What is a scar? A scar is something that can be covered but never erased. Scars can change a person’s self-esteem and self- worth‚ relationship with people‚ and your perception of yourself. A scar can help you find beauty deep down inside just like Alice Walker did. Scars cannot tear you down you are the only one can‚ its either you live a lie or just accept the true you‚ which one would you choose? Walker also had problems with self-esteem in her life when her brother shot her in the eye with
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Timothy Walter Burton has directed 35 movies in his lifetime. Burton’s films are very well known for his unique use of cinematic techniques. His movies are also popular for his use of horror in a childlike manner. Though the use of contrasting colors‚ non-diegetic music‚ and lighting Burton shows in Edward Scissorhands and Alice in Wonderland how it’s better to be different and yourself than conforming to a restrictive society. Burton uses contrasting colors in Edward Scissorhands in order to show
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Alice Munro and Anton Chekhov: A Comparative Analysis Ms. Sangita L. Patil Research Scholar‚ Shivaji University‚ Kolhapur (India) The comparative analysis of the stories of two famous contemporary writers Alice Munro and Anton Chekhov gives an opportunity to follow the development of the genre of short stories in Canadian and in Russian literature. Both are stalwarts of their respective literature. Commenting on the greatness of A. Chekhov‚ E. B. Tager writes: As
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Crank and Go Ask Alice. With no prior exposure to them‚ teenagers have no clue how to deal with a situation involving drugs. They get involved with drugs for many different reasons. For one‚ peer pressure can take over their extremely impressionable minds and the pressure to fit
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Feminism in Alice in Wonderland During the Victorian Era‚ women were expected to behave in a very prim and proper manner. Tim Burton’s adaptation of Alice in Wonderland is a tale of Alice’s return to Wonderland‚ where she saves Wonderland and herself‚ defying her role as a young woman during the Victorian Era. Alice challenges the feminist theory by defying her social role as a damsel in distress. A damsel in distress is a stereotype commonly used in literature to describe a young‚ innocent
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Alice Walker My research paper is on Alice Walker who is still living‚ at the age of 72 years old. Alice was born February 9‚ 1944 ‚ in Eatonton‚ Georgia. Alice grew up poor with her eight brothers and a single parent‚ her mother. Her mother worked as a maid to take care of them. Alice was soon injured‚ she was shot in the eye with a BB gun by one of her brothers. Alice started working as a social worker‚ teacher‚ and giving lectures as a profession. She also worked as the Black History consultant
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Go Ask Alice is about the diary of a fifteen year old girl in the 1960’s named Alice documenting her struggles to overcome her dependency on drugs. In the beginning‚ Alice starts her diary out as a typical teenager just struggling to fit in at school. Her father gets a new job forcing Alice and her family to move all the way across the country. At first‚ she hated her new life and was having an even harder time making friends‚ but eventually befriends a Jewish girl named Beth. That summer‚ she
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Adventures in Wonderland‚ written by Lewis Carroll. Alice can not seem to go through Wonderland without getting confused or lost. While she wanders in Wonderland‚ she has to manage to go through size changes‚ which symbolize growing up. Meaning the whole plot of the story ties into growing up and the difficulties you are faced with. In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland‚ by Lewis Carroll‚ symbolism‚ the setting‚ and the protagonist‚ who is Alice‚ contribute to the theme of the story‚ which
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Nevertheless he did really well among children‚ which was how he got to write children’s books. Lewis Carroll was inspired to write Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by one of his children friends‚ named Alice. In the novel‚ Alice is a curious and innocent little girl‚ whom we meet on her travel from childhood to adulthood‚ where she bumps into puberty. The environment in Lewis Carroll’s novel is a vital importance for Alice‚ her reactions and thoughts. Alice
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of Our Mother’s Garden‚ talks about her search of the African American women’s suppressed talent‚ of the artistic skills and talents that they lost because of slavery and a forced way of life. Walker builds up her arguments from historical events as well as the collective experiences of African Americans‚ including her own. She uses these experiences to back up her arguments formed from recollections of various African American characters and events. Walker points out that a great part of her mother’s
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