Briar Rose-Jane Yolen This module is called close study of text. It is module B of paper 2 worth 20%. This is a novel‚ a work of fiction. The author or composer is Jane Yolen. Context In order to understand this novel we have to know about the NAZI‚ holocaust‚ which aimed to exterminate the Jewish people from Europe In total nearly 6 million Jews were systematically killed in NAZI occupied Europe. A Briar is a thorn or prickly plant. A Briar Rose is a beautiful flower that grows from a potentially
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Allen Lin Stevens P.4 American Holocaust Abortion is not a personal issue‚ nor is it just a woman’s issue. It is‚ undeniably‚ a human rights issue. Accounting for more than 1.21 million deaths per year‚ abortion is the highest ranked cause of death of Americans.1 Today‚ abortion kills more than heart disease‚ cancer‚ respiratory disease‚ accidents‚ homicides‚ suicide‚ and cancer–combined.2 The number of American babies killed by abortion each year is roughly equal to the number of U.S. military
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George B 11/18/11 Explication of “A Birthday Present” by Sylvia Plath For many readers‚ the draw of Sylvia Plath’s poetry is distinctly linked to her life as well as the desire to end her life. As Robert Lowell states in the forward of Ariel‚ “This poetry and life are not a career; they tell that a life‚ even when disciplined‚ is simply not worth it” (xv). “A Birthday Present”`‚ written by Plath in September of 1962 and hauntingly recorded in her own voice on audio in October of that same year
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Beauty and the Knife Is it true that someone is able to purchase beauty? No‚ beauty comes without a price tag. Then why do people undergo intense surgery to wear the smallest pant size‚ have the flattest stomach‚ or the largest breasts to be declared beautiful? It is because people are misled with the craze of cosmetic surgery‚ which is on a rapid rise. In the mind of a uniformed patient that is seeking beauty; cosmetic surgery has turned into the solution for any type of flaw on one’s body.
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73.5k 99 I’ve had sleeping problems my whole life. The funny thing about going to a doctor for sleeping pills is you can tell them you’ve had sleeping problems your whole life and all they’ll do is hand you a pamphlet. It has advice on it like: Don’t get in bed unless you’re going to sleep. Don’t drink too much caffeine or alcohol. Exercise frequently‚ but don’t do it too late. Advice like this feels like being told to spit on a house fire. When I was 20‚ I lived in an apartment with my boyfriend
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Spring Awakening was Frank Wedekind’s first play. He had it published at his own expense in 1891‚ but it was not performed until Wedekind started his own repertory company in 1906. The first production in the United States took place in 1912‚ but since the play was in German it failed to attract audiences in the States. This play was performed at Franklin and Marshall College‚ Lancaster on 27 October 2013. This was my first time to see a live play on stage. The play was performed on a proscenium
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whether it be for financial reasons or for vengeance or simply mental illness‚ got away with it all scot free. Lizzie was the only person ever brought to trial in this murder case‚ and they found her not guilty because of a lack of evidence and a botched investigation. The American Justice system held up‚ and every living persons were held up in the
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Over next 10 years she devoted her life to being housewife and mother. In 1912 she returned back to work as visiting nurse in Manhattan. Upset by the poverty experienced as a nurse she get touched with number of women who had gone through many botched illegal abortion or self-terminate their pregnancies and mainly because one of her patient Sade Sachs died after self-induced abortion as they live in poverty and had already 3 children‚ Margaret made a pledge to devote her life to making reliable
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problem arises here where the wrong thing is being inherently emphasized. The dramatic‚ unsubstantiated speculations that don’t support the thesis of the book at all are being emphasized over the actual evidence being presented by Wood. Therefore‚ this botched attempt to appeal to a broader audience has only condemned the book to becoming more disjointed and further blurring the message of Revolutionary
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reversed and a new trial was ordered. In 1992 Morin was found guilty of the murder and sentenced to twenty-five years with no chance of parole. In the years following new DNA evidence surfaced proving that Morin was a convenient fall guy in a badly botched investigation. There were a lot of questions‚ which needed to be asked of
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