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A 5 page paper
which examines various tensions in New Orleans and Los Angeles as presented in
Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire” and Hisaye Yamamoto’s “A Fire in
Fontana.” No additional sources cited.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAdesre1.rtf
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another. For example, the sexist attitudes we may see in New Orleans are not the same ones we would see in Los Angeles. And, the racial discrimination we see in
Los Angeles is likely far different from the realities in New Orleans. Now, this does not mean that the foundations of misunderstanding, concerning discrimination and prejudice, are not the same.
What it means is that different regions of the country present a different face to the discriminations and the prejudices. These realities are clearly evident in two works which
address different clashes, one dealing predominantly with preconceived sexual notions and the other with preconceived racial notions. In Tennessee Williams work "A Streetcar Named Desire" we are primarily faced with
sexual realities in New Orleans, while Hisaye Yamamotos "A Fire in Fontana" deals with racial issues in Los Angeles. In the following paper we examine the two separately and then
present a discussion of the two. A Streetcar Named Desire In Tennessee Williams "A Streetcar Named Desire" we are confronted with a woman, Blanche DuBois, who is the
primary female character, and the character who seems stuck in her gender. Her sister, Stella, is also a woman trapped in her female identity, though differently. These women are the
product of their heritage in many ways, for they are from the Old South, a place where women looked good, if they were wealthy, and a place where marriage was
the only form of identity a woman could find. In the character of Blanche we see a woman running from her past to a large city. Her identity is
not lost however, though it does not fit with her present situation. Blanche represents the old ideals, the old dreams, and the old social realities of the Old South, of
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