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    Socialization of Gender‚ Is it inherently negative? Egalia’s Daughters My first reaction to Egalia’s Daughters‚ by Gerd Brantenberg‚ was something like "WHAT is this". I was immediately very confused‚ and had no idea what this author was writing about. In fact‚ I felt as though I opened the book to the middle of a story‚ and became turned off by the whole experience. It took about three chapters‚ and someone’s help‚ until I started to read the book understandably‚ with ease‚ and began

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    by the society around them. That fact is why some nice parents don’t have good children‚ or some people are good sons or daughters even though their parents are bad. A good son or daughter should have certain qualities. Being hard working‚ sympathetic‚ and respectful of parents are the most important qualities of a good son or daughter. First of all‚ a good son or daughter should be a hard working person. A good child usually makes parents happy‚ and parents are happy when their children do

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    A Prayer For My Daughter A Prayer for My Daughter is a poem written by William Butler Yeats in 1919. This poem is a pray-like poem. And it generally tells about the poet’s ideas about his daughter who is sleeping at the same time while the poem is being told. Throughout the poem the Yeats reflects that how he wants his daughter’s future should be. This essay will analyze the poem under three subtitle: 1- What does this poem mean"‚ 2- The poetic devices‚ imagery‚ rhyming‚ figures of speech‚ used in

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    important qualities of a good son or daughter? Have they changed or remained the same over time in your culture? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Within a family‚ children have their own roles including their behavior‚ their rights and their responsibilities. As to respond to these roles children are expected to obey as well as to be helpful and willing. It is really important for the family structure‚ the sons and the daughters to have the quality of obeisance. However

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    Father and Daughter By Michael dudok de wit This short film is about a young girl‚ whose father leaves her by the sea shore and never returns. The whole film revolves around the girl who grows old but within her there is always a deep longing for her father. The music is given by Norman Roger and is very sympathetic in theme and its tune is beautifully arranged to depict the human emotions. The whole story is based upon true emotions‚ but there are no facial details what so ever‚ it is

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    In the novels The Bonesetter’s Daughter‚ Yo!‚ and The Antelope Wife‚ ghosts and supernatural occurrences are all used by the characters in order to retain their authenticity. Amy Tan uses ghosts in her novel The Bonesetter’s Daughter a medium for withholding the values of the characters’ culture of origin‚ such as prudence and sacrifice‚ and how these qualities make a person strong and able to withstand whatever obstacles life has for them. The Bonesetter’s Daughter is laid out into three different

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    Galileo’s Daughter by Dava Sobel is a novel that discusses the life of Galileo Galilei and his scientific work. Sobel goes into detail about Galileo’s revolutionary ideas regarding gravity‚ space‚ and philosophy. Due to the novel taking place during the 16th and 17th century in Italy and him playing a huge role in the Scientific Revolution‚ he received harsh criticism and condemnation over this. However‚ his eldest daughter‚ Suor Maria Celeste‚ remained by his side and her letters praised her father’s

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    gets old‚ they often go t olive in a home whit other old people where there are nurses to look after them. Sometimes the government has to pay for this care. An elderly nursing is a place for people who don’t need to stay in a hospital‚ but they do need specially care. But who should be responsible for our old people? It’s well known that when somebody gets old‚ in our country‚ that person stays at home under some relative’s care‚ specially the sons or daughters‚ but most of the time only one spends

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    was 12 o’clock mid night when a 16 year old girl got a phone call from her docter‚ Mr.Patterson. Her mom answered the phone and she started to tear up... She looked over at her daughter‚ moving her hand up to her mouth trying to hold back the tears as she looked at her‚ one tear dropping from her eyes to the floor. Her daughter name Annabelle looked at her‚ and instantly knew what her mother was crying about. She ran up to her room and locked the door behind her and layed on her bed bursting into tears

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    recognition of women’s value in society‚ which can lead to the moral and social improvement of all humanity. Secret daughter introduces a weak female character Kavita‚ who is prohibited from keeping her child in a distorted society. The handmaid’s Tale reveals a new career called handmaid in the future society‚ whose mission is to have children for senior officials. Both Secret daughter and The handmaid’s tale describe an oppressive patriarchal theocratic society. Female characters have to struggle

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