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    The Girls of Casterbridge

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    Tessa Fraser Composition one Ms. Dundas 1/31/13 The Halot‚ Elizabeth-Jane and Their Gender Roles “Don’t be the girl who fell. Be the girl who got back up.”-Jeanette Stanley. The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy introduces the readers to Elizabeth-Jane and Lucetta‚ two girls of both different means personalities. The comparison by Thomas Hardy of Elizabeth-Jane and Lucetta reveals two different sides of the gender barriers that faced young women in the 1800’s. This comparison shows that

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    The Dying Girl

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    Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a cliche movie‚ and is very predictable. The main character‚ Greg‚ is played by Thomas Mann. Earl is played by RJ Cyler‚ and Rachel is played by Olivia Cooke. The movie takes during high school in Pittsburgh. It is directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. This movie is mainly about the growing friendship between Greg and Rachel. Greg has managed to map out the school’s social hierarchy‚ and become acquaintances with every group. He makes sure not to become too close to

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    girl interrupted

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    Girl‚ Interrupted The name of the movie that I watched was called “Girl‚ Interrupted.” There are a lot of important characters in the movie but the main character is 18-year-old Susanna Kaysen. The actress that plays Susanna in the movie is Winona Ryder. Susanna decided to admit herself into McLean Hospital‚ in Belmont‚ Massachusetts‚ after attempting suicide by overdosing on pills. Susanna plans on staying at mental hospital for only a couple weeks‚ but ended up staying there a couple years.

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    Ali Munzipapa 701514757 Prompt A- Perceptions Internal Struggles Lead to Realistic Breakthroughs As the unsettling story begins to unfold‚ everyone in The Night of the Iguana deals with great loss and questions of eternity. The genre and style of the play help to set the overall tone and better understand the difficult story line. The Night of the Iguana is indubitably a drama shown through central characters internal struggles and also depicts the style of realism. Drama unfolds throughout the

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    recognized is the courageous‚ and equally important‚ action of American women in the struggle for independence. Revolutionary Mothers‚ by Carol Berkin‚ highlights the significance of the role of women and the women’s bravery that helped secure independence from Britain. The countless women that aided in the fight for independence truly embodied the American spirit of the late 1700s‚ possessed traits that say a great deal about American ideals‚ and easily fulfill the definition of a hero. As the

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    Approaching Girl

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    APPROACHING A GIRL Have you seen the movie the karate kid? In that movie Jackie Chan took the small kid with him to the temple so that he gains some wisdom. While they were in the temple the kid saw a man imitating the moves of a cobra exactly. The kid asked Jackie Chan why the man imitates the cobra and Jackie Chan replied saying that the Cobra is the one imitating the man because he has reached a very advanced level of mental control that allows him to control animals!! So you might be

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    GOSSIP GIRLS

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    CASE APPLICATION: GOSSIP GIRLS: How many times a day do you gossip . . . .Either as a sender or receiver? Although you may think gossip is harmless‚ it can have some pretty serious consequences. It did for four former employees of the town of Hooksett‚ Mew Hampshire‚ who were fired by the city council for gossiping about their boss. They learned the hard way that the gossip can cost you your job. The longtime employees were fired because one of the woman had used derogatory terms to describe

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    Golden Girl

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    Golden Girl Gordon Lee McCallum’s perspective The drive to the school was quite smooth; the weather was nice‚ and there were no traffic. As I approached the school‚ I began to recognize a few of my colleagues’ cars. After having parked my car‚ as I got out‚ I noticed Miss Grainger‚ from the corner of my eye‚ waving at me. I waived back‚ and quickly joined her. She greeted me enthusiastically‚ and led me to the dance. Just

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    Gossip Girl

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    The Upper East Side 1. Gossip Girl ‚ “Gone with the Will” 2. Plot Summary The episode begins with Blair Waldorf and Jack Bass attending the will reading with Chuck Bass‚ who has recently lost his father. The late Bass wrote Chuck a letter before he died‚ and Chuck is presented with the sealed letter. Chuck becomes angry‚ and refuses to read the letter. He says that he does not want his father to call him a failure once again. Blair snatches the letter away from Chuck’s uncle‚ Jack. Blair reads

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    Girl Interrupted

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    Girl‚ Interrupted Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious psychiatric illness. People that are diagnosed with this disorder suffer from an intense pattern of affective instability‚ extreme difficulties in interpersonal relationships‚ problems with behavioral or impulse control‚ and disrupted cognitive processes. The estimated prevalence of BPD in the general adult population is about 2%‚ mostly affecting young women. Susanna Kaysen was born on November 11‚ 1948 in Cambridge‚ Massachusetts

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