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    Mr George

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    Chapter Two By Wills Cuttler‚ Nick George and Jess Chisholm Sosnowiec * Art visits Vladek regularly “I went back to visit my father quite regularly‚ to hear his story” * Vladek counts his pills; 6 pill for his heart‚ 1 for diabetes and about 25 or 30 vitamins “For my condition I must fight to save myself… junk food‚ that’s what I call prescription drugs now” * Vladek talk about Anja’s communist friend “He was a communist!” * Anja gives a package to Mrs Stefanska which included papers

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    system kept the desire for social change alive. Women were still second-class citizens and were expected to do what the men expected. At the time‚ Jane Eyre must have seemed an impressively resolute and independent figure. Charlotte had worked as a governess in her life‚ and Helen Burns could be based on her sister Maria – an imaginative but true portrait. QUOTES FROM JANE EYRE “Reader‚ I married him.” Jane Eyre about Rochester. “I am glad you are no relation of mine.” Jane Eyre to Mrs Reed. “Do you

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    opposite of the Victorian women aspects. The Victorian women were very dependable on men‚ not equal to them and they were allowed to learn only the things that made the woman get a good husband. Although some of the Victorian women work but only as a governess the society look in disrespectful toward them. Jane Eyre symbolizes charlotte Bronte rejection of the position of the women and middle-class women in the society. "I am not an angel‚" I asserted; " and I will not be one till I die: I will be my

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    inspired narrative documents Jane’s time of being an orphaned girl at Gateshead suffering under the unjust rule of her biased aunt‚ her experience as an underprivileged student at an all girl’s school for other orphans‚ and Jane’s employment as a governess. Charlotte Brontë carefully weaves the essential theme self-identity through “Jane Eyre” as a crucial component in the development of Jane as a person and the conclusion of her story. Moreover‚ Jane Eyre and her journey through Gateshead‚ Lowood

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    Friedrich Frobel Frobel was born on the 21st April 1782 in a village called Oberweissbach. At the age of 10 years old Frobel was taught to work‚ the first job he had was to make a list of trees‚ his work brought him up to be strong and built up his muscles. Working taught him many things such as how to draw‚ to describe‚ to decide and a few other things. Frobel soon went for a job in architecture because of his knowledge of map-making and surveying. Frobel then applied for a teaching job in which

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    Ten Little Niggers

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    Then there were none otherwise known as Ten Little Niggers is the seventh most popular book of all time with more than 100 million sales and was written by Agatha Christie. The story is about ten people who arrive on a mysterious island for a reason or another; strangely their host and hostess are missing. Then‚ one by one they die in different circumstances. The major themes of this novel would be‚ suspicion and guilt. Firstly‚ when the tragedies begin with the deaths of some main characters

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    helen keller

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    The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even toucheHelen Adams Keller was born on June 27‚ 1880‚ in Tuscumbia‚ Alabama. Her family lived on a homestead‚ Ivy Green‚[4] that Helen’s grandfather had built decades earlier.[5] Her father‚ Arthur H. Keller‚[6] spent many years as an editor for the Tuscumbia North Alabamian‚ and had served as a captain for the Confederate Army.[5] Her paternal grandmother was the second cousin of Robert E. Lee.[7] Her mother‚ Kate Adams‚[8] was

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    Jane Austen "On Women"

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    Jane Austen “On Women” In her role as a 19th century female author‚ Jane Austen has a privilege that many other women of her time do not have. She skillfully engages her audience and draws them toward her views of life through the characters she employs in her novels. Austen masterfully utilizes satire in her writings. As she portrays characters and circumstances‚ irony is her chief literary technique. The plots and themes of her novels are intensified as readers view the situations from the view

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    “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such moving wonder‚ such a luminous dignity”. With these words‚ James Baldwin‚ who mentored and motivated Maya Angelou to write her autobiographical novel‚ I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings‚ describes the hope that Maya Angelou harboured for a better world‚ strongly supported by her love of literature and frequent retreats into the depths of literary worlds. The ever-religious Angelou

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    Charlotte Bronte’s‚ Jane Eyre‚ a story of an unfortunate you who’s morals and self-respect continue to fluctuate as she matures. Jane Eyre begins her life in the wrong place at the wrong time. During the novel‚ Jane endures love‚ hate and friendship‚ though maturity allows her to forgive. Settings surrounding Jane’s life alter her own ideas of self-acceptance‚ her actions taken to release herself from certain settings have effect on her. In the first few chapters‚ Bronte establishes Jane’s

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