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    The Inheritance The quote from Swedish Proverbs‚ “Those who wish to sing‚ always find a song”‚ relates to this book The Inheritance written by Louisa May Alcott because the main character‚ Edith Adelon‚ was a foster child taken in by the Hamilton family. Edith Adelon‚ the main character‚ is a kind‚ beautiful‚ pure‚ and good at heart girl. This Swedish Proverb means “The Law of Attraction is a mysterious and beautiful thing. Those who venture out with the intention of finding joy will find joy.

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    2014 Annotated Bibliography Bogard‚ Carley Rees. "The Awakening: A Refusal to Compromise." The University of Michigan Papers in Women ’s Studies 2.3 (1977): 15-31. Rpt. in World Literature Criticism‚ Supplement 1-2: A Selection of Major Authors from Gale ’s Literary Criticism Series. Ed. Polly Vedder. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale‚ 1997. Literature Resource Center. Web. 3 Nov. 2014. Carley Bogard presents the criticism of Kate Chopin’s The Awakening by examining the main character‚ Edna Pontellier. She

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    the novel is The Awakening by Kate Chopin. Setting and its Significance The Awakening is set in New Orleans at the end of the Victorian era. The significance of the novel being set in the Victorian era is the way women are treated and looked at. For a typical Victorian woman‚ she was expected to be faithful and do what the husband desires‚ take care of the children‚ and basically be entertainment for man. If affects the novel because the main character will go through awakenings that will challenge

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    What is The Great Awakening? The Awakening was a period of great revivalism that spread throughout the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s. It deemphasized the importance of church doctrine and instead put a greater importance on the individual and their spiritual experience. What most people refer to as “the first Great Awakening” can be described as a renewal of religion that swept through the colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s. The beginnings of the first Great Awakening appeared among the

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    Lamentable is the situation of these people‚” stated an Episcopal preacher from the Second Great Awakening. Before the 1780s‚ America was becoming a nation vacant from God and religion. Less and less people attended local churches. However‚ several preachers saw the direction America leaned towards and started Protestant movements‚ which became known as the famous Second Great Awakening. The Second Great Awakening embarked as a movement to bring religion to the recently settled Americans‚ was the catalyst

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    Section 1 Celie’s Awakening The novel The Color Purple‚ by Alice Walker is a story about the struggle and the transformation of the protagonist Celie from a shy little girl that never stood up for herself who later on in her life developed into a strong confident and independent woman. Her awakening is due in large parts to the many female figures she met throughout her life. These figures are her sister Nettie‚ Mr.____’s sister Kate‚ Harpo’s wife Sofia‚

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    striving toward the summit of fulfillment.” John O’Donohue‚ an Irish writer‚ priest‚ and philosopher‚ wrote this in Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom. It fully encompasses how Edna Pontellier‚ the main character‚ felt in Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening. Published in 1899‚ this time period did not give Edna the same chance the women of the early 20th century had. Instead she plays the role of the

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    Meredith Chapman AP English 3 Mrs. Puente February 9‚ 2012 The Awakening Abstract Assignment Literary critic‚ Carole Stone‚ celebrates the fact that Edna’s flashbacks‚ her submersion into the Gulf‚ and her idealistic ways are all necessary in order for her to become a true artist. Stone disagrees with recent critics’ claims that Edna is childish and indecisive‚ making her unable to make decisions and move forward artistically. Stone believes that having Adele Ratignolle and Madame Reisz in

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    The Awakening By: Kate Chopin Part I Reading Journal: Chapter 1-13 1. Plot summary of these chapters. The story starts off with Mr. Pontellier and a talking parrot on the porch. The parrot begins yelling at Mr. Pontellier who leaves to go read his newspaper elsewhere. He describes that the newspaper is a day old but he is just now reading it because he was gone in New Orleans. Mr. Pontellier observes his two sons playing in the yard with their nanny. After a while‚ Edna Pontellier and a boy named

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    Second Great Awakening In the late 1820s and 1830s a religious revival called the Second Great Awakening had a strong impact on the American religion and reform. It grew partly out of evangelical opposition to the deism associated with the French Revolution and gathered strength in 1826‚ when Charles Grandsoin Finney preacher conducted a revival. Many people saw religion as a social gathering since people didn’t get out much in the 1800s it made going to church and being holy a more enjoyable

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