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    fighting‚ which‚ in turn‚ results in the thoughts of all the violent acts she has witnessed throughout her life. At the age of seven‚ the first “violent” act involves her father coming home from work and immediately harping on her brother. To the young girl‚ this appears as extremely violent‚ yet in reality it was simply a father getting far too angry at an act that his son did. However‚ this scene displays the subjectivity of violence. In reality it was only aggressive‚ not directly violent. Yet to someone

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    “slut” scolding her only in fear that her daughter will take on a life of promiscuity. Some examples include how she reprimands her little girl for the way she strolls‚ the way she plays marbles‚ and how she identifies with other individuals. These constant reprimands bring up the underlying theme of gender identity and demonstrates the amount she desires her little girl to understand that she is "not a boy" and that she needs to act in a way that will win her regard from the group. The daughter who stays

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    Customer relationship management (CRM) is a widely implemented model for managing a company’s interactions with customers‚ clients‚ and sales prospects. It involves using technology to organize‚ automate‚ and synchronize business processes—principally sales activities‚ but also those for marketing‚ customer service‚ and technical support.The overall goals are to find‚ attract‚ and win new clients‚ service and retain those the company already has‚ entice former clients to return‚ and reduce the costs

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    CONSERVATISM Who says the old story is almost forgotten? Who thinks that a principle ever can fade? Who dreams that the old Oak of England is rotten Beneath which the dust of our sires was laid? Sires who fought for each loved Institution That guarded as bulwarks the tower of the State; The Altar and Throne‚ and the old Constitution

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    Instructor Hannah Baggott WR 121 February 21‚ 2015 Like A Girl The Always advertisement entitled‚ “Always #LikeAGirl‚” explores the social prejudices that young girls in American society face on a daily basis. It suggests the idea of changing the phrase “like a girl” from an insult into a compliment that represents the strength and power that lies within women and girls instead of weakness. This advertisement appeals to teen and pre-teen girls challenged by societal pressures as they face puberty.

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    around for over a hundred years. The idea of white supremacy was concocted in order for the white race to feed their ego. Key figures‚ including Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou‚ wrote about their experiences in the point of view of an oppressed African American struggling with racism. Langston Hughes’s poem “I‚ Too‚ Sing America” and Maya Angelou’s poem “Still I Rise” are a response to the hatred in the white man’s heart. Although these two poems share similar goals‚ they have elements that cause them

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    their lifetime. In the short story “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid‚ this is something a young girl experiences. The story is being told from the second person point of view. This emphasizes the role of the narrator in the story and proposes that the story is like a manual for the girl to follow throughout her life. From beginning to the end of the story the narrator gives the girl advice based off of her personal views and beliefs. Although the way she speaks about the girl may seem harsh‚ she is just trying

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    In the movie “Girl interrupted”‚ Daisy resided in a mental institution called the Mclean Hospital (3). The hospital provides medical and therapeutic treatments in order to reduce the symptoms of the patients’ disorder. If the patient shows signs of a normal behavior‚ then the patients is released back into the real world. Daisy was diagnosed in having a binge-eating disorder and agoraphobia. An agoraphobia‚ according to reports‚ is “a fear of being outside or otherwise being in a situation from which

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    Being a girl trying to experience childhood‚ the girl in "Boys and Girls" was very restricted in finding out who she is‚ because of her dad’s expectations. Perhaps because of the way he was raised‚ he made judgments on her before she had even done anything wrong (or ’girly’‚ in his eyes). Before the day she let the horse out‚ her father seemed to be waiting for the day when she would slip. It was as if he expected her to let the horse out before it even happened. He categorized her as a foolish‚

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    Girl by Jamaica Kincaid and If by Rudyard Kipling‚ are two texts that are written by parents with real world expectations for their children. Both texts though are similar and different in many different ways. Girl‚ is a one sentence story about a mother’s expectations for her “Boy crazy girl” that is going out into the real world by herself. She explains what so tips for her daughter in a more harsh than gentle voice. “If” is a poem of a dad poetically telling his son about the good and bad and

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