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    Breast ironing seems very controversial to me. This action is justified to them because they believe it can help further their child educations. The idea of wanting their daughter to be independent and get an education is very respectable but the extent they will go to is not. Even after watching the entire section of this taboo episode I could not comprehend why they would not look for alternatives. Breast ironing seems physically and mentally harmful. To me there is just no justification of hurting

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    Clothes” By naming the story “Clothes” Divakaruni takes the titles and turns it into a symbol for something in the story. In this instance Sumita’s clothes symbolize her journey from her old naitve country traditions in India to her new independence in her and her husband’s new apartment in America. Divakaruni writes this story to show the readers that most Indian country tradition is for the daughter to have an arranged marriage‚ with someone she may not know and love at the same time but will

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    Julias Food Booth

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    Julia Food Booth Introduction Julia is planning to lease a food booth outside the Tech Stadium at Home Football games to finance her last year education with all the games go sold out. The rent for the booth per game is $ 1000. Julia will sell slices of Cheese Pizza‚ Hot Dogs and Barbecue Sandwiches which are acclaimed to be the most popular so these are the three products she has chosen to sell at the home games football stadium. The rent for oven is $ 600 for six home games‚ which

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    Jeff: Wheel and Julia

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    Jeff October 30‚ 2013 Jeff couldn’t keep his eyes off of Julia. She was beautiful‚ astoundingly beautiful. Another day in English class‚ staring at the love of his life‚ never once saying a word‚ he was afraid of rejection afraid that if she said no he would never look at another woman the same‚ all he did was stare from across the room. She was 20 years old‚ petite‚ her slim five foot frame adorned with a light pink sundress that rested right above the knee‚ a ribbon in her hair to match

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    I Stand Here Ironing

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    “I Stand Here Ironing” Tillie Olsen’s I Stand Here Ironing addresses the issue of a mother’s guilt over how her child turns out and develops into a grown woman. Although she blames herself for the daughter’s problems‚ is it really her fault? While this short story is obviously about the mousy daughter‚ the mother often mentions how she feels guilty for the way her daughter Emily is‚ for the things she (the mother) did and did not do. The ideal mother-daughter relationship is not like the one

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    Julius Caesar The play Julius Caesar is strewn with power hungry capitalist‚ that manipulate their way to the top through betrayal and death. Shakespeare’s problem that he reveals in the play Julius Caesar is the need and want for power that ultimately leads to corruption. Corruption is exemplified in different levels of society from the beginning of the play to the end of the play in different significant scenes. The opening scene of the play is the first indicator of corruption already

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    Julie and Julia Movie

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    I finally saw “Julia and Julie”‚ the movie about how twenty-something home cook Julie Powell recreated 524 recipes in 365 days from Julia Child’s cookbook “Mastering the Art of French Cooking”.  It’s a great movie‚ especially if you’re a fan of food‚ cooking‚ and Julia Child.  If only Hollywood could take over ALL cookbooks‚ because in Julia and Julie‚ every Julia Child recipe comes out perfectly on the first try for Julie Powell‚ a home cook with no culinary training!  She makes hollandaise perfectly

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    The short story “Clothes” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is about a young Indian woman‚ Sumita‚ and her cultural transition to America that is symbolized by her clothes and the color of her clothes. The traditional Indian attire for a woman is a sari and each one has its own purpose. Her clothes also indicate her progression from daughter‚ to wife‚ to woman‚ which is why this story embodies Mordecai Marcus’ description of an initiation story. The story starts off with the bride to be in a yellow

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    I Stand Here Ironing

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    A good example of Modernism is a short story called "I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olsen. This story not only portrays gender roles but also family roles. Here the narrator is a mother giving the reader a glimpse into her life‚ choices she made as a mother‚ and being a single parent. Through her defense of her situation‚ she exposes to the reader the underlying insecurities that riddle her mind about her mothering. The tale opens with the narrator explaining the pain she feels when she is

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    Julias Food Booth

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    for each additional dollar Julia would increase her profit‚ if she borrows some money. However‚ the upper limit of the sensitivity range is $1‚658.88‚ so she should only borrow $158.77 and her additional profit would be $238.32 or a total profit of $2488.32. (C) Evaluate the prospect of paying a friend $100/game to assist. Yes‚ she should hire her friend for $100/game for it is almost impossible for her to prepare all the food in such a short time. In order for Julia to prepare the hotdogs and

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