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    DIALOGUE BETWEEN MIKE BRIGGS AND DISORGANIZATION MIKE: WHY ARE MY ROOM AND CLOSET A MESS? WHY IS THE BED I SLEEP ON EVERY NIGHT A MESS‚ COVERS THROWN ABOUT ON THE FLOOR AND THE SHEETS ROLLED UP AND NOT AROUND THE CORNERS OF THE BED. WHY‚ WHY‚ WHHYYY!!! DISORGANIZATION: I HAVE AN IDEA. MIKE: WAIT‚ WHO SAID THAT? I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE ROOM‚ TRYING TO ORGANIZE FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE. DISORGANIZATION: IT’S ME‚ IN HERE..... MIKE: WHERE?!?!?! I CANNOT‚ I REPEAT CANNOT EVEN SEE YOU‚

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    pride. She doesn’t hesitate to call Miss Hancock brassy and overdone‚ casting aside any concern for Charlotte’s feelings about the seventh-grade teacher. In another metaphor about her mother‚ Charlotte says that she is “a white picket fence [that] stands in a field of weeds [and] is bounded on its other sides by thorny bushes and barbed wire”. In this passage‚ Charlotte further unveils her harsh opinion of her mother. She believes that‚ while she may appear to be the perfect mother and

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    “The Metaphor” Questions 1. The metaphors Charlotte makes for her mother and Miss Hancock are very accurate. Charlotte compares her mother to a “white picket fence” with “thorny bushes and barbed wire” on the other side (72). Charlotte’s mother is a very beautiful person on the outside. She has great hair and a great figure‚ but deep down she is not that good of a person. She is a very emotionless and stern woman. In the last few paragraphs of the novel she tells Charlotte that Miss Hancock’s

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    In 1986‚ August Wilson published the play Fences which exhibits the life of an African American family during segregation. The protagonist of the play is the father of three children; all from separate women‚ Troy Maxson. Wilson uses the title of the play to create a metaphor in the play‚ which is symbolic. Throughout the play the characters build “fences” to create boundaries‚ provide safety‚ and give a meaning to family. Rose‚ Troy’s wife‚ builds fences to protect her own vulnerability through her

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    Discrimination In Fences

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    Characters in “Fences” must deal with racial discrimination‚ bad relationships among themselves‚ and entrapment‚ or fenced in. Gabriel has the biggest "fence" around him as he acts limitless with no boundaries due to his disability. For example‚ although his brother Troy wants to put him in a home‚ Gabriel looks after him and "chases animals away"‚ showing the fence of "protection" for Troy. He surely is the happiest and appreciates things the most. Troy’s biggest fence has to do with racial discrimination

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    Espinoza 1 Connie Marie Espinoza English 1302 Ms. Pedraza December 4‚ 2012 “The American Dream Faces a Nightmare” Before the Border Fence was built on August 29‚ 2008‚ America was facing and still is facing one of the gravest threats ever. The lack of security and law enforcement agents‚ has caused so much havac and danger to the citizens of America and Mexican residents. We the citizens of the United States of America

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    Fences August Wilson Fences is the second major play written by August Wilson which was premiered in 1983. The set of the play was in 1950’s in Pittsburg and was a part of series of play wrote by Wilson. The play won the highly respected Pulitzer Prize for drama in the year 1987. There are many issues which were prevalent in the society during the time of the play which are encompassed and incorporated in the play. The reasons of the play winning the Pulitzer Prize for drama are discussed

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    As with most works of literature‚ the title Fences is more than just a title. It could be initially noted that there is only one physical fence being built by the characters onstage‚ but what are more important are the ideas that are being kept inside and outside of the fences that are being built by Troy and some of the other characters in Fences. The fence building becomes quite figurative‚ as Troy tries to fence in his own desires and infidelities. Through this act of trying to contain his desires

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    Living a perfect life with 4 children and a white picket fence doesn’t “refine us like silver” like David writes in Psalms 66:10. Since God sends us a lot of adversity‚ the Bible teaches a lot of consolation‚ although not enough. Recently‚ I’ve encountered friends that have divorced parents and rough family issues‚ and since I’ve come from a “white picket fence” family in my point of view‚ it’s hard for me to deal with the fact that my friends have suffered

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    Research Topic / Oil Fence Oil Fence Abstract: An oil spill processing device is comprised of the inner layer oil fence and the outer layer oil fence form the double oil fence body wherein the inner layer oil fence is inflatable oil fence the outer layer of oil fence to adsorption type oil fence; Outer layer of oil fence is installed on the working boat dragging the roller and mop squeezing; Working boat dragging is also set on the extraction of the inner layer of oil fence in the blocking of

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