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    Struggles of a Typical Teenager Elissa Doson Freshman Composition‚ EN 112 Karen Tucker March 14‚ 2013 Independence is the state of being dependent. In the stories‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol‚ the main character Connie‚ and the story “Teenage Wasteland” by Anne Tyler‚ the protagonist Donny‚ both search for independence in their life; however their pursuit for this freedom is stemmed in different ways leading to bad endings for

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    The Struggle of Nora Helmer In the play‚ A Doll House‚ Nora Helmer is a house wife who experiences an unexpected event with her husband‚ Torvald‚ which led to a whole new understanding of her life and what she was going to do with it. Nora would always try to do anything that she could to please her husband so that she would always keep him happy towards her and never give him a reason to leave her because she felt that she loved him so much and she would not know what to do without him. Nora would

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    Samantha Meyer Professor Mettler History 146 27 February 2013 A Long Struggle and Fight Freedom is seen as being free‚ making your own decisions‚ independence‚ and not being under restraint. During reconstruction and World War I‚ freedom was seen as either easily acquired or a dream. African Americans were not born with the gift of freedom. During this time period‚ blacks struggled with gaining freedom. White people had a very different version of freedom and were not willing to give it up easily

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    dramatic increase on foreign students‚ the education for these ESL students seems more important not only because it concern about the economic aids from the students but also the quality of education. College ESL students are the students that struggle the most‚ because they are already past the golden age of learning new language‚ they have difficulties to changing the way to speak the language. In addition‚ college English has higher standard and more complex instruction‚ even they have base

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    Nathan Han LA P. 4 11/5/14 Antigone: The Struggle Greek culture was expressed through many ways in the Hellenistic era. Many authors rose to fame for plays and stories. Although many know of Homer‚ author of the Odyssey‚ many most likely don’t know Sophocles. Sophocles was the author of the Theban trilogy‚ a collection of three plays that examined philosophical themes and Greek life. Antigone‚ the second play in the series‚ is based around a major conflict between Creon and Antigone over the burial

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    women’s employment increased during the Second World War from about 5.1 million in 1939 (26%) to just over 7.25 million in 1943 (36% of all women of working age). 46% of all women aged 14-59 and 90% of all able-bodied single women between the ages of 18-40 were working.” (“Striking Women”). Even then‚ their pay scales were brought down to what was thought to be suitable for a woman. “At the end of WWII‚ most women were pushed out of their jobs to make room for returning

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    The idea that the United States had a “manifest destiny” led to more than simply acquiring land‚ though between 1845 and 1848‚ the United States would almost double in size‚ from 1.8 million square miles to almost 3 million. Many Americans supported versions of Manifest destiny for their own reasons. Land speculators and those promoting the extension of the nation’s railroads wanted to exploit the vast lands in the west. Farmers dreamed of starting over rich and cheap new lands. Workers believed

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    Daniel Katz Drugs and Society Discussion Paper 2 Drinking Age: 21 or 18? Some of the most overlooked types of drugs are those that are legal. Specifically‚ alcohol is one of the most widely used drugs in the world‚ and yet‚ many people don’t think of this substance upon hearing the word “drug.” This drug contributes to significantly more deaths than some illegal drugs such as marijuana (which has not been reported to cause any deaths)‚ and yet alcohol is still legal. On the flipside‚ alcohol

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    victims of witchcraft‚ which gave her remarkable power. She uses the power that she has to fulfill her personal vendetta. Judge Danforth is the single most powerful man in Salem due to the trials. He is too infatuated with power to see the truth. The struggle for power resulted in many people becoming corrupt and single minded. Samuel Parris first denied witchcraft but sided with the idea when he used his power of testifying against the accused enemies to his benefit. Samuel Parris can be credited in

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    Struggle for Survival in The Grapes of Wrath The 1930s were a time of hardship for many across the United States. Not only was the Great Depression making it difficult for families to eat every day‚ but the Dust Bowl swept through the plains states making it nearly impossible to farm the land in which they relied. John Steinbeck saw how the Dust Bowl affected farmers‚ primarily the tenant farmers‚ and journeyed to California after droves of families. These families were dispossessed from the farms

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