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    Working Girl

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    The film “Working Girl” illustrates the feministic fight and struggles of women in the work force in the 1980s to the present‚ every contradiction relates to the main problems that women face. The two main women characters in “Working Girl” represent the two types of stereotypes of women that establish themselves in the corporate world‚ Kathrine Parker and Tess McGill. Despite the film being an inspirational feministic story‚ the writer Kevin Wade created a love plot between the main character‚ Tess

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    Still Hungry in America

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    Still Hungry in America Marian Edelman Wright wrote the famous literacy narrative “Still Hungry in America”. Marian Wright has been a proponent for disadvantaged Americans her entire life. Edelman’s career began after graduating from Spellman College and Yale Law School. After graduation‚ she became the founding president of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF). In result of Edelman’s phenomenal leadership‚ CDF has become the nation’s strongest voice for less-fortunate families and children. The

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    Girl, Interrupted

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    Girl‚ Interrupted” – Effects Mental Institutions Have on People Susanna Kaysen states that “[m]ental illness seems to be a communication problem between [two interpreters in your mind]” (pg 139). In Kaysen’s Girl‚ Interrupted‚ Kaysen is put in a mental facility at the age of 18 for a borderline personality disorder. The author is torn throughout the book if mental institutions are helping her and her fellow patients or bringing them down more. Also‚ the author argues that being put in a facility

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    Are We Still Racism

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    Are we still racist? The modern definition of racism is “prejudice‚ discrimination‚ or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior”‚ as defined in the Oxford Dictionary. Racism has been round since the beginning of human life and attitudes towards it have changed. It has been argued that racism is part of human nature‚ however many people have said it is caused because of your social surroundings and upbringing‚ but the sad thing is

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    Auditing Risk

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    Audit Risk Model Summary First: Let’s think about each of the components of the audit risk model. The auditor selects the overall audit risk they are will to accept‚ assesses inherent and control risk at the account (or account group) level‚ and calculates planned detection risk at the account (or account group) level. Audit Risk (AR) is the probability that the auditor issues a clean opinion when the financial statements are materially misstated. Note that acceptable level of audit risk is

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    Girl Analysis

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    Jamaica Kincaid’s famous short stories‚ “Girl”. In the essay “Girl‚” Jamaica Kincaid portrays the stereotypes and expectations placed on women and girls of her culture in the 1950’s. She uses authoritative tone‚ syntax‚ and progression of thought to show the expected responsibilities of girls and women in the narrator’s culture. Throughout the essay the narrator of the essay “Girl‚” uses a lot of examples to show the expectations placed on women and girls‚ actually the whole essay is mostly examples

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    Shy Girl

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    The Shy Girl English Composition 101 Kimmey Wright   The Shy Girl Ever since I can remember‚ I was always quiet and shy. I constantly had to repeat myself because people could not hear me the first time. Even then‚ I seldom made eye contact with others. When I entered high school‚ nothing changed. Soon afterward‚ I disliked the way my classmates thought of me. If someone had to make an announcement in class‚ I was not chosen because my classmates believed I was not vocal enough. If someone

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    that public schools are still separate and‚ therefore‚ still unequal. Suburban schools‚ which are primarily made up of white students‚ are given a far superior education than urban schools‚ which are primarily made up of Hispanics and African Americans. In “Still Separate and Still Unequal”‚ Kozol‚ through logos‚ pathos‚ and vivid imagery‚ effectively reveals to people that‚ even though the law prohibits discrimination in public schools‚ several American schools are still segregated and treated differently

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    Girl in Translation

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    The Message in Girl in Translation There always have been immigrants since the early days in the United States. The number of immigrants continues to grow throughout periods of time. “As in 2006‚ the number of immigrants is 37.5 million. After 2000‚ immigration to the United States numbered approximately 1‚000‚000 per year. A recent survey by Gallup showed that there are about 165 million adults worldwide named the United States as their top country where they would like to migrate permanently”

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    Tanning Risks

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    ‚ 10 Feb. 2010. Web. 26 Apr. 2010. .             “5 things you must know about Skin Cancer.” Life Science. Ed. Robert R. Britt. N.p.‚ 29 July 2008. Web. 25 Apr. 2010. . American Cancer Society. “Study Links Tanning Bed Use to Increased Risk of Melanoma”. 2010. McShane‚ Larry Skin Cancer Foundation. “The Dangers of Tanning”. 2012. < http://www.skincancer.org/prevention/tanning > U.S

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