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    Compare and contrast the ways in which adults and children are presented in the extract. The adults and children are presented differently in the extract through their actions‚ reactions and feelings. This extract deals with the helplessness of being sent to a concentration camp‚ conveying the effects of the departure on them‚ the adult’s powerlessness to the event‚ and the children’s resistance. In the extract‚ the adults are presented as being aware of what was going on‚ and of their current

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    Steven Earnshaw deconstructs the significance of “name” in Jane Eyre in his article‚ “‘Give me my name’: Naming and Identity In and Around Jane Eyre.” Earnshaw asserts that‚ “a focus on the framing provided by the title page with respect to name will offer further insights into the importance ‘names and naming’ have for the author‚ and insights into how ‘names and naming’ are being carefully handled in this mid-nineteenth-century context” (174). Earnshaw addresses the peculiarity of publishing a

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    Chapters 11-12: For years‚ Dorian finds himself under the influence of the book however he never tries to free himself from its grasp. He buys more than nine copies of the book from Paris and has them in different colors to represent his different moods. As years pass‚ Dorian remains as young and beautiful as he is when Basil first paints him. Rumors that he lives a dark life go around town but once people see his pure look‚ they do not believe the rumors. The difference between Dorian’s pure appearance

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    Graham Greene’s “The Destructor’s”‚ and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Rocking Horse Winner” (Both stories reprinted in Thomas R. Arp and Greg Johnson‚ Perrine’s Literature: Structure‚ Sound‚ and Sense‚ 9th ed. [Boston: Wadsworth] 111-124‚ 285-298) are two short stories set in post-war England. Despite the similarities of both stories set in post-war eras of Great Britain‚ the mood and physical settings are vastly different. In fact‚ the stories each give differing amounts of details and clues about

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    "I am sitting by the Window in th is Atrocious Nursery." THE YELLO\N \\TALL-PAPER. By Cltarlotte Perkins Stetson. T is very seldom that mere ordi­ nary P""ople like John and myself secure ancestral hall s for the summer. A colonial man­ sion‚ a hereditary estate‚ I would say a haunted house‚ and reach the height of romantic felicity- but that would be asking too much of fate! Still I will proudly declare that there is something queer about it. Else‚ why should it be let so

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    Jane Eyre: Christian Values Throughout the novel‚ Jane Eyre‚ written by Charlotte Bronte‚ Jane struggles to find the right balance between moral duty and earthly pleasure; between obligation to her spirit and attention to her physical and emotional needs. She lives most of her childhood as a rebellious and defiant youth‚ but the impact of those whom she is surrounded by helps her grow and develop into a disciplined woman of the Christian faith. Bronte represents Christianity with three major

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    it. This specific survivor was a girl named Charlotte Guthmann Opfermann whose family was captured and deported when she was seventeen. Her family was sent to a concentration camp and her father was killed upon entry because he was a well known Jew. Her brother survived many camps and was finally killed just before the liberation of Auschwitz. She and her mother only survived but her mother died three years after they fled the concentration camp. Charlotte survived the terror of WWII and she suffered

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    In the nineteenth century‚ individuals‚ including Charlotte Bronte‚ were discriminated against because of their gender and role in society. Because she was woman who was succeeding in literature‚ she was judged. Bronte had to deal with the harsh society‚ just as Jane had to struggle with living with her rude family‚ the Reeds‚ and frustrating marriage with Rochester. Frank Magill confirms that‚ “One can imagine that the novel appealed to women then‚ and today‚ because it reflects the frustratingly

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    In the novel The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi the main conflict in this book is that Charlotte does not know who to trust. The crew is sketchy and so is the captain. I think this because on page 38-39 Zachariah told Charlotte “The captain punished Mr. Cranick. Punished him hard. Mr.Cranick has but one arm now.” This made Charlotte have confusing emotions about both Zachariah and Captain Jaggery. Especially that Zachariah gave her the dirk [The knife] to protect herself she is now scared

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    Have you ever hoped to receive the affections of another which would never be yielded? Have you ever felt the need to contain your passions and restrain yourself from acting upon them? In the novel Jane Eyre‚ by Charlotte Bronte‚ these are the same feelings that Jane‚ a woman wronged by a series of unfortunate events‚ must overcome. She is repeatedly knocked down by the people who are supposed to be closest to her and she is seen as a woman of low status in her society. Over the course of the story

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