an e-mail to parents of their son’s classmates in preschool. It says “Alex has been gender fluid for as long as we can remember‚ and at the moment he is equally passionate about and identified with soccer players and princesses‚ superheroes and ballerinas (not to mention lava and unicorns‚ dinosaurs and glitter rainbows).” they explained that Alex had recently become inconsolable about his parents’ ban on wearing dresses beyond dress-up time (Padawer‚ 1). When Alex was 4‚ he pronounced himself “a
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Theme is defined as a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly. Theme can be interpreted or noticed in many different ways and one common theme may be identified through different texts. It is either what readers think the work is about or what the work says about the subject. That is how theme develops within the work so it can lay out a platform for the story to be performed on. Different authors are the ones who create their own stories that
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Kindred Validation I was born in 1947‚ six years after my brother‚ and I was a girl. According to my mom and dad‚ our family was perfectly complete. I had strawberry-blonde-red‚ curly hair‚ and a milky way of freckles across my nose. I was forever regarded as “cute”. My brother‚ Len‚ was handsome‚ gifted‚ and extremely talented in art. In my parents eyes he could do no wrong. I silently observed and heard the constant accolades of Len’s talents. At a young age‚ he entered paintings in the county
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recall the tragedy. Those with above average intelligence wore a radio in which the government could broadcast a noise to interrupt the thoughts of those who had been thinking for extended periods of time. One night‚ George and Hazel are watching ballerinas dance on television. Hazel is crying but can’t exactly remember why. ‘“That was a real pretty dance‚ that dance they just did‚” said Hazel. “Huh?” said George. “That dance‚ it was nice‚” said Hazel’ (Vonnegut‚ 1). Suddenly‚ Harrison’s picture is
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Their nosy neighbour is a middle aged woman trying to see what is happening but the husband refuses to listen to her and is told to shut up. From beginning of the sequence till the end of the phone conversation‚ the young female is dancing like a ballerina. Features determining genre I think that the previous knowledge and
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Cheerleading is a physical activity based on choreographed routines that involve tumbling‚ dance‚ jumps‚ cheers and stunts to lead spectators or crowds to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate in competitions. Cheerleading began in 1898 at the University of Minnesota when a student named Johnny Campbell lead a football game crowd in cheering “Rah‚ Rah‚ Rah! Ski-U-Mah‚ Hoo-Rah! Hoo-Rah! Varsity! Varsity! Varsity! Minn-E-So-Tah!” It originally started as an all-male activity but since then
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Vonnegut’s story “Harrison Bergeron” discusses the theme equality of results‚ but through his satirical circumstances there is an ambiguous theme targeting Socialism and Capitalism that shines through. In the story “Harrison Bergeron”‚ both Socialism and Capitalism are made fun of through extended satirical references. In the story‚ Vonnegut’s future predicts a rise of Socialism in America. However this Socialism relates to the equality of results as appose to equality of results. Vonnegut paints
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writer Andrew Lloyd Webber portrays a new light on opera in the famous musical The Phantom of the Opera. In scene five of the musical where the Phantom of the Paris Opera House sings a romantic melody entitled “The Music of The Night” to the orphaned ballerina dancer Christine Daae‚ he is telling her to “Close [her] eyes and surrender to [her]/ darkest dreams!/ Purge [her] thoughts of the life/ [she] knew before!” (12-15). He is basically telling her to live up to her dreams and for her not to let her
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Misty Danielle Copeland was born to Douglas Copeland and Sylvia DelaCerna‚ September 30‚ 1982 in Kansas City‚ Missouri. She came from a misfortunate childhood‚ with many troubles but she still managed through. She is the first African American female principal dancer to dance with the American Ballet Theatre in 20 years! Misty is the fourth of six siblings of generally mixed heritage. Sylvia DelaCerna had consecutive marriages and boyfriends‚ which includes the family moving constantly‚ sometimes
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Elaborate on why you are pursuing physical therapy as opposed to other related health professions. Being the only child for nine years and of divorced parents‚ I had to take care of my mother‚ who was diagnosed at the age of ten with rheumatoid arthritis. My mother gone through three hip replacements‚ and other treatments. That’s when I noticed that there has to be an end to the road of her struggle. I have viewed all of the psychological barriers that one must break to push the patient to have
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