The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) article and reading excerpts from Between Good and the Ghetto by Nikki Jones and Girls in Trouble with the Law by Laurie Schaffner address the dilemmas faced by young girls who grow up in poverty stricken neighborhoods with regards to violence and societal norms on the expected behavior of girls. In addition‚ statistics are reported to reflect the rise in female juvenile violence. Overall‚ these authors made three key points
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Bet by Anton Chekhov and the text The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant both authors deal with the main idea that money and materialistic goods control peoples action in a larger scale than we realize. While both The Bet and The Necklace explore the idea of irony and symbolism‚ The Necklace goes on to use characterization while The Bet uses person vs. society conflict. Irony had a huge impact in The Bet and The Necklace’s theme of money and material goods controlling people’s actions in a larger
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Guy de Maupassant in the short story‚ “The Necklace”‚ demonstrates that if one is unsatisfied with their life‚ they will ask for more and make sure they are not unsatisfied with what they have. Maupassant supports his message by using characterization of Monsieur Loisel when she was grieving for more in her middle-class life. An example of Monsieur Loisel characterization is “She grieved incessantly‚ feeling that she had been born for all the little niceties and luxuries of living” (28). This story
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“Avarice” the narrator spoke of this girl that wanted to collect her engagement rings and porcelain buttons for various reasons. The story “The necklace” Matilda has a rich friend that possessed a “Expensive Necklace” and she wanted one just like it and also her same lifestyle. “Civil Peace” is a story about an African man named Jonathan. In the story Jonathan finds some money and turns the money in. In return for the money‚ Jonathan received a small amount of the cash he found. Jonathan doesn’t care
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The Ambitious Life Of Mathilde Loisel Guy De Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace” portrays a character named Mathilde Loisel‚ a desirous‚ materialistic women who is known as “pretty and charming‚” but let’s her lust for a luxurious life get’s in the way of seeing what she already has(page 152). Mathilde’s dreams of wealth and desires make her unhappy and greedy. She will be fronted by a obstacle that will change her life. Therefore‚ leads to the shift of her character and the setting of the story
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The Necklace and Story of An Hour; A Comparison Megan Ford ENG125 Instructor Reljic August 19‚ 2012 At first glance‚ Chopin’s Story of an Hour (1894) and de Maupassant’s The Necklace (1884)‚ appear to have very little in common. Chopin’s story‚ as displayed in its title is quite short; while in comparison‚ de Maupassant tells a much more detailed account of the beleaguered Loisel’s‚ who must learn from the self-centred Madam Loisel. With de Maupassant’s
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Literary Analysis of “The Necklace” A person’s social status along with the luxury goods/items that come along with the higher class rank are an important part of today’s society. We judge people and items/goods based on their exterior‚ which can cause us to be deceived. In the story “The Necklace”‚ Guy de Maupassant‚ a French writer‚ demonstrates how people get deceived by a person’s or an items appearance. Maupassant uses allegory/symbolism and characterization to show that appearance causes us
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Why Do Governments Find It So Hard To Control Public Expenditure? Since the 1970 ’s rising public expenditure has become a politically salient issue‚ with the focus being on the difficulties experienced in trying to control it. In order to answer a question concerning why governments find it hard to control public expenditure it is first necessary to look at the reasons for the growth in public spending. There are three approaches which attempt to give reasons for growing public expenditure
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original necklace and the replacement because even though Mathilde is not the richest girl‚ she still bought another diamond necklace and spent the next decade of her life attempting to pay off her debt. Mme. Forestier should return the difference value between the original necklace and the one that Mathilde bought as a replacement because Mathilde is poor. As said in the story
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The Gift of The Magi and The Necklace writing assignment 5th period In these stories‚ the relationship between the Young’s and the Loisel’s are very different. The treatment in the relationships are different‚ also how each other feels about one another. The wives values are also different and husbands also. Although they have many differences‚ the two stories are also alike in many ways. In Della and Jim’s relationship‚ each of them value each other the same. Both care for one another and
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