Sarah Hale’s letter to the President sheds light on the method through which the holiday of Thanksgiving was established as a national holiday. Hale believed that by institutionalizing the day‚ it would help to unite the Nation and to provide an American custom. Using Lincoln’s position and the general societal approval as her main points‚ she establishes the basis for her argument‚ and pleads her case to the President—the only person capable of making Thanksgiving a set holiday. Hale spends the
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Sarah Clark Miller; The Need for Care Contemporary moral philosophical accounts approach the accounts in the viewpoint of needs. In particular ends‚ some needs are morally more important as compared to other instrumental needs. Sarah Clark Miller writes on the Need for Care to objectively give the theories and emerging issues in the subject. Typically‚ there is an issue of ‘needing’ in the course of understanding the theory as well as the question of what makes the need of something morally important
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with lots of risks. Throughout the book‚ issues such as eating disorders‚ comfort ability‚ and love play out. Meanings‚ listening to what is happening around you‚ and trying different things‚ are how the title plays out in the book‚ Just Listen‚ by Sarah Dessen. When I hear the words‚ “just listen‚” I think of one of two things; either something really serious‚ or music. In this case‚ it is both. Whenever Annabel Greene sees Owen Armstrong‚ he always has headphones on. What does he
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****this is more of a journal than a book report*** Response Journal #4: Just Listen By Sarah Dessen From Pages 296 to 371 I thought that this last quarter of the novel‚ Just Listen by Sarah Dessen‚ was a real disappointment‚ in my opinion. First of all‚ when Annabel and Owen parted ways for such along time‚ I was very disappointed. Then‚ on top of that‚ the ending was a cliché‚ because it was too corny and too much of a happy ending. Anyway‚ since I finished reading this novel‚ I have
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Sarah Ruhl’s The Clean House is a play ripe for a director’s dissection‚ with deep reflections of love and loss. I consider the central character‚ Mathilde‚ a Brazilian maid‚ who has a job cleaning the house of an uptight American doctor (Lane)‚ to be the axis from which the action of the play orbits around. Ruhl’s writing riffs on the roles and status ascribed by social class: “It’s a telenovela!‚” Mathilde declares wryly. This piece is a myriad of fantasy‚ social commentary and dry humor. And
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The Comforts of Home Character Description ¡V Sarah Ham: ± ¡§Nymphomaniac¡¨ Pg. 117 ± ¡§¡Konly nineteen years old.¡¨ Pg. 119 ± ¡§Congenital liar.¡¨ Pg. 121 ± ¡§Her hair was cut like a dog¡¦s or an elf¡¦s and she was dressed in the latest fashion.¡¨ Pg. 122 Thomas: ± ¡§It was the first time in his thirty-five years¡K¡¨ Pg. 116 ± ¡§Thomas loved his mother.¡¨ Pg. 118 ± ¡§Thomas had inherited his father¡¦s reason with his ruthlessness and his mother¡¦s love of good without her
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Book Citation Pomeroy‚ Sarah. Women in Hellenistic Egypt: from Alexander to Cleopatra (New York: Schocken Books)‚ 1984. Author’s Goal The author’s goal in writing this book would be to inform people about ancient women focusing more on Egypt and sounding areas. Women were not very popular in ancient times; therefore people know less about them compared to men. Because of the lack of information many people argue about the status of ancient women‚ Pomeroy wrote this book to provide as much information
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“A White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett tells the story of a young girl named Sylvia who has to make the difficult decision whether or not to tell a hunter where a very rare bird is living. Sylvia lives with her grandmother‚ Mrs. Tilley‚ out in the country. Daily she takes out her grandmother’s cow‚ Mistress Molly‚ to eat grass. One day on her way back home‚ she encounters a man in the woods who informs her he is lost and would like a place to stay. Mrs. Tilley allows him to stay‚ and while they all
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The Resource – Based View of the Firm and Innovation: Identification of Critical Linkages Konstantinos C. Kostopoulos Doctoral Candidate‚ Management Sciences Laboratory‚ Athens University of Economics and Business‚ 47A Evelpidon & 33 Lefkados‚ GR 113 62 Athens‚ Greece. axion@aueb.gr Yiannis E. Spanos Lecturer‚ Management Sciences Laboratory‚ Athens University of Economics and Business Gregory P. Prastacos Professor‚ Director of the Management Sciences Laboratory‚ Athens University
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Furthermore‚ Sarah attempts to describe the result of the rape. Years later in her apartment in San Francisco‚ she narrates: “She steps into the tub. It is smaller than the one in Beirut. Still‚ she remembers being lost in that tub‚ totally immersed‚ she remembers trying to get clean. She scrubbed herself with loofah‚ over and over‚ as if there was some dark stain and she Lady Macbeth. Out‚ damn spot. She was dirty‚ all of her” (I‚ the Divine 82). Alameddine relates Sarah to Lady Macbeth because
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