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    Developmental Milestones Goals 1. STACEY J. LUBETSKY DMD ST. BARNABAS HOSPITAL PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY 2. 3. 4. 5. REVIEW AGE-RELATED PSYSHOCOCIAL TRAITS AND SILLS‚ SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT‚ MENTAL‚ AND MOTOR DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN BEHAVIOR THEORIES BMI IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULES ANSWERS TO COMMON PARENT QUESTIONS Physical Milestones Developmental Task Average Age Focus on light Lies on stomach‚lifts chin Birth weight doubles Rolls back to stomach Sits alone Stands with support Walks

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    “A Rose for Emily” and “The Lottery” In “A Rose for Emily” narrator was an observer. He was part of the villagers but not the main character. He is not able to get into the mind of the character so his encounters are usually unreliable and not trusted. He can only tell us his view of things not what the character is thinking. The narrator prepared us for the ending of this story here by the use of some symbolic items. Some examples are: the broken down old and decayed house‚ which can mean some

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    In A Rose for Emily‚ William Faulkner tells the story of Miss Emily Grierson‚ who isolated herself from the people of Jefferson‚ a former Civil War battleground and the town she called home. From the outside‚ Emily appears as a normal southern belle living in the bitter times of the Reconstruction era; although her vindictive neighbors tend to think otherwise of her presence. Emily’s rough past with her controlling father lead to a pattern of silent yet deceitful behaviors. Following her father’s

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    The short story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner is set in the small southern town of Jefferson. The story reveals the peculiar and bizarre events of Miss Emily Grierson’s life. Miss Emily‚ a supposed monument in the town‚ lives an unusual life. She comes from a well-respected family and is the last Grierson of her town. The mysterious Miss Emily embodies the Old South. Miss Emily holds onto the ways of the Old South and cannot come to terms with the New South. Miss Emily’s resistance to change

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    A Rose for Emily A Rose for Emily is a story that deals with a women’s sentimental illness caused by isolation. Emily Grierson looses her moral compass‚ and her trace of reality‚ her inability to be loved‚ her desire to be considered as someone important‚ was never accomplished. The author shows plans of development; using characterization‚ symbolism‚ and setting. This is a very symbolic and animatic story. William Faulkner points out his views of empathy towards Emily in the story when he illustrates

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    A Rose for Emily Explication “It was a big‚ squarish frame house that had once been white‚ decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies‚ set on what had once been our most select street. But garages and cotton gins had encroached and obliterated even the august names of that neighborhood; only Miss Emily’s house was left‚ lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps—an eyesore among eyesores.

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    The Symbolism in “A Rose for Emily” “I want the best you have... I want arsenic.” Emily was purchasing rat poison. Did she really have rats? Or did she poison her husband Homer Barron? William Faulkner used a few ciphers in “A Rose for Emily” to get his readers to explore their imagination. It is an extremely suspenseful‚ on the edge of your seat‚ story with a shocking ending. It is a short story about an old women who loses her father and eventually her husband; she is the talk of the town and

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    The unusual way Faulkner arranges his story‚ “A Rose for Emily‚” affected my experience as I was reading the narrative in numerous ways. By beginning by stating “When Miss Emily Grierson died…” (119) Faulkner set up his story as being about Miss Emily and led me to believe this event was the beginning of the story. Once I got to part two‚ I realized that Miss Emily’s death was not the first event to take place in this story‚ but was just what Faulkner chose to write about first. It was then left

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    societies filled with meddling and insensitive people‚ the towns in "A rose for Miss Emily" and "Dry September" are two such towns. The towns’ duplicity is shown effectively as in both of the women’s towns‚ the townspeople try to pry into their personal lives and also put on a facade of care and concern Both Miss Emily and Miss Minnie are victims of the meddlesome townspeople. When a mysterious stench begins to surround Miss Emily’s house‚ a group of men decide to take the matter into their own

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    In William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily‚” Miss Emily is the town’s focus. She is as an important person in the town‚ but also a social pariah. Her life growing up was not ideal. Emily lacked love and affection‚ necessary aspects required in maturing. After her Mother died‚ her father declared Emily be the woman of the house and ran off any potential suitors. This patriarchy system drives Emily into a life of seclusion. Her father’s passing creates abandonment issues and causes her to cling to his

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