The author introduces Pecola’s ironic views on blue eyes early in the novel to convey the idea that sometimes love and beauty is unfairly only reserved for those who are white. Throughout the The Bluest Eye‚ a young African-American girl named Pecola Breedlove is constantly described as “ugly” by other characters‚ including her own mother. Toni Morrison characterizes her as an innocent‚ yet incredibly insecure child. Due to the insults and bullying she endures‚ Pecola greatly dislikes her appearance
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To me this quote represents how Claudia anticipates the events that the book will give us the reader’s attention to‚ most notably Pecola’s pregnancy. She remembers that she and Frieda pointed fingers at each other for failing to grow the plants one summer‚ but now she thinks if the earth itself was a danger to them‚ a more radical possibility. I believe this quote represents the levels of Pecola’s desire‚ she does not want blue eyes because they apply to the standards the whites have applied‚ but
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In this article “Spare the Rod‚ Spoil the Parenting”‚ written by Leonard Pitts‚ Jr. is based upon what is considered corporal punishment; what’s right and what’s gone too far. Leonard expresses the idea that without punishment towards children‚ they can develop into untamable brats. Using his humorous sarcasm and entertaining message he gets the point across that child rearing is ok and not abuse. Showing uniformed parents/adults that rearing does keep the little ones in line making them learn and
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“Thoughts on Capital Punishment” vs. “Traveling through the Dark” William Strafford’s “Traveling through the Dark” is a well developed short poem‚ but it lacks the depth of Rod Mckuen’s “Thoughts on Capital Punishment.” These two poems present animals killed by automobiles‚ but Mckuen’s approach differs from Strafford’s in two ways. First‚ Mckuen uses poetic language more strongly than Strafford. Second‚ “Thoughts on Capital Punishment” points out a more distinct‚ clearly stated‚ complex
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The question of whether or not to use spanking as a form of disciplining your children has become quite the controversial subject. I am a mother of three‚ so disciplining kids is one thing I certainly know all about. As a child‚ my parents spanked me and my brother. As a general rule of thumb‚ I would say most parents who were spanked as children spank their children. Parents who were not spanked believe this form of discipline to be somewhat barbaric and argue that it is a form of child abuse‚
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Faces of Whiteness 1 Running Head: FACES OF WHITENESS Faces of Whiteness 2 Abstract The article “Faces of Whiteness: Pitfalls and the Critical Democrat“ by John T. Warren and Kathy Hytten is an article that reviews what it means to be white. The article’s writers questioned how white students experienced diversity education information. After reviewing the article‚ I was led to decide where I was in the proposed construct suggested by the article as a white student. The following is my
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Six-stroke engine The six-stroke engine is a type of internal combustion engine based on the four-stroke engine‚ but with additional complexity intended to make it more efficient and reduce emissions. Two types of six-stroke engine have been developed since the 1990s: In the first approach‚ the engine captures the heat lost from the four-stroke Otto cycle or Diesel cycle and uses it to power an additional power and exhaust stroke of the piston in the same cylinder. Designs use either steam
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An Investigation into External and Internal Features for Facial Recognition Abstract An experiment was conducted to see if we recognise unfamiliar faces better either with just internal features or external features. Research conducted how our human vision system recognises faces and which features we tend to pay more attention to in the first instance. Two slideshows were shown to all participants under the same experimental conditions with 32 images of faces of women for five seconds each
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The event is when I went on a Calkins campus trip that lasted about a week. I went with a bunch of friends‚ the routine is that we first gather at culkin’s campus and then we went on a trip somewhere to learn more about nature first we went crayfish trapping‚ I caught a lot of crayfish‚ but unfortunately we had to let them go‚ so we couldn’t eat them. On the second day we went on a trip to see all the different types of grass and wildlife. The grass was so tall that all I had to do is crouch down
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Time‚ what is it really? In E. B. White’s “Once More to the Lake” the author talks about the summers he spent on a lake as a child. The main point of a memory is to explain how one place could make someone feel young or happy. Like my grandmother’s house‚ even though she has passed away‚ every time I go back I feel happy again. In White’s essay‚ there are certain things about his childhood that have not changed such as the atmosphere‚ the people around the lake‚ and the author. First is the
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