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    and 3rd Person Here are some tips to help you determine when it is more appropriate to use 1st person (I/we)‚ 2nd person (you)‚ or 3rd person (he/she/it/they) in your writing. Writing from a specific point of view alters the reader’s perception of what you write.  It can be confusing to the reader if you shift the point of view in your writing (meaning starting in the 3rd person‚

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    Society created boundaries and restrictions upon genders. Males became the dominant half of civilization‚ forcing women to be the submissive half. These roles led to contradicting beliefs‚ as some people supported this idea and some people opposed it. Gloria Steinem took a stand against patriarchy by writing “Women and Power”‚ writing “After Black Power‚ Women’s Liberation”‚ and writing Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions‚ and these actions resulted in her becoming a feminist leader‚ exposure of gender

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    You must submit to your husband‚ you must let him talk first and wait to put your input in until he has gotten settled in the house‚ and you must be ready for whatever his needs are; the roles of women in the 1800’s. In the play A Doll’s House author Henrik Ibsen wrote about a married couple named Nora and Torvald their relationship from the start had readers very uncomfortable and feeling emotions towards their dynamics. Nora shows that she has a secret side by going behind Torvalds back and getting

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    Being that they were out casted they had a huge effect on society. The focus of my investigation is how the hippies affected the United States socially in the 1960’s. The origin of this source is an article that was written by Emily Marsden and published in 2014. Its purpose is to inform people like me‚ on the Hippies Movement of the 1960’s. It is giving me information like how the Hippies started and where they started. A value from this article is that the Hippie movement helped facilitate the “new

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    Reading the stories “What’s in a Name” and “Finishing School” provided insight into the mistreatment of people of color during a very defining period. Prejudice has plagued cultures and civilizations since recorded history. These two stories deal with direct and indirect events experienced by the narrators. Various factors effected how the affected dealt with the demeaning situations. The two narrators in the stories had varying circumstances‚ yet both endured racial slurs‚ retaliation‚ and riches

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    Michael Thompson SXS 667 – Reading Response Paper #3 ID# 909067827 July 3‚ 2013 In her essay La Frontera‚ Gloria Anzaldua provides a detailed history of the persecution of the Chicano settlers of the U.S. Southwest at the hands of their Anglo oppressors. Anzaldua refers to the Aztlan‚ the borderlands between the United States and Mexico encompassing parts of Texas‚ New Mexico‚ Arizona‚ and California‚ as a “vague and undetermined place created by the

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    Throughout the past centuries between 1800 all the way through 2017‚ the gender roles between men and women have drastically changed. In the 1800’s it was very common for men to go to school‚ acquire an education‚ and use their education to earn a job that lead to a future success. The men provided a house‚ the food‚ and often‚ the materials needed for day to day life. As the man worked‚ the roles of the woman were to care and nurture the man‚ keep the home clean and tidy‚ and if any‚ watch after

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    Have you ever thought about changing your name? Or how about have you ever thought of having to change your name because ether you have to or you’re basically being forced to? Well some of the authors in these passages had to do so. In the article “What’s in a Name‚” there is an author named “Eric Blair” that wrote a book called “ animal farm “. In the passage it says that he had adopted a fake name “George Orwell” because he had feared that his early work would embarrass his family. This explains

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    hustling to provide for her family inside and outside this economically poor household. These images and symbols that the Latina woman has had to deal with have been transferred into the social and educational sphere‚ limiting her opportunities. In Gloria Anzaldúa’s Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza she discusses the various elements of her life up to adulthood and the adversities she had to overcome because of being an educated‚ gay Latina. Her journey is highlighted through the historical

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