story quite like Happy Endings by Margaret Atwood. As a matter of fact‚ a good amount of my peers and I have become baffled on whether or not to even refer to it as a legitimate story. It is divided into four parts‚ each giving a very frank and emotionless set of love scenarios. She purely tells it like it is; simply fact-based and stoic without any sort of feeling whatsoever. One thing leads to another‚ and that is that. Overall‚ the language that Atwood uses in Happy Endings is very blunt and forward
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Charles Miller PSYCH 205-20F Smith Reaction #5 April 7‚ 2005 The Coldest Heart “The Coldest Heart”‚ an excerpt from The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Dr. Bruce Perry‚ is a part of story about a boy that was traumatized and committed a brutal crime. Perry was called in to evaluate Leon‚ the boy‚ as to deem if there are underlying factors to why he committed the crime. And Perry discovers that Leon does have factors that led to the attack and deaths of two teenage girls. Leon was neglected and left
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used and changed traditional gender roles in his characters to support their personalities accordingly. Traditional gender roles typically include men being alpha; having personality traits such as dominance‚ strength‚ power‚ wealth and just being emotionless individuals. Women‚ however‚ are traditionally perceived as innocent‚ nurturing‚ dependent‚ weak‚ and dramatic individuals. In the Scarlet letter Hester starts out as a pregnant woman who is not following the correct traditional roles; She is shown
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Imagine being a rich nobleman and being told one’s future and then being told that the throne will be up for the taking. One would do anything for it‚ right? Even if it meant getting rid of anyone that stood in the way. Macbeth was that rich nobleman that didn’t let anyone get in his way to become king. He is seen as the one to blame for all the horrible events that went on in Shakespeare’s entire play. Although‚ Lady Macbeth has played a major role in her husband’s life‚ Macbeth did not need much
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As a minority‚ immigrating from Korea to a wildly different country like the United States has been the most influential decision that my family made to live the possibility of the "American Dream". Moreover‚ growing up as an Asian-American wasn’t simple; I was faced with the challenge of malicious racial slurs‚ spiteful judgment‚ and condemnation. However‚ through these criticism‚ I’ve grown to understand that our response to those judgements is what builds character in which has made me more transparent
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Edward Hopper’s‚ Nighthawks Edward Hopper’s painting‚ Nighthawks‚ is perhaps one of the most famous pieces of art in which he completed in his eighty-four year lifetime. Nighthawks was painted in the early 1940’s and portrays three people sitting at the bar of a well lit corner diner‚ in the city‚ late at night or even early into the morning. There is a single male worker behind what appears to be triangular shaped wooden bar. There is no exit door. The lighting in the diner appears very bright
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weight pin me down‚ or could I let go and finally roll it towards that overwhelming realization? For once‚ I was ready to dare. So I had to try it. Try to say it‚ if you can. The next thing I remembered‚ my mum was framed in the doorway‚ a cold‚ emotionless silhouette. I don’t remember what she looked like anymore. On the floor‚ I was sobbing while my dad gingerly tried to comfort me. But when I looked up‚ I wished I hadn’t. His eyes were a cosmic black‚ burnt out with nothing behind the thin glaze
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days off from work because of his mother’s funeral. He is an extremely strange fellow. At the funeral‚ he shows no bereavement: when asked if he wants to view his mother’s body‚ he refuses‚ and talks about the others who at the funeral. He is emotionless throughout the funeral and drinks coffee and smokes during the vigil. It seems that all that Meursault can remember is that during the long hot walk to his mother’s gravesite was the heat from the sun‚ his mother’s boyfriend Perez fainting‚ his
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In the short story "Always a Motive"‚ Dan Ross depicts Joe Manetti‚ the protagonist‚ as an agonized‚ isolated‚ and heartbroken young man. After returning the missing Miller boy to his father‚ Joe Manetti is interrogated by the Inspector and is perceived as an agonized man. When asked about his occupation‚ he says that he is a musician‚ "but not working at it now". When asked if he was married‚ he says yes‚ "but my wife left me. She’s somewhere on the West Coast". Being alone and unemployed would
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Losing a parent is one of the hardest obstacles life can throw at you‚ which tends to leave a great number of adults devastated‚ and emotionless. Some adults‚ however‚ tend to turn to medication and alcohol as a way to cope with their intense emotions‚ which can result in a full-blown alcohol/drug addiction. Adults may experience the phenomena called “Unresolved Grief”‚ which often develops when a person feels guilty over a loss‚ considers the death to be unfair‚ or has lost a parent due to a violent
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