The Whole Town’s Sleeping by Ray Bradbury

divers(prenominal) techniques in a text roll in the hay help the endorser gain insight on the characters in a story. individually character displays different characteristics which can aid in the inception of their identity. In the story The unhurt townspeoples sleeping, written by scape Bradbury, female and males characters both repay sexuality stereotypes, helping to earn their nonion of identity. The Whole Towns Sleeping constructs women as weak, fragile and foolish. Although the character of Lavinia Nebbs is visualised as strong and independent, underneath this façade of confidence she portrays the corresponding characteristics as the other fair sex featured in the text. When she and Francine ascertain Eliza Ramsells dead body, Lavinia pretends to expect strong by rejecting an appointment from one of the police officers and promote Francine that they should continue to the show and obstruct about the recent murder, save on the inside Lavinias female nature i s weak, although she neer admits it to her friends and when she reacts to the dying, Lavinia felt her heart breathing out loudly within her and she was frigidity too.\nIronically, it is Lavinias foolish ship canal of acting confident and independent that lead her to be murdered, reinforcing the mind that women are foolish and that they must(prenominal) accept and remain in their vulnerable position in society.\nThe other female characters in the text do not appear in whatever other form and they are represented as terrible and weak. This is apparent through Francines reaction to the discovery of Elizas dead body, Hold me, Lavinia, divert hold me, Im cold. Oh, Ive never been so cold since winter look shut against Lavinias shoulder. Francine becomes agitate up about the death and finds it extremely difficult to unravel past it. These representations of the female characters concede the text to reinforce notions of gender stereotypes.\nThe text constructs men as violent, stupid and sexually driven, reinforcing ...