shot her in her head for speaking out. She is a girl who decided to make a difference in her country and as a result made a difference in the world. In the words of Mahatma Gandhi‚ “We must become the change we want to see in the world.” In the memoir‚ I am Malala‚ Malala’s relationship with her father is continuously highlighted throughout. Malala depicts the relationship with her father by telling us about the influence her father has on her education‚ the encouragement he gives her to break the status
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which a handful of humans are made to live through a sentient supercomputer’s tortures. Despite how one-sided the conflict seems‚ the story ultimately centers around a power struggle that leaves both groups nearly in the same situation. In "I Have No Mouth‚ and I Must Scream‚" Ellison employs analogies to blur the distinctions between the creator and the creation‚ demonstrating that living is suffering since one often lacks control. Near the start of the story‚ the speaker‚ Ted‚ introduces the supercomputer
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their work‚ are “leaders of a new society” (Tate). Avant-garde artists of the cubist movement focused on alterations of form and innovative perspective. An advocate of the avant-garde‚ Gertrude Stein’s poems “A Carafe‚ That is a Blind Glass” and “If I Told Him‚ A Completed Portrait of Picasso” were heavily influenced by her personal life and the artistic movements of the time‚ as seen by the grammatical and psychological approaches she takes in her writing. Furthermore‚ through the selection of very
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people how to act righteously in the real world. Fictional stories with morals frequently reveal traits of human nature‚ through a character’s reaction to certain situations‚ which enable readers to reflect a lesson onto their own lives. In “The Possibility of Evil”‚ the main character‚ Miss Strangeworth‚ reacts to all of the “wicked people in the world…[by] listening carefully”‚ and writing letters
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People aren’t all they appear to be. Shirley Jackson’s story‚ “The Possibility of Evil‚” is told from the perspective of a 71-year old lady named Adela Strangeworth. Miss Strangeworth is an old woman who has lived in this town all her life. Miss Strangeworth’s character can be analyzed by considering what she does‚ what the narrator says about her‚ and how other characters interact with her. Throughout‚ “The Possibility of Evil‚” Miss Strangeworth says and does things that leads the reader to think
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Throughout history‚ many people have been criticized for their race‚ religion‚ or sex. One of the many people that this type of discrimination happened to was Elizabeth I‚ who was a ruler of England. She ruled in the years of 1558 through 1603. Elizabeth made sure that everyone knew she was not going to stand for this type of discrimination. Individuals who did not trust that a lady could run the nation couldn’t concur with Elizabeth ruling England. Different thinkers of the nation‚ particularly
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Over the course of the last forty years‚ the United States has been battling the “War on Drugs.” A phrase coined by President Richard Nixon in 1971 to launch his campaign to protect America and its citizens from the harm that is associated with the use of drugs. This brought about new legislation in the form of mandatory minimum sentencing‚ which resulted in causing mass incarceration throughout this county. These selectively enforced policies that mainly target minorities “have transformed the
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The Possibility of Evil Things aren’t always what they seem. In the short story “The Possibility of Evil”‚ Shirley Jackson writes about Ms. Strangeworth‚ an elderly lady‚ that looks to be kind and sweet but turns out to be a judgmental perfectionist. In the story‚ Ms. Strangeworth writes letters to people in her town judging them about how they live their lives. Clearly‚ Ms. Strangeworth proves that appearance can be deceiving because below the kind demeanor she is selfish‚ nasty‚ and bitter person
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particular amount of time and failed to do so. I constantly tell myself that I’ll do it tomorrow‚ and yet tomorrow never comes. The next day I tell myself the same thing‚ and so on and so forth until the time comes where I truly begin to regret my lack of initiative. I begin to realize that had I simply completed the task (in this case class assignments) than I would feel much more secure about my position in my academic life. By putting things off constantly I am not only hurting myself in my school work
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