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    relationship. ‘“Don’t worry‚” she said. “You’re going to live with us and the two of us will be just like sisters.”’... “She leaned across and kissed her on the cheek … She could not remember the last time anyone had spontaneously touched her.” (Allende 95) It is shown that Ferula had never had a close relationship with anyone. She saw how she needed some type of affection in her life‚ since she hadn’t remembered the last time anyone had touched her. There is another part of the novel where it is

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    “The call to adventure” deals with the experience to follow the quest that presents itself and the hero/heroine must decide whether they will embark on the journey or refuse the call. In Nineteen Eighty Four Winston’s “call to adventure” acts as his first act of rebellion. He buys a diary at Mr. Charrington’s store where he writes in it hidden out of site of the telescreens. Oceania faces a totalitarian government‚ “ The comprehensive and detailed control of all ideas‚ beliefs and statements demonstrates

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    novel is centered in a loyalist household where Isabel is a slave to Madam Lockton. They both must resist the chains by which life and

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    there are five important characters. Isabel‚ a young photographer who is dating Luke‚ a lawyer and a recent divorced father of two. Jackie‚ a stay-at-home mom shares joint custody with Luke. Anna‚ the oldest child‚ is 12 years old‚ and Ben is 7 years old. The children live with their mother‚ but spend the weekends with their father‚ who shares an apartment with Isabel. These characters stay consist throughout the movie; however‚ the relationship between Isabel and Luke changes at the end of the movie

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    Isabel and Joe were in the restaurant since Isabel wept on that afternoon because Joe desired her but they were poor and could not marry. The reason was that they both had miserable jobs‚ the futile night studies and Joe’s sick parents. Joe worked as a clerk in publishing house and received meager salary‚ which he spent to his sick parents while Isabel was as assistant librarian to Mrs. Suntay‚ in a small children library. They first met when theirs a show in the library where Joe appeared selling

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    Isabel is an early middle aged woman dedicated to her work. With her career being a priority‚ she never wanted children. She finds herself cast into a position of helping her boyfriend Luke raise his two children. Although her new role of "the other mother" is not full-time‚ she now is living off and on with two children in a situation she never dreamed she would be in. The children‚ Anna and Ben‚ are at the heart of this story as Isabel’s trials as a stepmom are given a critical eye by the children’s

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    Anderson‚ Isabel is kindhearted.This is shown in chapter 5 when she protects her little sister‚ Ruth‚ from being harmed by Mrs. Lockton. When the sisters arrive to New York City‚ they overhear Madam’s argument with a cargo inspector over having her chest full of underclothes searched. This is a humorous scene‚ but while Isabel knows not to laugh‚ Ruth accidentally laughs. Feeling offended‚ Mrs. Lockton announces‚ “‘Which one of you made that noise’”(33)? Instead of blaming Ruth‚ Isabel lies‚ “‘I

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    considered as Henry James’ masterpiece. The story revolves around Isabel Archer. She is a young American who meets up her destiny. She values her freedom. She does not want to get married because she thinks that marriage will suppress her independence. James handles the theme of how a young protagonist attains maturation. The Portrait of a Lady relates us how Isabel grows up to explore the world by herself. When the novel opens‚ Isabel is introduced as “a young person of many theories; her imagination

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    a young slave girl by the name of Isabel is sold to a Loyalists couple who live in a rebel occupied New York city. Isabel‚ 11‚ and her younger sister Ruth‚ 5‚ have lost their parents and their kind owner and are being sold away from everything they have known. Although Isabel is owned by a family of Loyalists‚ she continues to avoid choosing a side and claims to be only fighting for herself and her sister. After being treated horribly by the Loyalists‚ Isabel should support the rebels and help them

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    out and how they were constantly dropped from one house to another. Although Jackie and Luke had a civil relationship‚ for the sake of the children‚ their children emotionally did not understand what was going on with them. To make this even worst‚ Isabel living with him did not help the children cope with their parents’ divorce. They felt like she was trying to replace their mother‚ which added to the stress. To handle the problem of divorce‚ both parents did have time with the children. In one

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