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    writing by their own font. Hurston used Italic font to give the readers more emphasis and also increase the intensity of the situation‚ and Baldwin used Bolded font to give the reader a straight message of society. The poem “How it feels to be colored me‚” if you feel uncertain that Hurston is asserting her pride in her ethnicity‚ then you have gotten her message! Throughout the essay she points to her feelings of being herself‚ and individual‚ much more that she feels a member of a specific race

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    than the thought of being alone in the world. They figured that no matter how terrible their life got nor how much racism they had to encounter they knew at the end of the day they still had God there for them. While others may have no faith in God or beginning to question it‚ because after all‚ what kind of God would admit his people to such cruelty? I believe the characters in this book are a combination of both. 3. How does Janie’s journey—from West Florida‚ to Eatonville‚ to the Everglades—represent

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    A Deeper Look into Sweat by Zora Hurston The short story Sweat by Zora Hurston shows a lot of the troubles women faced years ago‚ even today with empowerment. It talks about how a woman overcomes her husband she feared for a long time. The two main characters of this short story‚ Delia and Sykes experienced an extreme amount of conflict throughout the story. For starters Sykes is very abusive with Delia and he treats her as if she is nothing. Sykes creates more conflict between the two by running

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    No guts no glory. No pain no gain. Those are my life mottos. I feel that nothing can be achieved by simply sitting and doing absolutely nothing to make dreams come true. Life can be so hard especially when you are not born with silver spoon in yuor mouth. It is also the time when true friends are hard to comeby just because you do not much money to treat them at Kentucky Fried Chicken or Burger King. That is something that I have experienced ever since my family moves to this metropilitan city and

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    designated as the leader of the household and the breadwinner. The latter is given the roles of mother and homemaker. In “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston‚ these gender roles are shown to be the bane of a happy marriage‚ especially for the wife. Both Gilman and Hurston demonstrate a concordance that gender roles assigned to a husband and wife are inherently misogynistic and damaging for a happy and healthy marriage. In “The Yellow Wallpaper”‚ Gilman portrays

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    Hurston creates the character Mrs. Hurston to display what Janie could have turned out to be if not for Janie’s kind personality. Mrs. Turner is a part black women‚ with a “slightly pointed” nose‚ “thin lips” (140). These physical characteristics is what sets her apart from the other black people‚ the same can be said about Janie’s hair. However‚ Janie does not feel much different from the people with completely black heritage because it is not important to her. Instead Janie focuses on each person’s

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    6/26/14 Speaking of Love: How Does It Feel Different? According to Mortimer J. Adler in The Great Ideas‚ Love is a deep expression that consists of affectionate feelings for a person or thing. When we think about love‚ the first thing that comes to our minds are emotions‚ loyalty and faithfulness. Many people might think that they fall in love with that special person they have in their life but we might be concerned whether or not that is truth love? Can we satisfy our life for the one who will

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    VOCABULARY……. Thesis statement at beginning + Rephrasing of thesis at the end: Hurston uses many stereotypes and literary devices to help readers experience the world Janie lives in and her journey to self-revelation.I need to… Show ways Hurston forces the reader to experience what Janie/other characters have experienced.(Write about how Hurston uses these stereotypes to force us to empathize with the characters/what Hurston uses so that the reader can understand this as a reality/ forced marriage‚

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    color is yellow. It makes me feel cheerful and energized! I love the bright sunny color and the way it makes me feel. It is never sad. It reminds me of summer and the sun. It is warm like the summer and if you can’t tell already‚ my favorite season is summer. A few of my favorite flowers are yellow‚ for example‚ tall yellow sunflowers and the yellow daisies. I also like yellow roses. However‚ while I like most things that are yellow‚ I would never wear the color yellow. I feel like it draws too much

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    It feels as if you haven’t been happy is years and the drug makes you have positive thoughts. The drugs can make you laugh as if you haven’t laughed in that way before‚ and your start to like the feeling of always being happy. I mean‚ an addictive substance feels good because it stimulates the pleasure center of the brain through neurotransmitters such as dopamine and GABA. If you are a liability person‚ addictive substances don’t just feel good. The addicting substances feel so good that

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