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    The 1920’s was a huge struggle for women around the U.S. Huge rallies were formed and outrageous furry was spread city to city. All this drama and series of strikes was caused by the women that were eager to have the same rights as everyone else‚ without and racial or gender profiling against them. But late in that time period‚ that wasn’t the cause. After numerous protests and the creating of the women’s national party‚ little did they know but it would soon become a huge success for all women around

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    Abstract This paper goes into detail about the struggles women faced back in the 1800’s‚ as well as how they were treated verses men. Women weren’t able to vote‚ work‚ learn‚ and were considered “less powerful” than men. They were strictly known as “mothers” and their job was to take care of their family. In the second and third paragraphs of the paper‚ the author describes that women wanted change‚ and wanted to make an impression on the world. This caused movements and acts to be developed‚ and

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    The subject is survival. The connection is the theme that we need to push ourselves into those dark‚ cold corners where the bad things live - where the bad things fight. The four motion pictures demonstrate what occurs in a survival circumstance are: “Lone Survivor”‚ directed by Peter Berg; “Gravity”‚ directed by Alfonso Cuarón; “Mad Max Fury Road”‚ directed by George Miller and “The Revenant in View of Hugh Glass”‚ directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. I choose to pick this topic for my connections

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    when McCarthyism was in effect. McCarthy neglects to meet the responsibilities of a Senator because he tore apart the lives of anyone he thought was a communist‚ including Government officials‚ to gain more power. The roles and responsibilities of Senator are very important. Senators have to enroll in work such as‚ passing bills‚ holding meetings for impeachment‚ and other important duties.There are 100 people in the Senate. The majority leader‚ like Joseph McCarthy‚ has to be on the floor at all

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    Research (Genre) ‘The Road’ is categorized as a post-apocalyptic fiction style novel. As stated in an article written from a student at Princeton University; Post-apocalyptic fiction is a sub genre of science fiction that is set in a world or civilization after either a nuclear war‚ plaque‚ comet/rogue planet strike‚ or some other general disaster. Usually post-apocalyptic fiction novels take place immediately after the catastrophe; the author focuses on the travails or psychology of survivors.

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    The Road written by Cormac McCarthy is a novel based on a post-apocalyptic setting. The story focuses on a father and a son. No names are given to either. But‚ the son does address his father as Papa. The father and the son are trying to survive not only by undertaking the constant struggle of getting the necessary means to live (water‚ food‚ etc.) but by surviving from the cannibals. The father and the son are traveling throughout the entirety of the novel. Before the wife had abandoned her husband

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    Critical Analysis of Child Of God Written by Cormac McCarthy in 1973‚ the novel‚ Child of God takes place in Sevier County‚ Tennessee‚ in the 1960’s. This novel tells a story of Lester Ballard‚ a rather odd man described as "a child of God much like yourself perhaps.” The unfortunate events of Ballard ’s life in the novel unveiled a failed attempt to survive outside of the normal social order. After the abandonment of his mother‚ his father ’s suicide and the auctioning off of his land‚ Ballard

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    you think McCarthy has chosen not to give his characters names? How do the generic labels of “the man” and “the boy” affect the way you /readers relate to them? While reading The Road‚ a novel written by Cormac McCarthy‚ I was jerked from the warmth‚ comfort‚ and safety of my home and thrown into a cold‚ dark‚ and desolate world‚ walking alongside “the man” and “the boy”. McCarthy composes his work so graphically that readers are drawn right into the story. I believe Cormac McCarthy wanted the

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    In Ralph Ellison’s “Battle Royal”‚ Ellison tells the story of a young man struggling to realize his role in a society ruled by a white supremacist. Throughout his struggle‚ the narrator encounters and contemplates what would be his best chance at achieving success and surviving life as a black individual. The story narrates this character’s journey of learning how to adapt and survive in an environment where he does not have any deciding where to put his faith. Ellison conveys the message that as

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    R .BRINDADEVI Ph.D. Research Scholar Sri Sarada College for Women (Autonomous) Salem – 16 Mail Id:steel.ssk@gmail.com Mobile No:8883686035 Struggle for survival in Githa Hariharan’s The Thousand Faces of Night Literature has always been a means of reinforcing cultural and social values. The present day world is a changed world because of the development in education and modernization. But in spite of this fact‚

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