transformation can give the audience a better understanding of societal values and attitudes present in the texts. Jane Austen’s book Emma(1816)‚ relevant to society in Regency England‚ is relived in a modern day context relevant to the 20th century American society in Amy Heckerling’s “teen flick” Clueless(1995). Social status plays a crucial part in both texts. “Emma Woodhouse‚ handsome‚ clever‚ and rich‚ with a comfortable home and a happy disposition...”(pg.1‚chap.1) lived in nineteenth century
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society we determine that a persons below the age of 18 are lacking sufficient autonomy for a range of publically significant decisions unless proven otherwise. In the case of Emma Odgen‚ the decision is not as clear cut. The first step in evaluating this ethical problem involves identifying what exactly needs to be solved. Emma is an extremely intelligent 12 year old and has expressed her wishes in a comprehensive
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actions of those around her. Emma does not appear to have an especially caring father and years of marriage troubles have split her parents so they no longer work together effectively to help combat her emotional outbursts. Emma’s social circles include her school and her peers right now when she
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thesis project of a Columbia University senior‚ Emma Sulkowicz. Her performance is a superb artifact because it displays colleges’ lack of protection for rape victims‚ the need for better laws against rape‚ and the detrimental effects of letting an accused walk free. Emma Sulkowicz was allegedly raped in 2012 and reported it in 2013. Her alleged rape has lead to national attention because of her thesis project “Carry That Weight”. In this project Emma Sulkowicz carries the mattress as symbolic to
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Emma Watson is a well-known actress that she gained her popularity as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film collections. She gave a thirteen minutes’ speech on gender inequality for the UN Women‚ or The United Nations Entity for gender equality and the Empowerment of Women‚ on September 2014. This speech uses emotions to connect with audiences‚ establishes her credibility‚ and lists out different facts and statistic that reignite the feminist movement successfully. In this speech‚ Emma uses
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Emma final commentary Jane Austen’s writing style includes short and sweet sentences however they are packed with a lot of information‚ including metaphors and motifs. Personally‚ I found it hard to follow Austen’s writing because in order to understand her subtle messages in between the lines‚ one would have to be super alert and read every word and the connotation that of every word. Also‚ one writing tool that Austen uses well is free-indirect discourse. Free indirect discourse is when the
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is best for themselves and those who follow. When I’m not being a quirky goofball Emma Jean Bouie‚ I’m being sophisticated‚ empowered woman little miss Nadia Moffet. Ever since I met Nadia Moffet‚ C.E.O of The Queens Foundation and Miss North Carolina 2010‚ she has instilled something spiritually and mentally inside of me that has helped shape the young leader I am today. From the age of 13‚ I was no longer just Emma Jean Bouie‚ I slowly became‚ “a beautiful‚ powerful and strong beyond measure woman
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The promise of America can be defined in many different ways. The picture from Frank Leslie’s illustrated newspaper suggests that the promise of America is about hope. Where Emma Lazura’s poem “ The New Colossus 1883” portrays the promise is that America will take the poor and give them a better life. President Franklin D. Roosevelt thinks the promise of America is about looking to build a better future for everyone. Although everyone sees America’s promise slightly different it is all about change
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that are undocumented most Americans dislike this idea. There are two poems that explain and talk about immigrants and how they are highlight in society and as well as how they highlight specific individuals in our society. The New Colossus written by Emma Lazarus this poem talks about immigrants‚ and how they are looking for a new home to find themselves a new beginning as well as hope to change their lives as the country they left could not help them.
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Blog post #2. 6-14 Chapters 6-14 are really good chapters. It mostly talk about the Ndoli and Emma because they like each other. Ndoli is always sitting on the tree and Emma says he is beautiful and she wants him to be with her. At the beginning she sees the guy that killed her mother and she gets really scared to see and she thought the might kill her. She felt really bad and she was shaking that day so Mukecuru stayed with her and helped her. The survivors were laughing and they were going to
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