celebrate it as well and his legacy will live on. When composing his letter‚ Pliny the Younger paints his uncle’s journey as an impossible mission to save others. Pliny the Younger describes his uncle as a hero‚ one who can stay calm under pressure and never gives into fear. To retell the story of Vesuvius and bring his uncle recognition‚ Pliny the Younger highlights Pliny the Elder’s admirable qualities. Pliny the Younger
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in which it adheres. It roars with anticipation as it looks to advance into a forbidden dwelling. CRACK! It breaks the barrier of segregated ground‚ FREEDOM! In A Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry‚ the main dynamic protagonist‚ Walter Lee Younger‚ also longed for an escape. He was forced to face an enemy that felt even more extreme than Earth’s inner core. Racial discrimination consumed him like a vacuum. Skepticism besieged from his family‚ destroyed the remnants of his former self. Although
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ACHIEVEMENTS OF AGRIPPINA THE YOUNGER Agrippina’s powerful family lineage allowed her to excel beyond the role of women in Roman society and become successful in the terms of wealth and power. Agrippina’s achievements include the marrying Claudius‚ successfully removing others‚ ascension of Nero‚ and having honors and powers given beyond other women of Rome. It is difficult to assess the extent of Agrippina’s achievements because of the gender bias that derives from the Ancient sources Dio Cassius
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leads to a shift in how those stories are told – the perspective of being concerned for the character‚ caring for them or being angry with them. These storylines directly influence raw emotion within the younger generation due to its prominent relation to their lives Rogers (2015‚ p.44) researched Lena Dunham‚ who has been a key figure in modern feminism. Dunham has been a major influence in feminism and the advancement of female equality and change. Dunham began as an unknown film actress who started
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halls of Broadway. It’s translation into a film won it praise at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival‚ and is also a Tony Award winning Best Musical (1973). Walter Younger‚ a father and husband at best‚ struggles to define himself as one person with set traits as he chops and changes back and forth from disappointments and triumphs. Walter Younger‚ a 35 year old African American man‚ serves (or at least tries to serve) as a father‚ husband‚ and son. Amongst these‚ Walter juggles their importance with attempting
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Oliver‚ there are many great characters that contribute majorly to the story. The narrator of the story‚ a dynamic character‚ is Lena Haloway and she is also the main protagonist of the novel. Her full name is Magdalena Ella Haloway Tiddle‚ she is seventeen years old‚ and she describes herself as an average looking girl. Living in a society where everyone is controlled‚ Lena grows up as a girl who is afraid of everything not normal. The normal in her world is that love is forbidden and it is dangerous
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for society to exclude and outcast. Lena is a perfect example of someone seen as a social outcast. There are many qualities Lena possesses that society would not agree with‚ such as the unusual circumstances of her pregnancy. In the time period Faulkner wrote this‚ girls should grow up to be obedient‚ marry a nice man‚ and have a baby in that order. Lena disregards these rules as a man impregnated her‚ and instead of marrying her‚ he ran away. Although Lena is not to blame for these circumstances
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My younger sister‚ Kate. Being a lively‚ witty and smart eleven-year-old‚ my sister‚ Kate‚ is a typical example of a girl who experiences changes from the stage of childhood into a teenager. She demonstrates how quickly girls these days enter the period of adolescence. At this stage she is a somewhat tall girl‚ with long legs‚ which makes an impression of a person who is already at least sixteen. When I sometimes see her playing basketball in the school playing grounds‚ I always find it difficult
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of things‚ experience life like you’ve never imagined‚ and can even be considered one of the most wonderful things in the world; but in Lena Haloway’s world‚ love is portrayed as a disease‚ a sickness that is lethal if not cured. Set in an alternate United States‚ Portland‚ Maine‚ and 64 years in the future‚ Delirium by Lauren Oliver depicts young 18-year-old Lena in this very society‚ convinced that the Cure is the only way to stay free and safe of the disease of love. But when she meets Alex‚ a
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women who struggles to discover herself through the character Beneatha Younger. Beneatha an immature African American young woman‚ endeavors with her pursuit of discovering herself while receiving an education in hopes of becoming a doctor. Throughout the play‚ she is exposed to more about herself that helps her grow as a person and views things differently. The play occurred in the 1950s on the southside of Chicago. The Younger family apartment holds two
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