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    A Street Car Named Desire

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    Hope Gerald Mr. Kelly 12 IB HL English II: Period 2 April 10‚ 2014 Study Guide: A Streetcar Named Desire Background: Streetcar hit theaters in 1946. The play cemented William’s reputation as one of the greatest American playwrights‚ winning him a New York’s Critics Circle Award and a Pulitzer Prize. Among the play’s greatest achievements is the depiction of the psychology of working class characters. In the plays of the period‚ depictions of working-class life tended to be didactic‚ with

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    In the book‚ John Steinbeck has used the term shitheel to refer to someone with a dishonest and mean character.” Mae says‚ “an’ after them shitheels." Flies struck the screen with little bumps and droned away. Undoubtedly‚ he has a subtle low character disinterested in doing good to anyone‚ and always lackluster in doing what benefits all. With their experience driving trucks‚ it is shown that‚ “Now and then the flies roared softly at the screen door.” Besides‚ “Here’s a big transport comin’. Hope

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    In the short story The Glass Roses by Alden Nowlan‚ hard work and determination is shown throughout the characters. This is only shown when they are up to making a difference like Stephen. Kindness is viewed in various ways and it is portrayed numerous times within the three main characters in quite detail it can be explained how they achieve their destinies within it. Stephens father has a strict opinion of his son‚ he believes that his son is not a man and that he is weak. Stephen consistently

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    Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire and Eugene O’Neill’s Long Days Journey into Night‚ struggle with events in their past that drive them to act in certain ways in the present and taint what will occur in their futures. Mary Tyrone and Blanche are both complicated women whose past affect their present and in return‚ affects the chances of achieving their goals in the future. Based on the women’s actions in the present‚ the characters of each play are much too influenced by the past to alter their current

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    people tows to the islands‚ and also giving those people gifts that to him really didn’t cost much‚ but to the people they were worth a lot of value. In this way he was hoping once the people returned to the island they would describe Columbus’s kindness. In addition‚ Columbus refuses to take the cotton balls and things the Indians bring to trade‚ so that he can show his

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    trying to spread the kindness of the world‚ and the people who ask if a stranger is okay‚ and the people who try to do good deeds even if they have problems of their own. There are people in this world who have jobs that will help people and‚ when I am older I want to have one of these jobs. I want to continue to help people even if it is a small deed. When I was at the foodbank it showed me that people dedicate their lives to helping people and those people want to spread kindness and joy to the people

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    As life goes on‚ things get more complicated. You are no longer a child‚ but an adult who faces reality. To you‚ real life is nothing like fairy tales. Problems are not being easily solved and confusions are everywhere. There is never a long period of rest and peace. You should always be aware of everything preventing you to live an easy life. Moments of sadness and misery are much more frequent than those of happiness‚ filling your head with indescribable madness. Life is not only black and white

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    The mind of someone struggling with mental illness can be a terrifying yet intriguing place. In her short story‚ “The Yellow Wallpaper”‚ Charlotte Perkins Gilman gives the reader an in-depth look at what a depressed and nervous mind looked like through Jane’s writings. While Jane’s husband and brother were both physicians‚ they believed she was somewhat hysterical‚ and was treated with “rest cure”. “Rest cure” consisted of‚ “bed rest‚ isolation‚ overfeeding‚ and massage/electricity on her muscles”

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    instance‚ Saul’s superior growth can be proven as he went through hardship early in life. These hardships led to gained courage. His loss of all sense of familiarity caused him to fill the void in his heart which was once overwhelmed with love and kindness. He was lost. He was forced to discover

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    After I read the short story‚ “Tuesday of the Other June”‚ the exclusion picture‚ and watched the music video‚ “Invisible” I think that the theme of all of these texts is that bullying is never rewarded with kindness. In the story‚ “ Tuesday of the Other June” by Norma Fox Maser‚ June T. is being bullied by June M. and nothing changed until she stood up for herself. For example‚ on page 7‚ the text says‚ “‘No‚’ I said again‚ because it felt so good to say it. ‘No‚ no‚ no‚ no.’” This shows that

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