What I love about “Luna” is it’s one of its first narratives of it’s time written for young adults. It includes in my opinion one of the best literary explanations of what it’s like to be transgender‚ (““It’s horrible because you want to be this person you are in here‚ “ I pressed my heart‚ “and here”. I touched my temple. “But you can’t because you don’t look the way you should. You look like a guy. And that’s what people expect you to be. Every day you have to put on this act‚ play a role‚ and
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Banyuwangi the Legend Long time ago‚ in the beach of the east of Java was a kingdom that lead by Prabu Merak. He had a handsome son‚ named Raden Baterang. Raden Baterang was a blue-eyed boy that will be the next king. His people was very admire him. But he was an easy anger person. One day‚ Raden Baterang was hunting animals with his bodyguards. In that hunting time‚ he lost his bodyguards. He walked untill the river. He looked a beautiful girl while take some flower. He was interested with her
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Winter Dreams Literary Analysis The short story‚ “Winter Dreams”‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald holds lasting impact today‚ mainly for the author’s ability to weave love‚ desire‚ emotion‚ and the moral fiber of an individual into a story. The underlying theme is centered on how charisma can drives a person to lose sight of their true goal in life‚ thereby finding pleasure in selfish gain which results in eventual loss. I will develop an analysis of characterization and theme in this famed short story
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designed based on the factors chosen. Eight hypotheses were developed to find out factors that are affecting Business Success of SMEs in Thailand. The entire hypotheses were successfully tested with SPSS and five hypotheses were accepted. The regression analysis result shown that the most significant factors affecting business success of SMEs in Thailand were SMEs characteristics‚ customer and market‚ the way of doing business‚ resources and finance‚ and external environment. Keywords: Business success‚
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Anthony Marais‚ an American author‚ said‚ “From our myopia arose our dystopia.” In his quote‚ Marais is saying that from our lack of imagination‚ came the idea of dystopias‚ which are places where everything is unpleasant or corrupt. Dystopian literature is one of the most popular forms of writing‚ but why are people interested in reading about them? People are interested in reading about dystopias because they tell fascinating stories‚ provide great protagonists who are inspiring to the youth‚
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The Legend of Rice A long‚ long time ago‚ our ancestors did not know about rice. They lived on fruits and vegetables‚ which they gathered in the forest‚ and on birds and wild animals‚ which they caught while hunting in the mountain. Tilling the soil was still unheard of. In addition‚ domestication of animals was not yet practiced. Since our people depended on the food which nature provided and not on what they themselves grew raised‚ their stay in one particular place was only temporary
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The Kiss In the story “The Kiss” by Julia Alvarez‚ we see a family with four daughters‚ a father and mother. The father‚ who is old-fashioned and strict‚ has his own ideas of what he wants from his daughters. The daughters except for Sofia‚ the youngest one‚ have always done what he has asked for. Sofia does not agree with her sisters and she does what she wants. She runs away with a man‚ a decision her father cannot forgive. Although Sofia tries to reconcile with her father with no luck‚ she lets
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short story as a naturalist visualization of the devastating effects that wars and battles had on the soldiers which fought in them. The short story “Chickamauga” is defined as naturalist literature because of the author’s employment of specific literary techniques which define naturalism‚ such as the way the author gradually darkens the mood of the storyline as it progresses‚ the amount of description and attention paid to grisly and macabre details that shed wars in a whole new light‚ as well as
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In The Hollow Hope‚ Gerald Rosenberg outlines the conditions under which the Supreme Court can accomplish significant social reform. It is through a Conditional Court model that the Supreme Court can overcome powerful constraints of limited rights‚ a lack of independence‚ and a shortage in implementation tools and move towards achieving change. In Brown v. Plata‚ the Supreme Court accomplishes significant social reform consistent with Rosenberg’s Conditional Court model based on an analysis of California’s
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while Dante is unable to stop and stare at the eyes of Beatrice ‚ That represented the guiding star for the hollow men ‚ but they are guideless ‚ because they couldn’t get a hold of it .Therefore ‚ their movement is hubless ‚ guideless which results in a paralised motion done by the hollow men. They couldn’t look into the eyes of those who have crossed to death’s other kingdom. The hollow men are even stuck in what is assimilated to Dante’s Limbo a place of despair where there is no movement
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