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    Society’s Expectations In every society‚ there are expectations that people should only love other people. In "Marriage is A Private Affair‚" Nnaemaka is truly in love with Nene. However‚ his father and family’s tribe does not accept his engagement‚ and all but banish him from their tribe. In the short story‚ "Love Must Not Be Forgotten‚" Zhang Jie’s mother‚ Zhong Yu‚ falls deeply in love with a man to whom she is not married to. In both stories‚ the characters find that true love is not always

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    Topic: Insomnia Purpose: To inform my audience about an object Specific purpose: To inform my audience how insomnia can affect people throughout their everyday activities. Thesis: Insomnia is the inability to obtain an adequate amount or quality of sleep at night. Introduction: I. Attention: Did everybody get 8 hours of sleep last night? I know I didn’t. II. Reveal & relate topic: Insomnia is a serious medical situation that can harm your health and your everyday life. Today

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    Gillis Pre-Ap English 1‚ Period 6 December 10‚ 2014 The Final Destination Growing up is a fact of life. Growing and changing come hand in hand. Coming of age isn’t determined by a number‚ but a series of life lessons and experiences. Pip in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens goes through many different states on the road to finding himself. The states that Pip goes through as he comes of age are finding a place to belong‚ discovering who he can depend on‚ and defining what really matters in life

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    Estella‚ in Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations‚ is presented with flat attributes and as a very static character. Estella shows her flat attributes when she tells Pip how she feels about love: “ ‘ You must know‚’ said Estella‚ conceding to me as a brilliant and beautiful young women might‚ ‘ that I have no love in my heart- if that has anything to do with my memory….. Oh! I have a heart to be stabbed in or shot in‚ I have no doubt‚’ said Estella; ‘and of course‚ if it ceased to beat‚ I should

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    Why do readers find Great Expectations so enjoyable? Michael Johnson Dickens uses pathetic fallacy to illustrate the predicament that faces the characters in the novel. It also depicts the emotions the characters feel and indicates how the scene is going to change. For example‚ the dramatic weather change‚ conveyed in the line‚ “The evening mist was rising now‚” during the second ending when Estella and Pip meet‚ mirrors the realisation of Pip and Estella’s true feelings for each other.

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    of the ordinary‚ in which a response would rarely be expected. However‚ he recognizes that this is simply a desperate mother‚ appealing to his emotions while at the same time prompting a response. When viewed as a whole‚ he knows that societal expectations and customs

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    English-6 14 November 12 Dickens’ Great Characterizations Mr. Jaggers is displayed in the book as an awe-inspiring‚ almost fatherly‚ figure to the people in London. On the other hand‚ in his day to day life‚ he is quite harsh and haughty. In Great Expectations‚ Charles Dickens uses juxtaposition and cut‚ strict and sharp diction to characterize Jaggers as a powerful‚ haughty man respected by all. Charles Dickens uses juxtaposition to evolve and develop Jaggers as an extremely detailed main character

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    How does Dickens criticize life during the Victorian times in the novel "Great Expectations"? Dickens uses satire to show the reality during Victorian times. What are three aspects of society‚ which Dickens satirizes? Three aspects of society‚ which he satirizes‚ are family‚ the class system and education. The first aspect of society‚ which Dickens satirizes‚ is the family. In Mrs. Joe’s household‚ it is evident that she is in control and Joe truly dreads her. This is ironic because during the 1800s

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    Ashley Harsanyi Mrs. Meagher-DiEllo Period 4B 5 April 2013 Imprisonment in Great Expectations. Charles Dickens used Miss Havisham as a symbol of hypothetical imprisonment. Miss Havisham; although not being physically imprisoned as Abel Magwitch‚ was a strong representation of a mental imprisonment. She was never told to stay locked up in her house rotting away and tormenting herself for years without any human interaction besides that of her step-daughter Estella and eventually Pip. She not

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    Introduction In the novel Great Expectations written by Charles Dickens he tackles various social problems that plagued London in the Victorian era‚ some of which were Poverty‚ Hunger‚ Child Labour and Crime‚ which Dickens himself endured. Crime as a main source of London’s social problems ran rampant‚ streets became unsafe as criminal activity spiked and new criminals were being imprisoned every day. In these times criminals were considered to be the lowest people in terms of social class and so

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