care of own children and play‚ maintenance odd jobs and clothes‚ washing‚ ironing‚ sewing‚ it is evident that these chores attracted lower totals of Britons. It can be seen from the chart that more women than men engaged in care of own children‚ play and washing‚ ironing‚ sewing. While males spared 20 minutes to care and play with their own children‚ it took females 45 minutes to do the same task. Total minutes for clothes‚ washing‚ ironing‚ sewing were 27 minutes‚ of which 2 minutes for men and
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Sexism. Sexism doesn’t just occur in the workplace‚ but everywhere‚ schools‚ sport and politics. In the words of Tony Abbott “What the housewives of Australia need to know when they are doing their ironing…” A few words created such fury‚ such Anger into many women living here in Australia. Julia Gillard‚ our first female Prime Minister spoke in anguish and fury as she performed a “slap
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Executive Summary Cloth washing was an unavoidable routine among students of higher learning nowadays. Some students will wash their by using hand‚ but others will prefer wash by washing machine because of time saving especially during exam period. The need for cloth washing has created a market to serves the students of higher learning. Therefore‚ we decided to enter the cloth washing market by starting a laundry business in UTM Skudai campus
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society- an issue which is being discussed since past few decades and has still not reached an absolute conclusion. In In the Time of the Butterflies‚ Julia Alvarez portrays the life of women in a male dominated social and political society. Through the novel‚ a question arises which is‚ “Who decides the expiry date for a woman’s dreams?” In the novel‚ Alvarez answers the question through the story of the Mirabal sisters‚ the women who broke their boundaries of what their gender can do and came out of the
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Even if Julia Alvazer was born in NY‚ her first language is Spanish. The struggle she has to go through to “keep up” w/ her own language thinking as its somehow superior then what she already knows. Summary of My English Julia Alvarez is a Dominican-American writer. She describes the struggle and the achievements she had in the essay ‘My English’. She lived in the Dominican Republic with her family‚ who spoke only Spanish at home. She grew up learning Spanish by heart. It was her first language
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The main point of Julia Alvarez’s "In the Time of the Butterflies" is to show individual personality in each character. This book shows that the people involved in the revolution led personal lives and had feelings just like those of us who read about them. By telling about the characters’ families and personal issues‚ Alvarez draws her readers into the book and makes them feel for each character. Something that puzzled me was why the Mirabal sisters refused to leave prison. Minerva said
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in faith despite your feelings of fear.¨ (Joel Balin) Fear is strong and controlling emotion. Although‚ a person who has faith and a good well being can conquer the vigorous feeling of fear. The Mirabel sisters from The Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez displayed courage in the own way throughout the book. Patria displayed courage not just by her involvement in the movement‚ but how she would do anything to keep her family safe. Courage is demonstrated through Patria when she agreed to join the
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Making sacrifices are never easy‚ but when one finds something worth fighting for‚ the risk is always worth it. In the novel In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez‚ four sisters from the Dominican Republic face difficulties as they are under the regime of the dictator Rafael Trujillo. Three of the four sisters‚ Minerva‚ Patria‚ and Maria Teresa‚ choose to become members of the underground revolution where they establish a plan to bring down Trujillo. As Minerva learns more about the revolution
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The other side of perspective In the book‚ El Otro Lado by Julia Alvarez‚ describes the author’s experience of leaving the dominican republic and moving to the united states. This is more than just her moving though‚ it’s about her transition through things like her culture‚ her behavior‚ her personality and her childhood into a world of emotions filled with insecurity‚ love‚ hurt. Alvarez’s use of Spanish that is mixed into the English she writes her poems also describe stories of her life along
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of the Butterflies is a book about sisters that fight to take their god-given right of freedom in the Dominican Republic. To win this freedom‚ the Mirabal sisters had to give up their safety‚ give up their childhoods‚ and give up their lives. Julia Alvarez‚ the author of the book‚ takes the readers through these sisters journey’s of fighting against their dictator Trujillo‚ and the many hardships while under this political oppression. It is evident in the book that some sisters had to be the leaders
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