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    White Tiger

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    Theme in literature is the main idea or marking the meaning of literary ideas that may be stated implicitly or explicitly. In the book “White Tiger” by Aravind Adiga‚ there were themes that were mainly focused on the main character life that he was facing‚ and they were relatable to the real-life experiences. A theme does not only focus on the story itself‚ it allows the readers to make connections to real life experiences that they see or face in their life. There were a lot of themes that were

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    The Black and White

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    practitioners of the Theater of the Absurd started in the fifties. In “The Black and White”‚ absurd‚ one of the many different aspects of his works‚ functions as a method of getting into the reality that Pinter has been concerned. In the skit‚ the settings are from sheer realistic life – the familiar scene of people’s daily life and the over-naturalistic dialogue between the characters. What we can read about in “The Black and White” is two ladies‚ simply known as First and Second‚ sitting down in a café

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    White Elephants

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    From what I understand‚ Jig is a pregnant girl who is in a great dilemma with an American man. "It’‚ is the termination or the continuation of Jig’s pregnancy. The white elephants are a symbol of Jig’s pregnancy. When researched "white elephants" are an unwanted possession that is difficult to get rid of. Fitting. As for the train station it symbolizes an end to their choice. Each time the train station worker came to remind them about how much time was left until the train arrived symbolized a countdown

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    The White Tiger

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    Andrew Spiegel Similar to carvings in wood‚ character is molded by indents- through pain and suffrage. This notion is evident in Aravind Adiga’s novel‚ The White Tiger‚ in which Balram Halwaii seeks to create his own destiny. Having no role models within his family to help to guide him along his fated path‚ Balram quickly becomes determined to free himself of the corruptness embedded in India’s system. In order to escape‚ however‚ he must be ambitious‚ risky‚ and even unethical. Balram must face

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    White Teeth

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    White Teeth by Zadie Smith. White Teeth has many themes. Just like every other book. But what are this books theme? One of them come from the title‚ “Teeth”‚ Chance and Coincidence‚ Race and Ethnicity‚ Heritage and Legacy and Nature vs. Nurture. White Teeth is about two best friends‚ Archie and Samad. In the beginning of the story Archie tries to commit suicide but fails when somebody comes up to him and questions what he is doing. He takes that as a sign that life still wants him around. So later

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    White Privilege

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    White Privilege 2 WHITE PRIVILEGE: Founded in Racial Preference What is white privilege? It is important that white privilege be defined because the majority of whites want to deny that it exists at all‚ especially in response to assertions of people of color that it exists unjustly and should be dismantled. The denial of its existence by whites is racialized. People of color say white people enjoy white privilege while white people deny‚ as often as possible‚ that they

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    White Chocolate

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    White Chocolate The history of white chocolate The first chocolate bar was invented in 1847 by the Fry Brothers in Bristol‚ England. White chocolate first appeared in Switzerland in the 1930’s. It was invented by Nestle to use excess cocoa butter. The first bar’s name was called Galak. A year later in the USA‚ white chocolate was first made by the M&M Candy Company. In‚ 1948 introduced by Nestle was the Alpine White chocolate bar containing white chocolate and chopped almonds. In 1993

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    White Fang

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    Artash Mamadjanyan Period 6 10-4-12 White Fang By London‚ Jack Published by Waldman Publishers Corp This animal is part dog‚ part wolf‚ this animal as a lot of strength and courage. White fang is an lonely orphan dog which lives in the frozen frontier of Yukon. Where he is abused by this mean guy who always abuses and mistreats wolves and dogs. White fang was mistreated until one man comes along and teaches white fang to find his own greatest aspect and loyalty. But before that the

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    White Fang

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    Title : White Fang Author : Jack London Date of Publication : 1992 Plot: The story is about a wolf named White Fang who had to find his way in the world. He was very curious of his surroundings and went exploring as a cub. He went in search of food and stumbled upon an Indian camp. The man most interested in White Fang was Grey Beaver. A man named Beauty Smith forced Grey Beaver to sell White Fang to him. Beauty Smith had evil plans. He forced White Fang to fight against a bulldog and placed

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    White Privilege: Reflection Paper Northeastern State University Abstract This paper is about my reflection of White Privilege in the United States. I got my information from four resources. The first resource was the handout provided for this assignment; White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack‚ by Peggy McIntosh. The second resource was the website‚ www.jstor.com. Access is provided via Northeastern State University as a resource for peer-reviewed articles. Thirdly‚ the textbook

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