girl who always stays at home. She’s very shy to make friends that resulted for her to get bullied by the other children in their street. “Sydney‚ it is a beautiful day why don’t you go outside and make some friends?” Sydney’s mother asked her while they eat their breakfast. But Sydney keep quiet for a while and said‚ “I like to read books.” Her mother trying to understand her daughter’s situation and supporting her saying‚ “Well‚ if that’s what makes you happy I’m fine with it but sometimes you
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She baked crackers to raise profits to buy her children’s freedom‚ but her mistress‚ who her grandmother was very loyal to‚ asked her for a loan one day. Linda’s grandmother had saved $300 and went ahead and loaned her money to her mistress who promised to give her back the money‚ but never did. An owner was never required to give pay to the slaves‚ so the loan never had to be repaid. Linda’s mistress died when she was at the age of twelve‚ so six years after her mother’s passing. Linda was almost
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The World Before Her is Written and directed by Nisha Pahuja. The film says it is the first to shoot the training at a Durga Vahini camp and for that alone it is a valuable resource to see first hand how young girls are being brain washed into hating Muslims and thinking that wielding a few sticks and learning some artful body moves will give them an identity and make them defend themselves and their country. That was the real value for the film for me was to see young women from rural areas look
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In Her Actions? Is the killing of anyone ever justified? Is the life of one individual more important than another? In Euripides‚ Medea‚ Medea kills the princess of Corinth‚ the king of Corinth‚ Creon‚ as well as her own children. Are her actions the actions of an insane‚ distraught person or those of wise‚ foreign‚ barbaric woman trying to protect her children? Through the story of Medea‚ Medea justifies the killing of others while several other characters portray the injustice of her killings
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Susan Glaspell’s short story “A Jury of Her Peers” follows the plot of Minnie Wright and her husband’s death. Its impact as a piece of revolutionary feminist literature is established through her daring choice to explore the depths of morality and justice. She asks us to question ourselves throughout‚ pleading for us to answer to what we would do if justice failed us throughout the course of our lives. The story opens with Mr. and Mrs. Peters‚ the Sheriff and his wife- Mrs. Hale‚ and the county
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and Her Doctor” “Between a Woman and Her Doctor” by Martha Mendoza is the author’s personal experience of a complex abortion while dealing with the difficulties of legal disputes and limited medical assistance during an emotional time in her life. Mendoza uses the expressive purpose as she writes her story to express her depressing and frustrating feelings she has during the death of her child as well as the challenging time as she tries to obtain a dilation and extraction procedure. Her secondary
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it?”‚ “what is it made of?”‚ and “how did it come to be?” There is still an ongoing debate on whether the mind is nonphysical or purely physical. Also‚ there are debates on who can possess consciousness. This argument arises in “Her (2013)‚” a film about a professional letter writer‚ Theodore Twombly‚ who falls in love with his operating system‚ Samantha. In the film‚ Theodore’s relationship with Samantha is questioned‚ a couple of times‚ to be real or not. From the outside‚ it seems impossible for
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At this point in the story‚ Bernice decides to take a bold decision of cutting her hair short‚ but then realizes that she made a mistake and she need to stay true to herself. She makes this choice to differentiate herself from other girls. “It’s such a sure and easy way of attracting attention." “ With the feeling that people really enjoyed looking at her and listening to her came the foundation of self-confidence.” Bernice is desperate to have attention she needs people to acknowledge her. Days
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story “A Jury of Her Peers” multiple themes are present such as freedom‚ compassion‚ and sympathy‚ but the main theme the author focuses on is oppression‚ specifically towards women. In order to reveal this theme the author uses the literary device allusion‚ and also cause and effect and ethos. The use of allusion helps reveal the theme with indirect implications. Cause and effect helps the reader see how the way Mrs. Wright was being treated and how that caused her to allegedly kill her husband‚ and
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environment‚ which then further links to the context of the time the play was written in. The play is introduced to the audience with three witches and an ominous environment. This use of pathetic fallacy set the context to create imagery that builds up in the unsettling environment and engages the audience as this is an unexpected and frightening opening and therefore‚ it engrosses them as it anticipates the evil that’s coming. Macbeth was written in 1606‚ a time period during which people believed
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