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    ANNA UNIVERSITY‚ CHENNAI 600 025 AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS Regulations - 2009 M.E.COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING II TO IV SEMESTERS (FULL TIME) CURRICULUM AND SYLLABUS SEMESTER II SL. COURSE NO CODE THEORY 1 CS9221 2 CS9222 3 CS9223 4 CS9224 5 CS9225 6 E1 PRACTICAL 7 CS9227 8 CS9228 COURSE TITLE Data Base Technology Advanced Operating Systems Advanced System Software Information Security Web Technology Elective I Operating System Lab Web Technology Lab TOTAL SEMESTER III L 3 3 3 3 3

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    Many people think that most of the teenagers in our generation are very confident and happy‚ especially because we believe that they don’t have anything to worry about. For Zits things are very different‚ due to the fact that shame is a painful feeling that plays a big role in his life. Zits says “I’m dying from about ninety-nine kinds of shame. I’m ashamed of being fifteen years old. And being tall. And skinny. And ugly. I’m ashamed that I look like a bag of zits tied to a broomstick” (4). In a

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    On the very first page of The Color Purple‚ the reader encounters strong words and difficult concepts. The book unfolds into a series of letters from Celie to her sister Nettie‚ as well as some diary entries. The book talks mostly about Celie’s life. We learn that in the beginning of the novel Celie is raped by her father. Another thing we learn is that Celie’s mother is ill and therefor is unable to care for her family. Celie‚ the narrator‚ is a poor and uneducated‚ 14 year-old African American

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    The Color Purple The story The Color Purple is about a fourteen-year-old girl name Celie who was raped repeatedly by a man whom she was lead to believe as her father majority of her life later only to find out later after her mother’s death he was not. At the time she believed that her father was her father so finding out that her father‚ Alphonso was not her father made her relieved being that she had gave birth to two children whom she believed was her brother and sister. Celie experienced rape

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    Understanding Your Own Heritage In “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker‚ Dee‚ Mama’s oldest daughter who later renames herself as Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo‚ returns back home with her boyfriend Hakim-a-barber to hopefully inherit items that she feels to be important to her heritage. Dee becomes frustrated when Mama refuses to let her inherit the butter churn‚ the dasher‚ and the two quilts. The most important line in “Everyday Use” is when Dee becomes furious and tells Mama that she does not understand

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    The civil right movement of the 60s had a large impact on our country including our literature. “Everyday Use” ‚ written by Alice walker is no exception. In a time of cultural change and acceptance younger people had a more worldly‚ liberal attitude than ever before. The 1960s and 1970s influenced the setting and attitude of the character Dee by exhibiting the cultural and civil change of this socially innovative era. The shift in African American culture happened in the 60s as the civil right movement

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    in common‚ Mama‚ Dee‚ and Maggie each have a very different life story‚ perspective on life‚ and concept of history. Walker informs mothers and daughters that bonding between family members is important by her endearing tone‚ the symbol of the quilt and the relationship between mothers and daughters. Walker conveys emotion with the narrator’s relationship to her daughters. Walker uses the contrasting daughter’s attitude and feelings; to express this‚ like how Maggie makes her feel. “When I looked

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    Throughout The Color Purple‚ Walker realistic shows the many strong connections and loyalties the characters have with one another. One strong bond that is shown throughout the book is between Celie and her sister Nettie. They always had a strong bond‚ even when Celie feared that Nettie was dead because they did not hear from each other for a long period of time. In one of Nettie’s letters to Celie‚ she wrote “But God‚ I miss you‚ Celie. I think about the time you laid yourself down for me. I love

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    “Everyday Use” Critical Questions 1. The central character in this story is Mama. At the beginning of the story she seemed almost quiet and standoffish. She is a round character in this selection. Yes‚ Dee (Wangero) is Mama’s foil. 2. The events are told from present to past and back to present day. Yes‚ the plot is somewhat significant the story’s meaning. 3. Suspense served a small role in the plot. The author used flashback in this story. They keep the reader asking himself/herself what

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    How Alice Walker Explores the Meaning of Heritage in “Everyday Use” In “Everyday Use” Alice Walker takes a deeper look at the concept of heritage through the conflicted relationship of Mamma and her two daughters. Heritage by dictionary definition is property that descends to an heir; legacy; birthright. The conflict in “Everyday Use” climaxes when Mamma must decide which daughter will receive the quilts. It is through the characters Mamma‚ Dee (Wangero)‚ and Maggie that the meaning of heritage

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