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    The Socially Bounded Decision Making of Persistent Property Offenders Neal Shover and David Honaker Summary The decision making process of persistent property offenders works basically in two ways. First‚ offenders don’t consider or barely consider that there could be a consequence for being responsible of certain kind of crimes. Second‚ there is something called “Life as a party”‚ which basically means that the offender carries a lifestyle that he or she cannot afford‚ therefore he or she commits

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    Another reason why Tea Cake differs from Jody is that Jody is the man who limited Janie’s freedom and treated her like a caged bird with broken wings but Tea Cake was the man who taught that bird to fly again. A woman’s hair is her confidence and strength. Jody decided to take that confidence and power away from Janie by commanding her to cover her hair in public. He snatched her freedom away and became an anchor to her journey in finding love and freedom. After the death of Jody‚ Janie’s first priority

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    Janie went through three relationships to achieve her dream of being in love. Over the course of those relationships‚ Janie discovers a sense of her identity. The novel is framed and begins with Janie all alone telling her story to her friend Phoeby. At the beginning of her life she was unsure of who she was and what she wanted but at the end of the novel Janie’s is a proud independent woman. Throughout the novel‚ Janie was submissive but her optimism of eventually having a good relationship and

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    The next line of the song lyrics say stuff. The song “Treat You Better” by Shawn Mendes represents what Joe said to try to persuade Janie to leave with him‚ so he can treat her better. The song’s lyrics‚ “And you’re spending all your time / In this wrong situation‚” represent how Joe felt that Janie was in a wrong situation by being married to Logan Killicks. Joe thought that she was treated wrongly because as a lady‚ she should not be plowing or working in the field. The next line of the lyrics

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    In Zora Neale Hurston’s‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ the concept of power is heavily emphasized throughout the novel. Although Joe “Jody” Starks‚ a man full of confidence and aspiration‚ became the mayor of the black town of Eatonville‚ he had an obsession for power and control that led to destruction. Power is fulfillment to Starks. He demonstrates patriarchy and dominance over Janie when he “rears and pitches in de store sometimes when she make uh mistake is… ungodly‚ but she don’t seem to

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    The concoction administered to some breast cancer patients is referred to as TCH. This is a combination of textotere‚ carboplatin and Herceptin. Texotere is a drug that ‚ start to produce Hot flashes are no joke when they leave you soaked in sweat and feeling dazed. Technically‚ hot flashes exaggerate how the body normally cools down: blood vessels dilate‚ letting more blood reach the skin to release heat. They tend to come on rapidly and last from one to five minutes. They range in severity

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    "The Gilded Six-Bits" is a story about a life of married couple‚ Missy May and Joe. They lived a meager life by some standards because they did not have extravagant material things‚ but by other standards they were rich. They were rich in love. In the story the Joe and Missy May marvel at the fact that Otis Slemmons was wealthy enough to have a five-dollar gold piece for a stick-pin‚ a ten-dollar gold piece on his watch‚ and a mouth full of gold teeth. Close to the end of the story the reader

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    The power of speech plays an important part in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God. Each character starts off with their own unique voice. The strength and control of a caharacers’ voice changes throughout the novel determining their place in society and relationship with others. Logan Killicks’ voice changes between the beginning and the end of his marriage with Janie. At the start of their marriage Logan talks to Janie with sweet words and rhymes. This leads Janie to believe that

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    SNAKEBIT In “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurtson‚ the implied thesis that was utilized was that good will ultimately triumph over evil‚ even in an ironic manner. To either prove or disprove this thesis‚ a literary criticism was conducted‚ gathering scholarly opinions for other writers on this topic. By gathering the opinions‚ it was evident that other scholars agreed with Hurston’s thesis‚ indicating that good does in fact triumph over evil‚ even in an ironic sense or manner. To represent both good

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    Oprah Butchers Hurston’s Classic Novel Oprah Winfrey’s movie‚ totally transformed Their Eyes were Watching God‚ beyond resemblance from Zora Neale Hurston’s book. Throughout the movie many relationships changed‚ Janie gained much strength‚ morals became altered from the normal acceptance of this time and‚ the meaning completely shifted and symbols meaning completely. Obviously‚ Oprah had conducted changes in the movie which altered the entire recognition of the book. During the movie‚ Oprah twists

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