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    The 1950’s was a time where war soldiers were coming home and were given the opportunity to go back to their families and begin a new life or create one; the war was over. There were new opportunities arising‚ and suburbs were becoming the norm. Racial segregation was coming to an end‚ we added two new states to the United States of America‚ and families were beginning to have babies left and right. Music started to change with Rock n’ Roll‚ clothing and fashion was changing‚ inventions were being

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    in life. In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour‚” the theme that life changes in an instant is developed through situational irony‚ internal conflict‚ and symbolism. In the text‚ situational irony depicts how Louise’s life transforms. In the beginning‚ Mrs Mallard receives the news of her husband’s death. She then faces the “storm of grief” (13). The largest portion of the story focuses on Brently’s death. At the end of the story‚ however‚ a very unpredicted situation occurs. Chopin states‚ “Someone

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    In her lifetime‚ Kate Chopin touched her writings on lives of women finding the difficulty of realizing their desires which will led to their downfall. As one of the earliest American feminist writers‚ Kate Chopin had given insights of women struggling the restrictions of society after the Civil War through her novels and short stories. Most of her work was considered a taboo to society because they were based on her emotional cravings for independence and exemption from the strains of a country

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    In “The Story of an Hour”‚ Chopin‚ through symbolism and plot development‚ dramatically but profoundly heightens the experience of an hour of life in order to reveal the impermanence of life and underline the restricted‚ subjected role of women in society. The story begins with two people contemplating the contending fear of effecting Mrs. Mallard’s fragile health and the need to relay the news of her husband’s death. The explanation of this delicate situation‚ tight-roping between two evils‚ successfully

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    Paper Kate Chopin was named Catherine O’Flaherty in St.Louis‚ where she was born on February 8‚ 1850. Chopin was brought up in a home dominated by women. Her father‚ a successful Irish businessman that died when she was five years old. Her mother was Eliza Faris came from a old French family that lived closely to St.Louis. Chopin spent her childhood in a attic constantly reading new books as well as being told stories about her great-great-grandmother who was a very successful person. Chopin had high

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    she is suppose to be and although she loves her children dearly‚ she would never sacrifice her identity and worth for them‚ “I would give up the unessential; I would give my money‚ I would give my life for my children; but I wouldn’t give myself” (Chopin). In the beginning of the novella she would some what listen to her husband command‚ but as her awakening progress‚ she starts to become more disobedient and at some point flat out abandon her husband request to stay at home and receive callers on

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    “feminist” has been used since the 1960’s. Many celebrities are feminists and they prove society wrong. Men like famous chef Gordon Ramsay show society that not only women go cook in the kitchen‚ and Women like UFC fighter Ronda Rousey show society that you don’t have to be a man to be a good athlete. There is also a feminist book called The Awakening. The Awakening’s central themes are Society‚ Women and Feminity‚ and Family.

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    In “Desiree’s Baby‚” Armand answered to Desiree’s question as the following “It means… that the child is not white; it means that you are not white.” (Chopin 1075) In the story‚ Armand is introduced as a slave holder‚ but he is shown to be generous and kind to his slaves. This is proven to be false‚ as Armand is only a generous slave holder

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    strong people and not weak individual they shouldn’t be focused on the typical women stereotypes and they should become focus on what they want to do and achieve instead of focusing on the typical women stereotypes. The story “The Story of an Hour” by Chopin about this character named Mrs. Mallard who has heart disease and then later in the story she finds out that her husband dies from a train accident. She was in tears and crying for days and never wanted to leave her room. One day she realized that

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    Effects on Same Sex School Does anyone think about what is same sex school? Why any students want to go there? Both single sex school and co-ed school have advantages and disadvantages. If we were parents‚ we would think that which school is better to let children go. Some of them do not care about the issue‚ but it may happen some problems to their children. In other word‚ if parents think about it carefully‚ their children will be successful. Going to same sex schools have had several positive

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