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    Annotated Bibliography Austen Jane‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ Planet PDF‚ (http://www.planetpdf.com/) The novel Pride and Prejudice is an electrifying story of the everyday going on during the nineteenth-century. The standards that are imparted in each of the character in the novel Pride and Prejudice represent the type of civilization there are on Jane Austen time. The story focuses mainly on the daughter of Bennet’s family who is trying to break the tradition that society accustomed. She does not want

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    there are various forms of prejudice and discrimination. The three most common forms of prejudice include racial prejudice‚ gender prejudice‚ and LGBT prejudice. Prejudice is a negative preconceived judgment of individuals or groups formed with insufficient knowledge and inaccurate information. Prejudice is present in many ways‚ and it often includes discriminatory behaviors and stereotypic evaluations derived from social‚ cultural‚ or personal biases. Racial prejudice is a negative attitude directed

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    Individuals use attitudes to evaluate things in their environment. However‚ when negative evaluations or attitudes are based on an individual’s group membership‚ this is known as prejudice (Crandall & Eshleman‚ 2003). For example‚ lab studies have shown a person who associate Black individuals with criminals are more likely to shoot a Black suspect compared to a White suspect (Correll‚ Judd‚ & Wittenbrink‚ 2002; Greenwald‚ Oakes‚ & Hoffman‚ 2003). The deleterious effects of prejudicial attitudes

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    "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." The second half of this opening sentence of the novel reveals that the "universal truth" is nothing more than a social truth. When claiming that a single man "must be in want of a wife"‚ Jane Austen reveals that the reverse in also true; a single woman is in‚ perhaps desperate‚ want of a husband. In nineteenth century Britain‚ what people did and their behaviour was very much governed

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    Identify a prejudice of your own? How it has affected your relationship with the member of the prejudice group? What are the majors that you have taken in order to overcome your prejudice? Prejudice: Being light weight I had prejudice towards fat people that they gain heavy weight because of following reasons: They are lazy. They do slow and low intensity activities. They do less work compared to their food consumption. Effect of prejudice on relationship:

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    Bride and Prejudice‚ Gurinder Chadha’s Bollywood film adaption of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice‚ has many similarities and differences to the original novel. Chadha stays true to Austen’s original plot ¬¬¬¬of romance‚ marriage and gender. However‚ she adds modern and cultural aspects to make the film more relatable and accessible to today’s viewers. For example‚ characters use cell phones‚ e-mail‚ and contemporary language with slang. Austen remains with proper language. Additionally‚ Bride

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    important. An important idea in the novel “To kill a mockingbird” by Harper Lee is that prejudice in all its forms is wrong. The main prejudice Harper Lee tackles is the racism between Blacks and Whites as Harper Lee shows the reader the terrible consequences of racism through the trial of Tom Robinson‚ showing the importance of overcoming of prejudice to stop such tragedies happening today. Moreover the prejudice of social classes is shown through Aunt Alexandra and her judgement on others based on

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    Being prejudice and discriminating others are two important ideas of social interactions among people. Prejudice is defined as holding an unsupportive and often negative stereotyped attitude about the members of a particular social group‚ whereas discrimination is the prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things. Basically‚ prejudice is the attitude at which someone holds and discrimination is the behavior that a person displays. Prejudice and discrimination can include

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    Marry For Love The point of view of a novel usually decides which characters we sympathize with. In the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen‚ Elizabeth Bennett is the focal character‚ which causes the reader to feel closest to her. The reader can relate more easily to her feelings and actions‚ and given that all of Elizabeth’s opinions on large issues are known and understood‚ the reader tends to side with her. By making the story from the point of view of Elizabeth‚ Austen is able to take

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    Can prejudice ever be eliminated? Prejudice: Discrimination‚ stereotype against other groups of people/individuals; mindset Racial‚ Homophobia‚ Gender‚ Religious Ever: Absolute term Eliminated: Removed completely The idea of prejudice has been present for several decades now‚ and is so deeply rooted in our society today. They can be defined as a set of negative and irrational feelings‚ beliefs‚ and actions that are directed towards those of a different race‚ culture and religion. In the

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