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    Bumanglag‚ Amleth Lyn C. March 12‚ 2011 MAT-ELA Anglo-American Literature FALLEN WOMAN IN THEODORE DREISER’S SISTER CARRIE Introduction One might think that Sister Carrie is a love story‚ but rather it is a story of greed‚ declining morality‚ and selfish desires. All central characters are products of a changing economy—decline of agriculture and rise of industry in late nineteenth century. Theodore Dreiser significantly sets the story in Chicago (1889) and later to New York of which

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    Trans-Sister Radio is about a newly divorced schoolteacher‚ Allison Banks‚ who falls in love with the man who teaches a summer course in which she attends. Dana Stevens‚ the professor she loves‚ is not exactly what he seems from the outside; this well-manicured‚ gentle-faced man is in actuality a woman and he is facing an upcoming sex change. Allison’s daughter Carly and her ex-husband‚ Will‚ try to deal with her new “beau” as best they can. Also it defines the struggles Dana has gone through with

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    Seven Sister States From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For the book by Aglaja Stirn and Peter Van Ham‚ see The Seven Sisters of India. The Seven Sister States of India The Seven Sister States are a region in northeastern India‚ comprising the contiguous states of Arunachal Pradesh‚ Assam‚ Meghalaya‚ Manipur‚ Mizoram‚ Nagaland‚ and Tripura. The region had a population of 38.6 million in 2000‚ about 3.8 percent of India ’s total. There is great ethnic and religious

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    Commentary on The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov (This commentary is based on the extract from the play by Chekhov‚ A. (translated by Chernomordik‚ V). The Three Sisters‚ Grove Press‚ New York‚ pp 66-68. The extract starts with “Well. They are saying we should take up a subscription” and ends with “don’t you think? It’s not right.”) The above passage is a dialog extracted from the third act of Chekhov’s play The Three Sisters. The work was written In Russia in the year 1900. This was during

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    Dreiser’s Sister Carrie First novel by Theodore Dreiser‚ published in 1900‚ but was on hold until 1912. Sister Carrie tells the story of a rudderless but pretty small town girl who comes to the big city filled with vague ambitions. She is used by men and uses them in turn to become a successful Broadway actress‚ while George Hurstwood‚ the married man who she later gets married to in the has run away with her from Chicago loses his grip on life and descends into beggary and suicide. Sister Carrie

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    The Mirabal Sisters. Four Dominican women‚ daughters and mothers from Salcedo named Ojo de Agua (as of Nov. 2007 the province is officially named Hermanas Mirabal)‚ Dominican Republic. Daughters of Enrique Mirabal Fernández and Mercedes "Chea" Reyes Camilo. These women followed their convictions with bravery and selflessness to fight for what they believed. To fight against a dictator’s rule they felt was wrong. Three of them - Patria‚ Minerva‚ and Maria Teresa - gave their lives for their cause

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    Industrialisation and Identity: Society and the Individual in Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie Introduction In 1889 Chicago had the peculiar qualifications of growth which made such adventuresome pilgrimages even on the part of young girls plausible. Its many and growing commercial opportunities gave it widespread fame‚ which made of it a giant magnet‚ drawing to itself‚ from all quarters‚ the hopeful and the hopeless - those who had their fortune yet to make and those whose fortunes and

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    Bigbrother Big Sister

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    and planned mentoring. There are many different ways to describe mentoring‚ but they all boil down to one thing: a positive‚ supportive relationship between a young person and a caring adult. Big Brothers Big Sisters of America was started over ninety years ago. Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) agencies have provided supportive‚ one-to-one relationships between adult volunteers and youth living in single-parent homes. National studies are showing that participation in BBBS programs reduce

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    Big Brothers/Big Sisters Pamela Naughton Rucker Mrs. McKibbin EH 322-04 March 19‚ 2001 OUTLINE Thesis Statement: The Big Brother/Big Sisters program was designed to help children from single parent homes. The program matches children with positive adult role models. I. Beginning a. History-BB/BS began as early at the 1900’s. b. Facts and statistics-Children in the program excel in various areas such as school and relationships with others. II. Role of a Big Brother or Big Sister a. Purpose-Our mentoring

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    Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) is the largest youth mentoring organization in the United States. The organization provides one-to-one mentoring relationships between children and adults. Its purpose is to provide friendship‚ emotional support‚ and guidance to youth through their involvement with positive role models. BBBSA’s national motto is "making a difference‚ one child at a time." According to the Big Brother Big Sister Association of Cincinnati‚ the idea of developing one-to-one

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