Hidden Figures‚ a 2016 film based on a true story by the Director Theodore Melfi. The film follows the lives of three female African-American women who endured racial discrimination‚ segregation as well as the patriarchal American society of the 1970s. These women acquired temporary jobs in National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and were the brains behind launching the Friendship 7 into space. The Friendship 7 was the first rocket the Americans successfully sent to outer space. During
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Oziah Deshommes Mr.Mueller Section Pink Hilarious Comedy or Offensive Misogyny In the play‚ The Taming Of The Shrew‚ William Shakespeare did not intend for this play to be taken offensively‚ he simply wanted to make people laugh. At the same time‚ just because of Shakespeare’s intentions of a comedy doesn’t mean that the overall piece isn’t misogynistic. He did not want women to feel out of place or uncomfortable in society‚ but women are feeling that way with his hurtful and crude jokes
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Racism is not a new idea‚ it has been present for hundreds of years. In fact‚ racism was brought out in Katherine Chopin’s story “Desiree’s Baby.” For example‚ the main character Desiree was accused of being black and was insulted by her biased husband named Armand. Katherine Chopin is the author of the story “Desiree’s Baby.” She dealt with multiple family deaths during her childhood which‚ in my opinion‚ made her emotionally stronger.
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the most dynamic characters in the play is Katherine. Katherine is a shrew of a woman who has the attitude of a rattle snake and is not afraid to use violence when she feels it is necessary‚ which is evident in this quote. "Why‚ no‚ for she hath broke the lute to me. I did but tell her she mistook her frets‚ and bowed her hand to teach her fingering‚ When‚ with a most impatient devilish spirit" (2.1.141-144) Not only does this quote show that Katherine has a bad temper (because she broke a lute on
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Knocked Up a successful woman‚ played by Katherine Heigl‚ has a celebratory night out with her sister to celebrate a promotion. She ends up meeting a man while out‚ and after unprotected sex‚ winds up dealing with an unplanned pregnancy. In The Waitress a waitress at Joe’s Pie Diner‚ played by Keri Russell‚ also ends up having an unplanned pregnancy. The two plots differ from one another when you consider the type of man they are with. In Knocked Up when Katherine Heigl meets a stranger in a nightclub
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Katherine the Shrew Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew is comedy about Kathrine‚ an outspoken rebellious shrew. In this story she is paired up with Petruchio‚ a man who only wanted her for her money and so Bianca could marry one of her suitors. As time goes on Petruchio is able to tame his wife Katherine‚ at least somewhat. Taming of the Shrew has spun out many different versions of its story‚ mostly in movies. Both movie versions‚ Shakespeare Retold and 10 Things I Hate About You where based and
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• The three books of his that I am focusing on are Looking for Alaska‚ The Fault In Our Stars‚ and An Abundance of Katherines. They all have the genre of young-adult fictional literature. • The overarching theme of his books is realistic fiction stories of love‚ self-discovery‚ moving on‚ and tragedy. • Looking For Alaska • Looking for Alaska is about a teenage boy‚ Miles‚ who’s never really had many friends‚ or adventures or anything remotely interesting happen in his life. When he goes to
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Shakespeare: An Observation of Life What is it about Shakespeare’s characters and stories that make us all able to relate in some way or another 400 years after they are written? Maybe it’s his take on inner conflict‚ or is it how he never portrays a hero as perfect‚ or a villain as all evil? There is a certain universal truth about the human condition in every story. Whether it is the tragic outcome of unchecked greed and ambition‚ an unrelenting desire for revenge‚ or the pursuit of love‚ his
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The title of my book is Beach Blondes. This novel was written by Katherine Applegate. The genre is realistic fiction and there is a little bit of suspense throughout. Katherine lives in California with her husband and two kids. She mostly writes young adult fiction and children books. She has also sold more than 35million copies of the Animorphs series.The book Beach Blondes is one of four others in her “Summer” series. Summer Smith lives in a small town in Minnesota‚ where it is always cold
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1 Katherine Mansfield “The doll ’s house” The world of the adults seems to be in conflict with the world of the children in Katherine Mansfields “the doll house”. The dolls house represents this conflict by pointing out the divide between the upper and lower class citizen which all the adults clearly understand and the children don’t fully understand or believe in. Throughout the story we see the clear line that has been drawn by the adults in regards to the upper and lower class. The
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