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    Despite popular belief‚ judgement based on the appearance of someone else’s skin‚ hair‚ and/or facial structure is still very prevalent. In 1970‚ in small town Riceville‚ Iowa‚ Mrs. Elliot decided to present an experiment she had started previously with a third grade class after the shooting of Martin Luther King Jr. Mrs. Elliot‚ had always presented the topic of racism in her classes‚ as she felt it was important for her students to truly understand what was occurring. The day after the wrongful

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    Eye of the Storm: A Classroom Divided Sociology 101 April 10th‚ 2011 Abstract Following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King‚ teacher Jane Elliott knew she had to do something. Riceville‚ Iowa‚ the town in which she lived‚ was totally homogeneous and‚ as a result‚ she realized that her students had no firsthand experience with discrimination. A Class Divided: Then and Now chronicles Elliott ’s courageous experiment and the life-altering impact it had on her students. This action research

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    At the heart of‚ Cousin Kate and Havisham the theme is loss. The speaker clearly feels a sense of loss throughout this poem because she loses her maiden hood and the community’s respect. Victorians were bought up by a strict moral code and they believe that happy marriage was the centre of a stable society. Christina Rossetti focuses on a love affair between a high society wealthy lord and a ’low born’ country women. Furthermore‚ the main focus of the poem is transgressive relationship and sexual

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    Frederic Chopin One of the most prominent polish composers‚ one of the most important romantic composers‚ and one of the most distinguished musicians in history. Frederic François Chopin was born in the Zelazowa Wola‚ Poland on March 1‚ 1810. He was the son of polish noblewoman Justyna Krzyżanowska and a Frenchman Nicolas Chopin. His father was 16 when he moved to Warsaw‚ Poland. He was considered very talented seeing that he was fluent in German‚ calligraphy‚ accounting‚ poetry‚ and played several

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    "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin is a novel that successfully portrays the life of women in the late eighteen hundreds. Women at that time had very particular rules of etiquette they were forced to follow. In "The Awakening" the main character‚ Edna Pontellier‚ believed that she should have free will to do what she wants‚ and not have to follow the proper etiquette that all women follow. Most of the females in the novel‚ like Adele Ratignolle‚ took pride in being women and followed the roles that

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    Freedom: "[Edna] was flushed and felt intoxicated with the sound of her own voice and the unaccustomed taste of candor. It muddled her like wine‚ or like a first breath of freedom (Chopin)." In chapter seven‚ Edna has a very deep conversation with Madame Ratignolle. This validates many of Edna’s feelings and this allows her to feel comfortable enough to move along in her awakening. This moment is a very crucial portion of her steps towards freedom. As Edna talks to the Creole woman‚ she feels more

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    happiness and her responsibilities as a mother and wife. Because she feels like she is so burdened‚ she does anything she can to attain freedom‚ and to her‚ it doesn’t matter if she is sinful and goes against her Creole upbringing to get there. In Kate Chopin’s The Awakening‚ Edna fights against the societal and instinctive structures of motherhood that coerce her to be defined by her title as wife of

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    Freedom for Many Isolation drives mirthless people to find the desires of freedom they long for. Many feminist writers in the Progressive era yearned for freedom; this desire was seen in their works to create powerful lessons on how male domination impacted women. One influential writer of this movement‚ Kate Chopin‚ wrote a story where the character‚ Louise‚ is told that her husband departed in an accident and she is not sure whether or not to be heartsick or rescued. Louise finally decides she is relieved

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    In The Eye of the Storm filmed by ABC News in 1970‚ Jane Elliot‚ a teacher at Riceville Community Elementary School‚ puts her third grade students through an experiment to show them how horrible colored people were treated. Since 1968‚ Jane Elliot always has something planned for National Brotherhood Week. On Tuesday‚ Elliot segregates her class by the color of the students’ eyes. The brown-eyed kids were to wear special collars around their neck so they could be seen from afar. In this situation

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    She attempts to tie her hair behind her head with a non-existent hair tie‚ only to let go and allow the storm rage on. She suddenly becomes aware of the soft sound of a radio coming from inside the building. The soft music takes her back to that unwanted place. Wanting to get away‚ she fastens her pace. Pretty icy swirls turn into short puffs of smoke as she

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