or people can mis-judged. A person or people may be by our perception below our intellect but infact their brain was made biologically just like ours. I'm saying a healthy brain, now! You know what would have been another good ending? If we found out at the end that Petey and Polly were actually manipulating the author and both of them were actually smart or doing like a experiment for a science class.
Awesome story, but I'd have to say if the story is antiwoman, it is equally antiman. I think the story is antiman because it shows how some men will find a woman hoping to mold her into what he wants - and the story is antiwoman because it shows how some women just float through each day mindlessly. I don't, however, believe that it sterotyped either men or women. When we talk about certain types of people, it's simply because they exist, not because we're necessarily against them. Very, very clever story.
I dont believe that the story is antiwoman at all, anyone can pretend that they are an airhead, the story does not provide enough details over a large enough period of time to say that the woman in question did not realise that the man was trying to manipulate her.
The is anti-Gender, thats what im getting from it. The story of Petey and Polly was rather enjoyable. It employed the things that we seen in everyday life. These things are common amongst our society on a daily basis. The author shows both sides of the fence...have you heard the grass is always greener on the other side? That is actually not always true...and if it is greener, its only temporary until its nutrients are used up, and its just and area of dirt. Anywho, back to the story, people are always looking to mold someone that they want, men and women do this, sometimes without even knowing how much effort they are putting in. I feel its natural for both parties to want specific things that they prefer in a mate, just as we all do. However, some people may not admit that right off, but they are always thinking it in the back of their mind.
the story is not antiwoman, but it does show a side of man that is cold and calculating. i here to tell you that if you believe that you can plan every detail of your down to the small degree, you are mistaken life is to demanding to be play live a game, and love will not be master by a single person. the more you put someone on a pedestal the further out of reach they will get from you. i always hated hearing that if it was meant to be it will be. come to find that it does releave you from trying.
I thought the ending was pretty good. Very unexpected, compared to the beginning. I would have never thought that he'd be turned down for Petey, a man that he claimed was basically an idiot. I think the story was equally anti-woman and anti-man. He basically thought that he was the king of all kings and everything he did, said and knew, would get him anything and anyone he wanted. I think the other students were right when they said that people nowadays are looking at how they can "mold" a person into the person they want. So that person could be "perfect" just like they believe they are. I think to some effect, everyone thinks like this at some point. For example, I once dated a man that wasn't the smartest guy, but was hot as hell! I thought that I could eventually, over time, teach him some things, just about common sense. Well, that didn't work too well! I tried to make a man just for me, but was sacrificing who he was as a person, therefore, I felt bad and eventually knew that it was just time for me to move on. There's no need to change someone at all. You should love them for them, not what you can teach them.
The story was good to me. It had certain things in it where we can relate to it through some of the relation ships that we have been in or we have seen others in. I think it can go both ways though antiman and woman.
This story is completely non anti-woman. The whole forming a woman by a man's wants, has not happened since mid-century. Many women want to form men, and it doesnt happen either. THe author is very elaborate when it comes to explain both sides of the story, all in all, it was a good story.
If the story is antiwoman it is as equally antiman. With his status as a lawyer he thought that he needed a woman that he could mold to help him advance his career as a lawyer and not as his life mate and companion. His "friend" was also manipulated. Feeling that he was basically smarter and could take advantage of him and reality his perception was wrong.
The story, rightly understood, is not antiwoman. I've gotta say, the ending reminded me of a shyamalan movie."WHAT A TWIST!" But the real point is that you should be careful what you wish for. The main character, although his intentions were good, created a situation resulting opposite to what he wanted. Now how he describes her is very degrading and can be very antiwoman but he wasn't describing all women. Besides, he got what he deserved in the end.
This is a great story it has some aspects of an everyday relationship. Some men feel that they need a woman in their life to help them be successful. In the story his woman was not his mate, he needed her to try and make it has a top lawyer. You can’t have everything in life and what he was trying to do backfired.
I will have to agree with everyone else on this. It is definetly antiwoman and antiman. You can't force love and it is not a novelty either. All the boy wanted was a trophy wife to help further his carrier. This is totaly wrong and really makes men look bad. You should not manipulate people, becuase it could bake fire on you. I think that he got what he deserved in the end.
Man this story was good and the end caught me off gaurd, but I did not get enough information either way so i will have to say both antiman and antiwoman!
I thought these stories were pretty interesting. I will have to say that the story was both anti-man and anti-woman. When I got married I thought everything was perfect. I couldn't have been happier. Well, now I've been married for just over two years and I realize there were some truth behind what everyone told me concerning marriage. When I married my wife I loved her for who she was. I didn't want her to change for any reason. She was my Mrs. Perfect. However I notice that when women marry or connect with someone, they have a strong belief that if there's something they dont like about their significant other, that they can simply change it later. Keep in mind, You may be able to change the person, but if it's something they've been accustomed to for years, there's a good possibility that may be able to revert back. Just be happy with what you have. You can't force love upon anyone. Relationships require compromises.
I think the story is neither antiwoman or antiman. I think it was a good story which reminded my of my old college days at florida state. Reminded of me of the "boyz" and their conquests, treaties and deals. The story was a little verbose for my taste.
I believe that this short story is both antiwoman and antiman.The story was very good and had an interesting ending. Polly made herself look like an airhead and in the end she just seemed sneaky.Petey and his roomate both prooved themselves to be very sneaky also, Petey went back on a deal, and the roomate realized the consequences to trying to trade things for a woman.
