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    THE GIRL WITH THE BEAUTIFUL FACE Pedro Pablo Sacristán Once upon a time there was a girl who‚ though of humble origin‚ was so incredibly beautiful that she was famed throughout the region. Knowing how much the young men of the Kingdom liked her‚ she rejected all her suitors‚ waiting for the arrival of some handsome Prince. Well‚ it didn’t take long for a handsome Prince to come by‚ and as soon as he saw the young girl he fell for her and showered her with compliments and gifts. The wedding was

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    The Girl In the Green Sweater Day to day people walk the streets in their new shoes and fancy clothes and never think about how good they have it. They walk on these streets looking up and never down. But down is the direction in which a group of people lived‚ down in the sewer that is. When times are hard you must do as needed and for this family the only way to stay together during the Holocaust was to live within the muck and filth of the sewage system. 0n September 1‚ 1939‚ Germany invades

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    White Girl Monologue

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    I’ve been labeled several times as just a white girl by people who don’t really know me too well. I’ve been told that I “don’t really act like a mexican girl”‚”I don’t sound spanish”‚” or “you’re pale for a latina.” I am aware that yes‚ I am pale‚ I don’t speak spanish‚ and that I’m quiet or shy. I’m made aware of this whenever I visit my mom or my dad’s families. One one side‚ i’m too white. On the other side‚ too dark. I’ll be the black sheep in a house full of blonde-blue eyed christians‚ or

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    Conflict In Flyy Girl

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    In the book Flyy Girl by Omar Tyree‚ Tracy is the protagonist. We are different in many ways. We both share different views of the world‚ are viewed by the world in distinctive ways and I would respond in a different way to the central conflict of the novel. As she grows she sees what is acceptable in life and what’s not. Tracy had her fair share in boys throughout her life. She was brought up in a respectable home. Tracy came along from her not liking boys to getting every boys she wants and giving

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    Incidents of slave girl

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    Beyond the brutalities that all slaves endured‚ females suffered the additional anguish of sexual exploitation and the deprivation of motherhood. In “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl‚” Harriet Jacobs focuses on racial subjugation but also gives voice to a different kind of captivity that men impose on women regardless of color. This form of bondage is not only exacted from women by men‚ but also accepted and perpetuated by women themselves. Jacobs’ narrative gives a true account of the unique

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    The Girl Next Door

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    In “The Girl Next Door” there are several relationships explored. The contrasting themes of intimacy and distance as well as closeness and separation are depicted through the characters portrayed in the story. One relationship is between the protaganist and his mother‚ which appears to be close and intimate but also seems dysfunctional. Another relationship is between Brandi and her mother‚ which is distant and separate. The last relationship is between the protagonist and Brandi‚ a nine year old

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    Maggie: A girl of the streets by Stephen Crane is a story that was written based on the theme American Realism. American Realism was a style of literature that showed the lifestyle‚ everyday activities‚ and social relations of an ordinary person. The literature on American Realism often showed character development and the empowerment of women based on what is said to be normal in their society. The literature‚ Maggie: A girl of the streets by Stephen Crane shows character development through their

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    Gone Girl Psychology

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    *The following is based on the movie‚ Gone Girl. Although the movie ends with Amy murdering her ex-boyfriend‚ this paper excludes this detail in order for Amy to have a more typical counseling experience. Instead‚ she is put on probation for two years for assault and framing her own disappearance. Introduction‚ background information‚ and biopsychosocial history Amy Elliot Dunne is a 35 year old Caucasian female that has entered counseling after being mandated by the court for charges of

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    Girl from Andros

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    Perfect Endings: The Devious Acts that Lead to an Ideal Ending Are there such things are perfect endings? In Terence’s‚ The Girl from Andros‚ was his first Roman playwright‚ which he adapted through translation through Menander’s play. The comedy is formatted like many of Terence’s plays: a complex father-son relationship‚ a scheming slave‚ and eventually a happy ending. The “all’s well that ends well” motif is evidently clear in Terence’s first comedy; however‚ in getting there this play uses

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    Girls Have It Harder

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    Challenges A Girl Faces In “What Is the Triple Bind?” Stephen Hinshaw describes all the obstacles and hard work that teenage girls have to go through. Girls get put down a lot and that’s why they feel under pressure when they are trying to do something. Some people are against girls when it comes to a job because of their weaknesses‚ but they never take a look at their strengths. Hinshaw explains girls getting plastic surgery because make up is no longer good for them to look pretty; therefore‚ girls absolutely

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