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    Jeffery Zou Mrs. McCarthy AP Language and Composition Period 6 10 March 2013 American Dream: The Idea that Pervades Society The American dream is the longing of success that means a happy family and equal opportunity to go from rags to riches‚ through hard work. This idea is scene in a lot of places. On the picture by Margaret White‚ the poster proclaims: World’s Highest Standard of Living-There is no way like the American Way”. Or the headline of the newspaper story is “The American Dream

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    i dream to have a robot. the robot would have two brains and ten hands‚because it can do many things at the same time ‚it can help my mom to do the housework‚so that my mom can relax after come back home.the robot can help me solve the problems which is difficult for me‚it can teach me like a teacher.i will like the robot because it help our family a lot . ********************************************************************** Robot (Robot) is automatic implementation of the robotic device. Acceptable

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    I shall prove‚ thanks to multiple examples‚ their hard and stressful life as a wife‚ a mother and a widow. Wives led a hard life. They were treated as tools rather than humans. One of the reasons of them having led a hard life is the housework. The home was the responsibility of the women. The lower class wives had to clean the house‚ tend to the children‚ and create some clothes…They also had to carry water from nearby streams to their home in large jugs and even do their laundry in them

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    ""The Storm" helps to define the sexual standards and restraints of the late nineteenth century" (Bartee 1). The storm causes Bobinot and Bibi to be stuck in the market and wait out the storm‚ while the housewife‚ Calixta‚ sits alone‚ so into her housework that she doesn ’t even notice the storm is brewing. When she finally realizes‚ she hurries to shut the windows and goes outside to get the laundry before it is blown away in the wind. Then she notices Alcee‚ and he asks for shelter while the storm

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    Bibliography: Laura Mulvey (1975) Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema‚ Screen 16.3 Autumn. Judith Butler (1990) Gender Trouble‚ New York‚ Routledge Andrea Dwokin (1988) Letter From a Warzone‚ Lawrence Hill Books Ann Oakley (1974) The Sociology of Housework‚ London‚ Robertson

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    A recent survey shows that despite great social changes‚ traditional values like family harmony still play an important role in Chinese people’s heart. The result was revealed by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). In doing the research‚ we find out what degree Chinese people felt harmonious in their state of mind. Interpersonal relationship is regarded as the most important element in the principle of the society. Chinese are most satisfied with their family relationships

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    Melissa Rodriguez English 102- Section 0232 Essay #1 22 October 2014 Fear in a Relationship The short story of “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid is about a mother and her relationship with her daughter. It is a harsh one sided conversation between the narrator and her mother‚ with the mother doing all the talking. The story gives a rich description of what her mother expects from her in all aspects of her life‚ from chores‚ to how she plays‚ to what she sings in church. From each line you see the viewpoint

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    patriarchal because women must do housework without pay.’   Discrimination - unfair/unequal treatment of women i.e. by the law. Example: Women paid less than men until Equal Pay Act 1970.   Gender stereotypes - negative generalizations/misconceptions about women. These are perpetuated in the media‚ as well as the education system. Example: ‘Man are better drivers then women.’   Economic  dependency - women giving up work to take care of childcare/housework responsibilities‚ thus becoming dependent

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    have no effect on a woman’s labor‚ that in some ways it removed manual labor from women’s lives and reduced the number of people it took to prepare something like dinner. However‚ this transition was a catalyst point of producing housework for women and the divide in housework rules that we see in our society

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    problematic for both genders‚ because girls would begin to limit themselves in what they can do‚ like Collins stated‚ when they watch their favorite characters are only doing domestic work; furthermore‚ boys would grow up expecting women to do all the housework‚ and believe that they are far more superior than women are. Lopreore writes‚ “when such popular character such as the prince and princesses in Disney movies are portrayed in rigid‚ stereotypic roles‚ the children inspired by the characters are left

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