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    Thesis Statement: In their respective ads‚ Cadillac and Ford communicate messages about their costumers’ lifestyle -their consuming habits worth comparing and contrasting. First of all‚ in the two ads‚ the goal of the car companies is to make us buy their product. They do it in different ways. Cadillac uses an white rich guy that live in luxury to touch a majority of his public because the ones who buys Cadillac are actually rich and important people. The Cadillac vision also extend on achievement

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    The preface to Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ “The Custom House”‚ serves to introduce the society and times in which the story is set; also‚ this essay provides the background story for the finding of the scarlet letter. The Custom House also provides a definition of what a romance is. Excerpts from “The Custom House” essay closely link to The Scarlet Letter’s text. Two notable examples of these parallels can be found in the descriptions given of the townspeople in Salem who live by ancient moral

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    occurred. He further comments that even if that is not the reason‚ Hester may have been inclined to remain in Boston because her secret lover still lived there. Hester’s skill at needlework‚ earlier shown in the fine way that she displayed the scarlet letter‚ allows her to maintain a fairly stable lifestyle. However‚ her reputation as an outcast and loner causes a certain aura to be cast around her. Thus‚ Hawthorne points out that young children often crept up to her house to spy on her while she

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    Luke Sousa Professor Hogg Comm-126-1037 2 January 2016 Module Eight Lesson Four Mastery Assignment: The Scarlet Letter Chapters 13-19 a. What do many townspeople now say the A represents? The townspeople now believe the A stands for “able” rather than the real intention being “adulterer” b. Why does Hester feel she is to blame for Dimmesdale’s poor condition? Hester feels that she is to blame for Dimmesdale’s poor condition because while Dimmesdale has been torturing himself over his secret and

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    Skyler Vincent English 2333 Amanda Cuellar April 04‚ 2012 In The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter‚ they are both known to be a part of the Puritan religion. The puritans are known to be very strict. Often people are put to cruel punishments for mistakes or sins they had committed. The actions they take to “punish” a person are extreme. The Puritans act and seem so committed to their religion. The people seem “Holy” but you never really know what happens behind closed doors. The Puritan religion

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    Robyn Walz 9/01/2013 Prompt 2 Sexist Punishments? : Protofeminism in The Scarlet Letter In the eyes of some‚ The Scarlet Letter may seem like a protofeminist novel. In the eyes of some‚ had Hester been a man‚ her punishment would not have been nearly as embarrassing and deceitful. In the eyes of some‚ Hester did nothing but the right thing based on her trying to protect other women from gender-based prosecution‚ though it meant completely disregarding Puritan laws in her society. Then again‚

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    Thesis Statements for Belonging R Belonging can be created‚ supported or broken by RELATIONSHIPS U Only through UNDERSTANDING can an individual‚ group or community find a connection. G JUDGEMENTS or choices that individuals make may create or destroy a sense of belonging. An individual may choose whether to/or not to belong. B Individuals (or a group) may encounter BARRIERS to belonging I An individual’s (or collective) IDENTITY and self-perception may develop through the process of belonging

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    Topic: People choose Abortion over an Adoption Thesis statement: Terminating a pregnancy gives no future to a child. At least with an adoption‚ the child will have a life. Brown‚ Kristi Burton. Adoption: Why So Many Choose the First and What We Can Do. Live Action News. www.livenews.com.15 May. 2012. Apr. 2018 http://www.lifenews.com/2012/05/17/why-do-more-people-choose-abortion-over-adoption. Do mothers considering abortion realize that families go on waiting lists to adopt newborn babies?

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    Perhaps the foremost purpose of The Scarlet Letter is to illustrate the difference between shaming someone in public and allowing him or her to suffer the consequences of an unjust act privately. According to the legal statutes at the time and the prevailing sentiment of keeping in accordance with a strict interpretation of the Bible‚ adultery was a capital sin that required the execution of both adulterer and adulteress--or at the very least‚ severe public corporal punishment. Indeed‚ even if the

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    Zakk Hartwig PIB English 10 Period 2G October 20‚ 2010 The Scarlet Letter In the novel The Scarlet Letter‚ Hawthorne uses many different settings to portray important functions and significance. Several of the settings such as the prison and cemetery‚ the town‚ Governor Bellingham’s house‚ the scaffold‚ the forest‚ the lighting‚ and so on have a deeper definition. The settings act as theme enhancers that make the novel more complex and classic. Hawthorne’s use of setting is spectacular in

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