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    their personality traits illustrates the significant contribution made by literature in the realization of the narrative theory of identity. One of the superior examples of this relationship between literature and narrative theory of identity is Alice Munro’s “An Ounce of Cure” and the author has been celebrated as making observations on the episodic nature of life through her stories. “An Ounce of Cure” presents an important episodic nature of life through the mid-teenage problems and crises in

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    Thesis Statement: Wanderlust is necessary for the creative mind. “Curious thoughts lead to curious places.” – Lee Jeans Philippines Alice‚ drowsily reading a book‚ catches sight of a White Rabbit in a waistcoat. The White Rabbit brings out a pocket watch and blurts out he was running late. Out of curiosity‚ Alice follows the White Rabbit down the rabbit hole. Alice encounters a potion‚ a cake and a mushroom that could alter her size. She met animals that could talk‚ people who are trapped in perpetual

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    Theme #1 Alice Walker uses several different techniques in her writing to get her point across to the reader. The use of conflict in the novel‚ “The Color Purple”‚ helps the author portray how society was during this time. The main conflict brought up in “The Color Purple” is based on the society’s views of gender‚ race‚ and ageism. The American society in the south was heavily one-sided on these topics‚ as the author describes in this book. Women during this time are looked down upon and unappreciated

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    Values in Literature

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    perspective on certain values. The values incorporated in literature have become a great way to communicate to readers the importance of functioning different values and how they affect the lives of different characters. The novels The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley are great examples of how the struggle through adversity can reform ones values causing them to also gain the appreciation for new ones. In life‚ situations can cause ones values to change. In The Lovely

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    In The Color Purple‚ Alice Walker illustrates the lives of a female African American before the Civil Rights Movement. A novel that describes female empowerment‚ The Color Purple demonstrates the domestic violence women faced in the South. Walker tells the story through Celie‚ a young African American girl who faces constant hardships until she stands up for herself with the help of her closest friends – other women undergoing the same difficulties. Even though men controlled females in the South

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    SITTSL002A Assignment 1: Access and Interpret Product Information Question 1- Scenario Mr and Mrs Smythe and their close friend Ms White‚ wish to book on the Australian Pacific Tour of Perth and Monkey Mia‚ 6-Day Air/Coach/Air tour departing 31 July. * The Smythes would like a twin room and Ms White requires a single room. * Mr and Mrs Smythe will be travelling from the Gold Coast and Mrs White from Hobart. * Mr Smythe holds a Seniors Card. 1a) Plot on the map

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    Essence Robinson English 10A December 27th‚ 2017 The Bluest Eye vs. The Color Purple In this essay I will be comparing in contrasting Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye”‚ and Alice Walker’s “ The Color Purple”. Pecola and Celie are two very similar people. These two characters were mistreated in many ways. Toni Morrison and Alice Walker really shined the light on how wrong use women were treated and they didn’t sugarcoat anything about it. These two women were abused by their fathers‚ lost their children

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    January 22‚ 2012 The short story chosen is Alice Walker’s The Welcome Table which is in Chapter 3.1 in R. Wayne Clugston’s Introduction into Literature. ‚ this is a story that talks racism and religion. This story shows how when people believe that they are in the right; there is no place for segregation. Jesus takes us as who we are we just need to have faith in him kind to others. Now‚ I know there are many religions in today’s world. But the author Alice Walker wrote this story during a time when

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    Alice Walker’s The Color Purple chronicles the lives of African-American women living in the deep American South during the 1930s. Taking place mostly in rural Georgia‚ the novel addresses the many issues that plague black women‚ especially their exceptionally low status in the social culture. Walker cleverly tells the story of two sisters‚ Celie and Nettie‚ through a series of letters and diary entries. Celie‚ a poor‚ uneducated young woman‚ has been sexually abused by the man she believed was

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    Story Analysis: Everyday Use by Alice Walker (602 Words) In the story‚ "Everyday Use"‚ author Alice Walker uses everyday objects‚ which are described in the story with some detail‚ and the reactions of the main characters to these objects‚ to contrast the simple and practical with the stylish and faddish. Walker’s main writing power seems to be description and imagery along with a little flashback every now and then. Flashback played a bug role because with every event in the story‚ the reader

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