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    The Purple Rose of Cairo

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    Film has captured and enchanted audiences since its origination with the Lumiere Brothers; and‚ as it developed‚ it began to be used to convey messages and ideas. Film started to become a creative outlet that then turned to a catalyst of philosophical thought. Film theorist Sergei Einstein expressed that film “as a work of art‚ understood dynamically‚ is just the process of arranging images in the feelings and mind of the spectator”. Thus‚ directors began to realize that audience manipulation was

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    Purple Hibiscus Kambili

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    Purple Hibiscus In the book‚ Purple Hibiscus‚ Kambili changes from a quiet‚ insecure girl with no emotions‚ to a talkative‚ confident girl that is able to feel and show many emotions. Kambili was raised in a house where the dad was very strict and Kambili was only allowed to talk when he wanted her to. Her father never showed her any praise unless she did exactly what he says to do. If Kambili did not follow orders‚ she would be beaten by her papa. During the book‚ Kambili’s spends time with

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    How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Summer reading serves as an opportunity to restart your academic critical thinking skills before school starts and to think about works of literature as carefully constructed pieces of art with something to say. This summer‚ you are required to read two books: How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster and Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. You will also have a

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    The Color Purple‚ written by Alice Walker‚ is a novel that challenges the roles made for women in a patriarchal society. Throughout Walker’s novel‚ the strong-willed female characters create a bond to protest male dominance. Ultimately‚ they become independent and powerful without the baneful men that degrade them. Through this bond of sisterhood‚ these female characters challenge social norms‚ and stand strong against violent male paramount. When these characters bend and break social norms and

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    Men feel the need to incite a sense of dominance over submissive women. Alice Walker utilises Albert and Harpo to depict abusive and indecisive qualities displayed by men in her highly acclaimed novel‚ The Color Purple. Albert is initially introduced as this mysterious man who has taken interest in the protagonist Celie’s‚ little sister Nettie. He is initially referred to as “Mr ___” (4) throughout most of the novel to symbolise Celie’s indifference towards him and her refusal to accept their marriage

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    Phoenician Trade

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    greatest traders of their time and owed much of their prosperity to trade. At first‚ they traded mainly with the Greeks‚ trading wood‚ salves‚ glass and powdered Tyrian purple. Tyrian Purple was a violet-purple dye used by the Greek elite to color garments. In fact‚ the wordPhoenician derives from the Ancient Greek wordphoinios meaning "purple". As trading and colonizing spread over the Mediterranean‚ Phoenicians and Greeks seemed to have unconsciously split that sea in two: the Phoenicians sailed along

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    The two extracts are taken from two books that differ in both style and language. The first is from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte‚ which was written in 1847 and the second is from the Colour Purple by Alice Walker‚ which was written in the 1970s and is set in the 1930s. Both are narrated in the first person but with very different writing styles. Wuthering Heights is written in high register‚ using a very descriptive style. The narrative is in the form of diary entry and written in the

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    “When we reject the single story‚ when we realize that there is never a single story about anyone‚ we regain a kind of paradise.” This quotation from the author of Purple Hibiscus‚ Chimamanda Adichie‚ explains how only observing one side of a person’s life can lead to stereotyping and not being able to fully understand their actions and motives. In her novel‚ siblings Kambili and Jaja begin to understand the status of their crumbling country while also attempting to escape from their religious father’s

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    “In her fiction‚ nonfiction‚ and poetry she confronts bluntly the history of the oppression of her people...” (“Winchell‚ Donna Haisty. "Alice Walker: An Annotated Bibliography."). “The Color Purple” is written in diary format from the view of Celie‚ who is a prime example of an oppressed Negro woman‚ who not only only oppressed for her color‚ but also for her gender. She writes her letters to God‚ feeling that is the only way she can express

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    Purple Prairie Clovers

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    “So five years ago we looked to see if there were some benefits from the purple prairie clover in regards to having condensed tannins. We then‚ with the help of (colleague) Yuxi Wang‚ started looking at how the purple prairie clover condensed tannin levels compared to sainfoin. The purple prairie clover had some of the highest levels of condensed tannins that we were able to find for any of the tame or native species that we were

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