Like Water For Chocolate

This novel was different from Love in more ways than one. I enjoyed both, but for very different reasons. Love was disturbing and sad while, Like Water for Chocolate was romantic. For me, Like Water For Chocolate was an easy and enjoyable to read because it was not complicated with different character perspectives. The first thing I noticed while reading was how much it resembled Romeo and Juliet. It followed the story of Romeo and Juliet almost exactly-two lovers are kept apart because of family, sneaking around to be together, and when they finally can be together, they die with each other. Throughout the whole story, like Romeo and Juliet, I just wanted Tita and Pedro to be together. When they finally could be together, I was relieved but knew something else would follow. I was not surprised at all when they died side by side. It was the ultimate romantic story.

Love

When I read the book Love, my initial thought was that it was very confusing. The back and forth between seven different narratives made it quite confusing to keep track of all the characters. Once I understood and remembered who each of the characters were, I thought the book was very interesting. It was one of the few books that got me thinking about my life in relation to the story. Whats the point of holding on to a grudge when you might need that person in the long run? I really enjoyed how each of them had connections with each other that seemed so insignificant on the outside but, slowly you see the deeper and more significant connections they have. It really makes you think about how you effect the people you come into contact with. What might seem like a small thing could have a much larger effect on someone else.

articles #1 and #2

The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm.

ByAnne Koedt

Frigidity-the inability for a woman to have a vaginal orgasm

Clitoris-responsible for female orgasm

Conventional Sex-men have orgasms from friction on the penis, while women have orgasms from stimulation of the clitoris. Conventional sex has led to primarily penetration and not stimulating the clitoris.

Anti-Male Phenomenon- Freud’s theory assuming that frigidity is the result of a woman having trouble accepting her female roles. It is a psychological “problem”, not an anatomical one.

Vagina-responsible for menstruation and giving birth

Psychologically Stimulated Orgasm-achieving orgasm through mental stimulation

Lusting for Freedom

By Rebecca Walker

Sex defines both men and women. For a woman, sex marks you as promiscuous or prude, but for a man, it makes them “popular”.

Sex-sexual intercourse between a male and a female

Language of Sex-pretending to be something that you’re not in order to appear more desirable to the opposite sex

Pleasure-sexual gratification