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This essay is about the metaphorical use of mathmatics in "The One Girl at The Boys Party" by Sharon Olds
The Emergence of Femininity in "The One Girl at The Boys Party" by Sharon Olds.
"The One Girl at The Boys Party" by Sharon Olds is about the personal journey of
the discovery of feminine sexuality in the life of an adolescent female. In this confusing
journey mathematics are used metaphorically to describe the girls new found sexuality.
The girl attempts to deny the emergence of her femininity though the impersonal use of
mathematics in …
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…as a metaphor to describe the girl's sexuality in the way that she
uses mathematics to avoid her true feminine sexuality. As the journey of self discovery
concludes the poem ends with the girls discovery of her new femininity, complete with
sexual feelings and desires.
Works Cited
Olds, Sharon. "The One Girl at The Boys Party" Literature An Introduction to Fiction,
Poetry and Drama. Second ed. Eds. X.J.Kennedy. Dana Gioia. Longman, New York
2000. 862
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