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    In the modern workplace there is no longer the attitude that ‘a job is for life’. Nowadays‚ many people take the option to change jobs‚ while others prefer not to. In my essay‚ I will explore the good and bad points of the above attitudes. One of the main benefits of staying in one job is security. Changing employer often means a period of instability‚ where one may have to think about moving house‚ or temporarily losing a steady source of income. Staying in one job means these problems are avoided

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    Anne Frank did some things in the apartment that raised the other family’s spirits. One‚ she gave everyone presents. Two‚ Anne talks to all the people around her‚ and she mostly talks with Peter. Finally‚ she makes people feel good about themselves if they say something badly about themselves. To start things off‚ Anne got everyone a gift at their Hanukkah. It says in the text‚ “ … I’ve got something... “ “Presents!” As an example‚ it said in the play‚ “ Mrs. Van Daan‚ I got you something……

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    Chapter 1-10 Summary"¦ Chapter 1 In chapter one Pip is introduced along with other characters such as the Gargery’s and convict. It starts out with Pip in the church yard visiting his parents grave when an escaped convict captured Pip and had him steal "wittles"(food) and a file from him family. In the last scene Pip is running home so as not to be late for dinner‚ Chapter 2 In chapter two it explains Mrs.Joe Gargery and her husband and how she brought Pip up by hand. She whipped Pip with "the tickler"

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    The text Great Expectations by Charles Dickens reflects many of the values and attitudes of nineteenth century England. The terms ’values’ and ’attitude’ are somewhat linked‚ and are both an integral part of the context of this novel. There was a great divide between the classes at the time of Great Expectations‚ with each class having its own stereotypical views. This difference led to crime in the city‚ which served the need for better punishment‚ as the justice system was quite arbitrary. Attitudes

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    Settings: KENT: Pip’s hometown of Kent is where the book opens up‚ it “was a marsh country‚ down by the river‚ within‚ as the river wound‚ tweny miles of the sea” (pg 1). Within the town‚ around the churchyards criminals are always presently lurking about and because the town is so near the ocean‚ the mists hung around and not only gave a visual of the murkiness of the area‚ but also represented the ominous atmosphere. LONDON: London is broken‚ every single place described in London‚ including

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    Miss Pross showed her love towards Lucie in many different ways‚ and her love leads to her sacrifice and reward in the final chapter. The ever faithful Miss Pross barrels into the room after hearing that her “ladybird” (71) has fainted and throws Mr. Lorry against a wall to get to her Lucie. In the first encounter with Miss Pross‚ Dickens shows that she would do anything to protect Lucie by showing her “laying a brawny hand upon his chest‚ and sending him flying back against the nearest wall” (Dickens

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    Great Expectations: Injustices and Poor Conditions Committed On Women and Children Great Expectations‚ authored by Victorian novelist Charles Dickens‚ is considered one of his finest works of literature. It was indicative of Dickens’s strong feelings for injustices and poor conditions committed on women and children of that time. Through the main character‚ Pip‚ Dickens’s demonstrated the compassion he felt for children. Most readers‚ like myself‚ are able to associate Pip’s experiences with

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    Nuanced gender roles and related social expectations for Germans changed as much as the political climate did between the 18th and 19th century. War‚ revolution‚ and poverty influenced these shifts. By WWI traditional gender roles‚ despite some fluidity in the 1800’s‚ had been reified by wartime necessity. For German men‚ this arc of gender norms took them from militaristic masculinity‚ to a freedom for philosophic fluidity and then back to martial manhood. Women‚ particularly those of the middle

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    In the novel Great Expectations‚ the author Charles Dickens uses the first person narrative throughout the novel. The first person narrative is the main character‚ Pip. However‚ in this book the first person narrative comes in a retrospective form‚ with Pip looking back on his life. The retrospective point of view is key in this story for the reaction of the readers to the plot. In Great Expectations‚ the retrospective first person point of view makes the main character Pip unreliable‚ makes the

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    Society Expectations from Men & Women Expectation word means to belief about something. We can say it can be a mental picture of the future regarding something. If we consider expectation in the case of uncertainty‚ it also considered the most likely to happen. Expectation regarding anything can be realistic or non realistic. The result of expectation in the case of less advantageous gives rise to the emotion of disappointment

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