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    romantic comedy‚ “When Harry Met Sally”‚ was released to the public and became one of the greatest films of all time. The story begins with two individuals‚ Harry and Sally‚ who meet during a drive across the country. They have several encounters during a twelve year time across New York City. The question that is the center of the entire film is‚ can men and women be friends? The film captures several different aspects of communication. In the movie‚ “How Harry Met Sally”‚ physical needs‚ gender

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    poem "I fight like a girl" and Malinda from the book "speak" are victims. Both in the poem and in the book the narrators/main characters go thru a lot and at some point reach the point when they are finally ready to fight back and stand up for themselves. The poem "I fight like a girl and the book "speak" are alike because the main characters or narrators were both raped. I know this because in the third line of the poem it says "a girl who is

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    A Streetcar Named Desire

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    How does Williams portray the character of Stanley and his attitudes? In your answer you should consider Williams’ use of language choices and dramatic techniques Stanley is the primary male character in A Streetcar Named Desire. His dominating role encompasses the cultural values of Elysian Fields‚ where men are breadwinners and women are the homemakers. On first appearance Stanley is portrayed as a physically attractive man and dominating attitude towards his wife. He is he is a proud ‘American’

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    The Forgiving Bad Girl (Critique on So I Ain’t No Good Girl by Sharon Flake) “So I Ain’t No Good Girl “is a short story from a collection of short stories called “Who Am I without Him”‚ and “So I Ain’t No Good Girl” is about your average bad girl. The Author‚ Sharon Flake‚ writes a story about a girl who thinks she’ll be nobody without her boyfriend‚ Raheem. The narrator in “So I Ain’t No Good Girl” is a girl who thinks of herself only as a bad girl. This specific bad girl obeys her boyfriend

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    War, Just or Not?

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    Progressive A Just Cause‚ Not a Just War by Howard Zinn I believe two moral judgments can be made about the present "war": The September 11 attack constitutes a crime against humanity and cannot be justified‚ and the bombing of Afghanistan is also a crime‚ which cannot be justified. And yet‚ voices across the political spectrum‚ including many on the left‚ have described this as a "just war." One longtime advocate of peace‚ Richard Falk‚ wrote in The Nation that this is "the first truly just war since

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    Just Like That

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    Just Like That‚ 1987 Michael Richards Just Like That is a short story written in 1987 by Michael Richards. It’s about a man and a boy‚ whom are out shooting kangaroos. The purpose is transforming the boy into a man. The story takes place in Australia. Language: The language is easy to read and understand. There are some direct speech but mostly it’s storytelling. Narrator: It’s a third omniscient narrator from the boy’s point of view. We know how he feels and what he thinks about the events

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    closer to her. Certainly‚ Maria Cristerna is a woman that whoever see her can feel that "strange" feeling of fear‚ and for this reason miss Cisterna suffered of discrimination and rejection among her friends and companions‚ and it is understandable‚ because anyone who sees a woman covered head to toe in tattoos and piercings‚ and with unmatched horns that excel her head‚ and her eyes tattooed the deeper color you can imagine‚ It can take away the dream to anyone. Maria‚ better known as the vampire

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    Streetcar Named Desire

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    unfolding from scene to scene. Also‚ there will be various types of characters with different types of personalities and behavior such as the protagonist and antagonist. The play‚ A StreetCar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams‚ shows characteristics of protagonist and antagonist. This play is about a woman named Blanche DuBois‚ who moves with her sister‚ Stella Kowalski‚ and her husband‚ Stanley Kowalski‚ in New Orleans. Blanche’s flirtatious behavior causes a lot of problems in Stella and Stanley life

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    A Just Government

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    I think a country should want the best for its citizens and would want them to be healthy‚ successful‚ and productive. Therefore I affirm today’s resolution "A just government should provide health care to it’s citizens." But before I begin I would like to offer the following definitions from Webster’s New world Dictionary to clarify the round: Just Government- meaning a "right or fair way in which a society is run/ governed" Health Care meaning "the prevention and treatment of illness or injury

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    Just Say No?

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    Just Say No? We all know that making the choice to start smoking is most often an adolescent’s decision made in response to peer-pressure: teenagers wanting to appear cool‚ independent‚ sophisticated and glamorous to their friends. Anti-smoking commercials always seem to be directed at teens. I remember from my younger days‚ “Just say no” was a popular catch-phrase. Today‚ I can turn my television to any random station and‚ sooner rather than later‚ I am going to run across an anti-tobacco

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