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    Rochester for displaying dominant behavior. Mr. Rochester shows dominant behavior with the women staying at Thornsfield of high class. He talks with everyone‚ but not as he does with Jane. He is much more like Jane than the people he invites. Jane thinks to herself‚ "He is not to them what he is to me‚" I thought: "he is not of their kind. I believe he is of mine;—I

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    References: * Encyclopedia of Psychology. (2001‚ April 6). Daydreaming. Findarticles.com. Retrieved February 26‚ 2010 from http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g2699/is_0000/ai_2699000083 * Frank‚ Christina. (2005-2010). Why Does Daydreaming Get Such a Bad Rap? Webmd.com. Retrieved February 26‚ 2010 from http://www.webmd.com/balance/features/why-doesdaydreaming-get-such-bad-rap * Jones‚ Hilary. (2007‚ January 19). Daydreaming Improves Thinking. Cosmosmagazine.com. Retrieved

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    Always have a dream‚ nobody can tell you how to live your life. Curley’s wife lost her dream and she lives an unhappy life. George and Lennie have a dream that gives them a reason to keep living and working as they do. George and Lennie’s dream is so powerful that it draws in all who hear it. Dreams have the power to change lives by giving hope. Curley’s wife lost her dream and she lives an unhappy life. For example she met this guy who said‚ “He says he is gonna put me in the movies…I never got

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    theme of mice and men is that dreams are elusive and Steinbeck develops this theme through many characters. George and Lennie share a dream and the reader slowly watches that dream slip away from them chapter to chapter. George has two dreams ‚ the first one is George wants own his own farm and live off a land. The second dreams of George’s is to not be as close to Lennie and be free and do what he wants. Next Lennie’s dream is to live off a fatta of a land. George’s dream happens like this‚ Lennie messes

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    Beatrice The Bold How would you react to a discovery of your entire country being taken over by injections that make people like robots run by the country’s evil leaders? Well‚ Beatrice Prior reacts in a remarkable way that ends up saving her country. In the book Divergent by Veronica Roth Beatrice Prior makes the tough decision to go into a different faction on the day of choosing ceremony. While going through initiation‚ and from some of her prior discoveries‚ Beatrice begins to uncover that

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    The classic Wuthering Heights‚ published in 1847‚ is a story about two lovers‚ Catherine and Heathcliff. Emily Brontë‚ the author‚ portrays the relationship of these two as a conflict that will develop throughout the whole story. Step by step we see how their relationship develops in a positive or maybe a negative way. ​Heathcliff is an adopted child and the protagonist of the story as well. On the other hand‚ Catherine is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earnshaw and the stepsister of Heathcliff. These

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    How does Steinbeck use Foreshadowing and Settings effectively in Of Mice and Men? John Ernst Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men uses a lot of foreshadowing and clever settings effectively‚ which makes his novel a great book. The use of foreshadowing entices the reader and makes you want to read on. The well-described settings make a vivid image of what is actually going on and help us think what it really was like during the 1930’s. Steinbeck uses masses of foreshadowing throughout his book. For instance

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    Lucid dreaming is a common occurrence when one is aware and recognizes that they are dreaming. Some people are incapable of having lucid dreams‚ so dreams often get confused with reality since the same concepts like logic‚ consciousness‚ senses‚ and imagination are used. Dreams are said to be a messages from the subconscious mind that are filled with the missing pieces and fantasies of one’s life. Imagine closing your eyes and falling into a deep sleep of black nothingness where there’s no stress

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    How does Steinbeck Present the Character of Curley’s Wife and Whether She is a Victim‚ Herself or a Villian or to Blame for the Unfortunate Outcome of the Storyline? During the 1930s when Stienbeck wrote this novel the citizens of America were going through things like the Great Depression which was originally known as the Wall Street Crash. This made many businesses close down and made many people lose their jobs and have to try and find work‚ to do this they ended up travelling around and becoming

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    during the 1930’s. In the novel a man named Bob Ewell accuses a black man of raping his daughter. Throughout the novel‚ Bob Ewell remains prejudice. Towards the middle of the novel Bob Ewell accuses a black man by the name of Tom Robinson of rape. Bob Ewell sees his daughter kissing Tom and decides to accuse him of rape. At the trial Bob states‚ “-I seen that black nigger yonder ruttin’ on my Mayella” (231). Mr. Ewell has “Maycomb’s usual disease”‚ prejudice and does not accept that his daughter

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