opening scene‚ making the reader assume the protagonist is a male. Day has Claudia describing Jack Daniels‚ overflowing ashtrays‚ a good looking nameless blond in bed‚ the situation of a hangover and the messy flat surrounded by scattered clothes are all things stereotypically associated to a single male. This is not until the reader identifies the blond to be a ‘him’‚ where one becomes aware she is female. Day has manipulated the traditional figure to suit her female protagonist. The reader also learns
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always thought my mom was talking about my ancestors and my entire family tree. You know when you want to know the family diseases that can be hereditary you look at your family tree; you do the same to know all the possibilities for an offspring to be blond or burnet. Well I think you got the point right? What my mom really tried to say is that my past is important because is all I learned from my experiences and mistakes and those mistakes are somehow the foot notes on my mind‚ responsible of telling
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comprises sarcastic replies. One of his responses includes asking the landlady whether she is referring to plain or milk chocolate. He continues to make such comments to the point that he describes how the palm of his hands and the sole of his feet are blond and his bottom is black. As the landlady’s patience is belittled‚ the man
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the image then you are ugly. In the book "The Bluest Eye‚" we witness the power that the media has on specific characters: Pecola Breedlove‚ Claudia and Frieda MacTeer. The icon of beauty at that point in time is Shirley Temple‚ a white girl with blond hair and blue eyes. She is also the first reference to beauty in the book. Claudia explains her feelings towards Shirley Temple by saying‚ "...I had felt a stranger‚ more frightening thing than hatred for all the Shirley Temples of the world" (19)
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She didn’t notice the blond‚ Hungarian girl across from her‚ smiling back. The girl’s blond pigtailed face was one of a happy milkmaid in some Austrian flower field. The type that wears an Oktoberfest Alpine peasant costume‚ with a full skirt and a close-fitting bodice and a white blouse showing plenty of
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stories of all the people she encounters in her ultimate quest for survival. Perl devotes her memoir in recognition to the inhumane events that took place. Perl applies a disturbing amount of imagery in every detail she accounts‚ “The children‚ little blond or dark-haired children coming from every part of Europe‚ did not go with their mothers into the gas chambers…(they) were drenched with some inflammable material
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II. THE ROMAN ATTITUDES TOWARDS SLAVERY One of the questions that has to be asked is how did Rome become multicultural? This question can be answered several ways but for our interest as well as for the most part‚ it became multicultural through the system of slavery. Slaves were brought to Italy from the south and east of the Mediterranean after the conquest and plunder of the Roman campaigns. The slaves encompassed importantly also other Europeans‚ in particular from Gaul‚ Spain and later on
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Abercrombie & Fitch. At no fewer than three Abercrombie stores‚ she says‚ managers have approached her and offered her a job as a clerk. “Every time this happens‚ my little sister says‚ ‘Not again‚’” said Ms. Nill‚ who is 5-foot-6 and has long blond hair. She looks striking. She looks hip. She looks‚ in fact‚ as if she belongs in an Abercrombie & Fitch catalog. Is this a coincidence? A fluke? No‚ says Antonio Serrano‚ a former assistant Abercrombie store manager in Scranton‚ Pa. It’s
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It was 1938 and there was a 14 year-old boy named Archard who lived in Cologne. Unlike his peers‚ he was quiet at school and indulged himself into reading the newspaper. As a result‚ he was alienated and bullied by his classmates whenever they saw him. He even became the scapegoat for the classmates whenever they violate one of the school rules. Archard asked‚ “Why am I punished for something I does not do?” The teacher answered‚ “You are punished because you are a filthy Jew. You are from a generation
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crash rating‚ while the Ford Focus as a 4 in frontal crash rating. One big advantage of the Ford Focus is the technology which could also help in safety. The Ford has a navigation system‚ park assist‚ bi-xenon adaptive lightning‚ memory power sears‚ blond-spot monitoring‚ and a ten-speaker Bose surround sound system. These cars have many similarities‚ but have more differences. The choice lies between your personality‚ budget‚ and your family. If you have a big family‚ of course you’re going to go
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