find something imperfect about Maureen. They did this because they were jealous of her being light skinned and “as rich as the richest of the white girls”(Maureen pg. 62). When Pecola and Maureen get into an argument‚ Maureen starts to call her an ugly‚ black girl. They go back and forth with it‚ they were being prejudice towards each other‚ Pecola picks on Maureen because she is light skinned and calls her “six-finger-dog-tooth-meringue-pie‚” and Maureen picks on Pecola because she is darker than
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get on in years | Someone who is getting on in years is growing old. My grandmother is getting on in years. She’s no longer able to look after her home without help. | knee-high to a grasshopper | This term refers to a very young and therefore small child. Look how tall you are! Last time I saw you‚ you were knee-high to a grasshopper! | long in the tooth | A person who is long in the tooth is a bit too old to do something. She’s a bit long in the tooth for a cabaret dancer‚ isn’t she? | mutton
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Assign 1.1: Victoria ’s Ugly Stain Introduction: The purpose of this assignment is to give you an opportunity to apply some of the critical reading strategies you have evaluated. Resources: Go to Writing on the Run! to review the “Writing Process.” You may also want to review your English 11 Introduction Assignment for a tutorial on how to write a paragraph. Instructions: Complete the assignment by following the steps outlined below. STEP A: Read the article “Victoria’s Ugly Stain”; then answer questions
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lights are harsh‚ glaring‚ and ugly. They are used in office buildings‚ schools‚ and almost every public building in America. However‚ their use in Force Continuum had a far greater impact than imaginable. These lights were on during some of the most difficult scenes to watch‚ for example‚ when the teenage boy had been hospitalized by the police‚ or when the two police officers were being forced to cover up their negligence and murder. These ugly lights revealed an ugly truth about the world to each
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The Nacirema tribe has many strange rituals in regards to the cleanliness or beauty of the body. They believe the human body is ugly and debilitating. Everything they do is in response to that thought process. They spend a large portion of their day in rituals to cleanse their body. They go to medicine men or witch doctors in order to perfect their body. One such horrific ritual is that they go to a medicine man that performs the decorative body rite. The Decorative Body Rite The Decorative
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the main character‚ Rachel‚ is faced with many challenges that she doesn’t face at school and challenges that she doesn’t face with her fellow classmates. For example‚ Rachel loses herself when challenged by her teacher‚ Mrs. Price. So there was an ugly old sweater that had been sitting in the locker room for months and the teacher‚ Mrs. Price had gotten sick of it sitting in there so she asked the class whose the sweater is so somebody could take it home and it would no longer be sitting in the locker
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book are the Roses on the prison door‚ the scarlet A‚ and Pearl. The roses on the prison door represent Hester while the door represents the A. The door is described as ugly‚ “The iron-work of its oaken door‚ looked more antique than anything in the New World” pg.45 which is similar to how some would think of the A’s meaning‚ ugly. Hester is a “young women with a figure of perfect elegance page. 50” the roses were also described with such beauty such as “delicate gems page. 46”. The roses and prison
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U.S. Foreign Policy is a touchy subject. The reason behind this is when American aid is mentioned to a country there is both a feeling of dread and disgust given in response. The Ugly American is both a work of fiction and an exposé. The Ugly American in question is the diplomats sent by the government to aid the fictional Southeast Asian country of Sarkhan. The country was a former communist country that was “slowly returning to democracy”. Communism was on the rise at that time in Asia‚ and
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tales have defined a princess as someone who is unrealistically beautiful‚ passive‚ with no voice‚ and helpless and dependent. Beauty is one of the key requirements to be a princess. Every woman in a fairy tale is either a beautiful princess or an ugly witch or stepmother. There are no average looking women to be found in these tales. Since physical qualities are often an allegory to the goodness or evil of a character‚ beauty has been a requirement for a princess. In the picture books and movies
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The Ugly Kashmiri (Cameos in exile)‚ New Delhi: Allied Publishers‚ Pages 186 Price Rs.250/- Reviewed by Dr Kalpna Rajput. The Ugly Kashmiri (Cameos in exile) written by Arvind Gigoo is a unique book because on hundred and eighty cameos (short literary sketches) describe in condensed brevity the history‚ politics‚ sociology and psychology of the Kashmiri Muslims and Kashmiri Pandits. It is for the first time in Indian writing in English that one literary piece printed on a full page presents
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