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    The Girls of Casterbridge

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    1/31/13 The Halot‚ Elizabeth-Jane and Their Gender Roles “Don’t be the girl who fell. Be the girl who got back up.”-Jeanette Stanley. The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy introduces the readers to Elizabeth-Jane and Lucetta‚ two girls of both different means personalities. The comparison by Thomas Hardy of Elizabeth-Jane and Lucetta reveals two different sides of the gender barriers that faced young women in the 1800’s. This comparison shows that Hardy is an early feminist. This is shown through

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    Ideas of the Enlightenment that influenced America The ideas of the Enlightenment influenced the American Revolution and the formation of the American Government because our government is based off the ideas of the first political thinkers‚ like Thomas Hobbs‚ John Locke‚ Voltaire‚ Baron de Montesquieu‚ Jean Jacques Rousseau‚ and Cesare Beccaria. All of these philosophers believed in different ideas‚ and somehow the American government was able to figure out a way to make all of these ideas

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    Girls just want to have fun. All girls of all ages share this desire‚ but especially teenage hoydens who have few responsibilities. Advertisers are quite aware of this‚ and use this fact when attempting to sell a product to them. The advertisers use bright imagery‚ suggestive poses‚ and even words to speak to a young female. Three carefully chosen advertisements target every fashionable teenage girl’s deepest wish; stylish accessories‚ the latest foot wear‚ and of course a shot of caffeine to

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    Fat Girl

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    Alina Haseeb Mrs. Smith AP Lang 11-2 4 December 2012 Fat Girl; A True Story Raymond Hull once wrote‚ “He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away”. Never change to satisfy another. The way other people voice their opinion should not matter‚ be true and be live happily. It is nearly impossible to please everyone. In Fat Girl; A True Story‚ Judith Moore tells her story. She tells an epic story about how she overcame fear of being herself. Sometimes it is not about fighting

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    Girl Education

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    Despite all tall claims by the government and nagging by voluntary organizations‚ a vast majority of the girls are yet illiterate in India. During the last four decades since independence‚ much is being done to emancipate women. Education of girls is one of the basic features of the plan. Many schools and colleges are founded for girls. Even co-education has received considerable support from the public‚ and although orthodox parents still view the system of co-education with suspicion‚ a large

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    The Lost Girl

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    “The Lost Girl” Declamation by dhang I am a girl‚ young in heart and in mind… I am carefree‚ I enjoy doing nothing but play‚play and play… I seldom go to school but hmp! nobody cares! Instead‚you will see me roaming around standing at the nearby canto‚ or hanging around at the sari-sari store standing beside the jukebox stand… One day I asked I asked my mother to teach me how to behave‚ to live‚ and appreciate all the beautiful things in life. Would you like to know

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    some people. Technology and advancement can have its benefits‚ but it can also have its negative impacts as well. In fact‚ a perfect time period to see this negative impact in technological advancement is the second half of the nineteenth-century in America. American technology and industrialization changed the life of many social groups. Some positively‚ but most negatively. The urban population felt the worst impact during this period. The New South also felt the negative effects of this period‚ and

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    Mean Girls

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    through films you can see many sociological themes. I chose to look at “Mean Girls” and pull the sociological themes out. Mean Girls is a movie about a girl‚ Cady‚ who moves to the US from Africa and starts at a new school. She immediately befriends two outcasts‚ who explain the school ’s social scene. There are a group of three girls (the “Plastics”) who are popular‚ malicious and rule the school. As a trick‚ these three girls befriend Cady. Her outcast friends encourage her to hang out with the Plastics

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    Life of a Girl

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    “A man’s face is his autobiography; A woman’s face is her work of fiction” OSCAR WILDE Therefore‚ do all girls think themselves blessed in this regard – they can hide their emotions‚ on the contrary it is a benediction that no one can read their feelings in their face. A woman’s life is itself so complex‚ so subtle‚ so precise and has a very microscopic dimension of vision. This I’ll spare your brain‚ every action of any or rather all woman is so

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    Nearly half of India’s children are girls. However‚ the girl child is considered a lesser child in our society. Irrespective of class‚ caste and economic conditions‚ she is discriminated against and neglected at all the levels. This result in the denial of basic services required for her survival‚ welfare and development. The girl child is perceived as a burden to be passed on to another family. Her contribution in the household economy is not acknowledged. Various factors contribute towards

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