Alice Walker’s Novel: Possessing the Secret of Joy This research paper is about Alice Walker’s fifth novel titled Possessing the Secret of Joy. While completing this paper‚ films titled Warrior Marks and Alice Walker: Possessing the Secret of Joy were used along with book sources‚ Internet source documents and a personal email interview. In the novel‚ Alice Walker strives to make people aware of the horrific effects that female circumcision (genital mutilation) has on the African community
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religious traditionalists‚ the lines of gender identity and sexuality are drawn in stone in the early chapters of the Bible and the Torah. They feel the need to impose those lines on everyone regardless of how ill-fitting the definitions may be. Authors‚ Joy Ladin‚ and Jeannette Lee‚ in their respective works‚ explore these exclusive definitions and how these texts can be redefined to serve a greater role in perpetuating
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integrated into mainstream culture. However‚ especially with more recent waves of immigration‚ some pieces of their culture remain uniquely their own and sometimes cannot be directly translated into English and American culture. In The Joy Luck Club‚ the concept of “joy luck” remains untranslatable from mother to daughter‚ from Chinese culture to American. This is not because the words do not make sense in English‚ because they do‚ but simply because the daughters do not live the same lives their mothers
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A Happy Ending for Romeo and Juliet "Love is such a powerful feeling that it bonds them together until death" Romeo and Juliet is such a beautiful love story‚ and as I was reading it I’m always looking forward for the next scene‚ the twist makes the story more engaging to look forward to; every scene shows deep emotions that carries the readers’ feelings and interest. Though I’m not fond of reading much‚ I’ve read this exquisite story till the last page and never miss a scene nor
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Things That Make Me Happy What kinds of things make me happy? I could probably write a book about this topic once I sit down and begin thinking about it. Happiness means something different to each individual. On Saturday morning‚ I love waking up and knowing that I don’t have to be at any particular place for any particular reason. I slowly open one eye and look at the clock. Hmmm….it’s six a.m. I stretch slowly‚ like a cat‚ smile‚ and roll over for a few more minutes. Then I climb out
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[Title] Reading the article Happy" by Pharrell Williams: Why This Song Has Grabbed The Nation by Eamon Ford we can see his interest in a phenomenon he presents to us‚ analyzing and feeding information to us. A part that stands out in the beginning of this is his justification of writhing this article‚ "the crowd at the World Indoor Bowls Championship in Great Yarmouth clapping and grooving along" his writing from that sentence displays that it’s a song many people enjoy and from many age groups
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Imagine this scene.A. Singing a song: Happy Birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy Birthday Happy‚ Birthday Happy Birthday to you. Okay blow out your candle and make a wish.II. Now be honest how many of you today still make a wish on your birthday candle? Did you know that that tradition is actually a superstition? Just like picking a penny heads up for good luck and not walking under a latter in fear of getting bad luck. You ever wonder why the lady behind you just threw salt on you or why
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“BOY OR GIRL‚ SMALL FAMILY IS JOY” In olden days there was a conservative society. People gave more importance to boys as compared to girls. According to them boys were the pride of their family and were given more importance as they had to go outside and had to do a job and thought they needed more care and more strength. A girl child was considered a curse as parents had to give them dowry on their marriage‚ neither were they given education as they had to live inside their house and take care
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In Amy Tan’s Book‚ The Joy Luck Club‚ the author portrays the lives and relationships of four different Chinese mothers with their daughters. While doing so she establishes a connection that depicts the daughters to be the American translations of their mothers. Being that they were all subjected to many hardships in their lives‚ both as children and young adults‚ the mothers had wanted to “Americanize” their daughters so that they could seemly have a better life. Unfortunately‚ since all of the
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In Fat and Happy?‚ Hillel Schwartz is examining the arguments over obesity and the effectiveness of its treatments. Schwartz mortifyingly claims in his article‚ that a fat society would be a preferable culture to live in. He uses biased arguments and unsupported information to back his views against the overweight society. He does state some information that is defended by evidence but much of his statements require further confirmation. Schwartz sways his readers opinions over the causes of obesity
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