Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Larsson uses Lisbeth Salander and Harriet Vanger to demonstrate the failure of the Swedish government to protect women from such violent crimes. The sex and violence in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is portrayed in such a shocking manner that is intriguingly entertaining to readers and makes the book more fulfilling to the reader by challenging their own ideas about sexual violence and how the government handles it. The violence in The Girl with the Dragon
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Susanna Kaysen‚ in her memoir Girl‚ Interrupted‚ recounts her eighteen-month stay at a psychiatric hospital in Massachusetts. The events in the book took place in the 1960’s‚ meaning outside the hospital’s reinforced walls‚ the world was bustling with racism‚ social activism‚ and the Vietnam War. The story is not told as a chronological series of events‚ but rather as a collection of memories‚ darting between various periods of Kaysen’s visit. Throughout her stay at the hospital‚ Kaysen met a variety
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In the story Girl by Jamaica Kincaid the mother does most of the talking who gives her daughter a long list of instructions and warnings. The daughter responds twice but they happen to go unnoticed by the mother. There is no introduction of the characters‚ no action‚ and no description of setting. The mother’s voice simply begins speaking‚ "Wash the white clothes on Monday‚" and continues through to the end. The mother dispenses much practical and helpful advice that will help her daughter keep
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Marlet Garcia Bingham‚Kelly. Shark Girl. Cambridge: Candlewick Press‚ 2007. Jane Arrowood is a fifteen year old girl whose arm was amputated when she was bitten by a shark. Jane is really stubborn and she doesn’t let herself try new things. She was still finding out how to be courageous and brave after what she had been trough. Justin is a kid who is around eight or nine or ten years old who lost his leg below the knee. He was a brave kid because he never was arguing about his disability. He was
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Girl by Jamaica Kincaid Jamaica Kincaid relates the relationship between a mother and daughter in her poem‚ “Girl”. The poem is about how a mother prepares her daughter to become a woman. She gives her a litany of valuable lessons to shape her behavior and character according to what is acceptable to their culture. Kincaid cleverly dropped hints throughout her poem suggesting that the culture being referred to is the Afro-Carribean culture. The Afro-Carribean culture is a blend of music‚ dance
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Paule Marshall in her first semi-autobiographical novel Brown girl‚ Brownstones gives a panoramic view of the multifarious aspects of black experience through a collage of black men and women characters in the Depression era America. The central figure Selina Boyce‚ the point of impact of the novel‚ who like “a faceted crystal or gem mounted on a pivot” (Marshall‚ Brown girl‚ Brownstones 237)refracts light on a multitude of themes and experiences pivotal in the construction of the contemporary post-War
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the value of widespread debate of the reasons for and against legalizing same sex-marriage should be apparent. Aside from societal and religious conventions‚ marriage entails legally imposed responsibilities. This paper intends to look into the content involved in this hot topic to see how religious views‚ politically focused stances‚ political and legal pressures‚ as well as our current presidents flipped flopped stance on such a controversial subject and how they appear in the media. Historically
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The thought of alcohol being involved in fatal crashes brings about an emotional response. Recently‚ there has been a movement based on emotion rather than logic to change a certain drinking and driving law. This involves lowering the Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) from 0.10% to 0.08% nationwide. However‚ this attention is misdirected. By looking at my personal experiences‚ statistics‚ and current laws‚ it is clear that there is no need for lowering the BAC. First off‚ I do not drink. Yet‚ I’ve had many
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In both Jesse Andrews’ Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich’s Diary Of Anne Frank‚ the authors portray the theme of remaining optimistic through the most unfathomable situations imaginable can help the people around one enjoy the gift of life‚ even if they are suffering severe heartbreak and injustice. It also gave them the ultimate control over their lives‚ because even though they were eventually defeated by the difficulties they faced‚ their spirits were victorious
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The 1993 classic Girl Interrupted‚ written by Susanna Kaysen‚ is a series of nonfiction pieces about her 18 months spent in a mental institution in the late 1960s. The pieces are mostly chronological‚ and in between chapters she shows real files from her stay at the institution (doctors notes‚ discharge papers‚ etc.). Throughout the fragmentary novel‚ Susanna questions her sanity and fights for self realization. James Marigold adapted the memoir into a film in 1999. The movie is loosely based off
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