(LUCY walks in‚ examines the empty room and chooses to sit in the center chair. LUCY starts to laugh‚ and quickly composes herself and stands up on a spotlight cue and looks at the audience.) LUCY There’s something about people who drink tea. They always think they’re so high up in society. Just because they drink tainted water they consider themselves as some sort of royalty or something. Next thing ya know they’ll start sticking their pinkies high in the air like the Queen of England or some
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Lucy Grealy tells a story about not fitting in‚ unbearable pain that takes up residence in one’s head as loneliness and confusion‚ questioning what things mean‚ being scared and lost in your family‚ enduring intense physical pain‚ and most importantly‚ figuring out who you are. Lucy had no idea she might die‚ even though the survival rate for Ewing’s sarcoma was only five percent. She does not present her parents as overly afraid for her life‚ either. Her autobiography is not a story about the fear
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just learning how to be the man of the house‚ since their father is fighting in the war. Susan (the second oldest) does not know how to believe in anything that cannot be seen and/or explained. Edmund (the second youngest) is forced to grow up. And Lucy (the youngest) learns the danger of comparison. In the beginning of this story we see that Peter is the man of the house‚ since their father is away at war. However‚ Peter does not really walk in it. This was not because he did not care‚ he just
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having natural born rights‚ such as the right to vote‚ to speak in public‚ access to equal education‚ and so forth‚ did not stop them to fight for their rights. Women’s lives soon changed when Lucy Stone‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ and Susan B. Anthony played a prominent role to help bring about change. Lucy Stone‚ an abolitionist‚ is one of the most important workers for women’s suffrage and women’s rights. When the Bible was quoted to her‚ defending the positions of men and women‚ she declared that
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Lucy Stone was an abolitionist and women’s rights activist who helped lead and inspire men‚ women‚ and children to the causes of anti-slavery and women’s rights movements. She helped found several associations‚ was the first women in Massachusetts to graduate college‚ and gave lectures and speeches which converted many to causes she supported. Stone converted many to the causes she supported and laid a foundation for others to follow in her footsteps. She worked weekdays speaking about women’s rights
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Stoker begins his novel in a ruined castle—a traditional Gothic setting—he soon moves the action to Victorian London‚ where the advancements of modernity are largely responsible for the ease with which the count preys upon English society. When Lucy falls victim to Dracula’s spell‚ neither Mina nor Dr. Seward—both devotees of modern advancements—are equipped even to guess at the cause of Lucy’s predicament. Only Van Helsing‚ whose facility with modern medical techniques is tempered
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Macready‚ the housekeeper. She has three assistants‚ Ivy‚ Margaret‚ and Betty‚ of which are mentioned in the book but do not exist in the movie. Lucy discovers Narnia while exploring the house with her siblings‚ but in the movie she discovers it while playing hide and seek. Lucy meets Mr Tumnus and he drops his parcels on the ground out of fear. In the movie‚ Lucy helps him pick them up‚ but in the book she watches him
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we see Mina doing so is when Lucy tells her that she has been proposed to by three different men‚ Dr. Seward‚ Quincey P. Morris‚ and Arthur Holmwood. Lucy loves the attention that is given to her by the three men and just like any best friend she tells Mina about it. Lucy says‚ “Just Fancy! THREE proposals in one day!” (P. 60) Meanwhile‚ Jonathan‚ Mina’s fiancée has been out of reach for the past month. Mina is quite worried about it but she hides her pain from Lucy so she doesn’t worry about her
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into a spectacular battle to be free of the Witch’s glacial enslavement forever. When the Pevensie family are evacuated out to the country‚ they are unaware of the adventure they will encounter. During a game of hide and seek‚ the youngest daughter‚ Lucy (Henley) discovers a wardrobe which transports her to the land of Narnia. Covered in snow‚ Narnia is full of weird and wonderful creatures‚ but is watched over by the evil White Witch‚ Jadis (Swinton). When all four Pevensie children end up through
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by personal choices. The next three paragraphs will explain how each essay supports or refute one of the assumptions about identity. In the first essay‚ ‘Masks’‚ written by Lucy Grealy‚ it supports the assumption that identity is shaped by culture. Lucy talks about the struggle through school as a child. At age six‚ Lucy was diagnosed with a lethal form of jaw cancer and nearly lost half her jaw to the disease. The frequent surgeries had to reconstruct her face left her with some very noticeable
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