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    The Mother

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    be an area of high-crime rates. The residents that live in or near these areas are susceptible to robbers during the night. The result of more crimes in an area is that the innocent citizens of these areas are likely to be more resistant to robbers. This may cause fewer robberies to occur‚ but an increase of fatalities. Because of the increase of fatalities‚ the Government will focus more on the robber and his firearm. That will motivate the Government to come up with a solution to ban guns. 6. What

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    REPRESSION OF WOMAN IN THE 19th CENTURY Since the beginning of time‚ women have been treated as second class citizens. Therefore‚ women were forced to face many problems. Because of this women were repressed. At that time‚ the Napoleonic Code stated that women were controlled by their husbands and cannot freely do their own will without the authority of their husband. This paper shows how this is evident in the "Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin and " A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner. In

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    from and what do they mean? “Many people believe prejudice and discrimination as meaning the same thing‚ In fact‚ prejudice is an attitude or belief‚ whereas discrimination refers to behaviour or action.”Smith and Mackie (2000‚ p 156) According to Baron and Byrne (1991‚ p183) prejudice: “Is an attitude (usually negative) toward the members of some group based solely on their membership in that group” Prejudice has three components this model is known as the ABC model of attitudes. Affective components

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    Anders‚ a book critic‚ who experiences one final memory after being shot in the head by bank robbers. The story begins with Anders entering a Bank in the closing hours and criticising the long lines and bad service. Then‚ two bank robbers hold up the bank and end up shooting Anders in the head for his arrogant behavior. Woolf then goes on to explain his last memory as he is dying from his wounds. The bank robbers dialogue is important. The different ways that Wolff depicts the Robber’s dialogue greatly

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    and his companions’ leather pouch filled with money‚ but some believe that Robin should have warn the others about the robbers‚ while others believe Robin should not warn the others about the robbers. Robin should warn the others about the robbers for three reasons: to prove himself‚ to be inquisitive‚ and to escape. The first reason Robin should warn the others about the robbers is to prove himself. To Brother Luke and John-go-in-the-Wynd‚ Robin is a crippled‚ incapable child. If Robin can manage

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    this that readers have an insight of what robbers are suggested to be; professional‚ precise and polite. This is indicated through the narrative conventions that the author has provided for readers of what the robbers characteristics has transformed into in this alternative world. An example of this can be seen here‚ ‘Morning madam‚’ he replied affably‚ professionally. ‘This is a robbery.’ (p.7). The use of language in this passage suggests that robbers are polite and are created in the image of

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    Dimensions of Culture Program Spring Quarter 2013 revised 3/30/13 http://marshall.ucsd.edu/doc SYLLABUS DOC 100D Promises and Contradictions in U.S. Culture Dr. Jeff Gagnon MWF 11:00-11:50‚ Center Hall 218 [pic] Course Description: DOC 100D is designed to provide a broad overview of the histories of multiple communities and to explore the struggle for social justice in the United States. Topics include social movements‚ shifting ideas about "race" and gender‚ the rise of corporate

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    Scotty and his family made plans to go to America for two months. When they arrived in America Scotty was shocked about how much different America was from Britain. He had various questions running through his head like do they really shower their vegetables? Are there really gay rights for the people? Do they actually have ghettos here? The first place he went was the gas station. When he got to the store he went in to buy some food. He was astonished at all the different types of candy like; sour

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    blood from the waist down. All the customers were scared and one of the robbers yelled‚ “ Freeze‚ or I will shoot eve ry one of you. ” We had no choice but to follow the robber ’ s order. We all sat on the floor‚ waiting for the next instruction. Ned was petrified. His face was white as snow. He was sweating and asked‚ “ What ’ s going on? ” I condemned ‚ “ Shut up‚ you idiot. ” The other robber‚ with long ha ir covering his ears and collar pointed a gun at the tellers

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    started to look for some place to sleep. The day was coming to an end and it was getting dark out‚ “they went on till it was about dark and they began to think of some place where they could spend the night.” The rising action continues as they notice robbers inside the house. The action continues until the story reaches a

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