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    (Google pg 1) Angelou‚ Maya. “Sister Flowers.” In The Longman Reader by Judith Nadell‚ John Langan‚ Eliza A. Comodromos. Eds New York: PEARSON/Longman‚ 2007:pg. 87-93 “Sister Flowers” gives the instant expectation of sadness to the reader. Nevertheless‚ by the end of the second paragraph the reader is drawn into the resilient world of a child. The characters are magically real‚ and the reader can relate with all of them at some level. Future generations will read Maya Angelou admirable

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    Readers Response #1 The short story‚ “The Veldt”‚ written by Ray Bradbury‚ is one of the literatures that talks about the effects of technology in a negative point of view. The story is introduced in a futuristic setting‚ a sound-proofed Happylife Home‚ where the Hadley family lives with the advanced technology. The machines are capable of fulfilling all the family’s needs and desires such as cleaning‚ clothing‚ feeding‚ and even rocking them to sleep. In the beginning‚ the technology

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    Reader Response- “Streetcar Named Desire” Stella Kowalski is one of the main characters in the Tennessee William’s‚ “ A Streetcar Named Desire”. She is presented as a woman who has an older sister Blanch and a husband named Stanley. She is often overlooked in the play because of her husband Stanley and her sister Blanche are much more dynamic. However‚ Stella plays an important role that without her‚ Stanley and Blanche who are considered‚ as two major characters of the play throughout the story

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    approaches to be considered here are these: moral/intellectual; topi­ cal/historical; New Critical/formalist; structuralist; feminist; economic determin­ ist/Marxist; psychological/psychoanalytic; archetypal/symbolic/mythic; Deconstruc­ tionist; and Reader-Response. A number of critical theories or approaches for understanding and interpret­ ing literature are available to critics and students alike. Many of these have been developed during the twentieth century to create a discipline of literary

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    The Reader‚ set in post-World War II Germany‚ relates the story of an SS camp guard‚ Hanna Schmitz‚ and her evolving relationship with the narrator‚ Michael Berg. Both the book and the movie deal with serious issues‚ including love and denial‚ guilt and accountability‚ and reconciliation. They both employ several subversive strategies: in presenting Michael Berg’s first love‚ it is impossible not to be sympathetic; we are drawn in. Hanna is the mysterious older woman who initiates the young boy into

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    Bill Gates was born on Oct. 28‚ 1955. He grew up in Seattle with his two sisters. Their father‚ William H. Gates II‚ is a Seattle attorney. Their late mother‚ Mary Gates‚ was a schoolteacher‚ University of Washington regent‚ and chairwoman of United Way International. Gates attended public elementary school and the private Lakeside School. There‚ he discovered his interest in software and began programming computers at age 13. In 1973‚ Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman‚ where he lived

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    politicians have always been shrouded with gossip and scandal‚ every move they make is criticized. However‚ no other President has been scrutinized quite like Bill Clinton. In All Too Human: A Political Education written by George Stephanopoulos; he details his experience working for the Clinton Administration. For five years‚ Stephanopoulos worked for Bill Clinton; because of his position‚ he was allowed unprecedented access to the all the activity around the President. Stephanopoulos joined Clinton as a

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    Citations: Steinem‚ Gloria. "Sex‚ Lies‚ and Advertising." 1990. Mercury Reader. N.p.: Pearson‚ 2013. 45-67. Print. Brady‚ Judy. "Why I Want a Wife." 1970. Mercury Reader. N.p.: Pearson‚ 2013. 74-78. Print. Blum‚ Deborah. "The Gender Blur." 1998. Mercury Reader. N.p.: Pearson‚ 2013. 103-13. Print. Barry‚ Dave. "Guys vs. Men." 1995. Mercury Reader. N.p.: Pearson‚ 2013. 113-21. Print.

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    The road a bill takes to becoming a law is a long and tedious process. First‚ the proposed bill goes through the House of representatives. Once the bill has been approved by the House‚ it is then begins its journey through the Senate. After the bill has been endorsed by the Senate‚ the houses of congress then meet in conference committees to prepare the bill to be sent to the White House. To summarize‚ the path the bill takes to become a law is a fairly complex impediment. <br> <br>Now to begin‚

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    proposal‚ a bill or draft act. There are different types of bills‚ The Public bills‚ Private bills‚ Government bills and private member bills. Public bills Change general laws or affect the whole country‚ A public bill extends to all of the united kingdom On the contrary Private bills do not alter the law for the whole community but deals with matter of concern in a particular locality. Government bills are introduced by a minister with the backing of the government and these kind of bill are almost

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