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    Regional Trial Court of Makati City‚ Branch 139 in Special Civil Case No. 98-3056‚ entitled "Meynardo Beltran vs. People of the Philippines and Hon. Judge Alden Cervantes of the Metropolitan Trial Court of Makati City‚ Branch 61." The said Order denied petitioner’s prayer for the issuance of a writ of preliminary injunction to enjoin Judge Cervantes from proceeding with the trial of Criminal Case No. 236176‚ a concubinage case against petitioner on the ground that the pending petition for declaration of

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    Walker’s short story “Everyday Use” represented the difference in culture and identities as in ante and post the civil rights movement. Dee stands out as the most controversial and complex character in the story‚ she represents the change that took place in the African American society‚ as she comes back to her hometown to visit her mother and sister Maggie. Dee may come across at some points in the story as a selfish‚ demanding and arrogant character who might disagree with her family’s ways of

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     Contrarily to King’s story‚ “Everyday Use” is not showing characters having a usual day or usual commitments but‚ a rendezvous‚ Mama Johnson and Maggie are waiting for her other daughter‚ Dee‚ from college. The narrator characterizes Dee as the everyday winner‚ while Maggie is not getting attention. The narrator shows how Dee has been favorable by her mother‚ and also how the mother has changed‚ by a revelation. On the other side‚ Stephen King is showing Sanderson’s usual commitment

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    My essay is on the piece "Five Day Forecast"‚ 1991‚ second edition‚ by Lorna Simpson. The piece was originally done by Simpson in 1988 using a Polaroid camera. This second edition was done in 1991 and she shot with a large format 4 x 5 camera with silver gelatin print on paper. The size is 622 x 2464 mm. This essay is an analysis and interpretation of Five Day Forecast using methodology(1) as follows: Description: pure description of the object without value‚ judgments‚ analysis‚ or interpretation

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    aspects of her nature. Mama has two girls and they differ in everyway possible. Her younger daughter Maggie lives at home with her and Mama describes her as walking like a lame animal (Par 9) and not as bright and pretty as her older daughter Dee. In contrast Dee is educated and “she is lighter than Maggie‚ with nicer hair and a fuller figure” (Par10). It seems

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    story “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker (Norton 1530) is a story told in first person from the perspective of “Mama”. The piece depicts two sisters‚ Dee and Maggie‚ as opposites in their personality and way of living. While Maggie is shy and quiet‚ Dee is materialistic and bold. Furthermore‚ Maggie loves where she lives and her way of living. In contrast‚ Dee loves the urban life and wants to display her heritage when in reality she does not want to live it. This is evident when Walker describes the battle

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    burdened by her daughters‚ Dee and Maggie. Gentle and stern‚ her inner monologue offers us a glimpse of the limits of a mother’s unconditional love. Mama is brutally honest and often critical in her assessment of both Dee and Maggie. She harshly describes shy‚ withering Maggie’s limitations‚ and Dee provokes an even more pointed evaluation. Mama resents the education‚ sophistication‚ and air of superiority that Dee has acquired over the years. Mama fantasizes about reuniting with Dee on a television talk

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    daughter‚ Dee‚ is portrayed to be an extremely egocentric person. Throughout the story‚ from her childhood to her adulthood‚ she has remained with an unchanged state of mind that is both condescending and immature. Even in the very first parts of the story in which Dee is mentioned‚ Walker makes no mistake in portraying her in a frighteningly unpleasant manner. When Walker tells of the family’s previous house burning down and Mama making an effort to rescue Maggie (the other daughter)‚ Dee is described

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    here were hit by the arrival of the supermarket chains‚ but there are signs that the sector is undergoing a renaissance. Consumers are driving demand for quality food products‚ including bread. Soul Bakery is the brainchild of two couples: David and Lorna Kerry and William and Fiona Clarkson. Of the four‚ David Kerry has the bakery background. His family started baking bread in Tipperary‚ Ireland at the turn of the last century and‚ having graduated in bakery and food technology‚ he spent three years

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    between Maggie and Dee. We are able to see both physical and psychological differences. The mother is able to fully describe the robust and distinctive personalities between both daughters. The mother has a rather unique way to show us how each of her daughters are completely the opposite of one another. Maggie is more of a shy girl whom seems to be simple. On the other hand Dee is more outspoken and has a high sense of fashion. When the story starts it seems the mother seems to favor Dee over Maggie

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