Summary What Men Live By Leo Tolstoy What Men Live By is a story about a shoemaker named Simon. He did not have house or any land of his own. He earned his living by work to feed his wife and children. They had to share a sheepskin coat because he only had enough money to spend on food. Now he needed a new one because his only coat was worn out. He had money saved for his wife and he was supposed to get some from his customers. When he went to collect the money‚ no one had it for him and he
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Oaklyn Public School Content Area: English Language Arts Unit Title: Poetry Grade Level: Ninth Grade Unit Summary: This unit will focus on the genre of poetry as a means of artistic expression. Poems will be analyzed both thematically and stylistically as students learn to read poetry as a literary form. Emphasis will be placed on a poem’s use of figurative language to express ideas and feelings in a fresh way. The unit will provide students with opportunities to read and interpret
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"Daughter is the knot that ties the family together". "A baby girl..one of the most beautiful miracles in life‚ one of the greatest joys we can ever know‚& one of the reasons why there is a extra sunshine‚ laughter and happiness in our life today." In many traditional cultures‚ fathers and mothers would pray for a boy who would be able to help in the field. In these cultures‚ the value of daughter was not understood. A father has a special relationship with his daughter as she will judge all
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following topics: ● An analysis of the poem “The Last Mojave Indian Barbie‚” in which you discuss the author’s satire of gender and ethnic stereotypes ● An analysis of the short story “Cruising Paradise‚” in which you discuss the author’s portrayal of the West (and the irony of the title) ● An analysis/comparison of the short story “Ranch Girl” and the essay “Chasing the Lamb‚” in which you discuss the authors’ contrasting portrayals of ranch life ● An analysis/comparison of the po
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Stephen Crane’s Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is set in the 1890’s where there were ideologies about how women should live; however‚ Maggie did not live up to these expectations. The idea of a perfect woman means they would have all four of the pillars intact: purity‚ piety‚ submissiveness‚ and domesticity. However‚ Maggie was not representative of any of the pillars and this was blamed on her domicile residing in the slum area of New York. The slums during this time were depicted as dirty and were
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for African-American Fiction. Race and gender are discussed simultaneously as she speaks out against racism and presents her female character as being different form the stereotype The novel centres on Selina who suffers a traumatic childhood through to womanhood and has her psyche damaged by comparing herself to the white ideology of what makes a teenage girl beautiful. She feels inadequate because she does not math up to the definition of white elegance She also faces an internal struggle
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I’ve been labeled several times as just a white girl by people who don’t really know me too well. I’ve been told that I “don’t really act like a mexican girl”‚”I don’t sound spanish”‚” or “you’re pale for a latina.” I am aware that yes‚ I am pale‚ I don’t speak spanish‚ and that I’m quiet or shy. I’m made aware of this whenever I visit my mom or my dad’s families. One one side‚ i’m too white. On the other side‚ too dark. I’ll be the black sheep in a house full of blonde-blue eyed christians‚ or
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Middleton’s Women Beware Women is a Jacobean tragedy‚ which has a complex plot and deals with corrupted characters. This tragedy is about corruption in the court and life in general‚ love by money and how women can lead other women to destruction. As Tricomi states about the characters‚ they ‘are not wholly the product of their circumstances‚ but their circumstances condition their choices and propel them toward their destiny’.[1] Middleton‚ as other Jacobean playwrights before him‚ has managed to
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Lilattie Ghamandi Psychology of women paper 12/4/14 Learned Performances taught by Social Norms and Reinforcements The novel that I choose to analyzed is “there and now” by Linda Lael Miller. It is a fictional romance novel that could be considered a traditional romance novel‚ in that it embodies many gendered stereotypes that are frequently associated but males and females. One of the reasons why this particular genre (romance) was picked was because romance novels is often one of the most read
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Summary of “The good girl”: The main theme in the short story is the relationship between the Catholics and the Protestants and how the conflict can affect an innocent girl. The story takes places in Northern Ireland and is about a girl named Chrissy. She is a catholic and is going on a date with a boy named Ian who is a protestant. When she is waiting to meet Ian‚ a girl named Eilish shows up. Chrissy do not like her because she and her cronies is always getting into trouble at school. Eilish tells
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