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    Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction The conversion of solid waste (waste glass) and fibers (bamboo fibers) into construction materials and its capability to fight against chemical weathering will be discussed in this study. Now a day‚ it is an exciting and innovative technology in the field of engineering. There are many studies had been formulated by researchers on how to minimize or be free in concrete deterioration in an economical way and some are using high-cost materials

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    expected to continue for herself‚ not realizing her daughter does not share her dream. 2. What suggestions do you find in Laura’s glass menagerie? In the glass unicorn? The glass menagerie suggests fragility and beauty. Laura is a beautiful‚ but fragile person‚ she can be easily broken‚ not capable of living a life outside of her protective box (home). The glass unicorn is unique‚ different from normal horses‚ and has a lonely existence‚ the same as Laura. 3. Which one of the characters in

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    In Gail Giles’ “Shattering Glass‚” a group of boys work together to make a fat‚ but smart‚ Simon Glass liked all around campus. Rob (control freak)‚ Young‚ (intellectual)‚ Coop (athletic jock)‚ and Bob (smack talker) do all sorts of things to help Glass get nominated and ultimately win the title of senior class favorite. These kids go through different struggles to get Simon where he is at right now. Most of the boys are malignant; they cause harm and distress to the people around them‚ and even

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    have some knowledge on alcoholism from a previous project that I did in ENG3C for the novel shattered. Shattered is a story about a Sergeant named Jack who has a drinking problem and is homeless. Jack reminds me a lot of Rex Walls from the novel The Glass Castle that I recently read in ENG4C. Both Jack and Rex Walls are examples of how intelligent educated people can have an addiction to alcohol that leads to being homeless. After reading both the novels and doing some research‚ I now have a different

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    Smash ‚ crash‚ bash were the sounds heard on the “Night of Broken glass “ ‚ this night brought terror and changed the Jew’s life forever. Kristallnacht was know as “ The Night of the Broken glass” due to all the damage that was left over by the Nazi goverment. How did Kristallnacht signify the beginning of Jewish persecution? This all started with a boy named Adolf Hitler. Hitler was born on April 20‚ 1889 and had a tough life as a kid. Hitler had a always had an interest in arts but his

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    The Glass Menagerie: Memory Play The Glass Menagerie is Tennessee Williams most autobiographical work. However‚ it is not a true autobiographical work in the sense that there is chronological order and true documented facts to his life. Instead the play is more along the line of an “emotional” autobiographical piece. At times individuals exhibit selective memory‚ this is a period whereby we choose to remember certain things the way we would like them to be rather than the way things actually

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    Kyla Decker English 104 Abstract #3 Assignment 26 April 2012 The article I read was called ‘Through the Soundproof Glass’: The Prison of Self Conciousness in “The Glass Menagerie.” By the title alone‚ I had an idea that this was going to be an article trying to prove that because of Amanda‚ a selfish woman who desperately exploited that motherhood to her was a means of reliving “the legend of her youth‚” (1) had a direct impact on the self conscious minds of her children. She often talked

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    Religion’s Glass Ceiling Religion has a form that can be seen and measured. It’s a contained environment that has walls and expectations. It’s a place you can learn to exist in — and even appear to succeed. You can adapt to its rules‚ you can play its game. But it has a glass ceiling — which limits how far you are allowed to stray. If you want to actually know God (not just know about Him)‚ if you want to break that glass ceiling — it’s going to have to get personal. It can’t remain a solely group

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    The Glass Menagerie Social Commentary When Tennessee Williams wrote his The Glass Menagerie‚ he intended for it to correlate directly to the everyday lives of the people around him in his time. He was very successful in this aspect. The main aspect of life that Williams intended to apply to his play was the struggle of African-Americans in their everyday life. The characters’ struggles in this play reflect some of the conflicts that black people faced every day in their lives. The social commentary

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    Context- The Glass Menagerie by Tenesse Williams is set in the 1930s during the time period whereby the Americans went through a economical downturn called ‘The Great Depression’ as a direct result people became jobless‚ not earning enough to support their families. The economic downturn that resulted from the crashing of wall street affected the government‚ aswell as the people living under it. It affects the mental and emotional psyche of the people‚ redefining the established ‘American Dream’

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