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    of an Individual freedom. This is explored in both the text "Educating Rita" by Willy Russell and "Pursuit Of Happiness" by Gabriele Muccino. In the text "Educating Rita" by Willy Russell‚ Frank is an alcoholic academic educator who has taken on the tutorship to pay for his drinks‚ and Rita‚ who is dissatisfied with her work and social life and seeks inner growth by signing up for an open university english course. Rita speaks in local dialect filled with slang and swearing which enables

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    “Motha’s Day for Big Mae” This is a story about a Big woman that goes by the name of “Big Mae”. She is the common law wife to a man named Old man Berry. He spends his days sitting in the bar owned by a man named Howard. Every morning Smitty and Cuz who were Berry’s buddies‚ along with Berry stood outside the bar waiting for Howard to arrive. Inside they sit around talking mess and Berry spends all of the money given to him by Mae. One day‚ Howard decides to give berry a piece of his mind regarding

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    Rita Hayworth And The Shawshank Redemption Stephen King There’s a guy like me in every state and federal prison in America‚ I guess - I’m the guy who can get it for you. Tailor-made cigarettes‚ a bag of reefer‚ if you’re partial to that‚ a bottle of brandy to celebrate your son or daughter’s high school graduation‚ or almost anything else ... within reason‚ that is. It wasn’t always that way. I came to Shawshank when I was just twenty‚ and I am one of the few people in our happy little family

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    EDUCATING RITA Significant experiences in people’s lives provide opportunities for growth and development. Going ‘into the world’ means moving from familiar experiences to new horizons. When going from familiar experiences to new ones‚ obstacles are usually overcome before being totally successful. Individuals might be given advice and/or guided through the transformation to reaching new horizons. Great rewards and opportunities also come about while going through the process of growth and development

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    Diversity of Hawthorne’s Writings in "Young Goodman Brown"‚ "Ethan Brand"‚ and "The Birthmark" . Michael Duncan ENG. 111 T/TH 9:30 am "... it is no delusion. There is an Unpardonable Sin!" ‚ a quote by Ethan Brand that is at the root of many stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Nathaniel Hawthornes gloomy‚ dark style of writing is an emphasis on his theme of evil at societies heart. Writing about what he knew Hawthorne described the puritan society in different periods of time and

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    SHORT STORY “EDUCATING RITA” A Literature Class and a “Social” Comedy It is a British movie based on a play written by Willy Russell that narrates the relationship of the two main characters: Susan (who asks to be called as Rita at the beginning of the story) and Dr. Frank Bryant. Susan is a young lady who belongs to the working-class‚ she works as a hairdresser and is about to get marry with her boyfriend‚ even though‚ after knowing Dr. Frank Bryan‚ she experiences a sense of freedom that leads

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    How does Rita and Franks Relationship change between Act one scene 1 and Act 2 scene 1? Frank is a university lecturer and will be teaching Rita what she wants to know about literature and another world outside of her own. Russell has interpreted the character of Rita as a copy of himself. This is because he was also a hairdresser and went to a night school to do his O levels before he became a famous writer. When we first see Frank he is in his office and appears to be looking for a book on the

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    John Brown: Terrorist or Revolutionary? John Brown was a man starkly opposed to slavery. In 1855‚ John Brown led an unsuccessful raid on Harper ’s Ferry in order to arm slaves with weapons Brown and his men seized from the arsenal in order for the slaves to free themselves. Because this was against law of the time‚ John Brown was tried and executed for treason. Due to his methods‚ many people labeled him as a terrorist; however‚ because he worked for a good cause‚ the abolition of slavery

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    MAE FAH LUANG UNIVERSITY COURSE SYLLABUS Programme: General Education School: School of Liberal Arts Course Code: 1006124 Course Title: English 3 Credits: 3(3-0-6) Abbreviation: Eng 3 Prerequisites: English 2 Course Type: Required Course For programme: All except English Instructor: Staff Evaluation: [ × ] Grade (A‚ B+‚ B‚ C+‚ C‚ D+‚ D‚ F) [ ] S or U Course Description: Development of advanced academic English through the engagement in informative content topics. Practice

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    Rita Moreno Rita Moreno is a Puerto Rican singer‚ actress and dancer. She is the only hispanic who have won an Oscar‚ a Grammy‚ a Tony and an Emmy. She was also the second Puerto Rican to win an Academy Award. She was born Rosita Dolores Alverío in Humacao‚ Puerto Rico on December 11‚ 1931. She had one husband‚ Leonard Gordon and they were married until his death in 2010‚ they had one child. Rita Moreno got her start on Broadway at the age of 13. Her most notable performance was her role of Anita

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