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    that could be influential. The memorable novels Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë share some of the themes one would see in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. The novel To Kill A Mockingbird shows the different prejudices in the 1930’s by apprising small stories that are leading up to the main plot and is about a six year old girl named Scout Finch who matured in many different ways throughout the story. Scout grew up in the bigoted town of Maycomb‚ Alabama with

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    Pride and Prejudice Book Review Pride and Prejudice‚ a classic novel by Jane Austen‚ tells the story of a complicated love that develops between what was thought to be two very different personalities. The protagonist‚ Elizabeth Bennet‚ misjudges a man upon rumor and appearance‚ but finds out she is extraordinarily wrong. The novel explains how difficult it is to fully understand someone after settling upon assumptions and being under the influence of the authorities around them. However this

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    Prejudice still happens today in our society‚ all people can be a victim or the oppressor to discrimination against others. Prejudice is judging someone on their looks rather than their personality. People judge other in our society by their gender‚race‚ or even their age. In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” Harper Lee shows that in the 1930s people tend to treat people a certain way based on their skin color‚ rather than getting to know them. In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee‚ she

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    Annotated Bibliography Austen Jane‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ Planet PDF‚ (http://www.planetpdf.com/) The novel Pride and Prejudice is an electrifying story of the everyday going on during the nineteenth-century. The standards that are imparted in each of the character in the novel Pride and Prejudice represent the type of civilization there are on Jane Austen time. The story focuses mainly on the daughter of Bennet’s family who is trying to break the tradition that society accustomed. She does not want

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    Individuals use attitudes to evaluate things in their environment. However‚ when negative evaluations or attitudes are based on an individual’s group membership‚ this is known as prejudice (Crandall & Eshleman‚ 2003). For example‚ lab studies have shown a person who associate Black individuals with criminals are more likely to shoot a Black suspect compared to a White suspect (Correll‚ Judd‚ & Wittenbrink‚ 2002; Greenwald‚ Oakes‚ & Hoffman‚ 2003). The deleterious effects of prejudicial attitudes

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    Identify a prejudice of your own? How it has affected your relationship with the member of the prejudice group? What are the majors that you have taken in order to overcome your prejudice? Prejudice: Being light weight I had prejudice towards fat people that they gain heavy weight because of following reasons: They are lazy. They do slow and low intensity activities. They do less work compared to their food consumption. Effect of prejudice on relationship:

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    w Book review Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen. It was written between 1796-1797 and originally titled First Impressions but wasn’t published until 1813. It was most probably turned down because of a female author. It is a story about society and the relationships of family‚ focusing on the Bennet’s‚ specifically the two eldest daughters Elizabeth and Jane. The book is filled with sarcasm‚ humor and romance. The author had a lot to say about

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    Bride and Prejudice‚ Gurinder Chadha’s Bollywood film adaption of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice‚ has many similarities and differences to the original novel. Chadha stays true to Austen’s original plot ¬¬¬¬of romance‚ marriage and gender. However‚ she adds modern and cultural aspects to make the film more relatable and accessible to today’s viewers. For example‚ characters use cell phones‚ e-mail‚ and contemporary language with slang. Austen remains with proper language. Additionally‚ Bride

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    trait of prejudice. In Harper Lee’s story‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ a young girl‚ Scout grows up in the small‚ southern town of Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ where prejudice is heavy. Being a secluded community‚ rumors fly around rapidly in Maycomb‚ creating warped and exaggerated stories of the targets of the gossip. Harper Lee demonstrates through the causes and sources of the discrimination that prejudice is derived from appearances as well as influences from other people. Harper Lee uses Jem’s prejudice toward

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    there are various forms of prejudice and discrimination. The three most common forms of prejudice include racial prejudice‚ gender prejudice‚ and LGBT prejudice. Prejudice is a negative preconceived judgment of individuals or groups formed with insufficient knowledge and inaccurate information. Prejudice is present in many ways‚ and it often includes discriminatory behaviors and stereotypic evaluations derived from social‚ cultural‚ or personal biases. Racial prejudice is a negative attitude directed

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