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    misery‚ become apart of life whether you’re willing to accept it or not. For those who have accepted such troubles‚ have also learned to cope with it one way or another. Antoinette’s character in "Wide Sargasso Sea" and Celie’s character in "The Color Purple" have both experienced problems with depression‚ loneliness‚ violence‚ inferiority‚ racism‚ and self-identity. It is important for such characters as Antoinette and Celie to express their emotions and have a method of working out there issues.

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    Alice Walker’s The Color Purple From reading the extract from The Color Purple‚ the reader is shocked almost straight away from how the character/narrator (who in this case is the author Alice Walker) is treated and brought up by her father. The way in which the story is told is in the form of letters and a kind of diary addressed to god as she is told "You better not tell anybody but god it’ll kill your mammy". The reader can almost sense that this was written and was never expected to be

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    What was also interesting was the fact that “enslaved black men were strupped of the patriarchal status that had characterized their social situation in Africa but they were not stripped of their masculinity” (Hooks 21). The black male slave were primarily exploited as a laborer in the fields‚ but the black female was exploited as a laborer in the fields‚ a worker in the domestic household‚ a breeder‚ and as an object of white male sexual assault. We can write millions of stories on the struggles

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    Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and The Color Purple by Alice Walker prove this quote true. Throughout The Lovely Bones‚ a family struggles with the dreadful murder and rape of a family member. The book demonstrates how the family only got stronger with the passage of time. Their success in moving forward in life regardless of their encounter with such an evil act emphasizes the victory of good over evil. In addition to The Lovely Bones‚ the book The Color Purple clearly displays the brutality two sisters

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    AS Government and Politics Revision Guide Unit 1: People and Politics ‘Of the Students‚ by the Students‚ for the Students’ Important Information: * Your Unit 1 exam will make up 50% of your AS grade * Your Unit 1 exam will make up 25% of your overall grade * The exam is 1 hour and 20 minutes (80 minutes) * There will be a choice of four questions – one per topic * Each question has a 5 mark‚ a 10 mark and a 25 mark part * You have to answer two

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    The purple rose of cairo takes place in New Jersey around the 1930’s during the depression. Cecelia is a waitress in her town‚ unfortunately that doesn’t last long. Feeling sad about losing her job Cecelia gos to the local movie theater to watch “the purple rose of cairo” to find some happiness in her somewhat drab life. Tom Baxter is a secondary character in the movie‚ although to Cecelia’s surprise he walkes of the screen into her life. He declared she leave her husband and explore the world with

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    The Great Gatsby Revision Notes Contents 1. Background 2. Setting 3. Characters 4. Narration 5. Themes 6. Symbolism 7. Imagery 1. Background Economic extremes The early part of the 1920s was a time of economic boom for the United States. Their industries had supplied the war in Europe‚ generating enormous profits. The automobile industry and those related to it‚ such as the oil companies‚ were expanding very rapidly. In The Great Gatsby‚ we are

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    The Color Purple By Alice Walker‚ and the movie The Color Purple‚ directed by Steve Spielberg‚ are stories about love and the survival between two sisters. The obstacles that the sisters have to face are very life risking Primary Differences:  1. Characters: With regards to the basic turns of the plot‚ the film is pretty faithful to the novel. However‚ when it comes to the complexities of the characters‚ the film sells the novel short. The film presents things in a very black and white manner

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    In Alice Walker’s The Color Purple‚ many emotions are evoked within the story. Many themes and character qualities are suggested through the use of symbolism. One of the most prominent symbols utilized within this story is the allegory of color. Walker uses different colors to illustrate various moods and the personality themes of certain characters. One may find it interesting to discover that these colors are sentiments about the way people in the novel are represented. In the story‚ Celie

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    The First World War (Revision) The rise of Germany upset the balance of power in Europe The Old Balance of Power - a balance of power was established between Russia‚ Austria‚ Prussia and France‚ with Britain holding the scales. The rise of a unified Germany upset this balance. Germany was unified not only by ‘blood and iron’ but also by ‘coal and iron’. Rapid industrialization‚ concentrated military power‚ a young and dramatically increasing population (43% increase between 1880 and 1910)

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