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    (Entry 4) 13/12/17‚ ‘Villette’ In the novel‚ ‘Villette’‚ Lucy Snowe‚ is a unique character who narrates her life as a young destitute woman. Her narration follows the conventions of a female narrative of domestic love although the story breaks away from those conventions. Lucy sometimes talks of herself as a third person‚ and makes it clear in the novel that she is not participant in some points of the plot. She only claims to be the "Lucy Snowe" that she wants us to see. The narration is reserved

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    system have racist tendencies? In a perfect world‚ people would be punished for the crimes of which they are guilty‚ and all punishments would be fair. Unfortunately‚ we do not live in a perfect world. Racism is still at large. On January 12‚ 2010‚ Jordan Miles‚ an 18 year old African American honors student from Pittsburgh PA‚ was walking home at night when he was approached by three undercover police officers. The officers asked him‚ "Where’s your gun‚ money and drugs?" Miles assumed the men were

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    Lucy v. Zehmer Case Brief Facts: Lucy made an offer to Zehmer one night while at his restaurant to purchase Zehmer’s farm for $50‚000. Zehmer and Lucy both signed an agreement that promised Zehmer would sell the farm to Lucy. Zehmer claimed later that the agreement to sell the farm was made when they were both drinking at Zehmer’s restaurant and that he only meant the acceptance as a joke. Zehmer didn’t believe that Lucy’s offer was genuine since they were both drinking and went along with

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    In Jamaica Kincaid’s novel‚ Lucy‚ the title character has similar traits to the pop singer and former child star‚ Miley Cyrus; both are young women fighting the pressure to conform to the societal standards for women. Lucy and Cyrus live lives that differ from the conventional views of women. Both women embrace their sexuality and do not always agree with the traditional gender roles. Cyrus expressed her feelings towards conforming in her 2010 song‚ “Can’t Be Tamed”‚ in which she pleads‚ “Don’t change

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    The River is a song by Jordan Feliz‚ and it one of my favorite and most influential songs. I first heard it during a Nationals game as Daniel Murphy’s walk-up song. The lyrics are about going to a river to pray‚ repent‚ and become born again. As an atheist‚ I try to avoid being acquainted with religious ideas or opinions‚ as I believe that religion has become a sensitive issue in many cases nowadays. But after listening to the song a few times‚ I started to love it‚ and it soon had a great impact

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    “The Doll” Once upon a time in Northern Montana ‚ the deep in the haunted woods of QUARRYFALLS were screaming ‚ where the branches were never straight and where the leaves never grow‚ a 16 year old girl was running from nothing and screaming about a red eyed beast. The rest of the 302 POPULATION was asleep and could not hear her. That steals your soul and pierces your heart. She finally stopped in the middle of eight trees that surrounded her like they were alive(simile). It was wearing a pink

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    My name is Mercedez JaNae Jordan and I am from Chicago. I am a very outgoing and passionate. I have been through a lot of obstacles in my life. I am taking this class to graduate on time and move forward in my life pursue my dream today. When I was little I my brother was almost kidnapped was a surreal and life learning. When I seen my brother being taken I was little but I still ran to save him. It thought me that you can never be too sure of a person and to always be careful who you invite into

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    Lucy Liu was born in New York City on December 2‚ 1968. Lucy Liu is the daughter of Chinese immigrants. Lucy attended New York City High School. She enrolled to New York University but after one year she transfer to University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. She studied Asian Languages and culture and she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1990. Lucy Liu was an actor she would always got rescued the people were the main part of the movie. She had played mostly in action and for kid’s movies. She was

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    Jamaica Kincaid’s novel “Lucy” is from the point of view of a girl who moves to America for a better life. The main characteristics that stuck out to me were how blunt and to the point she was while narrating‚ but when interacting with others‚ she felt out of place or did not care. If I were to direct a movie based on this book‚ I would cast Rosario Dawson as Lucy‚ but to recall these events. Through out the movie‚ Rosario Dawson would narrate what Lucy is really thinking while the camera shows a

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    Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy Before I start‚ I just want to know who believe in the existence of fate. Personally I did not believe that fate exist in this world but after reading this depressing and inspiring story by Lucy Grealy‚ I saw how the crippled side of fate destroyed ones’ life. This author here‚ Grealy who wrote the book called Autobiography of a Face had a jaw removal because she had discovered cancer developing in her jaw. Fate is often twisted. It had turned a once sweet

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