Joyce Carol Oates’ “Life After High School” is a story of the evolution of two dynamic characters‚ Sunny and Zachary. Both figuratively wear masks in the beginning of the story which they eventually struggle to hang on to and eventually shed. A theme of the story is the societal standards and it’s effects on our behavior and disposition. Important to note is the context of the story; it begins in 1959 in a high school. Important are societal views on sexuality and the traditionally collectivist-type
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2.2.1 Edward Edward Mayhews‚ aged 22‚ is born into a less than affluent family home in the Chiltern Hills in 1940. He lives together with his father Lionel Mayhews‚ a schoolmaster‚ and his brain-damaged mother Marjorie Mayhews. His two younger twin sisters are born in 1945. They live in fairly low living conditions due to lack of money‚ a handicapped mother and a hard-working father who cares for his children to the point of self-sacrifice. Housework is almost never achieved – "The beds were never
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The House on Mango Street shows the reader the life of a Mexican-American girl through the character’s eyes. Only‚ the story isn’t just about her ethnicity and poor environment‚ it’s about finding a home and growing up. Everybody could learn a lot from her. She teaches people of determination‚ inner strength‚ and connections that can’t always be explained. Cisneros’ vignettes read like individual stories with one big purpose and that in itself is beautiful. In The House on Mango Street she
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and as a result he got what he wanted: power. Power‚ a main theme in George Orwell’s Animal Farm‚ means independence for the animals; through George Orwell’s use of indirect characterization‚ Orwell indicates that Napoleon is a good liar which contributes to Napoleon’s power. Orwell also indicates through indirect characterization that Squealer is best described as a kiss up which contributes to Squealer’s power. In Animal Farm‚ Orwell uses indirect
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Synthesis of Gold nanoparticles and characterization by Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) technique Group 3 Amber McCreary Jared Slaydon Marc Thompson Maurice Townsend Martin Wright Introduction Dynamic light scattering (DLS)‚ also referred to as photon correlation spectroscopy or quasi-elastic light scattering‚ is a procedure used commonly for characterizing particle size and size distribution of nanoparticles in suspension or polymers in solutions. This technique is based on the Brownian
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Patriarchal Ideology in “The Boarding House”: The Characterization of Mrs. Mooney James Joyce’s “The Boarding House” is one of the short stories in his collection of The Dubliners. In this story‚ Mrs. Mooney‚ after separating from her abusive and alcoholic husband‚ runs a boarding house for working men. Her daughter Polly entertains the boarders by singing and flirts with them. Mrs. Mooney learns that Polly is dating Mr. Doran‚ a man in his mid-thirties who has worked in a Catholic wine-merchant’s
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ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A STEM CELL POPULATION FROM MENSTRUAL BLOOD [pic] Thesis submitted to The American University of Athens‚ to the Faculty of Science‚ in fulfillment of the requirements for Doctorate degree in Biomedical Science June 2011 Acknowledgements: This dissertation would not have been possible without the guidance and the help of several individuals who in one way or another contributed and extended their valuable assistance in the preparation and
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Authors create characters in literature using direct and indirect characterization. These characters help bring the novel to life through their words and actions. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the character of Atticus Finch demonstrates the themes displayed in the novel through his courageous determination and unprejudiced kindness. Atticus Finch shows courageous determination by being willing enough to fight for Tom Robinson‚ even though his chances of winning are slim‚ demonstrating
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Extraction of Jathropa curcas Seed Fats and Oil and Identification and Characterization of Unknown Oil Jose G. Intano‚ Jr. and Niescee Eiscene Talaman University of the Philippines Visayas Miagao‚ Iloilo xdvm_apollo469@yahoo.com‚ messyisnessy@gmail.com Abstract The experiment had the objectives of extracting fats and oil from plant sample using 3:2 hexane-isopropanol solvent through Soxhlet method and of identifying and characterizing unknown oil sample using different chemical analyses
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A Black Man Talks of Reaping Figure of Speech In Arna Bontemps’ poem‚ “A Black Man Talks of Reaping”‚ he uses many figures of speech like metaphor‚ personification‚ overstatement and synecdoche. Metaphor is the tool Bontemps uses in his poem. For instance‚ “Wind or fowl” (line 3) metaphorically refers to white race who are every where and can take the profit of African American race away like a wind blows grains away or like a bird intends to steal seeds of a farmer by pecking them away. Therefore
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