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    In the book The Compound by S.A. Bodeen‚ there are multiple themes being portrayed by the book. One of the main themes in the book is even if you think you may know someone‚ you may not. Throughout the book‚ many parts of the book show this‚ and talk about trust. Many elements of the book also play off of how well people know each other. The family all trust the father about why they are going into the compound‚ that there’s enough food and supplies‚ everyone is truthful‚ fine in their well being

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    costs‚ people began to insist that we not get involve with the European nations‚ and this attitude was immediately reflected when Woodrow Wilson tried to get the Treaty of Versailles signed in 1919. Woodrow Wilson was the president for World War I. He wanted to join the nations together at the end of the war to ensure that there was no other danger to democracy. Wilson felt the threat that his nation may be compromised and

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    Fences Literary Analysis

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    Fences Name: Jondrea Williams Date: 03/12/2012 English 1102 Drama Essay “We black men have a hard enough time in our own struggle for justice‚ and already have enough enemies as it is‚ to make the drastic mistake of attacking each other and adding more weight to an already unbearable load.” (Malcolm X) African American men through time have struggled for a power that is out of their reach because others hold the power. August Wilson’s Fences displays a Psychological/Psychoanalytic

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    Discrimination In Fences

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    Characters in “Fences” must deal with racial discrimination‚ bad relationships among themselves‚ and entrapment‚ or fenced in. Gabriel has the biggest "fence" around him as he acts limitless with no boundaries due to his disability. For example‚ although his brother Troy wants to put him in a home‚ Gabriel looks after him and "chases animals away"‚ showing the fence of "protection" for Troy. He surely is the happiest and appreciates things the most. Troy’s biggest fence has to do with racial discrimination

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    Children’s Development with Racism in their Backpacks Today’s unrepresentative films and the past’s legalized segregation has no doubt affected the lives and development of minority children. Racism and discrimination shouldn’t occur at all but‚ the sad truth is that racism‚ unfortunately‚ happens on a daily basis. Racism occurs both on a visible and nonvisible level and‚ affects the way children develop physically and emotionally. Whist reading Richard Wright’s book Black Boy one goes through an

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    The Fence - Analysis

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    Online Short Story Analysis The Fence – Richard Rosenbaum In Richard Rosenbaum’s short story‚ “The Fence”‚ the main character is a woman named Carrie Durning‚ a divorced mother with a daughter‚ Andrea‚ whom she loves dearly‚ and a dog‚ Iggy‚ “the Golden Retriever”‚ whom she adores. Throughout the story‚ there is much emphasis placed on the importance of a child having a pet in their life‚ as the father in the story‚ Mark‚ believes that having one allows for a child to learn to love and be loved

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    Light In August: A Study of 20th Century Man’s Search for Self A Study of the Origins of Evil "...a man’s future is inherent in that man..." -Faulkner in the University. p.139 Faulkner’s Light in August is a metaphor. In fact it is many metaphors‚ almost infinitely many. It is a jumble of allusions‚ themes‚ portraits‚ all of them uniquely important‚ many of them totally unrelated. In fact no 20th century writer has even approached the sheer quantity of symbolism

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    play‚ The Crucible‚ hysteria is one of the main themes. It is considered one of the main themes because it comes up often and often becomes the atmosphere of the play and the motivation of many of the character’s actions. Hysteria seems to be the central attitude or atmosphere of the play‚ once you get into it. Just to mention that the entire play represents a panic-stricken frame of mind. I think that Miller used hysteria as one of his main themes because he wanted to show how false information

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    The central theme in Katherine Mansfield’s story is the cruelty of class distinctions. Mansfield was born in New Zealand when the country was still a British colony in which class distinctions were rigidly maintained. Her best-known short story‚ “The Garden Party‚” also deals with this subject. The reason that the rich Burnell children attend a school along with working-class children such as the Kelveys is that they live in rural New Zealand‚ where there are no other nearby schools. These same

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    Light in August‚ by William Faulkner‚ is a story of racial conflict in a Southern United States town. Faulkner’s work is very unique because its structure presents only gradual revelations of information and consists of three different but interconnected plot threads. In this way‚ the narrative plots are circular because they build frameworks around the other plots. One of these three narratives focuses on the enigmatic character Joe Christmas. One of the most interesting things about Joe Christmas

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