In Judith Ortiz Cofer’s “First Love”‚ the speaker is opportunistic and infatuated. The narrator is opportunistic because she did not let a sense of morality stop her from taking advantage of whatever opportunity she had to get what she wants. Simply because the narrator wanted a mere glimpse of her crush who worked at a grocery store‚ she hoped her mother “[smoking] with so little enthusiasm”(Cofer 1) did not mean that she’d have to stop going to the store to pick up cigarettes. The narrator did
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evil - are at the heart of many works of literature. Great Expectations has a morally ambiguous character play a pivotal role. Write a well-organized essay in which you explain how the character can be viewed as morally ambiguous and why his or her moral ambiguity is significant to the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary. 3. In Kate Chopin’s The Awakening (1899)‚ the protagonist Edna Pontellier is said to possess “that outward existence which conforms‚ the inward life which questions
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The readings in the Reader by Judith Van Allen and Janheinz Jahn show what life was like for women and their roles in society. Jahn tells the life of a girl named Ewumi and describes what her duties were like as a woman. From a young age‚ Ewumi experienced what the gender roles were and how she was expected to live as she got older. When she became of age‚ she was able to pick a suitor. This surprised me because I thought that the women did not have a say in who they married. Women were expected
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In Said the Shotgun to the Head by Saul Williams‚ Williams offers controversial views on themes such as politics‚ religion‚ war and feminism‚ through the eyes of a man who has been driven to madness after experiencing a passionate kiss. He particularly criticizes Western values‚ and the Christian view of a traditional male God. In section 7‚ Saul Williams makes a lot of references to feminism‚ and the wrongful worshipping of a male God. There are also a lot of connotations of war and violence. Williams
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“Imperfection is beauty‚ madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” ― Marilyn Monroe‚ Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words tags: be-yourself ‚ inspirational 12987 people liked it like “I like nonsense‚ it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.” ― Dr. Seuss tags: fantasy 12936 people liked it like “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed
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character of Pecola through her family and her society Introduction The Bluest eyes is the work of Toni Morrison. In this novel we can see that there are many characters that are very interesting to analyze it. Because the characters are very characteristic. We can see at the main character of the bluest eyes‚ Pecola. Pecola has psychological problem that is very interesting to analyze. So in here I want to analyze the character of Pecola that is shaped from her family and her society. In here the
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Downs 14 october 2013 Diane Downs: Her Children Got in the Way of Her Love Background Figure 1: Diane Downs. Photograph. Police Officer. Diane Downs’ 1988 Prison Interview. The Oprah Winfrey Show. 22 Oct. 2010 Diane Downs was born in Phoenix‚ Arizona‚ U.S. to Wes and Willadene Frederickson on August 7‚ 1955. In her early life‚ she was molested by her father when she was a little child. She went to Moon Valley High School in Phoenix and met her future husband‚ Steve Downs. At the age
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into adulthood for a young lady. Traditionally a Quinceanera is celebrated among the Latino culture and catholic community. The poem demonstrates tone well using her emotions and feeling toward turning fifteen. This author takes her own experience and puts it into the poem. She describes the time she turned fifteen and how it made her felt. Cofer’s figure of speech is obvious showing the readers that she does not want to grow up. As she is transitioning into womanhood she seems to struggle with
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they must be smart’ or ‘one is tall so they must play volleyball.’ Society should not judge a child based on their looks especially since they have not developed their identity. Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ author of “The Story of My Body” published in The Latin Deli in 1993‚ shares her story of dealing with self-image and finding her identity‚ "My skin color‚ my size and my appearance were variables - things that were judged according to my current self-image‚ the aesthetic values of the times‚ the places I
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Exploring the life of an ordinary girl and discovering her emotions is the main theme in the novel One Whole and Perfect Day‚ by Australian author‚ Judith Clarke. The book‚ aimed at young adult readers‚ portrays an important moral message that advances the readers knowledge of growing up. Irritating and stressful problems arise in this novel‚ which are faced generally by the main character‚ Lily. She experiences changes throughout the novel as she overcomes the challenges of maturing to an adult
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