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If the story is antiwoman, it is equally antiman. This was a good short story. It made me laugh out loud at the end. This guy really conformed his analysis of both Petey and Polly. It can be seen as manipulation. It also shows that you can broaden the mind but the old ways of thinking can still linger. It's like the saying that "you can't teach a old dog new tricks" in a matter of speaking. In the sense that some people old ways, habits, and beliefs don't disappear. They can be tucked away dormat. Or you can say that our perception of a person or people can mis-judged. A person or people may be by our perception below our intellect but infact their brain was made biologically just like ours. I'm saying a healthy brain, now! You know what would have been another good ending? If we found out at the end that Petey and Polly were actually manipulating the author and both of them were actually smart or doing like a experiment for a science class.
Awesome story, but I'd have to say if the story is antiwoman, it is equally antiman. I think the story is antiman because it shows how some men will find a woman hoping to mold her into what he wants - and the story is antiwoman because it shows how some women just float through each day mindlessly. I don't, however, believe that it sterotyped either men or women. When we talk about certain types of people, it's simply because they exist, not because we're necessarily against them. Very, very clever story.
I dont believe that the story is antiwoman at all, anyone can pretend that they are an airhead, the story does not provide enough details over a large enough period of time to say that the woman in question did not realise that the man was trying to manipulate her.
The is anti-Gender, thats what im getting from it. The story of Petey and Polly was rather enjoyable. It employed the things that we seen in everyday life. These things are common amongst our society on a daily basis. The author shows both sides of the fence...have you heard the grass is always greener on the other side? That is actually not always true...and if it is greener, its only temporary until its nutrients are used up, and its just and area of dirt. Anywho, back to the story, people are always looking to mold someone that they want, men and women do this, sometimes without even knowing how much effort they are putting in. I feel its natural for both parties to want specific things that they prefer in a mate, just as we all do. However, some people may not admit that right off, but they are always thinking it in the back of their mind.
the story is not antiwoman, but it does show a side of man that is cold and calculating. i here to tell you that if you believe that you can plan every detail of your down to the small degree, you are mistaken life is to demanding to be play live a game, and love will not be master by a single person. the more you put someone on a pedestal the further out of reach they will get from you. i always hated hearing that if it was meant to be it will be. come to find that it does releave you from trying.
I thought the ending was pretty good. Very unexpected, compared to the beginning. I would have never thought that he'd be turned down for Petey, a man that he claimed was basically an idiot. I think the story was equally anti-woman and anti-man. He basically thought that he was the king of all kings and everything he did, said and knew, would get him anything and anyone he wanted. I think the other students were right when they said that people nowadays are looking at how they can "mold" a person into the person they want. So that person could be "perfect" just like they believe they are. I think to some effect, everyone thinks like this at some point. For example, I once dated a man that wasn't the smartest guy, but was hot as hell! I thought that I could eventually, over time, teach him some things, just about common sense. Well, that didn't work too well! I tried to make a man just for me, but was sacrificing who he was as a person, therefore, I felt bad and eventually knew that it was just time for me to move on. There's no need to change someone at all. You should love them for them, not what you can teach them.
The story was good to me. It had certain things in it where we can relate to it through some of the relation ships that we have been in or we have seen others in. I think it can go both ways though antiman and woman.
This story is completely non anti-woman. The whole forming a woman by a man's wants, has not happened since mid-century. Many women want to form men, and it doesnt happen either. THe author is very elaborate when it comes to explain both sides of the story, all in all, it was a good story.
If the story is antiwoman it is as equally antiman. With his status as a lawyer he thought that he needed a woman that he could mold to help him advance his career as a lawyer and not as his life mate and companion. His "friend" was also manipulated. Feeling that he was basically smarter and could take advantage of him and reality his perception was wrong.
The story, rightly understood, is not antiwoman. I've gotta say, the ending reminded me of a shyamalan movie."WHAT A TWIST!" But the real point is that you should be careful what you wish for. The main character, although his intentions were good, created a situation resulting opposite to what he wanted. Now how he describes her is very degrading and can be very antiwoman but he wasn't describing all women. Besides, he got what he deserved in the end.
This is a great story it has some aspects of an everyday relationship. Some men feel that they need a woman in their life to help them be successful. In the story his woman was not his mate, he needed her to try and make it has a top lawyer. You can’t have everything in life and what he was trying to do backfired.
I will have to agree with everyone else on this. It is definetly antiwoman and antiman. You can't force love and it is not a novelty either. All the boy wanted was a trophy wife to help further his carrier. This is totaly wrong and really makes men look bad. You should not manipulate people, becuase it could bake fire on you. I think that he got what he deserved in the end.
Man this story was good and the end caught me off gaurd, but I did not get enough information either way so i will have to say both antiman and antiwoman!
I thought these stories were pretty interesting. I will have to say that the story was both anti-man and anti-woman. When I got married I thought everything was perfect. I couldn't have been happier. Well, now I've been married for just over two years and I realize there were some truth behind what everyone told me concerning marriage.
When I married my wife I loved her for who she was. I didn't want her to change for any reason. She was my Mrs. Perfect. However I notice that when women marry or connect with someone, they have a strong belief that if there's something they dont like about their significant other, that they can simply change it later.
Keep in mind, You may be able to change the person, but if it's something they've been accustomed to for years, there's a good possibility that may be able to revert back. Just be happy with what you have. You can't force love upon anyone. Relationships require compromises.
I think the story is neither antiwoman or antiman. I think it was a good story which reminded my of my old college days at florida state. Reminded of me of the "boyz" and their conquests, treaties and deals. The story was a little verbose for my taste.
I believe that this short story is both antiwoman and antiman.The story was very good and had an interesting ending. Polly made herself look like an airhead and in the end she just seemed sneaky.Petey and his roomate both prooved themselves to be very sneaky also, Petey went back on a deal, and the roomate realized the consequences to trying to trade things for a woman.
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