Setting of Philippians Positioned at the eastern fertile plain of Datos in central Macedonia‚ Philippi was a flourishing city. Gordon Fee notes although originally founded by Greek colonists from the island of Thasos (ca. 360 B.C.)‚ in 356 BCE Philippi was conquered by its namesake‚ the father of Alexander the Great‚ Philip II of Macedon. Philip seized the city due to its strategic location. Namely‚ it was blessed with provisions‚ protection‚ and prosperity. “It sat as sentinel to the large agricultural
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forces‚ and forswear any form of allegiance or obedience to the Japanese emperor‚ or any other foreign government‚ power or organization?” The men who answered no to these questions were called No-no boys and they were thrown into federal prison. Ichiro Yamada was one of these no-no boys. No-No Boy was written by John Okada and published in nineteen fifty-seven. It is about Japanese-Americans after world war two. Ichiro was a
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Universality vs. Specificity Despite the fact that Top Girls was written in the fairly recent past‚ and Medea was written in the time of the ancient Greeks‚ the ability for an audience or readership to relate to the content is opposite of what may be expected. Universality makes the ancient Medea relatable to modern audiences‚ and specificity forces Top Girls into a role which illuminates feminism in the 1980s. The key elements of plot in Medea: the philandering husband‚ the woman scorned‚ revenge
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of a vanishing native. With him‚ Cooper undercovers he could wipe out Indian community. Uncas is the last member of the Mohican tribe. Uncas grows in his skill and develops a natural ability to lead‚ he also falls in love with the beautiful Cora Munro (a raven-haired‚ strong-willed woman with African roots)‚ and is devoted to protecting her and even fighting for her to the very end. The conclusion in the novel of the interacial couple‚
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your adolescent son to complete a homework assignment where he has to discuss his feelings about a work of fiction” (para. 26). Overall‚ Glazer’s article talks about how boys would be better off if they were able to express themselves more‚ like girls do‚ and not be so stoic (Glazer‚ 1999). This is an example of stoicism because boys try to not show feelings to the outside world‚ therefore they tend to have a seemingly indifferent stance to things that happen around them. Usually‚ if they are going
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necessarily need to know. Pressed us to her with the serious way she read‚ to shove us away at just the moment‚ like dimwits‚ we seemed about to understand" (50). Dee uses words to wash‚ burn‚ press‚ and shove. We are told that the "nervous girls" and "furtive boys" whom she regarded as her friends "worshiped the well-turned phrase" and her "scalding humor that erupted like bubbles in lye" (51). It is not surprising‚ then‚ that Mama‚ mistrustful of language‚ expresses herself in the climactic scene
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“Boys will be boys‚” a commonplace phrase that constitutes a diffusion of responsibility away from the male perpetrators of aggressive attitudes and behaviors‚ supports a dangerous rhetoric that a young male transitioning into adulthood will perform acts of aggression‚ display a detached and uncaring disposition‚ and develop attitudes of intense homophobia and sexism as part of a biological norm of that stage of adolescence‚ a stage of life comprising a larger and larger part of young man’s life
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Report and Review Psychology Introduction Go Ask Alice is a 1971 book about the life of a troubled teenage girl. The book continues its claim to be the actual diary of an anonymous teenage girl who became addicted to drugs. Beatrice Sparks is listed as the author of the book by the U.S. Copyright Office. The novel‚ whose title was taken from a line in the Grace Slick‚ penned Jefferson Airplane song "White Rabbit"‚ "go ask Alice/when she’s ten feet tall"‚ is presented as an anti-drug testimonial
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Alice is dead Prologue “She is awake” Says the Queen‚ staring curiously at the screen. “Yes‚ the girl is quite a tough cookie.” The scientist mumbles. The screen shows a young girl fiddling with a piece of fabric on the floor. The Queen turns to look at him. “And how was she able to survive the poison exactly?” “Well‚ my majesty‚ she seems to have developed immunity to the arsenic we put in her food. “We think this might be because she came from abov-“ “You do not think about saying THAT word ever
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Introduction “There will never be a new world until women are apart of it.” This is a quote that Alice Paul said. Alice was from a quaker family and was taught at an early age that men and women were equal. She soon started on her journey of rallies and walks to become a very well known leader of women’s rights. Although she had some hardships‚ she overcame them and kept going with the dream of having equal rights in her heart. She was a women’s suffragist who felt strongly for her subject and
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