The title “Behind A Mask” is significant because is it about the mask that every woman must wear in order to fin into society’s mold of womanhood. Woman of Jean’s ear are expected to be meek and mild – Jean is anything but. Therefore‚ she must pretend to be innocent and helpless in order to gain approval from the men she encounters. All this is done with the ultimate goal of attracting a mate with whom she will live a secure life. However‚ Jean’s mask serves a greater purpose. It reveals to the reader
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is a work of modern literary by a young writer‚ Dave Eggers. In the form of a memoir‚ his work reflects the journey of a typical young man in his early twenties that spends time playing Frisbee and cherishing a fancy job of starting a magazine. At the same time‚ the book also shares his experiences of losing his parents and wearing a burden to raise his younger brother Toph. Throughout his work‚ his writing style is really interesting so that he is able to
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We have read three pieces of text about Anne Frank and her story as a teenage girl during the Holocaust. We have read a play‚ her diary‚ and a Memoir from a first account‚ all written at different time periods. The play took place at the beginning of November 1945‚ and retells the events that had occurred during the holocaust‚ it ends after Anne has died in 1945. The diary took place on Saturday‚ 20th of June‚ 1942 and ends on Thursday‚ 19th of November‚ 1942. These are all Anne’s entries in her
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Imagine finding out that you have a father halfway across the world‚ that you didn’t even know existed until your failing mother decides to tell you about when you’re sixteen- that is what Carolina Emerson had to face In Jenna Evans Welch’s “Love & Gelato”. Jenna Evans Welch spent her teenage years in Italy‚ which is the fire behind this love story. Carolina and her mom lived together‚ just them two‚ and that’s how it always was‚ until her mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was given
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Brief summary of the plot: (at least 5 sentences) Tally Youngblood lives a world of the future‚ where humanity was saved from destruction by the newly created world. Tally is 15 almost 16‚ her best friend Peris turned 16 a few months before her so he got the surgery every 16 years old gets when they turn 16‚ the surgery to make them “Pretty” and perfect just like the new world was. Tally was just a few weeks away from being Pretty when she met shay‚ her new best friend. Shay taught her about new
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Just as Duneier discuses the role of homeless people in society‚ so do does Mary Douglas in Purity and Danger: An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo‚ where she explores societies views of cleanliness and purity and the different conceptions involved. Purity and Danger is well known as an outstanding text in the field of anthropology as it was recognised throughout many disciplines. Within Purity and Danger‚ Douglas gives representation to the significance of anthropological enquiries
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The book opens by introducing The Gunslinger‚ a peacekeeper named Roland Deschain‚ who is after the Man in Black‚ a demonic sorcerer that is terrorizing their world’s way of life. On Roland’s journey on muleback‚ he means a farmer named Brown‚ whom he tells his previous adventure before arriving in the desert wasteland he’s in now. In the town of Tull‚ Roland rides into town in hot pursuit of the MiB‚ but misses him by a week. Since Deschain knows the Man in Black well‚ he decides to settle down
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The first books of Afternoon of Elves were published in 1989 and written by Janet Taylor Lisle. Sara Kate was 11 years old and Hillary was 9 years old. Their friendship wasn’t strong at the beginning but in end‚ it was an unforgettable moment for Hillary to see Sara kate leaving her alone. It shows that Hillary relationship with Sara Kate was strong even though Sara Kate leave her. In Hillary’s heart‚ Sara Kate always remains because that what friendship was meant to be. `"Friendship is delicate
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In A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam‚ a widowed woman named Rehana Haque finds herself entangled between the temporary loss of custody over her children and the Bangladesh War of Independence in 1971. A fictionalized account that was inspired by Anam’s grandmother and her personal experiences‚ it exhibits the hardships that were faced during the war and even the adversities that civilians had to encounter during this critical time. Considering that the novel was based off the challenges Anam’s grandmother
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The novella Sofia Petrova is based on the experiences of Lydia Chukovskaya during the Great Purge of 1838. It focuses on the story of Sofia Petrovna who was a typist in the Soviet Union in 1937. In detailing her story‚ along with the story of others‚ Chukovska shows that these people are made to believe in the Soviet State through means of ignorance‚ peer pressure‚ and media. The trust in the Soviet Union that Sofia demonstrates at the beginning of the novel shows how truly successful the Soviet
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