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    say ‘ YES’ to homosexual marriage everyone can marry the person they love‚ the murderers‚ the corrupt official‚ the beggar ‚ the thief ‚ the old spinster can get married. Gay‚ however‚ cannot. marriage is the last process and expression of love. Traditionally‚ marriage is an institution and promise about a man and a woman to live forever and form a kinship under the law. Our city – Hong Kong thinks homosexuality is unacceptable. Homosexuality can be classified into two categories: gay and lesbian

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    Dee‚ are sisters who are very opposite to each other. Throughout the story‚ the girl’s differences become evident through their physical appearances‚ personalities‚ lifestyle decisions‚ and the way they feel about their heritage. Maggie and Dee have completely different physical appearances than each other. Maggie has a thin body figure‚ and her arms and legs are scarred from the house fire. Maggie is jealous of Dee’s beauty‚ and she seems to be ashamed of the way she looks. Mama says‚ “Maggie

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    HannahRae Stevens 5 Oct. 2011 “If you Can’t Say Something Nice‚ Don’t Say Nothing At All” In any given day‚ we are exposed to hundreds of opinions from various sources. An admiring comment about your shoes‚ a disgusted cry during a Presidential address‚ a whispered diss about the girl across the room at a social event. Opinions are a part of everyday life‚ and we often never even give much thought to whether they are a necessary and beneficial asset to society. If we were indeed to ponder

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    Bumanglag‚ Amleth Lyn C. March 12‚ 2011 MAT-ELA Anglo-American Literature FALLEN WOMAN IN THEODORE DREISER’S SISTER CARRIE Introduction One might think that Sister Carrie is a love story‚ but rather it is a story of greed‚ declining morality‚ and selfish desires. All central characters are products of a changing economy—decline of agriculture and rise of industry in late nineteenth century. Theodore Dreiser significantly sets the story in Chicago (1889) and later to New York of which

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    Journal 1: “Sister Flowers” The essay I choose to write about was Maya Angelou’s “Sister Flowers”. I believe that the purpose of this essay was to describe an important part of this person’s life that helped them to become a better writer/poet/reader and also describe what I think to be this persons mentor. This essay talks about how Mrs. Bertha Flowers decides to take Marguerite Henderson home with her to give her good books to read and to read her an excerpt form a book. I think it is a very well

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    and basic laws around the world. At Runnymede‚ at Runnymede‚ What say the reeds at Runnymede? The lissom reeds that give and take‚ That bend so far‚ but never break‚ They keep the sleepy Thames awake With tales of John at Runnymede. At Runnymede‚ at Runnymede‚ Oh‚ hear the reeds at Runnymede: ’You musn’t sell‚ delay‚ deny‚ A freeman’s right or liberty. It wakes the stubborn Englishry‚ We saw ’em roused at Runnymede! When through our ranks the Barons came‚ With little thought of praise or blame‚ But

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    Trans-Sister Radio is about a newly divorced schoolteacher‚ Allison Banks‚ who falls in love with the man who teaches a summer course in which she attends. Dana Stevens‚ the professor she loves‚ is not exactly what he seems from the outside; this well-manicured‚ gentle-faced man is in actuality a woman and he is facing an upcoming sex change. Allison’s daughter Carly and her ex-husband‚ Will‚ try to deal with her new “beau” as best they can. Also it defines the struggles Dana has gone through with

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    In “Sister Flowers” by Maya Angelon‚ I can connect with the main character in the text‚ because she was a teenage girl who received support from a person when in a time of depression. To me‚ I can understand this reading and also agree with most of what it had to say regarding the views of the world; I can connect this to what I consider is important‚ and I can explain why I enjoyed reading it. Although‚ I did not have the same experience as Marguerite‚ I understand that having someone there next

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    In Sister Imelda there are many themes that could be presented as the “main theme” of the story‚ however‚ there is one point that stands above the rest. The main problem a reader has to address in Sister Imelda is whether or not Imelda is truly dedicated to her vocation as a sister or if she simply could never adapt to life outside the convent. This contributes to the main point of the story being the lack of conviction Imelda has for her vocation. At the beginning of the story Imelda

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    The life experiences of the sisters are different in the sense that in China‚ she had no freedom‚ but was strongly tied to her Chinese identity‚ while in America‚ she traded her culture for her freedom. However‚ they are similar in how they were still tied to their origins as a Chinese woman. A difference between the life experiences of the sisters is that the sister in America had more freedom. The Chinese culture had great limitations on women’s freedom. The sister that left for America did not

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