The novel A Jar of Dreams‚ by Yoshiko Uchida‚ is a multicultural book that is based on a Japanese and American culture. The setting of this book is set in California during the Depression‚ the time period where there were many prejudice against Japanese people. Rinko Tsujimura is an eleven year old girl. Since she is Japanese American‚ she is usually left out and made feel different by her classmates. Therefore‚ Rinko desperately tries to hide her Japanese culture by staying invisible‚ quiet‚ and
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In The Bell Jar‚ Esther fails to think clearly‚ which leads to her emotional downfall. When Esther does not meet her own expectations‚ she loses hope. In addition‚ Esther constantly compares herself to others around her. Moreover‚ she believes that suicide will solve her problems. Esther’s unreasonable thoughts put her further under the bell jar. Esther has a realistic goal and a clear idea on what she wants to do with her life; she aspires to become a successful writer and is more than talented
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will be prosecuted. Today in our society‚ people have believed that men are the superior gender. Everywhere‚ from the bible to the everyday life‚ men are given a high pedestal while women are treated as second class citizens. In the novel The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath‚ Esther Greenwood struggles with this idea of how women are treated and how that leads to mental deterioration. According to a document on sexual assault‚ sexual assault is a crime of power and control. Sexual assault is used when sexual
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Trent University greenhouse for a 14-day period. Ten small glass jars were labelled according to their treatment type (warm or room temperature). Room temperature jars were categorized as 1.1‚1.2‚1.3‚1.4‚ and 1.5‚ then the warm temperature jars were 2.1‚2.2‚2.3‚2.4‚ and 2.5. Jars were filled with a 100ml of federalized water‚ and a mark at the 100ml was made as indication to ensure the correct amount of water was given if the jars needed to be topped up. With a Q-tip‚ 10 green Lemna leaves with growing
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Application Paper: The Bell Jar The Bell Jar‚ a novel by Sylvia Plath‚ gives a detailed story of Esther Greenwood‚ a young‚ bright‚ and extremely talented young woman. The novel begins with Esther’s life in New York where she works for a magazine as an editor. Her time there is filled with stress from the other college girls in her dorm‚ a dwindling love life‚ and constant deliberation over the direction of her life. The novel chronicles how these stressors take an insidious form in her life‚ leading
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1. Esther’s descends into depression gradually all through The Bell Jar. Chapter three exposes that her dad passed away when she was young‚ which makes the introduction of mental illness in her adulthood far more likely in it’s probable traumatic effect on her youthful mind. Also established early is Esther feeling jealousy towards Doreen’s livelihood. Her want is quickly diminished though‚ and the truth of her friend’s monetary inclinations as well as her sexual promiscuity are brought to light
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Examining a Moche Stirrup Jar At the Polk Museum exhibit I was struck by a Moche ceramic artifact titled “Stirrup Jar with Fanged Deity Effigy‚ Early Intermediate Period‚ 400-600 CE”. The base of the jar was molded into a sphere (with a flat bottom surface) which acts as the “body”‚ sporting painted arms and items held within each hand. The deity also appears to be wearing some kind of cloak‚ most notably indicated by the bow that is tied at the base of its neck. The head of the creature is
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The work of art I have chosen is Jar (p.351) by Ácoma Pueblo. This pottery was created around 1850 to 1900. These pots are created with local earthenware‚ and they are shaped without a wheel. The designs are decorated in open fires with pigments made from earthen powders. Each Pueblo has their own style‚ and the designs on the pots are typically meant to delight children‚ provide humor and sometimes public scoldings. Any information the artist gives about a certain piece of artwork should be considered
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Author’s Purpose Sylvia Plath writes her autobiography The Bell Jar utilizing a smart protagonist‚ whose life is driven into depression by the deterioration of today’s society to familiarize her readers with suicide. Esther lives a perfect life‚ according to anyone looking at her on the surface. Esther continues to live her life in a fully coordinated “patent-leather” outfit from “Bloomingdale’s” while she sips “martinis” surrounded by “anonymous young men with all-American bone structures”‚ yet
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through Esther‚ the main character in The Bell Jar. She could make this story come to life because it was her own story and she lived it‚ and so she told it; Of course with the help of some literally devices! Plath used her personal writing style‚ theme and tone to make her story the fullest. Plath had drowned us into her world with her writing style. Through out the novel‚ Esther had constant flashbacks of important events
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