becomes an identity that an individual can wear‚ or claim themselves to be‚ as opposed to a sexual act. These alterations in the theoretical underpinnings of gayness‚ shore up the important question of how gayness was recognized in the 90s. “Queers Read This” presents gayness as anti-straight; the straights are othered and the two communities‚ cultures and identities are set-up to be irreconcilably different from one another‚ where straightness is understood as a lack of queerness. “We must look at
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Sharapanjara Sharapanjara is a Kannada film released in the year 1971. It was directed by Puttanna Kanagal‚ who was known for his women-centric films. The film met with a huge box office success and it garnered immense popularity throughout Karnataka. The film was about a woman who suffers from hysteria and the reaction of her family and society towards her condition. The film effectively portrays the failure of the Indian society to understand what a mental illness is. The woman even after she
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WHY READING LITERATURE IS/IS NOT IMPORTANT? A Personal Definition of Literature There are a lot of things that come to mind when a person hears the word literature. Usually‚ one thinks of a book‚ story‚ classical work or some variation of the aforementioned but to ask someone to define the term literature‚ proves to be a much trickier task. Many are stumped when asked this question. People often answer by giving examples of literary works but fail to actually give an encompassing definition
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him and has influenced the style and themes of his works. Hemingway’s short story “In Another Country” is based on his experiences in Italy during the First World War. It depicts the life of a wounded American soldier and other Italy officers who receive therapeutic treatment in Milan after returning from the battlefields‚ demonstrating the war trauma suffered by ordinary soldiers and reflecting Hemingway’s own traumatic experiences brought about by the war. This paper attempts to interpret
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each person from the minute they are born. During the mid 1900’s‚ gender was not questioned and racism was heightened in America‚ which lead for much of literature to go with typical norms. When Toni Morrison wrote “Recitatif” and David Henry Hwang came out with the play “M. Butterfly”‚ they both pulled ideas from out of the box to create literature which had yet to be written about. For instance‚ a scene in “M. Butterfly” compares to two scenes in “Recitatif”‚ both displaying common stereotypes while
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Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Region IX‚ Zamboanga Peninsula DIVISION OF ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY Kabasalan‚ Zamboanga Sibugay 1st Endorsement Respectfully forwarded to the Schools Division Superintendent AMELIA P. TORRALBA‚ Ed. D. Division of Zamboanga Sibugay. The herein Kindergarten Teacher of Kabasalan Central Elementary School‚ MARILOU B. BLANCAFLOR enrolment for the S.Y. 2012-2013 from which the following pertinent papers and documents are hereto attached: A
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Literature is an outlet of escape from reality. At the end of the day‚ I open a book and allow the story to take me to a world where my own fades into a distant memory. With every turn of a page‚ my imagination is free to reinvent a narrative that is better than the reality I live. Literature can be non-fiction and based on facts surrounding real events‚ people‚ and places. Examples include history books‚ memoirs‚ biographies‚ newspapers‚ self-help‚ devotionals‚ and textbooks. Literature can
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NIGERIA @ 53; THE ROLE OF PASSION IN DRIVING SUSTAINABLE CHANGE Each time the National Anthem is sung‚ I am often burdened with this unanswered question; ‘’Where are the fruits of the labour of our heroes past? ‘’ Then I realize that the fruits of their labour only once existed; we can no longer see them. Of course what we see today in our country is moral decadence‚ unequalled indiscipline‚ high rate of crime‚ to mention but a few. Our nation’s independence on October 1st‚ 1960‚ could be said
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and they learn from their environment and get use to that kind of an environment. People have different customs and traditions as they come from different regions depending upon the kind of the regions they come from. As explained in stanza 1 people who are used to fast place cities can’t adjust in a villager type of a lifestyle. Even though the city is "tidily plotted in little squares with a fountain in the centre"‚ the atmosphere s not so pleasant. there is the "smell of smog"‚ the "smell of work
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decisions for their teenage children" (Please read my essay) Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents or other adult relatives should make important decisions for their older (15 to 18 year-old) teenage children. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion. --- During the years of adolescence‚ all the decisions for the children are being made by their parents. In some families this tendency still takes place as the children are growing and becoming more
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