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    life time‚ but in literature it is described in a different manner. Every author has their own way of representing love though their writing. In these stories one can see how authors elaborate the different forms of love. In "The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket" by Yasuari Kawabata he demonstrates an innocent love between children‚ In "On Her Loving Two Equally" by Aphra Behn she shows a confusion in love between an adolescent female character and two male characters‚ In "’How Do I Love Thee’" by

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    A response to The Bell Jar You would expect anybody to want the story of depression and suicidal thoughts to leave your memory as soon as the last page was over. However‚ The Bell Jar is more about the spirit of survival when you are trapped inside yourself and frightened because the rest of the world expects something completely different from you - something you cannot give them. Something you don’t want to give them‚ if it were your choice. This is a highly auto-biographical account by Plath

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    Matt Nguyen Art Leo WR115 24th April‚ 2013 Back to the Basics of Break-Dancing Ever seen crazy street performers or dancers doing extreme stunts? I was at all when I first saw it with my own eyes‚ the performers were doing backflips‚ head-spins‚ and held a one-handed handstand for quite some time. When I first began break dancing I would notice that a lot of individuals would try and learn too quickly. Most people would try to perform a stunt like a backflip within the first few weeks of beginning

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    1. Esther’s descends into depression gradually all through The Bell Jar. Chapter three exposes that her dad passed away when she was young‚ which makes the introduction of mental illness in her adulthood far more likely in it’s probable traumatic effect on her youthful mind. Also established early is Esther feeling jealousy towards Doreen’s livelihood. Her want is quickly diminished though‚ and the truth of her friend’s monetary inclinations as well as her sexual promiscuity are brought to light

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    The Bell Jar This autobiographical novel by Sylvia Plath follows the story of Esther Greenwood‚ a third year college student who spends her summer at a lady’s fashion magazine in Manhattan. But despite her high expectations‚ Esther becomes bored with her work and uncertain about her own future. She even grows estranged from her traditional-minded boyfriend‚ Buddy Willard‚ a medical student later diagnosed with TB. Upon returning to her hometown New England suburb‚ Esther discovers that she was

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    Edger Allen Poe’s poem "The Bells" is a poem where the author’s intention is for the reader to hear it. The poem illustrates four bells; sleigh bells‚ church bells‚ warning bells‚ and funeral bells. The four bells represent life‚ marriage‚ war‚ and death. Poe illustrates the moods that come with the sounds of these four bells and what they represent with the use of sound devices such as assonance. In the first stanza Poe‚ illustrates sleigh bells‚ which are usually associated with wintertime and

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    Vaccines to Fight Cancer A vaccine is a very common way of building up the immune system to fight infection. Using vaccines to fight breast cancer is relatively new‚ however‚ and still considered experimental. A vaccine for breast cancer may consist of an antigen cocktail of weakened or essentially dead elements of breast cancer cells that could stimulate an antibody response. The cancer vaccine might be prepared from your own deactivated cancer cells‚ or from extracts of breast cancer cells cultivated

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    mental health. College is supposed to be an unforgettable experience‚ yet for many students it comes in the form of depression. This onset depression may start before college‚ yet college has a great impact on the suicide rate of young adults. In The Bell Jar‚ written by Sylvia Plath‚ the main character‚ Esther Greenwood‚ struggles with suicidal depression on top of being a working college student‚ something Plath relates to entirely. Many people

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    Poe’s poem “The Bells” was first published. Poe was famous for his short stories and poems‚ which were typically read in darker tones. He was consistently losing family to illness and time‚ and was‚ as a result‚ a very morbid and depressed man. The inspiration for “The Bells” is thought to be from the ringing Poe heard every day coming from the Fordham University bell tower‚ since he resided in the same area as the university and would often visit the campus. This poem Poe uses the bells as a metaphor

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    both The Bell Jar and A Brief History of Time‚ the authors utilize figurative language. In The Bell Jar‚ Esther is overcome with a sense of helplessness when she is checked into a mental asylum. In her demented mental state she says‚ “It wouldn’t have made once scrap of a difference to me‚ because wherever I sat... I would be sitting under the same glass bell jar‚ stewing in my own sour air" (Plath 185). Esther uses a metaphor to compare herself to an object “sitting under a glass bell jar.” The

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