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    up in‚ and answering ‘no‚’ straight away when asked if medicine is an issue between him and his farter in law. - He also sees the worst in rivers “That’s what you Freudian jonnies are on about all the time” - Anderson is a farther. - He feels emasculated and embarrassed by his brake down “awkward situation really what do you do when a doctor brakes down?” matter of fact tone of voice - Rivers pulls from Anderson’s dream that he has a lack of faith in Rivers methods may explain why he is sarcastic

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    When seeing A Piece Of My Heart in theatre‚ it was a lot different than reading it. There were many characters that had compelling reasons for volunteering to go to Vietnam war. There were four nurses Martha‚ Sissy‚ Whitney and Leeann who were all part of the red cross but one of the characters that stood out to me most and who had the best reason to go to Vietnam for the first time to volunteer was Martha. Martha was a strong powerful woman that had experience in nursing and whose family was in

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    Beauty and Evil are never far apart in Keats’s poetry” how far do you agree with this view? “She seem’d‚ at once‚ some penanced lady elf‚ Some demon’s mistress‚ or the demon’s self.” Beauty and evil cannot come much closer than when being in the same quote‚ and much of Keats’s work is pockmarked with references to these two seemingly unrelated conditions‚ and I feel is notable‚ if not key‚ to much of Keats’s work. In a way it could be said to symbolise Keats’s “bitter-sweet melancholy”; the idea

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    girls or ‘poofs’‚ portraying gender role stereotypes and‚ for all the above reasons posed‚ we can see the struggle in which Billy must conquer. Billy’s key role‚ in terms of his relationship with Jackie‚ is to prove that ballet isn’t merely for sissies. Jackie overcomes his stereotypes toward gender role as he begins to realize the true potential in which Billy possesses‚ and‚ in turn‚ even gives up on the miners

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    Annie Yvonne Jones was just an ordinary girl‚ born in Camden‚ New Jersey 1890. Ever since she was born her parents knew that she would be an extraordinary person. Her hobbies consist of drawing‚ writing journals‚ and dancing. When she wasn’t having downtime‚ she was in school. Education was the only way she could escape the harsh realities of Camden. Her favorite subject was science. She had a strong passion to help others in life. One day when she was a teenager she volunteered at a hospital to

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    In 1960‚ teens were obsessed with their own identities and fell into different groups according to those identities. One of those groups is the “rockers”. The rockers were the tough kids; clad in black leather‚ they greased their hair up into pompadours and took to the roads on motorcycles. The name “rocker” came from the rockers found in 4-stroke engines‚ as opposed to the two stroke engines used by scooters and ridden by mods. It was mainly centered on British café racer motorcycles and rock ’n’

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    How did the male gender roles of American society during the 1960s shape the approach for recruiting soldiers into the Vietnam War? “The Things They Carried”‚ by Tim O’Brien includes an assortment of fictional war stories‚ providing a moral insight into the Vietnam War for those that were privileged enough to escape its grasp or miss it altogether. What is particularly fascinating about O’Brien’s novel is his incorporation of context regarding the different gender roles existent within American

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    Outline some of the reasons why subcultures exist in school The definition of a subculture is a small culture within a large one and no matter where you look you will always find them within schools. Be it the "cool" kids or the "nerds" they always have and always will exist. But why do they do exists? Paul Willis (1997) a cultural theorist said that sub cultures exist within school due to opportunity. Those that have plenty of opportunity and are more focused on tend to create a subculture as

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    decided to get comfortable‚ on the day of the formal tea party in honor of Mrs.Gilbreth. Billy’s godmother was telling him how handsome he looked and that he was going to make a good impression on all of the guests "’Not on these pants’‚ Bill said’ look sissy and I’m not going to where them’"(66). This reaction reveals that Billy is starting to get peevish because he has to make everyone happy and he and all of the other children are getting tired of it. When all of the kids Aunt Anne takes care of them

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    With all of the current media coverage homosexuals are receiving it should come as no surprise that more and more gay characters and gay-themed movies are emerging from Hollywood. These characters and movies often tend to fully personify the homosexual stereotypes that exist in our society today. Many gay-themed movies have made their way into the lime-light and gay characters are popping up in dozens of mainstream movies. By looking closely at these movies and characters we can see the different

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