Sister Act‚ a play based on the real movie and performed at NWHS is a musical about a lounge singer called Deloris Van Carter played by Kaylyn Battle who witnesses a murder by her boyfriend Vince when going to break up with him. As a result‚ the police sends her to a dying convent in San Francisco for her protection. The overall message of this play is that forgiveness‚ acceptance of what you have and sacrificing yourself for others makes you happier than you would be if you were rich and living
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Virginia Woolf initiations this Essay: What if Shakespeare Had Had a Sister? By being very dismayed about not being able to acquire an explanation on why men are richer than women or why women are poorer than men. She wants to make sure that she gets facts and not opinion. Thus she decided to visit the time of Elizabeth and discover why women did not write‚ but men were writing non-stop and achieving literary excellence. Shakespeare comes up and Woolf compares his writings to “enchanted spider webs
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Title: My Sisters Keeper Author: Jodi Picoult In this My Sisters Keeper‚ Picoult brings up issues of moral ethics and family dynamics. She explores moral boundaries when it comes to saving a child’s life‚ but at the same time putting another child’s life in jeopardy. Throughout the novel I was amazed at the strength of Anna and Kate’s relationship. Anna struggled with her own identity but never complained when she had to give countless counts of blood and bone marrow to help her sister: “They
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Baby Sister It was sunday‚ November‚20‚2010 and I was watching t.v when I heard the news. My mom called that the baby was here i was jumping with joy. It was cold outside so I put my jacket and my sister‚ my dad‚ and i went to the Englewood hospital. The weather was cold and the ride was long. When we got there we gave our information and went upstairs. When i saw she was a girl i was king of mad beacuse i wanted a baby brother not sister.my mo told me to carry her and i refused‚ but when i saw
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Medusa by Carol Ann Duffy The poem Medusa explores the theme of jealousy and anger; the poet illustrates this using the extended metaphor of a Greek mythological creature Medusa‚ whose story describes her as a beautiful maiden that is turned into a hideous creature after being raped by Poseidon. The poet furthermore links this metaphor to the theme of feminism when she describes the women in the poem overpowering the man that hurt her. The language in this poem is quite harsh‚ emphasising the
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Sara Ridenour‚ in her chapter entitled "Facebook’s little sister‚ Twitter."‚ elaborates on several different facets of Twitter that‚ in her point of view‚ lead to the development of greater tolerance and empathy towards each other amongst its users. She explains that Twitter users are not that concerned about the information they share on the website being public as they are aware that every other user’s information is also available which leads to their expectance of more tolerance. I only partially
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Before You Were Mine ‘Before You Were Mine’‚ written by Carol Ann Duffy is a poem about the adoration that the writer feels for her mother. Her feelings are revealed in first person. Duffy uses a range of narrative techniques like onomatopoeia‚ metaphors and short sentences which stand out and make the writer’s point clear. These techniques help reveal the author’s changing attitude from selfish and possessive to loving and affectionate‚ when considering the younger version of her mother. After
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Patricia Duffy‚ the defendant‚ started to work at Silver Maple as a billing specialist on April 28‚ 2008. Ms. Duffy was working in the same department as Michael Simmons‚ the plaintiff. Annie Thomas is the supervisor of Ms. Duffy and Mr. Simmons. Ms. Duffy stated that she found Mr. Simmons attractive and that she flirted with him at work. On August 2‚ 2008‚ Mr. Simmons stated that Ms. Duffy walked into his cubical‚ rubbed his neck and shoulders‚ and told him that he was handsome. On August
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well in texts like Sister Carrie and Death of a Salesman. While the American Dream was supposed to be a collective success at its initial stage‚ ambition‚ along with a pinch of greed and materialism were perfect ingredients to the realization of an American nightmare rather. The two above mentioned texts not only expose their readers to a fictitious American tragedy but they also reflect the downfall of the real American Dream that emerged in 1776 in the US society. Sister Carrie by Theodore
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“Before you were mine” uses first person and is written using the patterns of ordinary speech as if the poet is speaking directly to her mother. Although much of what she talks about takes place before Duffy was born she makes her presence felt by using ’I’ to start many phrases. ’I’m ten years away.’ The poet seems to have been stimulated to write after seeing an old photo of her mother enjoying herself with some girl friends when she was a teenager. The poem is written in the present tense as if
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