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    60 years ago‚ girls in high school were not told that they should aspire to become lawyers. Seldom were they pushed to attend college—secretarial trade schools were the highest education expected of them. Instead‚ adult figures encouraged the younger generations of girls to become wives and mothers. Women were taught how to be the perfect wife by cleaning‚ cooking‚ raising children and never over-stepping her husband. My grandmother‚ who raised her children in the 70s‚ represented this ideal. While

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    Secret Proctor & Gamble Figure Secret Line Since 1956 Proctor & Gamble has been selling the Secret Brand deodorant. This deodorant is marketed as an antiperspirant/deodorant and is targeted and manufactured just for women. Our cultural and social environment create a pressure to smell good and be sweat free‚ thus we use deodorants. It satisfies our personal needs‚ and is a product that typically you always have and use daily. This is an item that never goes out of style; all

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    The Christ figure is a recurring symbol in American literature. Throughout Ken Kesey’s novel‚ One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest‚ various interactions and events portray McMurphy as a Christ figure. There are frequent visual and concrete references to Christ throughout the novel. Also‚ the reader discovers that the other patients view McMurphy as an inspiration and someone they wish to emulate. This cooperation enables him to oppose Nurse Ratched and do what he thinks is best for the patients. Visual

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    Parental Figures in Human Development The importance of parental figures in human development throughout childhood and adolescence is fundamental; parents provide their children with a foundation on which to lead their lives. Parents are expected to provide their children with food‚ shelter and other necessities for survival along with love and kindness which helps to develop the child’s personality. In the novel Frankenstein‚ Mary Shelley explores the roles in which a parental figure can affect

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    Everyone has dreams they want to achieve‚ and don’t want to give up‚ no matter how much of a struggle it is. This is what “Hidden Figures” of Theodore Melfi conveys in a warm‚ lively‚ and funny way. The story of a team of African American women mathematicians who served an important role in NASA during the early years of the US space program. It is a story of brilliance‚ and struggle. Set in 1960s‚ Hampton‚ Virginia‚ during the space race. Katherine Johnson (Taraji Henson)‚ Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia

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    Another frightening figure in Scandinavian folklore are the Mylingen (The Myling). In Sweden‚ infanticide was a fairly common crime amongst poor mothers. The reasoning behind it was either the family was not wealthy enough to afford feeding another child‚ or the mother had conceived the baby outside a marriage. Adultery was frowned upon and ruined many lives‚ and drove people to take extreme measures such as murdering their own infant. During this time‚ the most common places that Mylings were abandoned

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    Life as we know it: Stick Figures 9‚000 dollars for good breast implants‚ 4‚500 dollars for a face lift‚ 3‚800 dollars for a tummy tuck‚ 2‚800 for a nose job‚ and the list just goes on and on. These are just some of the many outrageous procedures that people undergo everyday around the world. Why do people do this? To look like a movie star of course. More and more people are becoming drawn into the craze of hovering over the television and reading every gossip magazine to see what’s happening

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    Terry is resting peacefully on his bed‚ then his sister slam the door open and barge in. Naomi frantically screams ferociously. "What the fuck bro! I was gone for a few days to fix your teacher’s marriage and undo the lust she has for her relatives. Then I have to travel my ass looking for this Amber person and found her ’completely-drunk’ fucking a couple strange men in the alley. Do you know how stressful it is for me to fix all your problems and now...." She grab Terry’s blanket and pull it

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    A heroic person is when someone serves the purpose of being a hero or doing incredible things. In the book there are ways that Odysseus serves to be a hero. He is a great example of a heroic person. In the book It states that Odysseus is very clever and one of the most important heros in the book. It says in the book “Odysseus is the cleverest of the Greek heros because he is guided by the Goddess of wisdom‚ Athena.” -Page 660. It states right out of the book that Odysseus is the cleverest out of

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    team games. Although figure skating and hockey are both practiced on the same type of rink‚ they are very different sports. Figure skating is a very graceful sport that requires lightweight clothes‚ like jackets and dresses‚ to allow the skaters to move with grace‚ speed‚ and flexibility. With light and flexible clothing‚ they are able to execute beautiful jumps and spins. To achieve the artistic choreography in the dances that require balance and precise footwork‚ the figure skating blade is long

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