The article I chose from the Journal of the American Art Therapy Association (AATA) was written by Laura M. Pelton-Sweet and Alissa Sherry‚ titled‚ “Coming Out Through Art: A Review of Art Therapy With LGBT Clients.” They found that the potential between LGBT clients and the use of creative art interventions is an area that deserves more research. It states that AATA does not publish guidelines for working with LGBT clients because homosexuality is no longer classified as a mental illness or disease
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ordinary town in Maycomb‚ Alabama; although‚ for the main characters Jem and Scout Finch‚ life is everything but ordinary. The book takes place during the early 1930s‚ and goes on a three-year journey through the fascinating lives of the Finches. The coming of age is an occurring theme in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee through the following
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realizing other harsh truths causes people to mature. The author of To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee‚ uses plot events‚ conflict and resolution‚ character development‚ setting‚ and symbolism to convey this theme of coming of age. A major element that helps with Harper Lee show the “coming of age” theme is the unique plot/events. Scout had many events that happened in her early years that caused her to mature. One way Scout matured was when her teacher told her she wasn’t allowed to read at home anymore
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The Catcher in the Rye can be read as a coming-of-age story. How does Holden’s Character change or mature during the course of the novel? To what extent are there TWO Holden Caulfields in the book‚ and what is the difference between them? The novel ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ by J.D Salinger is a coming-of-age story. It follows the short tale of Holden Caulfield‚ a sixteen year old boy‚ who throughout his experiences in the novel‚ changes and becomes more mature and independent. The story essentially
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Julie Van is a student attending the University of Washington in Seattle. She was born on October 9th‚ 1994 in her hometown of Tacoma‚ Washington where she spent her childhood doing what most children do like going to school or spending time with her family and friends. Now‚ she lives a typical college life. On the weekdays‚ Julie wakes up and attends classes and finishes her days off doing copious amounts of homework or relaxing with friends. But on the weekends‚ she enjoys to “hangout at nearby
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If you are being held under water how do you expect to breath. This is what is happening to minorities in America. America’s society holds down minorities and all they are trying to do is come up for air. Doesn’t everyone have the right to breathe? America’s jails are filled with minorities. Minorities that would have less likely been put in jail for the same crime if it was a caucasian person. Minorities are put in the system and are made to work and in a sense‚ treated as modern day slaves. It
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Queener 10-13-11 HIST 399 INEVITABLE In Pearl Harbor and the Coming of the Pacific War by Akira Iriye‚ the author explores the events and circumstances that ended in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor‚ an American naval base. Iriye assembles a myriad of primary documents‚ such as proposals and imperial conferences‚ as well as essays that offer different perspectives of the Pacific War. Not only is the material in Pearl Harbor and the Coming of the Pacific War informative of the situation between Japan
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Betty Smith ’s A Tree Grows in Brooklyn presents the problems of a child growing up‚ the coming of age when one meets challenges and overcomes obstacles. The protagonist‚ Francie Nolan‚ undergoes a self-discovery as she strives to mature living in the Brooklyn slum despite its poverty and privation. Thus‚ Smith ’s thematic treatment of the struggle of maturity has become for the reader an exploration of loneliness‚ family relationships‚ the loss of innocence‚ and death and disease. One of the
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The Coming of Age of Jem Finch People can develop through the ages quite rapidly sometimes; taking on contrasting values and becoming virtually different people. It is a common feature in the entire of humankind‚ that during the course of extreme change or difficulties‚ people change their qualities to adapt. Similarly‚ in Harper Lee’s renowned novella To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Jem Finch goes through such changes. The story set in a small and quiet town in Alabama in the 1930s‚ revolves around the
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diversity swept across the United States of America. What is diversity? Diversity implies a wide variety in gender‚ race‚ culture‚ ethnicity‚ age‚ and other characteristics of certain groups ("Diversity‚" 2006). Diversity is present in every possible aspect of life. It does not matter where one goes or what one does in America‚ no two people look or act exactly the same. America has been and still is known as a nation of freedom and diversity. Today‚ America is considered to be the "melting pot‚"
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