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    A study of the Secret River by Kate Granville Novels often convey themes and issues relevant to society allowing readers to explore certain themes and issues that are realistic to various conflicts existing in society. Grenville’s The Secret River through the effective use of narrative elements such as characterization‚ use of language‚ point of view and plotline‚ examines themes and issues involving racial conflict and interpersonal conflicts that occur between characters due to the differences

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    tradition and those who break that tradition would suffer the consequences. However‚ in literature‚ there are female characters who have the strength to overcome and break tradition. For instance‚ the main character and protagonist‚ Edna Pontellier in Kate Chopin’s novel‚ The Awakening‚ and the main character‚ Dominique Francon‚ in Ayn Rand’s novel‚ The Fountainhead‚ refuse to conform to what is societies view of tradition in order to achieve happiness. Although both female characters break tradition

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    the smallest state. But Alaska has half the population of Rhode Island. The capital of the country is Washington DC ( the District of Colombia ). It was chosen as permanent site for the nation’s capital on December 1800 by George Washington. It’s main cities are New York‚ Chicago‚ San Francisco‚ Los Angeles and Boston. There are many tall buildings in them that really scrape the sky‚ that’s why they are called skyscrapers. It’s highly developed country. It is rich in coal‚ oil‚ iron and natural

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    pressured him to practice more “elegant” arts like karate and painting‚ and activities as cutthroat as wrestling were certainly off-limits. This type of paradox often boils down to whether one should feel obligated to conform to societal morals. In Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening‚ the author discusses the potential of societal standards becoming an encumbrance to an individual’s pursuit of happiness. The plot revolves around a young married woman striving to live her own life in spite of cultural

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    much equality but that‚ is mathematically impossible which in a sense is saying that there is no way for there to ever be too much equality. Many authors who wrote about/during the realism era used inequality as a large opinionated topic such as Kate Chopin in her story of “Story Of An Hour” which holds many great examples of inequality. The issue of inequality still exists in todays world in many

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    Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening expresses the difficulty of finding a woman’s place in society. Edna learns of new ideas such as freedom and independence while vacationing in Grand Isle. Faced with a choice to conform to society’s expectations or to obey personal desires for independence‚ Edna Pontellier realizes that either option will result in dissatisfaction. Thus‚ Edna’s awakening in Grand Isle leads to her suicide. Edna’s awakening occurs during her family’s vacation in Grand Isle. It is

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    Kate jodel s. paredes I- AB COMMUNICATION A drug is a substance which may have medicinal‚ intoxicating‚ performance enhancing or other effects when taken or put into a human body or the body of another animal and is not considered a food or exclusively a food. I chose drugs that impact me a lot. It’s a sad fact that drugs are being abused among people not only in our country but also it is practiced by others especially the teenagers in our generation maybe because the lack of attention of

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    ‘Kiss me Kate’ is a musical play that passes the theme of a play by the use of songs. All characters in the play use music to pass their message. The setting of the play creates a perfect environment for music to take centre stage. Basically‚ half the play involves the use of music to pass information. A prominent example of such occurrences includes when Graham and Lille are reminiscing their past lives. That day had marked their first anniversary after their divorce in the court. Her ring stirs

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    text that has affected the study of nineteenth and twentieth-century American culture more profoundly than Kate Chopin’s The Awakening which was published as long ago as 1899. Those who have studied it know that however the novel is framed--as local color‚ as women’s writing--the question that still engages most readers is at the same time very naive and very sophisticated. Among the book’s themes are women’s independence‚ sexuality‚ spirituality‚ marriage‚ motherhood‚ etc. Besides‚ as a model narrative

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    Chopin uses simile when explaining this‚ “She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair‚ quite motionless‚ except when sob came up into her throat and shook her‚ as a child who cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams.” Simile is a figure of speech that compares two objects or ideas that are not ordinarily considered to be similar‚ linked by using like or as. (Clugston‚ 2014.) Chopin clearly uses as a child which describes exactly what a baby does in their sleep. There

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