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    When a little girl is growing up she is influenced by everything around her‚ by the people most of all. As she grows she begins to take on the beliefs and ideas of her society. When the four Price girls head to Africa in The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver they are at four different point of accepting the beliefs of their society. Rachel‚ being the oldest‚ has taken on most of the common beliefs. She loves her material belongings and just want to be a normal girl‚ and she holds the common

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    Themes in the novel “The Bean Trees” by Barbara Kingsolver include the importance of family and the need for community as emotional support systems for individuals facing hardships. As the individuals face their hardships‚ Kingsolver binds them together with support‚ forming a community that at times functions like a big extended family‚ however non-traditional it may be. Kingsolver not only illustrates the importance of family as an emotional support system in today’s society‚ but the changing face

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    discernible from other types of lethal violence‚ the current study draws from Messerschmidt’s (1993) theory of structured action‚ and specifically Barbara Perry’s (2001) extension of this theoretical framework to explain incidents of bias victimization. Structured action theory assumes that individual behavior and social relations cannot be interpreted without first linking people’s actions to the broader socio-structural conditions under which they live (Messerschmidt‚ 1993). In this framework‚ interpersonal

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    In the book Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ Isabel is kindhearted.This is shown in chapter 5 when she protects her little sister‚ Ruth‚ from being harmed by Mrs. Lockton. When the sisters arrive to New York City‚ they overhear Madam’s argument with a cargo inspector over having her chest full of underclothes searched. This is a humorous scene‚ but while Isabel knows not to laugh‚ Ruth accidentally laughs. Feeling offended‚ Mrs. Lockton announces‚ “‘Which one of you made that noise’”(33)? Instead

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    Feed by M.T. Anderson is about a boy named Titus who is living off feed; which is like a chip implanted in his brain just like everyone else around him. The chip called Feed is like a cellphone‚ computer‚ and all‚ installed into his brain. Although it comes with constant random advertisements that already know what you want to have. The world of Feed is ran by corporations that have taken over. As Titus goes with his friends name Marty‚ Link‚ Calista‚ Loga‚ Meg‚ and Quendy to the moon in which he

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    Speak Speak; a novel by Laurie Anderson is set in a small town in New York with a young teenager girl‚ Melinda‚ who starts her high school years as an outcast. Her ex-best friends all split up into different clans except her; she was just by herself along with new girl‚ Heather. Melinda hasn’t spoken much since the accident over the summer and leaves her silent throughout most freshman year. At home she doesn’t speak much either and kind of leaves her parents curious as to why she doesn’t talk anymore

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    Barbara Ehrenreich gives us a somewhat warm welcome to cancerland in her article. Her writing gives her readers a different mindset on cancer. She raises different points about how cancer is objectified‚ considered beautiful‚ infantilized‚ as well as how it robs patients of their autonomy. People think cancer and they think chemo or death. Ehrenreich focused much of her writing on reminding us of the ways that‚ breast cancer specifically‚ is objectified by society. In her article “Welcome to Cancerland”

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    "I ’m a Fool" is a short story written by the American Sherwood Anderson. The author tells the story of a young unschooled boy who tries to achieve everyday goals by means of ordinary means in a straightforward way. The theme of I ’m a Fool deals with the aftermath which come as a result of lack of morality‚ deceitfulness‚ falseness. The conflict of this story lies on the shape that lies take; it is a contradiction between what the protagonist should and should not do. Therefore‚ we can say that

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    Aranpreet Singh Ms. Ceci ENG 1D1-07 Speak In Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak‚ trees symbolize Melinda’s growth throughout her life to stay sane and pass the horrific time of her life. Depression is her first phase‚ when she starts to paint the trees that were hit by lightning. It is also shown by her not talking to many people. She starts to realize that she cannot be perfect when she imagines a beautiful oak tree but really cannot carve it properly. Her third phase comes when the trees outside

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    As explained by Barbara MacKinnon‚ the two main principles that make up the Just War Theory are Jus ad Bellum‚ which is the justness of going to war and Jus in Bello‚ which is the justness in war (MacKinnon‚ p. 223). Each of these principles contains several subcategories

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