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    Annotated Bibliography Austen Jane‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ Planet PDF‚ (http://www.planetpdf.com/) The novel Pride and Prejudice is an electrifying story of the everyday going on during the nineteenth-century. The standards that are imparted in each of the character in the novel Pride and Prejudice represent the type of civilization there are on Jane Austen time. The story focuses mainly on the daughter of Bennet’s family who is trying to break the tradition that society accustomed. She does not want

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    Individuals use attitudes to evaluate things in their environment. However‚ when negative evaluations or attitudes are based on an individual’s group membership‚ this is known as prejudice (Crandall & Eshleman‚ 2003). For example‚ lab studies have shown a person who associate Black individuals with criminals are more likely to shoot a Black suspect compared to a White suspect (Correll‚ Judd‚ & Wittenbrink‚ 2002; Greenwald‚ Oakes‚ & Hoffman‚ 2003). The deleterious effects of prejudicial attitudes

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    Identify a prejudice of your own? How it has affected your relationship with the member of the prejudice group? What are the majors that you have taken in order to overcome your prejudice? Prejudice: Being light weight I had prejudice towards fat people that they gain heavy weight because of following reasons: They are lazy. They do slow and low intensity activities. They do less work compared to their food consumption. Effect of prejudice on relationship:

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    w Book review Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen. It was written between 1796-1797 and originally titled First Impressions but wasn’t published until 1813. It was most probably turned down because of a female author. It is a story about society and the relationships of family‚ focusing on the Bennet’s‚ specifically the two eldest daughters Elizabeth and Jane. The book is filled with sarcasm‚ humor and romance. The author had a lot to say about

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    Bride and Prejudice‚ Gurinder Chadha’s Bollywood film adaption of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice‚ has many similarities and differences to the original novel. Chadha stays true to Austen’s original plot ¬¬¬¬of romance‚ marriage and gender. However‚ she adds modern and cultural aspects to make the film more relatable and accessible to today’s viewers. For example‚ characters use cell phones‚ e-mail‚ and contemporary language with slang. Austen remains with proper language. Additionally‚ Bride

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    trait of prejudice. In Harper Lee’s story‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ a young girl‚ Scout grows up in the small‚ southern town of Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ where prejudice is heavy. Being a secluded community‚ rumors fly around rapidly in Maycomb‚ creating warped and exaggerated stories of the targets of the gossip. Harper Lee demonstrates through the causes and sources of the discrimination that prejudice is derived from appearances as well as influences from other people. Harper Lee uses Jem’s prejudice toward

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    there are various forms of prejudice and discrimination. The three most common forms of prejudice include racial prejudice‚ gender prejudice‚ and LGBT prejudice. Prejudice is a negative preconceived judgment of individuals or groups formed with insufficient knowledge and inaccurate information. Prejudice is present in many ways‚ and it often includes discriminatory behaviors and stereotypic evaluations derived from social‚ cultural‚ or personal biases. Racial prejudice is a negative attitude directed

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    important. An important idea in the novel “To kill a mockingbird” by Harper Lee is that prejudice in all its forms is wrong. The main prejudice Harper Lee tackles is the racism between Blacks and Whites as Harper Lee shows the reader the terrible consequences of racism through the trial of Tom Robinson‚ showing the importance of overcoming of prejudice to stop such tragedies happening today. Moreover the prejudice of social classes is shown through Aunt Alexandra and her judgement on others based on

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    awareness of the racial prejudice going on in that time period. Introduction I. Time period A. The 1930’s . B. Alabama. C. lawyer defending innocent black man accused of rape. D. Showed the world the racial prejudice going on.. II. Themes in TKAM A. Doing what is right for society and not whats right for you B. Not to judge a someone by the color of their skin. C. Not to follow the crowd and stand up for your beliefs. D. Lead by example. III. Racial Prejudice in TKAM A. What impact

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    gamblers‚ or that Indians are misers with their money.  Those are stereotypes.              Both prejudices and stereotyping arise as a result of our socialisation through the agencies of the family‚ the peer group‚ the church‚ the school and the mass media.  We simply accept as true the dominant emotions‚ feelings‚ judgements and orientations which our friends and family have for some group.  Prejudices and stereotyping are usually caught rather than explicitly taught.  There seems to be a common

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