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    Name Analogies of: Oliver Twist A story of an orphan‚ lost and found. Written by: Charles Dickens Summary: Oliver Twist is a poor orphan boy cruelly treated in the public workhouse. Pennyless and hungry‚ he runs away to London‚ only to fall into the clutches of a gang of thieves and pickpockets led by the master criminal‚ Fagin. Befriended by a man robbed by the gang‚ Oliver ultimately learns his true identity and gains a new home‚ a fortune and a brand new family! Name Analogies: Oliver:

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    Review on My Name Is Khan

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    To write a review about a film which contains not only the magical combo of Shahrukh Khan-Kajol-Karan Johar but also something different from melodramatic love story or usual remake of hardcore commercial film is pleasurable.My Name Is Khan has a excellent point to a class of audience who likes to watch Shahrukh Khan in a different characteristic. But the film does not show the excellence enough to get a perfect worship from all audiences and critics. In the movie Rizwan embarks on a touching journey

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    The importance of a good name[c] In the bible verse Proverbs 10:7 it states that “The memory of the righteous is a blessing‚ but the name of the wicked will rot.” In Arthur Miller ’s The Crucible having a good name and reputation is very important‚ especially when you live in a christian society. Throughout The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller lets his audience see how important it is to the characters to keep a good name. When the story first begins in Salem‚ Arthur Miller jumps straight into the importance

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    A short literary analysis of Maxine Kingston’s classic “No Name Woman” As part of the first generation of Chinese-Americans‚ Maxine Hong Kingston writes about her struggle to distinguish her cultural identity through an impartial analysis of her aunt’s denied existence.  In “No Name Woman‚” a chapter in her written memoirs‚ Kingston analyzes the possible reasons behind her disavowed aunt’s dishonorable pregnancy and her village’s subsequent raid upon her household.  And with a bold statement

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    What's Your Name Girl

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    In the story “What’s your name‚ girl‚”discusses a young girl that has this name but a friend of Mrs‚ Cullinan tries to change her name into something else and begins to judge her.The way maya feels towards this is that she doesn’t want her name to be changed because she doesn’t like the same she likes her original name.The relationship that maya and Mrs‚ cullinan had wasn’t so good either ‚ they would always fight about because of how perfect Mrs‚ cullinan wanted everything to be and she would tell

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    Badheka‚Gijubhai ( 1885 -1939 ) Girijashanker Badheka‚ generally known as Gijubhai‚ the most outstanding personality in the field of pre-primary education‚ was born to Bhagwanji and Sm. Kashiba of Vala in Saurashtra at Chittal 9Saurashtra) in the house of his maternal grandfather on 15 November 1885. He had his early education at a primary school at Vala and later passed the Matriculation from Bhavnagar around 1905. He joined the Shamlals College‚ but had to leave his studies incomplete and

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    My Girl's Name Analysis

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    "What’s my girl’s name?" From the age of about four until I was around eight years old‚ I firmly believed that I had two last names‚ Hoffpauir and Monceaux. This was because of my grandfather‚ he never made it a secret when I was younger that I was his special little one‚ which was unsurprising to most of the family as I was nine years younger than any of his other grandchildren. Whenever I would go and visit him we had a routine conversation; first‚ he would say‚ "What’s my girl’s name?" Which I would

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    throughout your life. You can create one and change it however you like. In three essays of the name of No Name Woman by Maxine Hong Kingston‚ I just wanna be Average by Mike Rose and Salvation by Langston Hughes. In these essays they all found an Identity by going their own routes they think is best for them and while following that route they create their own Identity. In the essay No Name Woman by Maxine Hong Kingston‚ she grew up in a very strict Chinese household who

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    of both name and identity is evident in “The Namesake” as it is applicable to all characters throughout the book. In particular‚ the character‚ Gogol Ganguli‚ which the book is based around‚ is born in America to Bengali parents‚ who immigrated from India. Gogol’s confusion over his cultural identity impacts his life choices‚ consequently‚ impacting the connection he has with his family. Bengali culture dictates that every new born should be given two names‚ a pet name‚ and a good name. The pet

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    Running Head: THE MAN WITH NO NAME CRITICAL ANALYSIS 1 THE MAN WITH NO NAME CRITICAL ANALYSIS 9 The Man with No Name Critical Analysis Caroline Sonbay University of Michigan - Flint The Man with No Name Critical Analysis To think of the American western or traditional western‚ brings visions of the good guy the cowboy who saves the day and the rides away or the sheriff who protects the town and gets the lady. Those were the simpler scenes when it is easy to differentiate between

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