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    2009 book “A Good Fall”. Characters like the eldest sister in “The Bane of the Internet”‚ immigration to the land of opportunities shows the loss and gain of her life. Jin created the character of the eldest sister to dramatize the lives of the Chinese immigrants and their daily battle to find balance between their lives in a new world and the responsibilities of caring for their family they left behind. The Eldest Sister The eldest sister in the “The Bane of Internet” is a static character

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    Not Quite the Same

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    House on Mango Street‚ Sandra Cisneros tells about Esperanza and Nenny how they are as sisters. In “Laughter” Esperanza quotes that she and Nenny do not look like sisters as much as her friends Rachel and Lucy‚ “Nenny and I don’t look like sisters…not right away. Not the way you can tell with Rachel and Lucy…” (pg.17). I can relate to Esperanza and Nenny because just like them‚ my sister and I do not appear like sisters either and have things in common with them. Although many siblings tend to be alike

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    Poem for my sister – By Liz Lochhead Poem Analysis ‘Poem for my sister’ was written by Liz Lochhead who was a Scottish writer in the year 1947. In this poem she presents the themes of sisterhood‚ protection and maternal love for her little sister. The poem is divided into 3 stanza’s n stanza 1‚ Liz Lochhead explains about how her little sister likes to try on her grown-up shoes. In stanza 2 though she tells us about how she likes to watch her little sister plays kid games and how good she is

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    This story is about two sisters who have lost their parents and lean on one another to get by in life. The narrator is one of the sisters‚ I’m not sure which is older‚ I’ll refer to her as sister one. The sister the narrator is talking about I’ll refer to as sister two. Sister one seems to be the one sitting on the bench‚ always watching others swayed by sister two. Sister one refers to sister two as an “overachiever.” The story begins with‚ “My sister got the job. She’s the overachiever

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    Are the Weird Sisters instigators of Macbeth’s actions or did the Macbeths plot Duncan’s murder? In the play ‘Macbeth’ written by William Shakespeare‚ Macbeth experiences an inevitable downfall from a brave valiant warrior‚ into a spiral of actions with tragic repercussions. A key event which instigated this downward spiral is the alluring prophecy from the Weird Sisters‚ fomenting ambition in Macbeth and thus creating a lust for him to become King. Macbeths initial taste of power after learning

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    Butterflies‚ the Mirabal sisters show just how strong sisterly bonds can truly be. Even though the sisters do not openly show their gratitude for one another‚ they all indeed have something in common. The sisters overcome many obstacles throughout the novel‚ but to overcome any obstacle‚ one has to have courage in oneself and others. In order for the sisters to be able to achieve their goals they have to be able to have faith and trust in one another so that the Mirabal sisters can each be courageous

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    In the film “Doubt”‚ a Parish was led by the pastor‚ Father Flynn‚ and the principal‚ Sister Aloysius. Both leaders wanted to bring the Parish together and build Kingdom‚ but they each had their own flaws and ways of tearing Kingdom down as well. Sister Aloysius applied the rules at all times‚ but used fear as her way to control the Parish and keep it intact. Father Flynn opposed this and confronted her many times about it. Father Flynn also wanted to uphold the rules‚ but also make the school

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    Cisneros Case Study

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    She echoes that comment on pg. 45 when Sister Superior has Esperanza point out her house‚ and Sister says‚ "that one?" Why does Sister point to the wrong house‚ and why does Esperanza nod‚ "yes"? Why does Cisneros echo her original comment?n pg. 4‚ Cisneros includes a remark about Esperanza’s house made by one of the nuns. She echoes that comment on pg. 45 when Sister Superior has Esperanza point out her house‚ and Sister says‚ "that one?" Why does Sister point to the wrong house‚ and why does

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    Doubtful of the teaching methods of Sister James and doubtful of the actions of Father Flynn. The doubt that is seeded inside of her is transformed to the certainty of Father Flynn’s wrong doings and it has eaten up her insides. The actions that Sister Aloysius has taken is very underhanded and very uncharacteristic of a women of the cloth. The course of actions that Sister Aloysius do‚ she thought was because of the search of truth‚ however‚ she is blinded

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    “The sound of wind. Sister Aloysius pulls her shawl lightly about her and goes. After a moment‚ Sister James goes as well”. The wind storm is a symbol of trouble minds of the characters and troubled times ahead. In particular this windstorm symbolises the mind of Sister James‚ which is full of confusion and uncertainty after the words of Sister Aloysius. This also foreshadows the future problems that

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