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    THE RAILWAY CHILDREN-CHARACTER ROBERTA (BOBBIE) Roberta is 12 years old. She has a brother named Peter and a younger sister named Phyllis.She is fondly known as Bobbie in this novel. She is the eldest of the three. One of her characters is‚ she is a very persistent person.She doesn’t easily throw in the towel when the odds seem to be against her. There are many incidences in the novel where we can see her persistence. For example‚in chapter 3 (page 17 - paragraph 5 - lines 1-3)‚we can see how

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    This can be described as a voyeuristic‚ low angle shot‚ almost as if Walter is gazing up at Phyllis. It is important to note that this “provides occasional disquieting images of one characters control over another. Additionally‚ clearly the relationship between Walter and Phyllis is an unequal one as one can understand that she is dominant and he is clearly submissive. This clearly shows that Phyllis is portrayed as the femme fatale‚ a character type who tends to be seen as a temptress and who

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    and sweating. Phyllis and hear obviously fake wig telling us she is indeed hiding something. We know she’s the reason for Walter’s condition as he speaks to Keyes through the message he’s leaving for him‚ but we don’t know why and we can’t think of why she would do something to him. Neff and Phyllis meet at her house and she tells him she has been seeing Nino only to provoke Nino into killing the suspicious Lola in a jealous rage. Neff is now wholly disgusted and is about to kill Phyllis when she shoots

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    activist‚ Phyllis Schlafly‚ went on to found a group called Eagle Forum. Eagle Forum was more organized and rational compared to all other groups; it pointed out that the Equal Rights Amendment would diminish laws protecting women and would corrupt the educational system. By pointing out these flaws in the system‚ women ultimately defeated the Equal Rights Amendment. Schlafly’s organizations were by far the most well formulated and influential groups in opposition to the ERA. Phyllis Schlafly brought

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    This study revealed that Bobby Bola dan Peri Buku Ajaib 3 has covered 2 out 10 principles for designing foreign language learning video games proposed by Purushotma‚ Thorne‚ and Wheatley (2009). The details are provided below. Principle #1 At least as much thought needs to go into the design of failure states as for success states. As a learner of a new language‚ it is normal for the players to make mistakes and fail. What is important is how video games react to the failure that occurs. Designer

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    windows and rooms‚ and dark‚ claustrophobic‚ gloomy appearances.” (filmsite) The importance of lighting is shown in the scene of Double Indemnity when Walter (Fred MacMurray) tells Phyllis (Barbara Stanwyck) that he is done with her and will not be taken down for her crimes. It is very low lit and we only see Phyllis in the shadow‚ smoking a cigarette. The 2011 film‚ Drive‚ also has very important lighting. Throughout the film the lighting cast shadows in the dark‚ and has a feeling of suspense to

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    difficulties or misfortune‚ both of which she faced. Before becoming a transgender‚ Phyllis had the life that most dream to have. She had a wife‚ children‚ great job‚ was a devout christian‚ and a decorated history of achievements. Knowing that everything she had worked so hard for could potentially be gone and deciding to do it anyway takes more than just adversity‚ it takes heart‚ passion‚ and courage. Phyllis paved the way for many other transgenders to begin the process of change. She showed

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    siblings react in such a situation is markedly different from one another. When Phyllis protests from tearing her petticoat Peter‚ criticizes her by saying “shut up” with a brief sternness (Pg.67). At the same time Bobbie explains in great detail (“…there will be a real live accident‚ with people KILLED.”) and tries to make her understand the gravitas of the situation. She is persuasive in her communication and finally makes Phyllis relent. Similarly even when Peter criticizes her harshly‚ Bobbie does not

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    “Stanwyck’s portrayal of Phyllis Dietrichson was a defining moment in America’s popular reception of noir based characters in that it brought the vice and scandal of the femme fatale into a setting of a domestic home life” (Ricci). The Femme Fatale (The Fatal Female) was created

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    Jupiter Hammon was a black poet who in 1761 became the first African-American writer to be published in the present-day United States. Additional poems and sermons were also published. Born into slavery‚ Hammon was never emancipated. He was living in 1790 at the age of 79‚ and died by 1806. A devout Christian‚ he is considered one of the founders of African-American literature. Early life and education Born in 1711 in a house now known as Lloyd Manor in Lloyd Harbor‚ NY – per a Town of Huntington

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