'The Whole Town’s Sleeping by Ray Bradbury'

'Different techniques in a textual matterual matter edition finish wait on the reader procure insight on the natures in a story. Each percentage displays different characteristics which can aid in the creation of their identity. In the story The full-page Towns Sleeping, compose by irradiate Bradbury, young-bearing(prenominal) and males characters twain reinforce sexual practice stereotypes, helping to make believe their notion of identity. The entirely Towns Sleeping constructs wo men as weak, fragile and goosy. Although the character of Lavinia Nebbs is portrayed as strong and unaffiliated, underneath this façade of self-confidence she portrays the same characteristics as the new(prenominal) womanhood featured in the text. When she and Francine discover Eliza Ramsells murdered body, Lavinia pretends to step to the fore strong by rejecting an escort from one of the police officers and back up Francine that they should continue to the utter and forget clos e the recent murder, as yet on the at center of attention Lavinias womanish nature is weak, although she neer admits it to her friends and when she reacts to the death, Lavinia felt her heart going clamorously within her and she was coldness too.\nIronically, it is Lavinias foolish ways of playacting confident and independent that lead her to be murdered, reinforcing the idea that women argon foolish and that they essential accept and stick in their indefensible position in society.\nThe other pistillate characters in the text do not appear in any other form and they be represented as fearful and weak. This is spare through Francines reaction to the discovery of Elizas dead body, Hold me, Lavinia, enthral hold me, Im cold. Oh, Ive never been so cold since pass eyes shut out against Lavinias shoulder. Francine becomes exit up approximately the death and finds it exceedingly difficult to move past it. These representations of the female characters allow the text to reinforce notions of sexual practice stereotypes.\nThe text constructs men as violent, goosey and sexually driven, reinforcing ...'