In terms of Literary Schools of Criticism‚ The Stargazer’s Sister would most obviously be analyzed under the schools of Feminism and Gender Studies. I say “obviously” because the story shows the main character’s struggle being the typical (and expected of the time) housewife figure of the household‚ and when Lina
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full name is Ahmed Shafat Kareem. I am usually known to people as my middle name‚ which is ’Shafat’. I was born on the 9th of September‚ 1991‚ which means I am 23 years old now. I have got one sibling; a younger sister. Then I have got my mother and father too. I am mostly close with my sister‚ as she is the only companion I have other than my parents. I have been living and studying in an English-medium school called ’Summerfield Tutorial’ in Chittagong until I was in 2nd standard‚ then I moved to
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Mother Teresa is known across the globe as the brave and selfless servant of the poor and sick of Calcutta’s slums. She was also much more: a bold social advocagte‚ and even a thoughtful theologian. In 1994‚ just three years before she would pass away‚ Mother Teresa spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington‚ D.C. The focus of her presentation was a condemnation of abortion‚ given in the presence of the pro-choice administration of President Bill Clinton (First Lady Hilary Clinton was also
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My Different Sisters Have you known two people that are exactly alike? I haven’t. My two sisters Daniela and Gaby are no exception. Daniela is 6 years older than Gaby. They are as different as day and night or as the sky and the ground. I sometimes wonder if they really are sisters. Although they have the same parents and they live in the same house‚ their differences are noticeable. The differences between them are their looks‚ their personality and their clothing. In most
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My younger sister‚ Kate. Being a lively‚ witty and smart eleven-year-old‚ my sister‚ Kate‚ is a typical example of a girl who experiences changes from the stage of childhood into a teenager. She demonstrates how quickly girls these days enter the period of adolescence. At this stage she is a somewhat tall girl‚ with long legs‚ which makes an impression of a person who is already at least sixteen. When I sometimes see her playing basketball in the school playing grounds‚ I always find it difficult
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• Cinderella wanted to go to the ball with her step mother and two step sisters but she had not finished her dress for that night because her step mother made her work all day while her step sisters worked on their own dresses. When it was time for the ball she noticed her two mouse friends had helped her finish her dress while she was cleaning all day. When her step sisters noticed their own material was used on Cinderella’s dress they tore it off and ruined the dress. Cinderella was left at home
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commonly known as Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997)‚ was an ethnic Albanian‚ Indian Roman Catholic nun. Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity‚ a Roman Catholic religious congregation‚ which in 2012 consisted of over 4‚500 sisters and is active in 133 countries. They run hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS‚ leprosy and tuberculosis; soup kitchens; children’s and family counseling programmes; orphanages; and schools. Members of the order must adhere to the vows of chastity
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Mirabal sisters’ transition to womanhood is anything but easy. These women are confronted with the oppression regime of Rafael Trujillo‚
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and touched the lives of many people. Even though she did many good things‚ she never saw herself as special or as deserving public acclaim. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was born on August 26‚ 1910 in Skopje‚ a town in Macedonia. She had a four year old sister named Age‚ and a seven year old brother named Lazar. Her father‚ Nikola Bojaxhiu‚ was a successful businessman who owned a construction company. He was well known throughout the region for his generous donations to individuals‚ families‚ and institutions
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to go to Europe to go ahead with her plan‚ she put herself under the direction of Father Julian Tenison-Woods who‚ as parish priest of Penola in South Australia sometimes visiting Melbourne and Portland‚ wanted to found a religious society‚ ’The Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart’ they were set to live in poverty and dedicate themselves to educating poor children. By then she started spelling her surname ‘MacKillop’. The Sisterhood had spread over to Adelaide and other parts of South Australia
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