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    dilemma. In literature‚ film‚ and television‚ characters always have to endure hardship in order to become stronger: a girl must battle against teenagers to win a game; a huge storm starts at the world‚ which might turn the world into a new ice age; a boy in a jewish concentration camp makes a friend and they try to find his father so that they could escape. All of them have to fight for their life. A girl named Katniss Everdeen is sent to a 75th anniversary of “The Hunger Games.” She has to survive

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    about young boys and both have a female impact on them‚ both boys are drawn to new places unknown to them and in the end‚ both come out with disappointment because of shattered promises about the unknown. Firstly‚ in life‚ males and females are often fascinated by each other‚ because of the differences in their nature. Males are drawn to females because of their differences and vice versa. In this sense‚ to each other‚ the genders are the unknowns. In James Joyce’s "Araby"‚ a little boy is deeply

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    with a young girl talking about the first time she had sex with a boy‚ as the story goes on she talks more and more about boys she is with and the different situations she in with them. She doesn’t talk about her interests very much outside of the boys she encounters. In the story I feel like the girl has low self confidence and low self esteem "Some things I was good as ‚ like math or painting or even sports but the second a boy put his arm around me ‚ I forgot about wanting to do anything else

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    Gender inequality was once an issue in high school classrooms. However it does not seem to be a problem today. There have been studies that show boys get more attention‚ but from personal experience I have not noticed that. In an attempt to end this discrimination Congress passed Title IX in 1972. This was a set of amendments that stated "no person in the US shall‚ on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in‚ or denied the benefits of‚ or be subjected to discrimination under any program

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    Thank You M'Am

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    teacher brightens a students morning. But‚ in the world we live in today‚ these acts are rare to come by. In this short story Thank You‚ Ma’am‚ the boy‚ out of mysterious luck‚ gets taken in by the woman whom he was trying to steal a purse from. Her actions‚ following the incident towards the boy‚ may have seemed very kind and understanding‚ but the boy needs a more solid way of punishment. He requires discipline that will show him that as complicated as life is‚ there will not always be someone

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    English No-No Boy To begin I really enjoyed this book‚ it was very interesting to me to read about the incredible struggle Ichiro had within himself and society. When I think of the Japanese-Americans being placed into internment camps because of Pearl Harbor I am grateful for how far our country has grown but I’m not unaware of how far we still have to go. I think back 12 years to September 11th 2001‚ when the twin towers were bombed and living in New York City‚ witnessing

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    Code To be a man in many cultures to this day still means the same as it did years ago‚ it has not changed much due to men still wanting the power‚ respect‚ and holding on to that image of being better than the other man. It all begins when the young boy is taught to "be a man" and is no longer able to cry or show emotion. He then will be interested in wanting to be better and stronger than his fellow classmates. This turns into having the pressure not only from your father but from society in general

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    'Stand by Me' Essay

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    The film Stand by me is a story of boys hanging out and growing up and explores the rite of passage genre as it recounts the tale of the boys’ adventure and their transition from childhood to adolescence. The use of symbolism in the film helps the audience connect not only with each character in the film but also their own personal journey. The use of music‚ Colour and the use of the train and its tracks help the audience to understand that the film is more than just a story about an adventure but

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    James Joyce Araby

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    the characters that by using imagery of light‚ a formation of love and surely darkness. The experiences that the narrator faces throughout this story shows how humans expect way more than regular reality‚ and how people aren’t really caring for the boy these actions eventually show how disappointment and Alcoholism destroys the narrators desires. Joyce goes about writing this story by using extremely dark and abstruse references to show the narrators reality of living in this gloomy town of

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    "Mangan’s sister" and his promise to her that he shall buy her a present if he goes to the Araby bazaar. Joyce uses visual images of darkness and light as well as the exotic in order to suggest how the boy narrator attempts to achieve the inaccessible. Accordingly‚ Joyce is expressing the theme of the boys exaggerated desire through the images which are exotic. The theme of "Araby" is a boy’s desire to what he cannot achieve. Joyce uses visual imagery from the world of Christianity‚ images of light and

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