Explain the influence that on the origin of species had upon realist writers.

Darwin’s ideas made a huge impact in literature. By the end of the nineteenth century, literary development was tending strongly toward realistic, even naturalistic works, which laid out a world devoid of overt morality, where primitive emotions, self-centered motives, and hereditary failings came to rule lives and societies. Darwinian evolution was of a piece with this, especially as some writers, such as Émile Zola in France, hoped to develop a scientific literature, that is, imaginative writing that so emulated reality that it could present life under the microscope. Also, naturalist writers like Jack London set his most famous novel in nature with "Call of the Wild" and "White Fang".

It also brought about political changes. Darwin had a significant influence on Karl Marx. Struggle and survival are central to Darwin's theory of evolution and Marx would be influenced by these thoughts to write the "Communist Manifesto". He used Darwin's theory in application to human class struggle.

femininity is conveyed through bernice's personality. she doesn't act how the other girls act and everyone thinks she is weird. she learns how to act in a way that was considered femininely appropriate at the time. she becomes so popular but her attempts to be liked end up backfiring when she is pressured into bobbing her hair. the author wrote that bernice cut off her cousin's hair in revenge for tricking her to cut her hair. this was the authors way of trying to change the way feminine is defined and the way women are expected to act.