loves the head of a dandelion" (Morrison 35). "They are ugly. They are weeds" (Morrison 38). Pecola‚ the main character from the novel The Bluest Eye‚ by Toni Morrison‚ compares herself to the dandelions: ugly and unwanted. Pecola is raised with no sense of self-esteem or self-value. She is a black girl with nappy hair and dark eyes. She yearns for blue eyes‚ the mark of beauty in the United States during the 1940s. She lives a life of tumult and ugliness. Pecola portrays happier versions of her life
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before the locker incident‚ but it just seems as though the bullying as gotten worse. I haven’t talked to Andy since Monday‚ Vanessa is gone most of the time‚ -probably with her lover- and Angela doesn’t seem to bother me. What I’m really grateful for‚ is that I haven’t seen Meghan or Eleena lately‚ it could be because I avoid all public places‚ but still. I would’ve expected them to hunt me down‚ but they seem to not be around. I sound like a coward. Ever since the locker incident‚ the amount of rumours
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The Bluest Eye Finding good qualities in any of the men of The Bluest Eye are hard to come by. There are many factors that come into play that have shaped the personalities of all of these males. The female characters in the novel endured a lot in coping with the males. Toni Morrison does an exceptional job of painting a vivid picture of the social climate of America in the 1960’s and society’s affects on the people of The Bluest Eye. In a variety of ways‚ the males of The Bluest Eye have many
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Irrational use of water resources - Water is the most important element of any creature’s life. A person can survive weeks without any food‚ but none can survive 3 days without any water. People waste water in their homes without even realizing it. We have become so accustomed to have a 24 hour supply of water to meet all of our needs from cooking‚ to cleaning‚ to drinking‚ that we sometimes forget that we do not have an infinite supply of water. Everyday water is wasted through leaky taps
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A Message to All Earthlings from Your Friend Tudor the Just People of Earth‚ warmest and friendliest greetings! I am Tudor the Just and I come from Neptune‚ as you know if you have been watching the news. By the way‚ I want to congratulate all of your TV networks on their coverage of my landing. They did a galaxy-class job. It made me think about how much your reporters deserve the chance to cover real news—like the explosion in Cluster H356pi or the rebellion on Altair 7. The truth is‚ all
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is a compelling novel written by Harriet Ann Jacobs‚ a former slave. Born as a slave in Edenton‚ North Carolina in 1813‚ the only life Harriet knew was that of a slave. Growing up in the south as a young African American girl caused Harriet a life of hardships that must be faced to find freedom. The time of 1836 to 1860 was often nicknamed the antebellum period. During the Antebellum period is was very much legal to hold
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1947 Roswell Incident On a hot summer morning on July 3‚ 1947‚ near Roswell New Mexico something very strange occurred. Rancher‚ Mac Brazel witnessed it and found a very strange object in his sheep pasture. The object was glossy and seemed to have random‚ glossy chunks of weird‚ plastic and metal pieces. Unsure of the object‚ he called the sheriff. This sheriff had no clue what the object was. So the sheriff called the Roswell Army Air Force (RAAF) base. The soldiers took all the debris and
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It was a cold friday afternoon as I sat at the bus stop waiting to get home. I had just got out of an intense Friday lecture from the Northampton local Mosque. The Imam was furious and obviously disgusted at the behavior of our generation. "How do we live with ourselves" Imam Aseem Ibrahim had said. "Most of us have enough to feed ourselves and our family‚ even buy the latest gadgets just because we can but do we feed the poor? Do we clothed them?" He said in anger as he chocked on the words. The
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Hostel life is not without its disadvantages. The rich students get sufficient money from their parents and therefore spend lavishly. The poor boarders also urge their parents to increase their monthly allowance and spend their hard earned money on luxuries. The company of the rich also makes them pick up their bad habits. They start smoking. Some of them take to intoxicants and thereby ruin themselves. Another great defect in hostel life is the mismanagement on the part of the warden. The food
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FREEDOM‚ A CAUSE for CHANGE Throughout history‚ the restless struggle for freedom has never ceased to be. This is a particularly sensitive issue‚ and we can’t deny that certain nations are ignoring it at a high level. It strikes us‚ nowadays‚ how we can still spot news headlines of public figures getting arrested because they are conceived as a threat to their country. The actual so-called threat is that those people were brave enough to express certain political opinions. Nevertheless‚ today
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