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    Pink’s “Stupid Girls” is about the way the media portrays women and how that portrayal influences the behavior of women in society. Pink conveys this message through the use of her lyrics and the historical context from the song. When Pink says‚ “Maybe if I act like that‚ that guy will call me back”‚ she seems to be saying that the media sends women the message that the way women in the media communicate with men is the way they should be doing it as well. Women in the media often use their looks

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    Additionally‚ in Girl with Peal Earring‚ people can infer that Jon Vermeer used four principles of design to demonstrate how he uses the elements of art in his masterpiece. By viewing this portrait‚ Jon Vermeer exhibits movement‚ variety‚ emphasis‚ and unity in his painting. Movement is shown when Jon Vermeer adds final touches to the painting‚ a small amount of colt paint is set to make it seem more delicate‚ sharpening the edges and darkening the color in some places. Next‚ variety is an important

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    Title:Mean Girls Director: Type: Movie Genre: social realism‚ American teen The scandalous lives of a teenager was accurately portrayed throughout the movie ‘Mean Girls’ directed by: Mark Waters. The story follows a teenage girl named Cady Heron as she is starting her first day at high school after being home schooled in Africa for most of her life. Cady learns about the ins and outs of high school life and the cliques that are found throughout the school with the help of her two new friends

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    In the film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo‚ the protagonist is a victim of all three of these crimes. She is mistreated and taken advantage of because she is a female. Although she has been the victim‚ Lisbeth is able to retaliate and take back her life and power.

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    Girl‚ Interrupted” – Effects Mental Institutions Have on People Susanna Kaysen states that “[m]ental illness seems to be a communication problem between [two interpreters in your mind]” (pg 139). In Kaysen’s Girl‚ Interrupted‚ Kaysen is put in a mental facility at the age of 18 for a borderline personality disorder. The author is torn throughout the book if mental institutions are helping her and her fellow patients or bringing them down more. Also‚ the author argues that being put in a facility

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    The Shy Girl English Composition 101 Kimmey Wright   The Shy Girl Ever since I can remember‚ I was always quiet and shy. I constantly had to repeat myself because people could not hear me the first time. Even then‚ I seldom made eye contact with others. When I entered high school‚ nothing changed. Soon afterward‚ I disliked the way my classmates thought of me. If someone had to make an announcement in class‚ I was not chosen because my classmates believed I was not vocal enough. If someone

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    03). The same "Dance of the Young Girls" presents another rhythmical device preferred by Stravinsky‚ which is the ostinato‚ the constant repetition of a rhythmic figure. In this case‚ it is the insistent pounding of two juxtaposed chords: the Dominant 7th on E flat and a chord of F flat

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    Student Summarizing Jessica Hemauer " Farm Girl" Eng Professor 1-18-14 The essay read was "Farm Girl" by Jessica Hemauer. What I think Jessica was trying to tell her readers was tasks or situations you may be in that you may consider awful or just plan not fair can turn out to benefit you later in life. Struggling through these tough situations might just be worth it later on in life. I don’t believe that was Jessica’s only main point. Jessica also explained

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    The novel‚ Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs‚ is a powerful story of a slave girl who would do anything for the freedom of herself and her two children. Jacobs wrote this novel to bring awareness of slavery to Northerner‚ especially to women. Jacobs used the pen name Linda Brent to compiled her lives to bring and show the reality of slavery; the cruelty‚ the physical violence‚ the separation of families‚ the sexual relationship between master and slave‚ the psychological abuse

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    WILDE Therefore‚ do all girls think themselves blessed in this regard – they can hide their emotions‚ on the contrary it is a benediction that no one can read their feelings in their face. A woman’s life is itself so complex‚ so subtle‚ so precise and has a very microscopic dimension of vision. This I’ll spare your brain‚ every action of any or rather all woman is so carefully measured and discussed with such depths that I’m forced to call them “microscopic” analysis. On the contrary while I

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