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    1) In 1859‚ Charles Darwin described a model of how living things change over time. He described this model and the evidence that supported it in a book called On The Origin of Species. Which scientific term is used to describe a testable model that seeks to explain natural phenomena?  A) data  B) hypothesis  C) observation  D) theory 2) When an experiment is repeated and the new results are different from the original results‚ what could you assume to be true?  A) The results from both experiments

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    What’s Black‚ White‚ and The Color Purple? “First he put his thing up against my hip and sort of wiggle it around. Then he grab hold my titties. Then he push his thing inside my pussy. When that hurt‚ I cry. He start to choke me‚ saying You better shut up and get used to it.”(Walker 1). If you as a parent took The Color Purple off the shelves and just opened the book you would begin by reading the quote above. As a parent who just opens the book and reads the first two pages‚ already‚ based

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    Shug Avery‚ a main character in The Color Purple‚ is a promiscuous‚ attentive‚ independent woman. None of these words‚ however‚ can describe the protagonist Celie. Shug was a role model for Celie; she taught Celie that she didn’t have to put up with being taken advantage of and that love and sex were real and could be enjoyable. All the lessons that Shug taught Celie were meant to help her new best friend see that her life was not what it should be. Celie was in an abusive relationship with

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    "The Color Purple" is a very powerful film that tells the story of Celie‚ a poor black woman living in the old south. The film begins at her childhood and follows her up to old age. She was raped and abused by her father as a young woman and was sent to marry and equally abusive man‚ Albert. The various people in Celie’s household may seem strange in their actions to an outsider. However‚ if one examines the actions of the characters‚ their behabiors can be explained‚ and sometimes justified‚ by

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    Stated by Jane Austen in the novel Pride and Prejudice‚ “ There are few people whom I really love‚ and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see the world‚ the more I am dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters‚ and the little dependence that can be placed in the appearance of merit and sense” (Austen). No one fits into the idealistic world exactly. It is human nature to discriminate and conclude opinions on other people for their

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    Marriage: The Perfect Ending to Pride and Prejudice An individual often finds himself in a conflict with the rules of society. Occasionally‚ rebelling is the path to happiness. However‚ usually‚ the real path to happiness is through compromise. This is the case in the early nineteenth century England setting of Pride and Prejudice‚ by Jane Austen. In the novel‚ Miss Elizabeth Bennet is a lively‚ independent woman‚ whose family ’s financial situation and whose strong mindedness suggest that

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    Jane Austen’s use of Environment in Pride and Prejudice In Pride and Prejudice‚ Jane Austen places characters in environments that reveal important details about the characters. It would have been easy to communicate Elizabeth’s prejudice or Darcy’s pride using the voice of a narrator‚ but Austen chooses a more subtle and interesting method of enlightening her readers. Whether using physical surroundings or social contexts‚ Austen repeatedly coordinates both time and place together to create situations

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    In the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen‚ there are several scenes that reveal the values of the characters and the society in which they live in. Majority of the scenes contribute to the meaning of the work as a whole. Although there are numerous scenes that reveal values of the characters and the society they live in‚ the proposal from Darcy to Elizabeth greatly exhibits the meaning of work a whole. In volume II‚ chapter 11 Darcy’s proposal‚ expected for the reader yet shockingly to

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    English Book Report Name: Ngai Hi Lin Class: 5CW Group: 5EN01 Name of book: Pride and Prejudice Author: Jane Austen Publisher: Black Cat Publishing Introduction of the author: Jane Austen was an English novelist of romantic fiction‚ which always set among the landed gentry. She wrote six novels in total‚ including Sense and Sensibility‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ Mansfield Park‚ Emma‚ Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. We can usually see biting irony and social commentary in her books‚ and the plots

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    Maya Kennedy  10/24/14  English AP      The Color Purple   by:Alice Walker    Genre:   ● Epistolary novel‚ confessional novel  Historical Text:   ● By this time in history slavery was long outlawed but its effects were still felt  heavily by those African Americans still living in the southern United States.  Segregation was imposed strictly‚ and entire black populations lived “isolated  from white society”. They “had to sit in separate parts of movie houses‚ drink out  of separate fountains‚ and could not eat at white lunch counters”

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