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    I felt that the author used high heels in the book as a metaphor of Esperanza’s tremendous growth and maturity through the book of "house on mango street". Esperanza starts as an extremely immature insecure‚ with a childish personality of a young girl‚ but later on matures greatly throughout the book. IN the beginning of the novel‚ Esperanza really shows that she despises boys‚ not liking they and essentially does not want anything to do with them. But as the book progress‚ she begins to dream about

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    House on Mango street = Shortly characterise the life of the family before moving to Mango Street. - They had to move around a lot‚ and once stayed at the Loomis. The conditions there was not good‚ and the landlord would not solve the problems that would occur like when the water pipes broke. What were the hopes and promises of the family? - They were told that their new house would be amazing. It would have real stairs‚ and pipes that worked and they could stay there for always. It would

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    Social Disorganization Social disorganization is people having adverse social attitudes within an area.  With a certain group being able to have control over a certain area.  In the Dudley Street case‚ the goal was to get the neighborhood together.   Also‚ let the next towns know that they are protesting being the dumping area anymore.  The neighborhood also changed their attitudes about looking at their neighborhood as the “ghetto”.  The main focus in the planning part was to get grant money and

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    never easy for the Jewish immigrants and Italian immigrants’. They experienced the positives and negatives coming to America. The movie‚ “Hester Street” and short stories‚ “Did God Make Bedbugs” and “Choosing Dream” all show how the Jewish immigrants and Italian immigrants’ experiences were in America and in their country. In the movie‚” Hester Street‚” Jake came from Russia to America for a better life. He worked in a sewing shop. There were about 10 people all in one small room with the sewing

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    the high street Introduction Ever since its creation‚ the internet has developed drastically. One of its focal areas is internet shopping‚ which is vastly becoming more popular during the last few years‚ which led to the factor of increasing consumerism to a point almost beyond recognition. For those who have access to the internet‚ they are granted the privilege of a vast choice of not only physical but also digital products which have always been subject to availability in the high street. Types

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    Driving down the street we don’t always pay attention to signs‚ buildings‚ or street names. I do it every day. On my way to school and work there are dozens of businesses and signs that are just blurs in the corner of my eye. One business that I have always noticed was the furniture store‚ H3 Home + Decor‚ off of Harkrider Street. Every time I drive by I see the larger than life billboard on the side of the building. The billboard is a bright green living room set that attracts the eye of nearly

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    The pieces I have chosen to focus on are “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets” and Clockwork Angel. “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets” was written by Stephen Crane and published in 1893 under the pseudonym‚ Johnston Smith. Later‚ when Crane obtained success through The Red Badge of Courage‚ he was able to publish a revised version of the story under his own name in 1896 (sparks). With “Maggie”‚ Crane attempted to show American life in New York as he had experienced it personally. The piece tells the story

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    The Symbolism of The House on Mango Street In The House on Mango Street‚ Sandra Cisneros addresses and develops the themes of assimilation of the Chicano into American society‚ stereotypes‚ and the treatment of the Chicana within her culture. These themes are brought out through the experiences of Esperanza‚ a young Chicana character. The American society has tried to make the Chicano fir into its culture and make him follow its way of doing things. The Chicano has also ’voluntarily’ tried

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    Courage is when you stand for what is right In Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry Cassie Logan is an example of a young girl who displays courage throughout the hole book. Cassie shows courage by standing up for Little Man‚rising up against Lillian Jean‚and helping T.J in his time of desperate need.Cassie is a girl that loves her family and the land.She doesn’t understand that people are not going to be equal like she wants it to be.She stands up for what’s right no matter the trouble that she could get

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    The story We Beat the Streets by Sharon M. Draper is the remarkable true story of how three kids from bad neighborhoods that were just full of drugs‚ gangs‚ violence‚ and crime and how they banded together to overcome these disadvantages to become doctors. They made a pact to do well in school‚ get good grades‚ go to college‚ and become successful doctors. They did this by always being there for one another and supporting each other whenever they needed it the most. Without the support of one another

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