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    the "The Color of Fear" that I will discuss. These two issues include grouping people of color on the basis of the way one looks‚ and the attitudes of different races towards one another. Including also the idea that the white "do-gooder" feels that subconsciously racism is being taken care of‚ when in all reality it isn’t. The eight men in The Color of Fear candidly discussed racism not only as "whites oppressing blacks‚" but also the less addressed sides of racial trouble in America. A white

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    factors in life. Obstacles are everywhere with in families and one self that determined their outcome. Racial diversity; abuses; lack of achievements; and poverty affects how someone identities themselves. These functions are just a few types that can affect ones identity. The role of identity is played by each individual’s lifestyles based on self-decisions. Diversity dealing with race affects a person’s identity when dealing with their family or in a group of friends that you associate yourself

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    Introduction Throughout the story‚ Pearl is depicted as pure‚ evil‚ one with nature‚ non-relaxing and peaceful. The colors “walls of white‚” “relaxing evening rain‚” “earthen shaded granite‚” and “India black tea” help relate the characteristics of Pearl and her changes throughout the story. Walls of White The color “walls of white” describe Pearl’s name and what she has to live up to. Hester names her child Pearl. “But she named the infant ‘Pearl‚’ as

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    Introduction Colors are an intimate facet of our everyday lives and exist in everything that we see. Colors and emotions have a strong relationship between them. It is widely recognized that colors have also a strong impact on our emotions and feelings (Hemphill‚ 1996; Lang‚ 1993; Mahnke‚ 1996). The color red has been associated with excitement‚ strength‚ sex‚ passion‚ speed‚ and danger. White has been associated with pure‚ virginal‚ clean‚ youthful‚ and mild. Blue that is most popular color has been

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    fully expressed since she is almost like a slave when it comes to her father and her family. But then at the middle and end of the novel‚ she begins to show her personality more as she is not as persecuted and held back. Celie has more of a caring‚ kind‚ and a bit fierce personality. Celie also has a loving personality towards Shug‚ since Shug was one of the people that helped Celie express herself more. In The Color Purple there is no direct antagonist in my opinion‚ but the people that could be seen

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    bring down the characters in The Color Purple.Overall‚ the novel depicts hidebound ideals of gender roles in respect to their position in society. The effects of the discrimination by sex is further enhanced by the ethnicity of the characters in the novel; which‚ goes hand in hand with their economic status. The characters of the novel where at the bottom of the social ladder; which‚ contributed to the behavior and problems between marriages and different races. The Color Purple is marinated in prejudice

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    Self-Identity The Color of Water is the story of James McBride as he grows up and finds himself through his mother‚ Ruth McBride. He was born to a white mother‚ Ruth‚ and a black father‚ Andrew Dennis McBride‚ with seven older siblings‚ all black. His father died early on and his mother remarried another black man‚ Hunter Jordan‚ and had four more black children before his stepfather died as well‚ leaving him with a white mother and eleven black siblings‚ making Ruth McBride the only white in the

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    Rough Draft: Ethan’s Colors Symbolism approach to interpretation has so many possibilities—so many paths to consider! An exciting approach to interpretation and criticism‚ comparable to hunting‚ finding the symbols‚ an object or image that‚ although interesting in its own right‚ stands for or suggests something larger and more complex—often an idea or a range of interrelated ideas‚ attitudes‚ and practices (Murfin & Ray 391)‚ practiced by finding the repetition of colors throughout Edith Wharton’s

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    Development DPM – 703 Family Problems / Family Violence: Disrupted and Reconstituted Families Ivy M. Boca Student Dr. Celso D. Benologa Professor Outline Introduction Family * Types of Family * Family Structure/ Composition * Disrupted Family Causes of Family Disruption 1. Death of Parents 2. Abandonment 3. Filipino Diaspora /Migratory Work 4. Divorce * Reconstituted Family * Family Violence * Types of Abuse

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    symbolizes pain and beauty through the color red. The many examples of the color red throughout the story are used to communicate the idea that ignorance towards what is below the surface of what a person can see can prevent people from seeing the pain and suffering that is hidden behind what is shown on the outside. In the middle of the story‚ while Doodle and his family are eating dinner‚ they are graced by the presence of a dying scarlet ibis. As the family watches the bird die‚ they‚ with the exception

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