What does Claudia’s destruction of white baby dolls say about her relationship to the ideal of whiteness? In Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye‚ we are presented with ideals of what it is to be black and how it is to be white and how society’s constructions of the ‘ideal’ human affects characters within this novel. Claudia Macteer is a young African-American girl who struggles with these ideas and societies notion of perfection. Claudia battles with her own identity and demonstrates her frustrations
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Persuasive Essay The idea of a doll who is supposed to teach my child and she what a cute young girl looks like‚ would you think it would be dress to a parents idea of cute? The Bratz Dolls are unbelievably dressed and constructed. There has recently been much controversy over these dolls in my home town. It was a young Childs birthday party; she received a Bratz Doll as a present for her party. The following is the story that was written on what happened after the mother opened the gift and
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younger I loved dolls; I loved playing pretend with them‚ dressing them up‚ and pretending that they were real. For my younger self to hear of a doll that not only could talk but could move her eyes on mouth on her own was mind blowing. I saw a lot of cheery commercials on television for a doll called Amazing Amanda. It was so cool; the doll even had the same name as me! When I ripped through the colorful Barbie wrapping paper Christmas day and saw that it was the Amazing Amanda doll I jumped around
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Insubordination or Unclear Loyalties?* Abstract Ellen‚ the program director of Omega House‚ a hospice‚ was wondering how to deal with the new development officer‚ George. He reported to her and was also part of a cross program task force on fundraising within the Social Action Consortium (SAC)‚ the umbrella organization for a variety of service agencies located in the Midwest. Ellen was accustomed to working in a team and found George’s communicative approach disconcerting. She was puzzled
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Playing with it can be dangerous‚ and at times can also prove fatal to those unfortunate enough to find themselves in its path. Our next-door neighbours were lucky in that nobody was injured‚ but the same thing cannot be said about their beloved house. Although it’s been ten years now‚ I can still remember the whole thing as if it were yesterday‚ and each time‚ the thought of that terrifying episode makes my blood run cold. It was a hot stuffy summer night when it all took place. Back then air-conditioners
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“Barbie Doll” The poem “Barbie Doll” is a powerful poem written by Marge Piercy. The title carries a lot of meaning because a Barbie Doll has been an icon in society. Society has a hold on individual’s lives‚ especially on women. Since 1960‚ it started to be an issue on women to fit in and become what others want them to be. Women‚ who adapt to society’s dictate‚ have to stop being themselves and become somebody else in order to please everyone else. Society tells us how to dress and acting order
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In Doll Bones‚ there are three 12 year old friends named Zach‚ Poppy‚ and Alice. The day they became friends they’ve been playing a continuous ever-changing game -a game that takes place in a world populated with pirates and thieves‚ mermaids‚ and warriors. Ruling over them all is the Great Queen‚ a bone – china doll imprisoned in a cabinet‚ cursing those who displease her. But then one day Zach’s father threw away his action figures. Zach quits the game and lies about the reason. Their friendship
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contact with this white beauty stereotypes since a very young age: It had begun with Christmas and the gift of dolls. The big‚ the special‚ the loving gift was always a big‚ blue-eyed Baby Doll. From the clucking sounds of adults I knew that the doll represented what hey thought was my fondest wish. (14) Litlle black girls receive white blue-eyed dolls as a gift for christmas and these dolls look nothing like them‚ so as a consequence of this they may think that there is something wrong with them and
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A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen Norwegian nineteenth century playwright Henrik Isben was stirring the waters in many ways with his seminal work A Doll House. He fills his play with a realism never seen before and thus many people didn’t know how to react to a topic that everyone can relate to‚ such as the role of a women in the home. The women of A Doll House have a responsibility and personal power that was not seen any where in the 1800s. Nora‚ Mrs. Linde‚ and the nurse Anne-Marie all show an
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A Vine on the House Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Bierce has a special talent of keeping readers alert on their toes and holding their breaths till the very last word. I believe Mr. Bierce wanted to allow others to understand that circumstances and events are not always what they appear to be. The words Mr. Harding expressed and the reality of the situation were two complete opposites. He kept a secret of his wife’s “disappearance” and also picked up everything and left‚ leaving no signs behind
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