(Benjamin Franklin). But what about the women who work? Working women may be happy too‚ but it depends on the work that they are doing to support themselves and their family. In the short story “Boys and Girls” written by Alice Munro‚ the female narrator remembers a time when she was an eleven year old girl working on her family farm. She struggled with accepting that she was going to grow up to do “women’s work”‚ so she chose to do the same work as her father and brother‚ to the dismay of her mother
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1. Since there is only one girl character ( the narrator) and one boy character(the narrator’s younger brother) in “ Boys and Girls ‚” why do you think Alice Munro uses plural words in the title? I think Alice Munro uses plural in the title to show the readers how stereotypical our society was back then when it comes to gender roles. Back then‚ men were preferable by the society when it comes to doing certain tasks. For example‚ back then women were assign the task of child care‚ food preparation
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The story‚ “Boys and Girls”‚ by Alice Munro illustrates the narrator and protagonist character‚ a nameless little girl‚ as a round character‚ with traits such as her endurable strength against the hardships and inequality in her own society. Thus‚ we are shown her firm views toward life‚ her rather contrasting views toward her own family members‚ and the significance of her hopes and dreams. Unlike other young girls‚ Munro’s protagonist had rather obstinate views toward life. Having grown up in
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Argumentative paper: The effects of Bad Dieting. Bad dieting is very harmful to one’s body which may acquire horrifying side effects. After really dedicating themselves for a while‚ people seem to be satisfied with their diets and losing weight‚ that is until they start getting lazy and find it hard to continue their diets‚ which lead them into falling for junk food or eating out or even worse‚ bad dieting. Bad dieting is very common since people give up on working hard maintaining their weight
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THE EFFECT OF EARLY MARRIAGE TOWARDS GIRLS Marriage is found in all cultures. However‚ the word ‘Early Marriage’ brings a whole different meaning to us. Early marriage is marriage at young age. According to GirlsNotBrides (2011)‚ each year‚ about 10 million girls around the globe become child brides. Whether this phenomenon happens with the consent of the girl herself or not is another different story. For sure‚ their lives will never be the same again. These cases usually happens in developing
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Girls just want to have fun; but often they don’t think about the consequences. Rebecca Martin’s feature article "Girls Gone bad" utilises specific techniques in order to persuade the reader to share her point of view. The issue of modern teenage girls losing respect and misbehaving is shown through the conventions of anecdotes and omission of detail. The reader is made to feel that parents must regain control over there teenage daughters‚ before society is damaged. Anecdotes play a pivotal role
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producer‚ and mostly known by her stage name M.I.A. was praised as one of the world’s most influential people by two magazines in 2010. Her music generally focuses on stereotypes‚ but sometimes her music passes the limits. The music video for Maya’s “Bad Girls” created a major controversy in 2012‚ as it was used in a campaign for gaining equal rights for women in Saudi Arabia‚ and due to the documentation of common Arab stereotypes like drifting and the ban on women driving. She purposely altered some
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More than half the girls in Jharkhand are married before they turn 18‚ making it the state with the third-highest rate of early marriage in India‚ which -- though the practice has been illegal there for a century -- is home to the largest number of early marriages in the world. “Gaon mein aisa hi hota hai” – “This is how it happens in villages” – they say. We believe we can change that. And we must. Between 2011 and 2020‚ if current rates hold‚ more than 140 million girls will marry before age
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radiology. United States of America. Elsevier‚ Inc. Hendee‚ W.R. & Edwards‚ F.M.(1996). Health effects of exposure to low-Level ionizing radiation. United States of America. Book Medical Publishers‚ Inc. Mettler‚ F.A. & Upton‚ A.C. (1995). Medical effects of ionizing radiation (2nd ed.). United States of America. The C.V. Mosby Company. Beir‚ V. (1990). National academy of sciences‚ committee on the biological effects of ionizing radiations. Washington‚ DC. National Academy Press.
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however‚ have to consider both sides of watching television. Recent research studies point out/ indicate a few negative effects of television on children like overweight‚ sleep problems and sexuality information. First‚ spending a lot of hours on TV leads to be overweight‚ according to the American Medical association. There are three main reasons have been offered for the relationship between television and childhood overweight are eating while watching TV‚ displacement and the influence of food advertising
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