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    Alice faces many obstacles throughout her time in Wonderland. Most of them are because of the transition from childhood to becoming a young adult. Alice clearly represents the struggle children have when entering the world of adults. Also‚ Alice is trying to survive and understand who she is now because she doesn’t know who she is anymore. Like the Cheshire cat said: “Everyone in wonderland is mad‚ including you”. He meant that all adults are mad for children and Alice doesn’t believes that and she

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    the main character‚ Alice finds herself in a strange chaotic world that causes her to question all she understands in her young mind. Lewis Carroll creates the memorable character of Alice in “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland‚” through the characteristics of emotional maturity‚ youthful inexperience‚ and kindness. From the opening of the novel‚ when Alice fell down the rabbit hole‚ her motivation of curiosity also revealed her restlessness in normal circumstances. As Alice sat with her sister by

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    Alice Walker Karin Leiva November 6‚ 2012 Lisa Evans English 9 Leiva 1 Alice Malsenior Walker was born on February 9‚ 1944 in Eatonton‚ Georgia. She is an American author‚ poet‚ and activist. She has written both fiction and essays about gender and race. Her writing mostly focuses on the role of women of color in their culture and history. Alice Walker actually expresses’ her feeling in any of her works. She usually reflects on herself and her feelings

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    books. Lewis Carroll was inspired to write Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by one of his children friends‚ named Alice. In the novel‚ Alice is a curious and innocent little girl‚ whom we meet on her travel from childhood to adulthood‚ where she bumps into puberty. The environment in Lewis Carroll’s novel is a vital importance for Alice‚ her reactions and thoughts. Alice

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    focus worldwide. Both narrators‚ Alice Munro from “Boys and Girls” and Diane Francis from “We haven’t come that for after all”‚ demonstrates the female stereotypes from their perspectives. Alice Munro understands her mother’s control and wants to run away from her. Meanwhile‚ Diane Francis finds the defect of females’ rights in business life and decides to correct it. Both the narrators are disturbed by the female’s stereotype; however‚ the stereotype on the Alice occurs domestically‚ whereas the

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    Hannah A. Mercado IV Narra Literature Alice in Wonderland is a renown classic written by Lewis Carroll from 1865. While on a boat party‚ Lewis told tales to three children for entertainment. One of the children‚ Alice‚ was enamored by the story and requested that he write it down. This is what inspired the story. It is whimsical and caters to children’s delight and to some readers it is confusing at most. To better understand the tale‚ we will breakdown Alice’s character as an archetypal hero.

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    Section 1 Celie’s Awakening The novel The Color Purple‚ by Alice Walker is a story about the struggle and the transformation of the protagonist Celie from a shy little girl that never stood up for herself who later on in her life developed into a strong confident and independent woman. Her awakening is due in large parts to the many female figures she met throughout her life. These figures are her sister Nettie‚ Mr.____’s sister Kate‚ Harpo’s wife Sofia‚

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    the Munro stories you have studied. Short stories by Alice Munro are ordinary human life stories‚ set in small towns having it relatable to any readers. In her stories‚ Munro uses characterisation techniques to reveal the personalty of her characters. Specifically‚ in each story Munro portrays an unpleasant character in society‚ still handles the readers to understand and sympathise with her characters through her convincing narrative. In the stories‚ “To Reach Japan” and “Gravel” Munro includes

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    Alice Munro the Found Boat

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    Alice Munro The Found Boat 1974 At the end of Bell Street‚ McKay Street‚ Mayo Street‚ there was the Flood. It was the Wawanash River‚ which every spring overflowed its banks. Some springs‚ say one in every five‚ it covered the roads on that side of town and washed over the fields‚ creating a shallow choppy take. Light reflected off the water made every- thing bright and cold‚ as it is in a lakeside town‚ and woke or revived in people certain vague hopes of disaster. Mostly during the late afternoon

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    Alice Walker Essay 12

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    Alice Walker Walker begins her essay with a story from her early childhood. By starting her essay with a positive story about her and her beauty she lays the foundation for how much her future disfigurement is going to affect every aspect of her life. Walker asks her father is she can go to the fair with him and states that she is the prettiest (“Mercury” 45). From an early age Walker knew she was beautiful. She gained much of her self-worth from her exterior beauty at this age. In the next paragraph

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