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    The love story –sweet and daring for some‚ sordid and offending for others-- between Anna Karenina and Count Vronsky is compelling and tragic. Anna and the Count have an affair‚ causing an uproar in society. Because of the double standards of the time‚ while Vronsky may still hold his head high in society‚ Anna is forced to hold her chin down and hide her shame. Anna turns to Vronsky ─a dashing military man─ as a refuge from her passionless marriage to a pompous‚ despotic bureaucrat; a move that

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    GDR‚ the Stasi had profound effects on the lives of many East German citizens. The constant surveillance and intrusions on people lives were heavily seen in Anna Funder’s Stasiland. Anna Funder interviewed a series of people in Eastern Germany who encountered various difficult situations under the strict watch of the Stasi. For example‚ Anna interviewed a woman named Miriam Weber. Miriam became a prime target for the Stasi at the age of sixteen when she and her friend Ursula made flyers that spoke

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    theme or issue that is explored in Requiem by Anna Akhmatova and City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende. Some examples include: death‚ spirituality‚ challenges‚ suffering‚ religion and persecution (or any combination of these). Both Anna Akhmatova and Isabelle Allende create texts that draw their readers in through the use of interesting themes and relatable messages. The two texts City of the Beasts (2002) by Isabelle Allende and “Requiem” (1940-1957) by Anna Akhamatova explore the issue of religion through

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    to expierience our true nature by entering directly into our conscious. The poem is a deep seeking of the nature of death‚ the death that is a process of expansion and transformation from solidarity to a spaciousness. When she says: "I felt a funeral in my brain‚ and mourners to and fro‚ kept treading‚ treading till it seemed that sense was breaking through... " She focuses on the sensation of being in the body‚ feeling the body’s substantiality and solidity‚ and the heaviness caused by gravity

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    author of Anna Madgigine Jia Kingsley‚ African Princess‚ Florida Slave‚ Plantation Slaveowner‚ traveled to Europe‚ the Caribbean‚ and West Africa to research. Shafer gave an account of Anna Kingsley’s life‚ who he explains to be and African “princess”. He shares the struggles that she endured once being an enslaved African American to becoming a free woman and plantation owner. The book was very interesting but I felt lacked first hand evidence of Anna Kingsleys life. Anta Majigeen Ndiaye (Anna Kingsley)

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    voice—not so I can shout‚ but so that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are held back". This quote depicts the audacious voyage of one of the most influential poets‚ with a focus on woman’s empowerment‚ Anna Laetitia Barbarald. Anna Laetitia‚ the author of this extraordinary poem‚ is said to be a notable feminist literary writer that has been cherished since the eighteenth century. Barbauld is a strong willed woman who desires nothing less than woman equality. She

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    Kelly Larocque Dr. Mayurika Chakravorty ENGL 2100B Janurary 30‚ 2015 Analyzing Parallels in No Guns At My Sons Funeral No Guns At My Sons Funeral written by Paro Anand is centralized about youth being recruited into militant fighting groups and gaining acceptance from militant leaders even if that comes at the ultimate cost. This novel focuses on a young man named Aftab and the trials he has with friends and family about secretly participating in a local terrorist group as a jihadist fighter in

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    country and new city so we began to go on a walk in a new part of town each morning. This one particular morning we had no time for our normal peaceful walk due to the sad loss of my father inlaw. We were running late for the funeral as we rushed across a bridge to the funeral home in a panic. As we made it about half way across the bridge we found a dog. My husband discusted by dogs instantly reminded me we had to hurry‚ but I couldnt help my self I had to help the adorable thing. After a strong gilt

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    Drunk drivers who cause accidents with fatalities should be charged with murder.Nowadays‚ driving while intoxicated has become the deadliest crime. There were more than 11‚000 alcohol-impaired deaths in 2009‚ sadly those deaths were preventable if the government had more severe laws against this issue. Drivers are well aware of the laws and consequences against drunk driving‚ especially after destroying families due to their carelessness decision. Victims’ families entire life is ruined because of

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    "The Funeral" Ten words or allusions: dissolution: the action of bringing to an end; the state of being ended humility: the quality of being humble‚ humbleness‚ meekness idolatry: excessive devotion to or veneration for a person or thing; adoration manacled: fetter or confine‚ bind‚ restrain martyr: a person who undergoes death or great suffering on behalf of any religious or other cause‚ or as a consequence of devotion to some object provinces: a principle administrative division of certain

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