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    forgranted!!! Niggas will only do what you allow‚ I guess my heart was just to free for you huh? This is just as my dad did my mom. I don’t want you around me period‚ I don’t want you‚ I don’t want to talk to you!! Ava-Rose is my heart! Me and my daughter deserves better‚ I’m the one she depends on!! Stressing over you is why I’m in the condition I’m in now. At least I know she’ll never leave me lonely. I’m so done with this shit!! GgghjvvhI’m seized from words. It was either you was with me or against

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    Despite the clear prohibitions against child-murder by all major religions‚ female infanticide has been for centuries a prominent and socially acceptable event‚ notably in one of the most populous countries in this world‚ India. Even today‚ the extent of the problem is measured in alarming proportions all around the globe: "at least 60 million females in Asia are missing and feared dead‚ victims of nothing more than their sex. Worldwide‚ research suggests‚ the number of missing females may top

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    the present moment.” In Toni Morrison’s novel‚ Beloved‚ the past influences the present of characters lives in a number of ways. Throughout the novel‚ she had a hard time dealing with her painful past‚ leading to a difficulty in healing herself in the present. Sethe was excluded from the community‚ had painful memories about what she endured as a slave‚ and most importantly she is being “haunted” by her dead daughter. Nothing in the story ever fully dies off‚ just how Beloved continued to be present

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    Character Essay After reading the story “Mother and Daughter” I have noticed some character traits about the main character Yollie. Yollie is a very interesting character. Her personality in the book makes the book just that much better. In relation‚ three characteristics that Yollie demonstrates in this story very well is that she is very intelligent‚ humorous and appreciative. In this story‚ one of the first characteristics that Yollie demonstrates is intelligence. Intelligence means

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    Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness‚ Herman Melville’s “Benito Cereno‚" and Toni Morrison’s Beloved‚ use piety as an ironic comparison between the enslavement of Africans and early persecution of Christians to affect change in society. Conrad‚ Melville‚ and Morrison all share a common knowledge of the bible and infuse that knowledge with irony to show their audiences the issues of our society. In Toni Morrison’s Beloved‚ Biblical nomenclature is prominently used to portray the characters included

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    Madison Barlow Mrs. Burns English 10 Honors April 10‚ 2013 Female Infanticides in China For many decades China has been carrying out brutal actions among female infants which are known to be female infanticides. Female infanticides started in 1957 when China’s Chairman Mao Zedong wanted the country’s population to stay under six million for many years (Jimmerson). Leaders then came to a realization that a long term action would have to take place. Therefore they proposed a law stating that a

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    A Boundary of a mother and daughter relationship The film “The Joy Luck Club” based on the book “The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan. It depicts a story of a group of aged Chinese women in San Francisco who are fun of playing mahjong while sharing stories of their lives. The movie unveils sixteen different stories of how these Chinese immigrants and their American-Chinese daughter faces cultural conflict. The film shows the sufferings that these Chinese women encounter back in China and how they cope

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    Resul BAKIR Assoc. Prof. Christina Cultural Studies IDE 545 10 December 2014 A Quick Glance at Slavery and Racism in Beloved by Toni Morrison “Are those who act and struggle mute‚ as opposed to those who act and speak?” (Spivak‚ 70) Although it seems impossible for a normal person to accept such an idea of killing her own child‚ it would be a better idea to focus on the actual purpose of killing the baby in an atmosphere full of slavery and racist and also sexist attitudes. By cutting her child’s

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    In “Seventeen Syllables”‚ written by Hisaye Yamamoto‚ and “Everyday Use”‚ written by Alice Walker‚ the relationship between the mother and the daughter is portrayed. In “Seventeen Syllables”‚ the protagonist‚ Rosie is an American born Japanese (Nisei) who does not understand well about the Japanese culture‚ whereas her Issei mother‚ Mrs. Hayashi was born and raised in Japan and married to America. Mrs. Hayashi loves writing haiku‚ a traditional Japanese poetry‚ to escape from the reality of her loveless

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    Morrison’s Beloved draws inspiration from the story of Margaret Garner‚ an escaped slave from Kentucky. Within the novel‚ many symbols are used to provide the characters with various forms of relief from the horrors of slavery. In Beloved‚ trees provide a sense of comfort and healing‚ and help former slaves to cope with their past and present. In the woods‚ “hidden by post oaks [and] five boxwood bushes” Denver finds her comfort amongst the trees (34). Denver’s “emerald closet” provides her a place

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