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    A Reaction on Jane Elliot Experiments Jane Elliott is an American former third-grade schoolteacher‚ anti-racism activist‚ and educator‚ as well as a feminist and LGBT activist. She is known for her "Blue eyes–Brown eyes" experiment. After watching Jane Elliott’s experiments‚ I came to the realization that it doesn’t matter what group we belong in we are ALL racist. Blacks against Whites‚ Whites against Blacks‚ Hispanics against Whites‚ Whites against Hispanics‚ etc.…the list goes on and on. The fact

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    Isolation was a feeling that was often rare for rank officers to experience and if they did the emotion was never shown. Billy Prior experienced and felt isolation and the feeling of loneliness. Although Prior never directly say I’m lonely‚ Barker creates the opportunity to identify his feelings and link it with his actions‚ an example of this is when Prior and Sarah are out and he feels out of place. When he returns Rivers tells him that someone saw him without his hospital badge. His response was

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    sociocultural values and common universal themes embedded in these folkloric motifs and religious subtexts.” To strengthen his argument‚ he uses a lot of examples of actual scenes with possible folkloric motifs. For example‚ he argues that “one of the most frequently featured motifs of myths and legends is magical food‚” and that the foods in Spirited Away vary in their motifs. One of the most striking features of foods’ motifs is shown through Chihiro’s parents transformation into giant pigs after they

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    desired meaning which Elliot wished to describe. While the poem creates a certain dreary and hopeless outlook on life‚ the epigraph could be seen as a prelude for what is to come. Yet in my own opinion I feel that Elliot is rather attempting to clarify his poem’s meaning. I found it very interesting that Elliot places the poem in the first person and as the reader we are an intricate part of the work. It almost comes as a rude awakening that "we are the hollow men" (Elliot 2628). I think that

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    Two of which are the moonscape and the bird in the end of chapter 10. The moonscape is always mentioned to cover all of Dresden after the fire bombings. As Billy Pilgrim emerges from the meat locker beneath a slaughterhouse into the moonscape of incinerated Dresden. In all horror and death around him‚ the moonscape exists as a massive image above him in beauty and escape. It exists as hope‚ possibly as a symbol

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    The garden motif in Hamlet contributes to characterization and theme. The characters Ophelia and Hamlet both find characterization within the motif‚ and the theme of corruption is depicted through the garden motif. Ophelia is the character most often associated with the garden motif. Flowers and weeds are intimately intertwined with Ophelia’s characterization. Initially‚ the flowers speak to Ophelia’s innocence and purity. In Act I‚ scene iii‚ Laertes seeks to give her advice upon his departure for

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    Symbols and Motifs By Amber Wang In Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes‚ there are many motifs and symbols. According to Dictionary.com (2013)‚ a motif is: “a recurring subject‚ theme‚ idea‚ etc.‚ especially in a literary‚ artistic‚ or musical work.” On the other hand‚ a symbol is‚ according to the same website: “something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something‚ often something immaterial; emblem‚ token‚ or sign.” However‚ unlike motifs‚ it is

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    The Hands Society Motif Essay Throughout time society as a whole has greatly changed and developed to what it is now. One major part of the society is the social class structure. In Charles Dickens’ novel‚ Great Expectations‚ Dickens expresses his beliefs on that structure in many ways. Since Dickens wrote the novel during the Victorian Era it reflects and evaluates the beliefs and values of the time. For the most part ones place in the social order was based on wealth and the reputation

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    Handel has four motifs which are: ‘And the Glory the Glory of the Lord’ – This motif outlines the chord of A major‚ the tonic chord‚ and moves up the last three notes of the scale. This helps to establish the key. The word-setting is syllabic‚ one word to a syllable. ‘Shall be revealed’ – In this motif the second bar is a repeat of the first bar but a tone lower. The word ‘revealed’ is melismatic (several notes to one syllable). ‘For the mouth of the lord hath spoken it’ – In this motif the use of

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    Billy Beane: Changing the Game” Case 1. Based on the “Billy Beane: Changing the Game” case‚ explain how and why the Oakland A’s economic situation after 1995 shaped its: a) Compensation Strategies In the world of major league baseball‚ Oaklands A’s defied the laws of baseball economics. The team spent only $34 million (the 2nd lowest payroll) had won 102 games and lost only 60 in 2001. On top of this‚ they finished first in their division and made the playoffs. Major baseball teams would hire

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