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In Search Of Our Mothers Garde
Number of Words: 525 / Number of Pages: 2
... available to them is their daily life. In the ordinary tasks of cooking, sewing, and growing food, tasks on which their survival depended, these women found a way to express the yearnings of the soul for hope and beauty, as well as the desire to be remembered. Unable to read and to write their own stories, these generations of mothers and grandmothers, their own lives became their greatest work of art.
Walker explores the theories and practices of feminists and feminism, incorporating what she calls the "womanist" tradition of black women. She proposes questions that invite the reader to respond with ...
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The Patriotic Shopping Center
Number of Words: 774 / Number of Pages: 3
... as a national tourist attraction…”(Guterson 211). Thousands of visitors go to the mall to get lost in its 4.2 million square feet of floor space. They wander around aimlessly looking for direction but find that the straight way was lost and the YOU ARE HERE landmarks on the map kiosks referred to nothing in particular (Guterson 211). “Getting lost, feeling lost, [and] being lost--these states of mind are intentional features of the malls psychological terrain,” says Guterson (211). They designed an area with no clocks or windows, so the customer stays focused on shopping., however, these are typical of ...
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The Bean Trees, By Barbara Kin
Number of Words: 704 / Number of Pages: 3
... and have some coffee. After drinking a cup of coffee and giving Turtle some juice Mattie came up with the idea that Taylor could work for her. Taylor being the one who doesn't like tires in the first place accepted the generous offer, but went almost nuts with the huge tire wall that surrounded her. Taylor was a good worker and didn't have any real complaints about her position, but she still had a fear of exploding tires. This fear was noticeable to Mattie. Mattie being the rough-tough but nice person, asked Taylor nicely to follow her, when suddenly Mattie threw a 5-gallon Jerry can at her. ...
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A Utopian Society
Number of Words: 933 / Number of Pages: 4
... probably would not fight for
it, for they are afraid of the rich, and know all of the power they hold.
Teaching children while they are young is the key to a successful
utopian society. This is why isolation is needed. If a Utopian society is
started in the middle of England, children would have too much influence
from surrounding territories. An island would be the only way to maintain
a Utopian society, when it comes to children, for they are their future.
Children are not the only ones that would need their ideas protected. On
an island, they can see any foreign ship that is coming their w ...
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Literature - A Mirror Of Socie
Number of Words: 1216 / Number of Pages: 5
... century writers focusing on the lives of the upper class. (Thompson
857) These writers followed "formal rules"(Thorlby 282), and based
their works on scientific observations and logic (Thompson 895).
The Revolution gave the common people and writers more freedom
to express feelings and stimulated them to use reason. According to
Thompson, The Revolution "had a major impact on Nineteenth- Century
European Life." (895) It sent a strong wave of emotion and revival
throughout France (Peyre 59). This lead to new laws and standards for
the citizens, includi ...
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The Cause And Effect In A Very
Number of Words: 750 / Number of Pages: 3
... not one sent by God but the angel of death. Therefore, Father Gonzaga warned the townspeople, "The devil had the bad habit of making use of carnival tricks in order to confuse the unwary." Although the angel seemed to pose a threat to the townspeople, the spider woman posed no threat and could speak their language. Both the angel and the spider women intrigued the minds of the people, but affected them differently.
The events surrounding the angel caused so much interest with the townspeople that, within a few hours after the priest had been there, "Pelayo courtyard had the bustle of a marketplace, ...
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Fruedian Psychoanalysis With E
Number of Words: 1352 / Number of Pages: 5
... the character Lisa does not exhibit the above form of hysteria, but rather a manifestation of reality. Her own reality has become too imprisoned, and she escapes it by creating another Lisa that is nothing like her person.
The traditional psychoanalytical theory states that all human beings are born with instinctual drives that are constantly active even though a person is not usually conscious of them. Two drives, one for sexual pleasure and the other called aggression, motivate and propel most behaviors in people. Lisa creates a very intense sexual drive for her fictive person. Readers may spec ...
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Beowulf 5
Number of Words: 401 / Number of Pages: 2
... was also a characteristic that the inhabitants of this era deemed as a necessity. The people enjoyed hearing the imprissive tales of their leaders. They followed their leaders proudly knowing that the victories would come. Beowulf was so confident that he left his home to go help people he did not know. He was positive that he could defeat this Grendel foe. His people followed their gallant leader to this land where it appeared no hope remained. The people of this era must have realized that a leader who doubts himself will undoubtly fail.
Finaly, this society demanded devotion of their leader. ...
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Was Macbeth A Traitor
Number of Words: 596 / Number of Pages: 3
... be so much more the man” (Lady Macbeth, Act I, scene vii). She appealed to Macbeth’s “vaulting ambition” so as to intensify the effect that the Witches’ prophecies had on him, “Great Glamis! Worthy Cawdor! Greater than both, by the all-hail hereafter” (Lady Macbeth, Act I, scene v). She convinced Macbeth that the rewards of the murder would far outweigh the drawbacks and clear their conscience, “A little water clears us of this deed” (Lady Macbeth, Act I, scene ii). Although Macbeth dearly loved his king, Lady Macbeth yielded such a persuasive p ...
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Late 19th Century Creole Socie
Number of Words: 1366 / Number of Pages: 5
... idolized their children, worshipped their husbands, and esteemed it a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministering angels” (Chopin 16). Life was very difficult for Edna under these circumstances. “To a certain extent The Awakening shows Edna at the mercy of a patriarchal husband, a hot climate, a Creole lifestyle, and the circumscribed expectations of a particular class of Louisiana women” (Taylor 306). This eventually leads to Edna’s breaking free. In this society the attitudes of the husbands played a large role in Edna’s disapproval. The Creole husband is ...
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