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    Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice is a nineteenth century novel written by Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice is about a lady named Elizabeth Bennet‚ one of the five Bennet sisters who must marry a wealthy man‚ as she stumbles across the prideful Mr. Darcy. This novel is particularly interesting because it shows the overcoming of huge character flaws for love. The author‚ Austen‚ tries to stress the point about love always finding its way. Admittance of love and proposal‚ omitting initial prejudices

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    Three Act Structure Pride and Prejudice does somewhat follow the Three Act Structure. For the first act we are very quickly enlightened on the type of world the characters are living in. We see that it takes place in the early 1800’s and that everyone (especially the women) is obsessed with not only getting married but marrying well. At the first ball some of the more important character traits emerge in the main characters. We are introduced to Mr. Darcy and soon find out that he is arrogant‚ cold

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    Bethany Norris – Unit 1 – Prejudice and Discrimination Part One Prejudice: The dictionary defines prejudice as an unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling‚ especially when formed without enough thought or knowledge. This means that a person may form an opinion on a person or a particular group of people without having any facts or knowledge about that person or group. Prejudice is normally perceived as being bad but there are some instances where prejudice is an aid to survival for example

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    Sting of Prejudice In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee there are many characters whose lives and thoughts about one another are distorted by prejudice and stereotyping. Three of the many characters whose lives were affected by prejudice are Bob Ewell‚ Tom Robinson and Dolfus Raymond. Bob Ewell’s mind is distorted in his view of other races. Tom Robinson is a victim of prejudice and is treated unfairly because of the color of his skin. The third character Dolfus Raymond is not

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    Prejudice Speech

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    “Individuals have the power to challenge prejudice in their own communities” What is a voice? Is it a sword to attack‚ cut‚ manipulate and hurt? And‚ cannot a voice be unjust‚ cruel and simply a bigot? Can’t a voice also be a shield to confront‚ challenge and inspire us to stand up? A voice with a sword is responsible for prejudice. A voice with a sword can pollute a community with prejudice. And a voice with a shield can challenge prejudice in a community? In the novel [TKAM]

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    Stereotypes and Prejudice

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    Part I Select three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least 3 related stereotypes for each: • Race • Ethnicity • Religion • Gender • Sexual orientation • Age • Disability |Category |Stereotype 1 |Stereotype 2 |Stereotype 3 | |Age |Our older generation (think |Teenagers are linked to crime‚ |The

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    The Acquisition of Prejudice The word ’prejudice’ comes from the Latin word pre-judicium‚ which means ’pre-judgment’. Without examining a person on his or her own worth‚ one has already adopted a negative attitude that implies a judgment. A prejudice is a mixture of beliefs and feelings that predisposes people to respond positively or negatively to members of a particular group. Prejudice is defined as a positive or negative attitude based on information or knowledge that is either irrational‚ unrelated

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    Associate Program Material Stereotypes and Prejudice Worksheet Please complete the following exercises‚ remembering that you are in an academic setting and should remain unbiased‚ considerate‚ and professional when completing this worksheet. Part I Select three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least 3 related stereotypes for each: Race Ethnicity Religion Gender Sexual orientation Age Disability Category Stereotype 1 Stereotype 2 Stereotype 3

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    Prejudice Attitudes

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    it. Prejudice is an unfair negative opinion formed about someone based on their cultural identity or background. It still exists today‚ takes place in many forms and can lead to discrimination. Sexism is a form of prejudice‚ as it is believing that one sex is superior to another and can take place in industries‚ education and employment. For example‚ the view that men in general make better workers is prejudice‚ as well as believing that women are in need of protection from men. Prejudice is based

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    Amnesia: a partial loss of memory. Restart by Gordon Korman is about a boy named Chase Ambrose who fell off his roof and got amnesia. Before all this‚ Chase was Hiwassee’s biggest bully and was determined to make everyone’s life miserable with Bear and Aaron. Restart is chock-full of memorable moments‚ has an important theme and its rating is off the charts. To begin with‚ Restart had great themes embedded into the writing. I think that one of these important lessons is that you should always try

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