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    Butterflies and Hibiscus Flowers: the Transformation to Womanhood during Times of Violence The transition from childhood to adulthood is never easy. For the characters in Julia Alvarez’s book In the Time of the Butterflies and Elizabeth Nunez’s Bruised Hibiscus‚ the struggles to grow into one’s self are even starker in worlds of brutality and strife. As both works of historical fiction and coming-of-age narratives‚ these stories stray from the typical coming-of-age tropes and discuss topics of violence

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    Girl By Jamaica Kincaid

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    Girl‚” is a short story written in 1978 by Jamaica Kincaid. This short story is a mom’s advice to her daughter‚ teaching her to be a proper woman. In the story‚ the tone is portrayed through the author’s use of setting‚ point of view‚ and characterization. While one can conclude that the two characters in the story live in the Caribbean based off of the author’s biography and the author mentioning singing “benna in Sunday school‚” the author leaves the setting generic. This‚ however‚ plays to Kincaid’s

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    Happiness Through Sharing

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    Happiness is Found Through Shared Experiences Every single person in the world will develop at least one human relationship in their lifetime. To some‚ these relationships are sacred and to be cherished‚ for others they are merely convenient affairs and affiliations. In the movie Into the Wild directed by Sean Penn‚ and the poem Warren Pryor by Alden Nowlan‚ there are two different cases involving human relationships‚ and more specifically‚ parent/child relationships. In both texts‚ the parents

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    “Girl” & Barbie Doll

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    Barbie doll created by Mattel‚ the idealized image of a woman in our patriarchal society is one who takes care of the home and is flawlessly beautiful with perfect skin‚ long legs‚ small waist‚ and slender figure. The Barbie doll is used as a tool for patriarchy in that it reinforces the notion that women should be domestic workers and maintain a feminine outer appearance. Also‚ patriarchal values affect girls starting at a young age as they unconsciously begin to believe that Barbie is what a woman should

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    Fun Loving Girl

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    to be dependent on someone‚ but want to have a relationship with someone who is my friend and confidant. My ideal match is someone who is easy to communicate with. If you can’t talk to each other then there is not much future. I am looking for someone who is trustworthy‚ honest and faithful. Life is too short to have to wonder what your partner is doing. I have a grown daughter that is on her own with a very special little girl that has stolen my heart. They are most important in my life and always

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    Beauty Through the Ages

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    Beauty Within The Cultures by Phillip Namara How do you define beauty? Is it a small waist and large breasts? A perfect smile and straight hair? If you flip through the pages of an American fashion magazine‚ you may think beauty is narrowly defined...but that’s not the case. From thick ankles to small noses‚ women from five continents are revealing what’s considered beautiful in their countries. "It’s a way of connecting yourselves from your kitchen‚ your living room‚ your bedroom ... to the rest

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    Educating Indian Girls

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    HIST 136 Paper #1 Fall 2014 In Robert Trennert’s essay‚ “Educating Indian Girls at Nonreservation Boarding Schools‚ 1870-1920”‚ there is an argument on the federal government’s policy on sending young Indian girls to schools to be “Americanized.” During the 1870s‚ the government provided education for Indian youth of both sexes. The schools started in 1878 when Captain Richard Henry Pratt‚ in charge of a group of Indian prisoners at Fort Marion‚ convinced the government to educate eighteen of his

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    Through The Tunnel Lesson

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    Lesson Title: Risk-Taking‚ Challenges‚ Rites of Passage in “Through the Tunnel” Course and Grade: Sophomore English‚ 10th Generalization: Risk-taking (facing challenges) is often a rite of passage into a new level of maturity. This lesson is important since students have‚ and continue to‚ take risks for various reasons: to impress others‚ or to prove something to themselves. It’s important for them to become reflective about their risk-taking: which risks are worth taking‚ and what are good or

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    Girl with a pearl earring

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    Girl with a Pearl Earring -Tracy Chevalier Genre The story is told in the first person narrative voice by Griet who is the main protagonist of the plot. She uses an honest and sincere style of writing and this lends an air of realism and authenticity to the story. The style is vivid and descriptive. Cultural Context The novel is set in mid seventeenth century in the Netherlands. It deals with a middle class family and their relationship with a young peasant girl who comes from the working classes

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    Girl with a Pearl Earring

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    Reading Group Guide Girl With a Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1. In Girl With a Pearl Earring‚ Tracy Chevalier treats us to a richly appointed portrait of intersecting faiths‚ fracturing family dynamics‚ erotic awakenings‚ community scandals‚ religious tensions‚ and aesthetic compromises—all filtered brilliantly through the eyes of the young narrator‚ Griet‚ whose concise‚ wide-eyed perspective functions much like Vermeer’s camera obscura‚ rendering with particularly sharp precision

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