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    able to change‚ one must be able to handle and accept the consequences that going to happen because it not only affects the person that is willing to change‚ but it also affects the people that surround them. Common themes that are seen to advance Southern Gothic Literature short stories are the usage of “tradition” and “interiority” as a means of getting the readers to feel sympathy for the characters that have no control of changing their fate. From gender roles to society rules‚ people have an

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    Empowerment gave all three characters the power to achieve their tasks in each of their respected stories. In Beast of the Southern Wild‚ Hushpuppy is empowered by her will to become stronger. A saying that is constantly repeated by Wink and Hushpuppy is “Beast it” which initiates Hushpuppy to be stronger than she already is. She is also empowered by her obligation to find her mother. When Wink becomes weaker and close to death‚ she is entitled to help Wink get better. This also shows that she is

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    (Schultz‚ 2014). Reagan‚ from CA‚ compared his home state to that of the southern states‚ using this to his advantage to win over the Southern leaders. In his comparisons‚ the south and CA was referred to the Sunbelt. This has become known as the Reagans Southern Strategy and it was a strategy that worked well for him. Reagan stuck to his heritage‚ his religious beliefs‚ and his traditional values; all of which is a southern trait.

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    The Northern and Southern Renaissance is often viewed as one of the most important eras in European history. Both have contributed to the influence the artwork had on the people both politically and socially and helped kick start many artists careers. The Renaissance helped increase the popularity of other fields of study including literature‚ science‚ architecture‚ politics‚ and religion. Although both Renaissances saw the establishment of humanism‚ the greatest patron of the arts was still the

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    P. English 12 11 February 2013 Title The ‘Southern Gothic’ genre is captured greatly in Tennessee Williams’s novel A Streetcar Named Desire. By hyperbolizing the cast’s personalities‚ the story takes on an eerie quality. Our introduction to the cast begins with Blanche‚ arguably the most off-putting of all the personalities presented. Blanche comes to New Orleans on the brink of insanity only to see that her sister‚ once the perfect southern belle just like Blanche‚ has moved away from that

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    The Whitest Deserts [Compare and contrast between the north and southern poles] It’s cold. It’s dry. Only the strongest can survive on these barren‚ wind-swept plains. The bottom of the world is a vicious and dark land‚ certainly suited to creatures comparatively tough as nails. Snow and hail and complete darkness torment this huge‚ freezing desert for 6 months of the year. When the sun finally melts over the horizon‚ the night recedes to leave yet more snow and hail and 120 mph winds

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    SOUT H ERN RURAL SOCIOLOGY‚ 23(2)‚ 2008‚ pp. 226-251 Copyright © by the Southern Rural Sociological Association AMISH VICTIMIZATION AND OFFENDING: A RURAL SUBCULTURE ’S EXPERIENCES AND RESPONSES TO CRIME AND JUSTICE* BRYAN D. BYERS BALL STATE UNIVERSITY ABSTRACT This article addresses several areas as applied to the rural subculture of the Amish. First‚ the Old Order Amish will be introduced to the reader. Distinctions will be made between the Old Order Amish and other‚ cousin‚ groups. Second

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    traditional two-parent household with an older sister and younger brother. Although I was born and raised in Southern California‚ we relocated to Corvallis when I was nine years old. Many years after moving‚ the influences of Southern California are still very present in my family through the slang we use‚ tastes we have‚ and overall perspective on the world. Although it can be beautiful‚ Southern California is a very materialistic and power hungry environment‚ which is something my family and I were

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    Topic; Education In The South In the small‚ Southern‚ towns of Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ education varies from family to family. Every family has a different take‚ on how they implicate education to their families and therefore creates a huge range of those who can read and write and those who cannot. In‚ To Kill A Mocking Bird by. Harper Lee‚ this range of education is demonstrated in many different ways. One way that Lee demonstrates‚ the different levels of education‚ among the citizens of Maycomb

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    “Right whales live in temperate and cool seas in both hemispheres at the surface of the ocean. Southern right whales live at latitudes between 20°-55° but will occasionally venture down to 63°.” (Col). Or some species of Right Whale such as the Black Right Whale may live in all of the oceans. They travel very often but swim at a very low speed about 3 miles per hour. If you were to go anywhere from the Southern Ocean surrounding Anartica to the waters above Greenland you would be very likely to find

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