Chinese Cinderella is a compelling autobiography written by Adeline Yen Mah. Chinese Cinderella is an extraordinary book that shows the reader how cruel we live in. Many wise lessons are woven into each sentence. While reading, the reader connects the book to the world, making the audience realize how cruel society and the world we live in can be. This novel is based on a child yearning for acceptance and love in a flawed and deliberated family. In the Novel...
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An author uses many literary devices to help the reader understand the theme of the poem. Authors use different literary devices to describe how something is or felt. They also use sensory details to show the reader how something is and lets them visualize an image of what is happening. Authors also organize their poems in a way that fits with the theme of the poem. In the poems, âDecidingâ by Wendy Wilder Larsen, âThe Weary Bluesâ by Langston Hughes,...
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In 1995, 0.4% of the population used the internet and as of December 2017 54.4% of the population now uses the internet. That is a 54% increase in just 22 years. Shocking, right? The growth of technology has a huge effect on the world today and there have been many positive outcomes from this; however, there have also been some negative effects from the advancement of technology. Ray Bradbury addresses this problem in his book Fahrenheit 451. In the book,...
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Question 1: In the world of literature, magical realism comes with what would refer as a mixture of elements of magic that are characteristic of mixing up with the elements of real world. For instance, the novel provides the understanding of the fact that the Virgin of Guadalupe and the golden carp serve as symbols whose primary role is to add meaning to the story of Bless Me Ultima through the sense of magical knowledge as well as magic in...
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Over the past decades, social media has become a major component in the modern human society. We tend to use this technology for both entertainment as well as acknowledging news around the world. While news can bring us precise and realistic information regarding the world around us, it can also be manipulated into fake news that aim to strike with a purpose. Nowadays, it is easier for others to generate fake news since most of the people across the world...
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In the graphic memoir titled Fun Home, by Allison Bechdel, sexual self-discovery is one of the criteria for the development of the main character. Furthermore, Bechdel depicts the plethora of factors that are pivotal in the shaping of who she is before, during and after her sexual self-development. Bechdelâs anguish and pain begins with all of her accounts that she encountered at home, with her respective family member â most importantly her father â at school, and the community she...
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The Story Of My Search When I was reading about Emily Dickinsonâs life and reading her poems, they caught my eye because her life was so much more different than everyone elseâs lives. Her poetry was very different and interesting and I wanted to learn more about it. âEmily Dickinson is one of Americaâs greatest and most original poets of all time. She took definitions as her province and challenged the existing definitions of poetry and the poets work.â (Emily...
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Marguerite Annie Johnson Angelou known as Maya Angelou was a black African-American women who didnât like racism between black and white people, though it was hard growing up being mistreated she would always stay as positive as she can. Maya was born on April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. She had a family of four. Her mother Vivian Baxter Johnson, her father Bailey Johnson and her older brother Bailey Johnson Jr. Growing up in the Johnson family...
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Ovarian cancer (OC) is one of the important causes of death within gynecological tumors in the western world, with a 5-year survival rate of approximately 30% in advanced-stage disease(152). About 10-15% of all OC patients report a positive family history of the disease and can be included as âfamilial ovarian cancer (FOC).(11,12) FOC patients were defined as those with a history of ovarian cancer in two or more family members or in combination with common cancer diagnosed at a young...
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The fault in our stars is a book about a 16-year-old girl named Hazel Grace Lancaster suffering from a thyroid cancer that has spread to her lungs. Since she is very depressed and lonely she loves to read books. One day her mom notices she reads the same book âAn Imperial Afflictonâ over and over again. She visits doctor and tells her about her condition behalf of which the doctor recommends her to join a cancer patient group where people...
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Summary Social life had degenerated into a stark, competitive struggle for existence and civil society had descended into the law of the social jungle. The author starts the article with a refer to the jungle. He addressed the sense of alienation, confrontation and defiance. The so called neoliberal policies pursued by many governments of low taxes, reduced government spending, privatization, de-regulation and the replacement of government programs by private-sector, market-driven services rapidly changed societies. The neoliberalism has a stronghold in...
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In the movie named âSankofaâ made by Haile Gerima, was technically about an African-American woman who traveled back in the time of slavery and experiences the life of enslavement. In the beginning, it shows a woman named Mona she is colonized and brainwashed which lead to her being separated from her origin. She was on a trip to Ghana, in that trip Mona went was in a old cave, that cave was one of the places in which Africans were...
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Lahiriâs works has a deep insight into womenâs problems and dilemmas, with a realistic portrait of contemporary women. The female protagonists in her novels are in constant search for the meaning and value of their life. Lahiri explains the cross-cultural experiences of dislocated women and the condition of belonging in the maze of cultural plurality. In the novel, The Namesake, Lahiri discusses the feeling of alienation, anxiety and disillusionment that the characters faced once they have migrated to abroad. In...
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When discussing The Devil and Miss Prym and âThe Lotteryâ three main points will be proven the first point shall be how both stories show conflicts and patterns. The second point archetype is being shown in both stories discussing who's the scapegoat in each story. Third discussing how both stories connect with different philosophies, and their theories. The type of conflict means âsituations or problem causing the actionâ(Detrick, Literature). In the book âThe Lotteryâ there are many examples of person...
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âTriflesâ is a play written and composed by Glaspell Susan in the year, 1916, and mirrors the writer's distraction with culture-bound thoughts of sex roles and gender. In accordance with the title of the play, âTriflesâ by G. Susan recommends that the worries from the women are always viewed as simple trifles, insignificant issues that bear practically no significance to the genuine work of society, which, obviously, is being done by the male counterpart. Susan questions, and in this manner...
