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    she finds out and gets them back. She confronts him showing how far she has come to speaking up and showing courage. While married to Mr.__ she meets Shug who she soon falls in love with her. She makes her become herself and they move off to Memphis after Pa dies she inherits her the home and the dry goods store and soon makes a small business making pants. At the end of the novel she finally meets her children and Nettie after so many long years. Celie becomes more independent because of Shug’s

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    The color purple Despite the odds women can overcome all obstacles. In the past‚ women have desperately struggled because they were be littled by men. They were thought of as ignorant beings that only knew how to manage housework. In The Color Purple‚ by Alice Walker‚ sexism was interrelated in the novel. Throughout the story‚ several women were extremely mistreated by men. Their experiences were considered trivial because they were always subordinated to them. Through the collection of

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    The Color Purple   The Color Purple by Alice Walker‚ discusses abuse‚racism‚ poverty‚ sexcism‚  and opression. The book focuses on Celie‚ a 14 year old girl who has been sexually and  physically abused by her stepfather‚ and later by her husband‚ Albert. Celie has grown up with  her sister‚ Nettie‚ and has protected her from the abuse that she received from their own father  and from being married to Albert. Albert never really wanted to marry Celie‚ he originally wanted  Nettie‚ but couldn’t have her because their father said no

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    The Babylon Ishtar Gate There are many wonders of the ancient world that have been found by archeologists. Of these treasures found‚ one of the greatest and most beautiful has been the Ishtar Gate of Babylon. Babylon was the capital of a city in Mesopotamia‚ in the current day Iraq.(Hirst‚Archeology.about.com) Babylon was damaged by weather‚ age and wars (the Iraq and USA war) but still archeologists managed to find the gate. (Hirst‚Archeology.about.com) The Ishtar gate was built in the reign

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    The role and mode of “God” The role and mode of God changes throughout the book The Color Purple as Celie develops as a result of different experiences. From her conversation with Shug her whole view of God changes and so do her feelings about what she can do. From a young age Celie has written to God and she believes that he has been listening. Celie confesses to both Shug and Nettie that she has stopped writing to God. She says “Anyhow‚ I say‚ the God I been praying and writing to is a man.

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    Eugene Achike or Papa could easily be mistaken as being a ’monster’ for the ’horrible things’ that he has done throughout the novel‚ but that would not be a fair or accurate representation of his character. Throughout the novel the reader is bombarded with a flood of contradictory emotions towards Papa ranging from anger to sympathy. Through the eyes’ of the community Papa is seen as the perfect candidate for the father and husband of the year cup ; an honorable man‚ loving father‚ husband and an

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    BABYLON REVISITED POINT OF VIEW In theory‚ point of view reveals a perspective from which the narrator tells the story. Analyzing a story’s point of view will provide us with answers to two questions ‘by whom’ and ‘how’ the story is told. By the way‚ we can also understand attitude of the writer towards his characters as well. In the case of ‘Babylon Revisited’‚ the one who tells us this story is a third-person narrator. To be more specific‚ he is a limited omniscient narrator. Firstly

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    The Money Lover Edgar Quisenberry in Pat Frank’s “Alas Babylon” "Alas Babylon" is a story in which Pat Frank‚ the author‚ presents the Cold War. The character’s struggle against society and nature to survive without many vital amenities. Edgar Quisenberry‚ the president of First National Bank in Fort Repose‚ experiences the misery of a world that has been destructed by a nuclear bomb. Later‚ when Edgar Quisenberry was forced to close his bank‚ he realizes that all his hopes of having the bank’s

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    In The Green Mile by Stephen King‚ there happens to be two men who like to have total control over the situation. The men that can take control‚ Brutus Howell and Paul Edgecombe‚ do an extremely good job‚ but Edgecombe has more of the F personality which becomes handy when dealing with his situation. Brutus Howell‚ also called Brutal‚ can be forceful when needed. Howell’s size helps when he needs to be forceful when handling difficult prisoners. Brutal obtains a few essential authoritarian traits

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    Book Review: The Richest Man in Babylon The “Richest Man in Babylon” is a book made up of a series of pamphlets that were written by George S Clason in 1926. These pamphlets contain a plethora of knowledge about finances and managing your wealth. Clason uses a series of tales that are staged in ancient Babylon to communicate his valuable ideas. The way that the applications of money handling are applied to these stories makes them engaging‚ but also very informative and practical. So practical

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