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    ambition‚ she submits her first piece of writing on “The Help”. The opening scene directs the audience’s attention at Aibileen‚ a black female that works for Mrs Leefolt. This scene starts with heart-wrenching stories of her personal experience as the maid of a white household. Aibileen tells Skeeter that she knew she was destined to be one “because her mama was one and her grandmamma was a house slave”. Aibileen also shows us inside her life when revealing that she’d “done

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    audience. It starts with a comic conversation between the maid and her lady "Joliet". This conversation reveals how the relationship between the master and his servant was at that time. It seems simple and somehow comic since the maid offers her lady act with here in a film as a cooker despite the lady was rich. In addition‚ the maid says that lady seems comic when she wears a dress. This comic situation shows us how they fond in acting and even the maid who asks her lady to allow her to act. She says that

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    | P.1 1. 1992/II/24 If the government imposes a price floor below the equilibrium price‚ there will be A. a decrease in the sales revenue B. a decrease in the quantity transacted C. an excess supply D. no excess demand 2. 1993/II/27 Filipino maids working as domestic helpers in Hong Kong receive a minimum wage. They usually have to wait for a long time before obtaining employment in Hong Kong. They would have a shorter waiting time and more employment opportunities in Hong Kong if A. their minimum

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    Jackson‚ Mississippi is described as a small‚ segregated town. Despite this‚ the town has an abundance of places where important events happen. There are a few rich‚ white neighborhoods where the women the maids work for live. There is also the poor‚ black neighborhood where a large majority of the maids live. There are separate libraries‚ grocery

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    Reading Response-The Rape of the Lock What are some of the images that recur through the poem‚ and what significance do they have? The Rape of the Lock is a very good example of mock epic poetry. The poem concerns a feud between two Catholic families‚ the Petres and the Fermors. Lord Petre cuts a lock from Arabella Fermor’s hair. Arabella and her family were very upset by this incident. Pope appears to write the poem in order to help bring peace between the two families in hopes they will

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    The maids‚ butlers and chefs all hurried about in the Montague household‚ preparing for what would most certainly be the biggest event of the year. It’s been crazy all day‚ for that has been all the time we were given to make the preparations for the arrival of the Capulets. Yes‚ yes the Capulets are going to have dinner with the Montagues. I couldn’t believe it myself when we were told of the news. Now‚ 6 o’clock has struck and it’s high time that the head of the Montague’s household are to arrive

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    A Doll House A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen Analysis Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House makes the argument that above all‚ a successful marriage can only be based in trust‚ mutual honesty‚ and equality. Honesty and trust go hand in hand‚ and only when both parties are honest enough to trust each other can a marriage work. The play begins with Torvold criticizing the idea of being in debt when in actuality his wife (Nora) owes a great deal of money that she borrowed to finance a trip to Italy that saved

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    one can see this because Griet is forced to do or be many things during her life. One example of this is when Griet is forced to be a maid. In this case‚ Griet is influenced by the destiny of her father. Her father loses his eyesight in a tragic accident near a furnace. Once he loses his eyesight‚ he is unable to work and make much money. So‚ she had to work as a maid to provide for her family even though she doesn’t want to. In the book‚ Griet says to her sister‚ “You know I don’t want to leave. I

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    The words and actions of the elites tormented the feelings and attitudes of the maids. The maids were discriminated against of course because of the color of their skin but also their individual differences. Hilly‚ one of the Elites‚ overestimated the maids and did not realize how much them speaking would hurt her life in many ways. This could be an example of fundamental attribution error. When comparing the maids to the elites their construals are uniquely different because they both live in different

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    helped Abillen fight against discrimination but also helped her to gain her self esteem back. Skeeter‚ in the movie‚ fights her best friend just because of her rude behaviour with their colored maids. For example‚ when Hilly sends a letter to the Home Sanitation Initiative to build different bathrooms for their maids‚ in response to this‚ Skeeter intentionally switches old coat to commodes in the newspaper. By performing this act of bravery Skeeter proves that she gives more value to humanity than her

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