peacefully at 6:20 am. on Sunday‚ May 7‚ 2006‚ in Maryknoll Residential Care IV. Sister Jeanne Therese Oshrin‚ her good friend of many years‚ was with her. Sister’s niece‚ Sister Kathy Thornton‚ RSM‚ had arrived late the night before and visited with her aunt‚ who knew she was there. In the 76 years that Sister Miriam Thomas was a Maryknoll Sister she was known to be a private and reserved person‚ yet she leaves a legacy significant in its public impact and acclaim. Edna Marie Thornton was born in Marshalltown
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Within a few pages of the buldingsroman novel ‘The Chrysalids’‚ written by John Wyndham in 1955‚ a number of significant issues and ideas are introduced. Set in a post-apocalyptic world‚ Wyndham captures the fears and pessimism of Cold War Europe and explores how such fear and rigid principles can lead to destruction. Utilizing archetypal characters and techniques such as irony‚ Wyndham incorporates numerous issues and ideas within his dystopian and myopic world that are relevant to the rest of the
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Immoral Heteronomy as a Causation of Mental Illness Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a prominent writer and feminist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Raised predominantly by her single mother and aunts‚ Gilman received an unconventional education that was never fully completed‚ but was able to attend university with the financial aid of her estranged father. An exceptionally bright child‚ Gilman lived in a time period that did not offered her the autonomy of her own life that she desired.
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by John Keats (Poem)‚ The Bath by Janet Frame (S/S) and What I ever wanted by Vikki Wakefield (Novel). This texts/film has similarities or connections through characters that are involved in them are: Rachael (Film)‚ Meg (Poem)? Unnamed (s/s) and Jemima (Novel). Through them involved the way he/she live‚ background (Culture) and appearance. “Different cultures and people have their own way of living.” In the film “Witness” directed by Peter Weir is an interesting genre that shares two different
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"When it comes to enlightenment‚ there is no male and female‚ there is only the truth." Buddhism is a faith which preaches the "awakening from ignorance"‚ that is‚ freeing oneself and reaching liberation is the utmost goal. While the teachings and values of Buddhism have attracted an immensity of believers (both men and women alike)‚ the religion ’s embedded patriarchal views has affected the status of women in both a historical and present-day viewpoint. Having said that‚ using a broad range of
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the wife as help-mate and companion” We meet with similar resistance to the Sevika Sangha from the men in Kanthapura. Post office Satamma’s husband forbids her to go to Rangamma’s house and when accosted by the latter says‚ ‘I am a Gandhi’s man‚ aunt. But if I cannot have my meals as
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of China after 1949 comes into discussion. In some readings‚ he is most heavily criticized for the cruelty and aggressiveness he had posed on the Chinese people- to the extent that some even question whether overturning the Kuomintang was truly liberation for the Chinese people after all. In other readings‚ Mao Zedong is still seen as the great liberator of the Chinese people- the leader that brought China onto the tracks of modernization and great economic development. Although opinions about Mao
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temporal pragmatism or reality for a refining culture; a physicality of an object that loses its meaning. In both works the characters face a dilemma in which they are presented with a “threshold” (Hawthorne p.1) and the decision to cross it; the liberation to leave the external influences and making sense in one’s own prospect. It is through adversity and acknowledgment of one’s self that leads to the discovery of an authentic and unique purpose in life. The paradox that the two works create is a
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tricks‚ and I wouldn’t done that one if I’d a knowed it would make him feel that way” (Twain 102). Later in the novel‚ Huck is at Tom’s Aunt Sally’s house. He and Tom had planned a great liberation and escape for Jim (who had been taken back into slavery)‚ but there was a lot of commotion‚ and Tom got shot in the leg and didn’t come home for a couple days. Aunt Sally became very worried and told Huck that she did not want him to go out looking for Tom because she did not want them both to get lost
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late 1940’s with her mother‚ father and eight older siblings. At age eight Walker was shot in the eye with a BB gun. The deformation of her eye made her feel unworthy and alone. This resulted in Walker spending most of her time with her mother and aunt reading and writing. In
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