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    Carlos P. Garcia Term Paper

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    PRESIDENT CARLOS P. GARCIA A TERM PAPER PRESENTED TO MS. EMELITA P. SAMALA HISTORY DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS ALFREDO M. VELAYO COLLEGE OF ACCOUNTANCY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PHISTPG 1ST SEMESTER S.Y. 2012-2013 BY KELVIN ANGELES SHAIRA BRAVO AIA CHAN ANA DOCALLOS SEPTEMBER 24‚ 2012 INTRODUCTION Carlos P. Garcia is the eighth president of the Philippines and the fourth president of the Third Republic of the Philippines after he succeeded the remaining eight

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    A & P Character Analysis

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    Sammy’s Attachment I think it’s safe to say that some men may do unpredictable and spur of the moment things in an attempt to impress a girl. That is the case in John Updike’s “A&P” when the main character Sammy makes an unreasonable decision to quit his job hoping that he’ll catch the attention of the girls who had just been scolded by his manager for wearing bathing suits in the super market. What could have driven him to quit his job for a couple of girls he’s never seen before in his life

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    Easy A: The Feminist

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    The movie‚ ‘Easy A’ is set in present day in Ojai‚ California. It tells the story of Olive Penderghast‚ a high school girl whose situation mirrors the novel‚ ‘The Scarlet Letter’ which is a reading assignment for her English class. She tells a lie to her best friend‚ Rhiannon‚ that she had sex with a boy from community college. This lie quickly spread throughout the school causing classmates to treat her differently; the boys wanted to date her and the girls treated her unkindly. Olive decided

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    A&P versus Araby

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    Tushar Gupta English Composition II Professor DeCicco Paper # B1 19 September 2013 Innocence to Adulthood Any young protagonist experiencing a significant change of knowledge about the world or himself will point or lead him toward an adult life. As seen in John Updike ’s "A & P" and James Joyce ’s "Araby‚" both of the main characters are confronted by situations that bring them to "thresholds of maturity and understanding" (Porter 64). There are attributes that the character must obtain and

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    A&P Analysis 54468

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    Cult of True Womanhood‚ women are supposed to follow the four cardinal virtues: piety‚ purity‚ submissiveness‚ and domesticity (Welter). With these four cardinal virtues men had a better understanding on the way women were supposed to behave. In A&P there are three girls that walk into the store. Sammy is immediately captivated by the girls. He gives each one a name‚ he names them Chunky‚ Queenie and Plaid. Sammy is head over heels for Queenie she is the prettiest one out of the three. He describes

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    The Feminist Movement

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    The Feminist Movement (aka The Women’s Movement‚ Women’s Liberation) brief history Source: Wikipedia OUTLINE: (complete this as you read) 1. Define FEMINISM (as bell hooks’ defines it): Feminism is a collection o movements and ideologies aimed at defining‚ establishing‚ and defending a state of equal political‚ economic‚ cultural‚ and social rights for women. 2. the 1st Wave (19th-early 20th centuries) FOCUS: The 1st Wave focused on the efforts of many fighting for gender equality‚ race equality

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    John Locke Paper

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    John Locke’s influence in modern philosophy has been profound and‚ with his application of experimental analysis to ethics‚ politics‚ and religion‚ he remains one of the most important and controversial philosophers of all time. His ideas and writings lived way beyond his time‚ and have proven to be the reason the colonies broke away from their mother country and learned to expect certain rights from their government. In The Second Treatise of Government‚ Locke defines political power as the inalienable

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    A&P Archetype Analasys

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    Dondrei Hubbard English 1102 7‚ Febuary 2013 Archetypal Analysis of “A&P” An archetype is a recurring image‚ symbol‚ character or situation. Archetypes are also expressions of universal concepts. The story “A&P” by John Updike is about a young cashier at a local grocery store who is suddenly distracted by three girls that are dressed in bathing suits and look like they don’t belong. As the girls were checking out the store manager lectured the girls about how their attire was inappropriate

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    Essay Response John Updike’s “The First Kiss” uses many significant rhetorical devices‚ including metaphors‚ descriptive diction‚ and symbolism. These three devices help Updike convey his perspective on baseball and convince that though it can be serious and extremely competitive‚ the sport is meant to be a fun experience for both it’s players and fans. The metaphors used throughout Updike’s writing help develop a common attitude toward baseball; they reference both the fans and performances of

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    A&P: Point of View

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    enter one character’s mind‚ then he is a limited omniscient narrator (304). Point of view plays an important role in the effectiveness of a story. By analyzing John Updike’s “A&P” one can observe how point of view is used to develop characters and theme. The development of characters is very closely tied to point of view. In the case of “A&P‚” Sammy is a major first person unreliable narrator. The story seems to be about an emerging counterculture revolution. Sammy appears to be in the middle of

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