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    Tomas Ignoffo Health Zellner 11/21/2013 Tues/Thurs 9:30 Erin Brockovich I have to start this out by saying that Julia Roberts is one of my favorite female actors around today. This particular movie that she is in‚ Erin Brockovich‚ is when Julia Roberts was in her prime Erin has been divorced twice and is a gorgeous mother of three in her thirties. Erin starts out jobless and in a very messy court case the resulted from an unclear car accident. The accident put her $17‚000 in debt due to her

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    In 1885 during an era of severe racism‚ Mark Twain wrote the book Huckleberry Finn‚ questioning the practice of slavery. In this novel‚ slavery and social standards are analyzed through the eyes and innocence of a child. It is particularly important that these observations are shown through a child’s eyes‚ because children generally still posses their innocence and are not yet brainwashed by society. Twain uses the Mississippi River in this story to place Huck on a figurative island separated

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    Lectures 11 & 12 American Short Stories: From Postmodernism to Dirty Realism John Barth on the short story ‘Less really is More… there are narrative ideas suitable only for a short story: quick tales‚ epiphanies that even a novella would attenuate…. You can hold a short story in your hand‚ like a lyric poem; see it whole; examine the function of individual sentences‚ even individual words‚ as you can’t readily do with Bleak House’. Ihab Hassan: Modernism vs Postmodernism (from

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    On this form you can express your preferences for modules in the 2013/14 academic year. Please bear in mind the following principles: if you do not‚ you are less likely to receive the modules you might desire. Module descriptions: www.southampton.ac.uk/humanities/undergraduate/courses/our_courses.page You should take exactly 120 credits You should take 60 credits in each semester If you study a combined honours course‚ you must have a minimum of 45 credits from each subject You can

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    The Notorious Business Professor 1. How much would you emphasize on the following aspects of his performance After reading the case‚ our group decided to evaluate the effect Professor Steve has had on each of the following aspects. When it comes to classroom teaching and his mentoring and advising of the doctoral candidates‚ students rate his classes fairly solid; however‚ he is rated an above average teacher in terms of the enjoyment students have and his ability to stimulate critical thinking

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    Investigation is the movement that happens in this lyric. Whatever else the speaker is doing or feeling or saying‚ she is plunging down into the sea to investigate. We are utilized to this thought of investigating a wreck. Regardless of whether it’s recordings of the submerged Titanic or stories about plunging for privateer gold‚ we think about individuals in wet suits taking a gander at old boats. What this lyric recommends‚ however‚ is that investigation may not simply allude to taking a gander

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    A beautiful country filled with a variety of creatures‚ Ecuador lies on the northwest boarder of South America. The climate there is humid‚ a suitable environment for the thriving animal population and the plethora of trees which cover the tropical floor of the Andes mountains. There is one animal‚ the glass frog‚ that is native to this country and has a unique physical characteristic. Glass frogs have made their home in the forests of Ecuador and Peru and feature a translucent underside which

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    humanity has used money to influence certain outcomes. While earning a wage is a respectable example‚ all too often money is used as a tool of deception and clearing one’s conscience. Throughout literature‚ authors use money as a central theme. Mark Twain questions the integrity of the human conscience in his book‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ by creating characters who easily manipulate others through the use of money. From harmless bribes to all-consuming obsessions‚ the characters in the

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    “I guess a woman can’t change her stripes” – Carrie Grant says this when their at a café.. • shows she’s not political (apolical)‚ loose‚ independent • stripes=like a predator – similar to Mrs. Robinson o flirty‚ sexy‚ loose woman • turning stripes to no stripes – hair down flowing‚ so she can be marriageable Loose • I’m a Nazi due to my father’s ideology and I’m a marked criminal‚ I might as well play that role. • We find out initially that this is all not true‚ doesn’t agree w/ father’s

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