Elissa Scott #CO2428176 Professor Abraham Tarango ENG100 September 8‚ 2014 ARABY AND WILD BERRY BLUE Araby and Wild Berry Blue are similar short stories yet evolve in various ways. Both narrations involve main characters agonizing with young angst over the admiration of perceived love. The two narrators see themselves as two individual adolescents pining for mysterious and alluring representations of beauty‚ who they feel will set them free from their suffering. This infatuation distracts
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For this project I will make connections from the stories I have read. In many of these works I have chosen I have been able to see connections from what I have read over this course of this semester. These stories have open ideas of how many cultures have the same connections‚ but view things differently. The artwork I chose for the Greeks is called the Hydria. This vase contains the artwork of Hercules and Athena. The vase art relates with Athena coming from Mount Olympus to bring Hercules to live
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In Color Purple‚ Celie goes through a lot and has to grow up way too fast. Through out her life she went through a lot and didn’t have love‚ family or hope for a long time. The only love that Celie received for a long time was from her sister Nettie. Celie didn’t have a family of her own for a long time‚ and during the movie her family grows. The hope of having someone to love them and to be her family was one Celie always had. The letters Celie read from her sister Nettie gave her hope that she
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Three Messages in The Color Purple: Standing Up‚ Helping Others and Taking Charge The novel‚ The Color Purple is so important. It is all about growth‚ and change‚ and making a difference. Sofia‚ Shug‚ and Celie are all making a difference in the world‚ even though they don’t know it. These courageous women are standing up for each other‚ taking control and trying to make the world a better place. Sofia stands up for herself‚ no matter what‚ Shug Avery helps out someone in desperate need‚ and Celie
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lying on the couch. “Abby‚” he says‚ the corners of his lips curling into a cruel smile‚ “what is this?” Her eyes grow wide as she sees what he is holding and she shrugs quickly. “Oh you don’t know? It appears that it is an invitation to- let’s see- Rebecca Martin’s baby shower?” She purses her lips into a tight line and watches silently as his rips the invitation into pieces. “Pick that up and start dinner. I expect it to be ready in thirty minutes” She leans down to gather the scraps and his voice
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Alice Walker – The flowers “The Flowers” is a story written by Alice Walker‚ in 1988. It’s a 3th-person narrator that tells the story. The story tells us about a girl‚ whose name is Myop. She lives near a forest in a cabin with her family. Sometimes she walks in the forest with her mother‚ they collect nuts among the fallen leaves – actually they have done it many times‚ so that’s why Myop knows the forest very well. One day she is out for one of these walks‚ but by herself. This day something
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The book Rebecca is about jealousy and envy. Maxis lost his wife in a boating accident less than a year before he meets‚ falls in love‚ and marries a much younger woman. His new wife moves into the house once shared by himself and his first wife. The housekeeper‚ Mrs. Danvers‚ does not understand how he could marry such a young woman and quickly becomes jealous. She spends her time comparing Maxim’s new wife to his first wife Rebecca. As Mrs. Danvers gets to know the new Mrs. De Winter‚ she
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One of the major themes in the book Rebecca is the narrator’s search to establish her identity. Du Maurier establishes this theme from the very beginning by maintaining the narrator’s anonymity‚ as only Maxim knows the narrator’s name. The quest for the narrator to find her true identity is simply the whole subject of the book Rebecca. In the beginning‚ the narrator seems to be lost in the world. She works as a companion for a rich and ignorant woman. Then she meets the man she will marry named
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Women have been allowed to have many jobs but should they be allowed to go to war? According to Rebecca Zissou on the Women Warriors article‚ a publication that talks about women combatants. “they aren’t allowed to compete for a spot in the regiment because they are women”. This‚ of course‚ should be an issue when it comes down to these situations. The women should be treated the same way as a man. When it comes to these situations women are not treated equally as men‚ when that shouldn’t happen
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Alice Walker English Comp 2 Diane Rodriguez 4/19/2013 Alice Walker Trough past and modern times many Individuals have tried to find the strength and courage to speak about taboo subjects‚ like the double standard of women sexuality. Many have fail and succeed with their attempt‚ all of the coming from differ backgrounds and social standards and others were to sacred to even try. Individuals have been able to speak about
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