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Literature is an impression of society. It reproduces indecencies and excellencies of the general public. One of the elements of writing is to improve the general public. Writing echoes the defects of the general public with the end goal of committing the general public understand its errors and present appropriate reparations. It likewise exhibits perfect human characters for the general public to copy. The author, in an abstract piece, plans the human life and activities so that they give certain...
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After withdrawing American forces from Iraq and significantly reducing, the number of troops in Afghanistan President Obama claimed the U.S. was on a new path to safety and security in the Middle East. However, this would not be the case. As President Obama took his eyes off Iraq and Afghanistan, the Taliban and the newly formed ISIS would begin to roll back U.S. advancements in both countries and embroil both young governments in another counter-insurgency fight. As President Obama worked...
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I agree with Aristotleâs argument that living a virtuous life is essential to having true happiness which is our ultimate purpose.In other words, happiness is the primary purpose of human life which is accomplished or fulfilled through virtue. Similarly, he believes that in order to reach that happiness which is the highest good, we must live our lives accordingly to our inherent characteristics as rational people in which we are able to become happy. Furthermore, happiness is not based on...
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World war1 that caused death to million of military and civilians fought between United states, France and Russia on one side and Germany on other and bloodshed everywhere. The main aim of Italianâs were prevent the German troops from reinforcing the Austrian troops on the front as they were an ally of Germany and Austria. The most important event shown in the novel is the Italian retreat that happened on October 24, 1917. Fredric Henry is a volunteer who has...
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In Oedipus Rex, written by Sophocles, the play shows an intertwined interaction of man free will coexisting with fate which at the time Greeks at the time believed guided everything and everyone else in a balanced purpose. Women and men were free to make and decided their own decisions and at the end was ultimately held accountable for their own actions. The concepts of both fate and free will played an important part in Oedipusâ destruction. Even though he was...
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Rebellion is one of the most themes that mostly make an appearance in the novel by using personification to strengthen Ray Bradburyâs point of rebellion. In the beginning, Montag loved to be a fireman but as time grew on he had grown sick on the smell like two parts of him were fighting to do the right thing and stopping. Montag likes to do his job but as he thought possibly being a fireman is wrong and he wants to...
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A Christmas Carol is an ideal movie for anyone wanting to witness what some people experience throughout the holidays. The movie is set in England, and it accounts for some of the most crucial years in the world, the early to mid-1800s. This was a time of change, especially in England. A Christmas Carol overlooks the life of Ebenezer Scrooge, as Scrooge is played by the actor Alastair Sim, and the film was released December 2, 1951. The emphasis of...
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Slut. Whore. Tramp. In a society where men benefit from women being hostile to one another, these three words become almost as valuable as gold. In a patriarchal society where there is a war against women, misogyny is expected to run deep. However, it has become so entrenched among humankind that women have begun to turn on one another, whether it is done intentionally or unintentionally through the use of microaggressions. Through this exact phenomenon of internalized misogyny, women continue...
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Social justice is the action of trying to eliminate, if not reduce the disadvantages experienced by certain groups in populations by distributing resources fairly throughout the population. When talking about resources, it is meant as more than just services that are available, such as public transit. They are defined as âan aspect of having a positive effect on health, such as security of food, sufficient housing, reliable employment, good working conditions, adequate income, education, inclusion in society, and the social...
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Authors use many devices when they want to express what they mean. Literary or rhetorical devices give the purpose of conveying the meaning of the text, to persuade, or evoke emotion and help tie back to the central message of the text. Oscar Wildeâs The Importance of Being Earnest, AJDâs âMarriage - How Has it Changed Over Time,â and Marie McKeownâs âWomen Through History: Womenâs Experience Through the Agesâ all relate to each other and use either literary or rhetorical...
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Have you ever had the feeling or thought that your mother acted and raised you differently than other mothers? There are many mothers with different perspectives and opinions on how a woman should be or behave in front of other people. In Jamaica Kincaidâs âGirlâ, a mother teaches a girl about certain beliefs coming from society and culture at the time to be a âperfectâ woman in society, while in Gary Sotoâs âLooking for Workâ, the mother does not take...
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What can be changed about poverty in America? Everything. One will never truly know poverty unless they have lived in poverty themselves. Poverty is caused by societyâs trends changing. Poverty is associated with homelessness, the lack of education, a culture of poverty, epidemic diseases such as AIDS, and illiteracy overpopulation. Congress and I will help break these cycles of poverty by; enhancing economic growth with targeted action, mandate over time in the workplace, mandating higher education/training, increasing the Earned Income...
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Throughout the course we have discussed many types of ethics and views on morals. However, one of the biggest differentiating facts between these types of ethics is their view on lying, whether it be right or not and if so when lying would be ethically correct. However, one of the biggest debates is between Kant and Mills. Kant made the argument that lying is never okay, no matter what situation or what motive, and Mills, who is known for utilitarianism...
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The author of The Awakening was from St. Louis, Missouri. Kate Chopin is known for writing short stories such as âThe Stormâ, âThe Story of an Hourâ and âA Pair of Silk Stockings.â She published two novels in addition to her short stories, At Fault and The Awakening. Her first novel, At Fault, went largely unnoticed after its publication in 1890. Her final novel, The Awakening was published in 1899. The critics and public both condemned the novel, calling it...
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The love for poetry and writing can begin with the simple routine of listening to the soothing voices of parents reading a bedtime story. Unfortunately for some, such as Sherman Alexie, the sweetest routines are not a part of their everyday life while growing up. Defying the odds at a young age, Alexie survived life-threatening health conditions, bullied because of his appearance and an absent father. As a boy, he was much influenced by his maternal grandmother, a spiritual leader...
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