Claudia Valentine’s Distinctive Voice and Character Analysis Claudia Valentine‚ being the protagonist of The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender‚ has been successfully developed in the text to both support and subvert the stereotype of a male hard-boiled detective‚ where she is portrayed as a female private detective who inheres the traditional characteristics of a tough talking male detective but also presenting feminist points of view. Thus the author‚ Marele Day has created this powerful distinctive
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aspects of information on the author Carolyn Mackler and her coauthored novel with Jay Asher‚ The Future of Us. First‚ Carolyn Mackler was born in Manhattan on Friday‚ July 13‚ 1973. When she was at the age of one she moved from Greenwich Village to Syracuse and then to Brockport‚ New York. Of which‚ all places that are in America‚ relating to the setting of the book‚ The Future of Us‚ which is set in Pennsylvania just ways away from New York. Second‚ as Carolyn grew up she found her love of reading
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I am pleased to recommend Claudia Manderson‚ a previous math student of mine from the past two years‚ to your honors college. I taught Claudia in Algebra 2 Honors as well as Pre-Calculus Honors‚ in both of which she earned high-marks every semester. I have found her to be a well-rounded and morally grounded student. Claudia is an exceptional student in her academic performance as well as in her achievements and involvements outside of the classroom. Even with her heavy course load of all honors
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Citizen‚ by Claudia Rankine‚ is a compilation of poems and writings explaining the problems with society’s complacency towards racism. Rankine also points out instances where underlying racism hurts more than flat out racist remarks. The novel is riddled with images symbolizing the discrimination towards African Americans‚ which contribute to the overall theme of racism becoming naturalized. Citizen works to debunk these natural assumptions and feelings of the common stereotypes of African Americans
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The Colonel Carolyn Forche’s “The Colonel” instantly catches the eye. The poem was written in 1978 while Forche was working in El Salvador‚ and retails a merciless meeting with its title character. The Colonel is a hard man in a violent world‚ and he cares not for the rights of the people he governs nor the fact that he is exposing his evil nature to a poet: as he says‚ “something for your poetry‚ no?” (Forche‚ 597). The poem reinforces this effect through its stark irony and short poetic flourishes
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In contrast of Claudia and Frieda‚ an important point to stress is that Pecola’s conviction of her own ugliness stems from the society’s judgment of her being unattractive rather than from herself. Pecola would for‚ “...long hours she sat looking in the mirror‚ trying to discover the secret of her ugliness‚ the ugliness that made her ignored or despised at school‚ by teachers and classmates alike…” (Morrison 1990‚ 34). The impossibility of Pecola’s wish for blue eyes undermines her self worth. The
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Mara Walters Mr. Roush 10 English H 18 November 2013 Argumentative Response on Don’t lower the bar on education standards The general argument made by Leonard Pitts Jr.‚ in his work‚ Don’t lower the bar on education standards‚ is that states are trying to fix education by lowering their expectations per certain group of students. More specifically‚ he argues that they’re creating separate and unequal performance standards for their black‚ white‚ Hispanic‚ Asian‚ and disabled children. He writes
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The presentation of “Tribute to Nurses” by Carolyn Jones is heartwarming. Jones expresses the outstanding and amazing touch a patient can get from his/her nurse. She expression states that patient remembers the name of their doctors but not their nurses. It is impressive to see the length Ms. Jones went to relate to nurses on different locations and the job they do. I was opportune to watch TED show in some of my psychology classes and all the shows are very touching and emotional because‚ they are
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Citizen: An American Lyric‚ written by Claudia Rankine‚ is a hybrid book. The book consists of seven chapters‚ each chapter detailing different microaggressions‚ interspersed with images of various paintings‚ drawings‚ sculptures‚ and screen grabs. Chapter III starts off with another with another short interaction‚ similarity to the conversations in Chapter I. As you rush to meet a friend in a distant neighborhood‚ the friend says you are late “you nappy-headed ho” (41). Rankine continues by explaining
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Family Linen exhibits multiple sensitive themes such as death‚ love‚ loneliness‚ and mystery. Still‚ honesty and the act of knowing stands out since the introductory chapter of novel and progresses as other characters are introduced. We first get to know Sybill‚ a woman who seeks the veracity behind her mother’s crime as a way to find peace in herself and get rid of her pain. However‚ what she perceives as truth may be a product of an implausible traumatic experience. Conversely‚ Don and Myrtle relationship
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