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    Pop music icon‚ the singer and multi-instrumentist Prince passed away this Thursday (21) at the age of 57. Prince became a worldwide phenomenon in the 80s‚ mainly because of the album "Purple Rain" (1984)‚ which is the soundtrack to the movie of the same name‚ it was considered one of the best albums of all time by various specialized lists such as Time‚ VH1 and Rolling Stones. Prince released in 1979 his debut album "For You" which moved the music industry with its characteristic sound: funky ballads

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    Book Review of “The Characters of Revolutionary Characters” by Gordon S. Wood “The characters of Revolutionary Characters” is a realistic portrayal of six most important members of the founding generation of the United States. They are: George Washington‚ Ben Franklin‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ James Madison‚ Aaron Burr‚ John Adams‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ Thomas Paine. The Founders‚ indeed‚ were a highly unique and exceptionally talented generation. The book takes as its accent not the story

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    The Color Purple by Alice Walker The Color Purple‚ by Alice Walker‚ is a very intense book to read. By intense‚ I mean it is a book touching very difficult and hard aspects of life of a poor‚ black oppressed woman in the early twentieth century. Walker does social criticism in her novel‚ mostly criticizing the way black women were treated in the early twentieth century. Walker uses the life experiences of Celie to illustrate her social criticism. The Color Purple is not written in the style

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    Liam and his everyday battle between himself and who he really wants to be. Regan’s life orbits around Luna. In The Color Purple‚ Nettie motivates Celie to speak up for herself while in The Lost Weekend‚ Wick fails at an attempt to help Don end his alcoholism streak. All three novels displays‚ behind a frail gay character‚ is a strong heterosexual sibling. In The Color Purple‚ Celie were used and abused by her step-children and husband. Celie were ready to give

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    The Color Purple is a novel written by Alice Walker. Walker is an essayist and poet who played a part in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. She had written two novels before The Color Purple‚ but most of her success came from the publishing of this book. Walker had suffered a terrible eye injury in her youth and her self-confidence decreased‚ which led her to find comfort in writing poetry. Her first experience with writing a story took place in 1965 when she graduated from college. From then

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    Life is not always fair‚ and in The Color Purple the main character‚ Celie‚ writes out her brutal life experiences in the form of letters to God and her sister Nettie. Set in the early 1900’s of the deep South‚ Alice Walker details the inspiring redemptions that embody the power‚ for black women especially‚ to be heard and respected during a time period where racial and gender discrimination were at its peak. Cause and effect‚ dialogue‚ and characterization support the underlying theme that Alice

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    Invent a Character By Kimberly Dana‚ Award-Winning Author ©Kimberly Dana Invent a Character - Introduction About the Packet: During author visitations‚ kids will often ask me how I invent my characters. I tell them I think about someone interesting - then I think about their favorite candy bar. They chuckle and I say‚ “Seriously! This is how well you need to know and understand your characters.” In order to help kids invent their character‚ I’ve created this ready-to-use/student-friendly

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    Characters- be they villains‚ vagrants‚ kings‚ or commoners – are the essence of Shakespeare’s plays. The essence of anything lies in the set of attributes that render it the characteristics of its substance‚ purpose and function. In Shakespeare’s play‚ “Macbeth”‚ the essence of the play are the characters. Shakespeare uses a variety of different characters and all of them carry a different idea about our society. This includes kings‚ who carry the idea of chivalry‚ majesty and kindness; villains

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    Alice Walker states that ‘The Colour Purple’ remains for her the "theological work examining the journey from the religious back to the spiritual". How successful is she in revealing her purpose to the reader? <br> <br>In the preface to ‘the Colour Purple’ Walker identifies her religious development as the inspiration for her novel and labels religion and spirituality as the principle themes in the book. There are a number of principle characters who complete this journey however in many instances

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    Character An individual’s character is based on a set of behavior traits that define the inner-self of a person. It determines whether a person will effectively achieve goals‚ have positive people skills‚ and/or obey the laws and rules of society. An individual’s character is a learned behavior. An individual typically develop their character from their surroundings such as parents‚ teachers‚ and friends. This development is either taught or observed by watching or listening to others

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