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    even though the reader’s first impression of Joe may not be necessarily a hero. Joe rows a group of four girls to Fern Rock as requested by the proprietor’s niece‚ Mabel Mallison‚ to gather ferns and other plants. On the voyage back to the hotel‚ Jennie offers to row the boat‚ and in her attempt to reach for the oars‚ she slipped and fell on the gunwale. Consequently‚ Mabel Mallison‚ who was leaning over the side of the boat‚ shrieked as the boat tipped over‚ causing her to fall in the water. When

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    The Right Place for The Wrong Diagnosis During the Victorian era‚ Hysteria was a common issue. According to Western University‚ “Hysteria is characterized by nervous‚ eccentric‚ and erratic behavior.” Which‚ if a woman expressed these signs‚ would be treated in an asylum‚ also known as‚ a psychiatric hospital. As shown‚ by evidence within the text and through research found within articles and books‚ the woman in “The Yellow Wallpaper” did not present any sort of symptoms relating to Hysteria‚ but

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    whispering the importance of naming soon after the cats exited the stage. A white lady cat had a small solo part. In that she revealed her flexibility‚ but even while doing that she stayed graceful and feminine but sill portrayed her cat like qualities. Jennie had on a big fury bear boots‚ which hide her true identity. Some of the cats took off her coat and boots‚ and revealed a gold shiny outfit. She then began to tap dance‚ New York Broadway‚ style‚ there were other cats behind her like soldiers marching

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    The narrator portrays liberation as she claims‚ “ Jennie looked at the wall in amazement‚ but I told her merrily that I did it out of spite at the vicious thing.” (655. Stetson) In this case the yellow wallpaper symbolizes the narrator being restricted or ‘walled’ in. By ripping down the wallpaper‚ this

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    can be. (We begin to suspect that the narrator is insane after all) Characters: The narrator‚ whose name we do not know. We wonder if she is truly insane or if there is something supernatural afoot John – the narrator’s husband and doctor Jennie – an assistant in the house Summary:  The narrator’s husband‚ John‚ has taken her to a lovely country home during the summer months. He hopes to heal her of her depression by bringing her here to rest. The narrator is impressed by the beauty

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    is a book about a 15 year-old high school student in Connecticut‚ Janie Johnson. One day at lunch she looks at the missing child picture on her friend’s milk carton and recognizes the girl in the picture – it’s her. The milk carton says the girl‚ Jennie Spring‚ was kidnapped from a shopping mall in New Jersey twelve years ago. That afternoon‚ Janie begins to have flashbacks of a house and a family and herself as a little girl. Her memory from the day of the kidnapping is of herself and a family shoe

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    of déjà vu‚ but at a closer look‚ everything’s shifted. She thinks she has it all figured out and begins to focus on the wallpaper and its own importance in her life. 4 Although the narrator wants to have independence from John‚ their child‚ and Jennie‚ but gets

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    What I have learned about American Indian Studies is that the amount of intelligence my ancestral forefathers’ had‚ has gone‚ and still goes unnoticed by the majority of the citizens of America. That American Indian History is a hush‚ hush subject of education that many times in my schooling‚ was overlooked. I was only taught about Natives when the history teacher was speaking of the ‘spectacular’ discovery by Christopher Columbus and that was it. I never knew that Indians across the nation suffer

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    Honoring Cold War Heroes I have chosen to write about President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Winston Churchill. As a 15 year old living now in 2013‚ the heroes of the Cold War were unfamiliar to me so I was just not going to really do this assignment‚ but then my grandfather came for a weekend visit. I happened to have my World History textbook open on the dining room table and my grandpa pulled it over to him and began to speak about growing up and living most of his life during the cold war

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    The Yellow Wallpaper

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    does not follow this characteristic and is developed through the third person point of view. Each character has their own role in the movie. This is proved when Charlotte’s husband John delivers a speech while away from his wife for business matters. Jennie‚ who serves as a housewife and sister to John‚ plays a much larger role in the movie as well. She often has conversations with Charlotte in scenes that help fill a better understanding to the viewer. Another look into characters may also provide

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