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    Poor Women Case Study

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    2. There are a smaller range of options for poor women than for poor men The range of options for poor women is less than the range of options for poor men. Both poor men and women are constrained by low skill levels‚ but poor men have greater mobility and security. For example‚ a poor man can go to deeper parts of the neighbouring forest to collect fuel wood but a woman cannot. There is also still a widespread perception that many jobs are ’men’s jobs’‚ and therefore not appropriate for women.

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    Shape of a Girl

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    Hierarchy of Monstrous Behaviour Adrienne represents "a monster in the shape of a girl‚" (MacLeod‚ P.40) by physically demonstrating a selfish‚ emotionless and unexplainable hate towards Sophie. Adrienne leads her friend Braidie‚ who contributes on a more subtle level to this motif of monstrous behaviour. Adrienne shows her sinister leadership by constantly instigating a form of abuse towards Sophie. "Adrienne leans into Sofie so that Sofie is squished‚" (P.42) causing apparent physical harm. Mentally

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    In Maya Angelou’s excerpt‚ “What’s So Funny?” she pointed out that vulgarity and crudeness happens to be the direction in which comedians‚ entertainers‚ and people take their jokes. She explains that behind the obscene profanities‚ are people who are just as vulgar as their jokes. By us laughing with them‚ we are not only stooping down to their level‚ we are also taking part in the humiliation. I agree with Maya Angelou’s point. For example‚ laughing when someone makes a joke towards someone

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    Matchstick Girls

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    23rd Annie Besant wrote an article ‘White Slavery In London’ in her newspaper ‘The Link’ after witnessing Clement Black’s speech in London on female labour. ‘I had heard of the Pay and conditions in Bryant &May’s Factory and decided that these girls needed to be heard’ Annie Besant told us. She also told us that the women worked upto fourteen hours a day for less than 10shillings a week‚ They hardly ever receive their full wage because of a system of fines‚ ranging from three pence to one shilling

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    “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf” ------------------------------------------------- Synopsis Structurally‚ For Colored Girls is a series of 20 poems‚ collectively called a "choreopoem." Shange’s poetry expresses the many struggles and obstacles that African-American women face throughout their lives. It is performed by a cast of seven women characters‚ each of whom is known only by a color: "Lady in Yellow‚" "Lady in Purple‚" etc. The poems deal with love

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    The Girls of Casterbridge

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    Tessa Fraser Composition one Ms. Dundas 1/31/13 The Halot‚ Elizabeth-Jane and Their Gender Roles “Don’t be the girl who fell. Be the girl who got back up.”-Jeanette Stanley. The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy introduces the readers to Elizabeth-Jane and Lucetta‚ two girls of both different means personalities. The comparison by Thomas Hardy of Elizabeth-Jane and Lucetta reveals two different sides of the gender barriers that faced young women in the 1800’s. This comparison shows that

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    The new girl

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    The new girl Author The story is written by Marc Mitchell (Florence‚ Alabama) in 2001. Title The new girl. The whole story is about this situation that changed the main characters life – the situation where he met this new girl‚ and acted terribly against her‚ which “haunts” him the rest of his life. Narrator The story is told with a 1st person narrator. We only see and hear the story through one set of eyes – we only see it from one perspective. (Examples from text: “I lived…”) Settings

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    “A Very Happy Birthday” A Critical Analysis of “Birthday Girl” by Haruki Murakami Haruki Murakami’s “Birthday Girl” is a piece that can take the reader into the past and help us analyze if any of our wishes ever came true. Hopefully we all reach those birthday milestones and we get whatever it is we wished for. The main character in this story has reached an important milestone birthday in Japan. At 20 you are a full fledged adult‚ a member of Japanese society so this

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    Dream Girls

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    Carla Frank April 29‚ 2010 Dreamgirls (2006) depicts the rise to stardom‚ and all joys‚ sacrifices‚ and heartbreaks associated with it. Effie White‚ Deena Jones‚ and Lorrell Robinson are the Dreamettes‚ beautiful girls with beautiful voices‚ looking to make it big. With help from their ambitious manager‚ Curtis Taylor‚ the Dreamettes thrive under the spotlight. However‚ the popular film also shows the hardships of the 1960’s. Through the manipulation of cinematography‚ Dreamgirls exposes‚ in

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    This article discussed the origins of Lowland Maya Civilization and the role of the Gulf Coast Olmec. There are speculations that the Gulf Coast Olmec had some type of influence on the lowland Maya Society. According to recent excavations‚ the growth of ceremonial space that turned into pyramid and plaza complexes have similar buildings in both Lowland Maya areas and in the center of the Olmec. Since Gulf Coast Olmec is considered the mother of culture‚ it could be assumed that the Olmec culture

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