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    How do racist attitudes towards Indians contribute to the catastrophe that overtakes the Hayden family? Racism is an underlying force in the Novel Montana 1948‚ written by Larry Watson. The racist attitudes shown towards the Indians in Bentrock escalate to a point where a catastrophe overtakes the Hayden Family. In the town Bentrock in 1948‚ it was accustomed that racial attitudes towards the Indians were apart of the culture and nature of the town. Marie Little Soldier’s confession about Frank’s

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    Yuqian He The Saddest Character Wesley in Montana 1948 In Montana 1948‚ Larry Watson mainly narrates a secret and catastrophic story happened in Hayden’s family which have high prestige in Bentrock Montana‚ 1948. In this novel‚ Watson stands on a twelve-year-old boy-David Hayden’s view to talk about family tragedy which results from his uncle Frank molesting many innocent Indian girls. Therefore‚ Hayden’s family is tormented by the moral dilemma; especially Wesley- the brother

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    pursuing his personal goals with TKC he felt that a phone call message from another company was the moment he had been waiting for. This is an opportunity to move away from TKC. He wondered where did it all go wrong. B. MICRO: Howard Watson worked closely with Larry‚ the president‚ in developing the Automation Engineering Department. He was Ben & Jerry’s (Mgmt) There Has Been a Change of Plans… Introduction The equipment was operating properly and the group had the training and experience to meet

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    Montana 1948 The story of Montana 1948 tells of a certain struggle which the Hayden family experiences. Larry Watson uses different techniques and language to convey ideas about how powerful the Hayden family is‚ especially the grandfather Julian and how he alone can do pretty much as he pleases. The story is told from the perspective of a twelve year old boy David. However‚ it is written many years later which gives the reader a bigger insight into David’s view of what went on. Many themes are

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    Internal conflict is used to explore the idea of how humans prioritize their justice in following their morals to their loyalty using contrast. An example of this is in Montana 1948 by Larry Watson. The novel shows a young boy David‚ who experiences a series of events and watches his father Wes’ internal conflict of arresting his brother Frank as well as David’s conflicts within himself of choosing to grow up and telling his parents about his uncle’s murder. They both struggle to choose whether to

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    to know where they came from. The main findings from my paper are from the internet. Articles that I read for this are Towards a Fair and Balanced Assessment of Supermax Prisons by Daniel P. Mears and Jamie Watson. The textbook Twelfth Edition Introduction to Criminal Justice Author Larry Siegel Chapter 16. Prison Reform in Pennsylvania by Norman Johnston PH.D Board member Emeritus of the Pennsylvania Prison Society‚ Wikipedia. The Short History of Prison by the Howard League for Penal Reform

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    highlight and confront the significant issues of their own context. Racial prejudice and the necessity of achieving justice are two key issues highlighted in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee and also Montana 1948 by Larry Watson. Lee writes in the 1960s about the 1930s‚ and Watson writes in the 1990s about the 1940s demonstrating a time when people were persecuted for their race‚ gender‚ religion and education. These novels are crafted to provide insight of the issues experienced in society and

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    For those of you who are stuyding Montana 1948 by Larry Watson‚ i have a few essay questions that might help you. 1.Montana 1948 represents the shattering of David’s innocence and presents many contradictions. Discuss. 2.David describes his parent’s only error as trying to be "loyal to both family and justice". Why does he perceive this to be a mistake? another one i got was 3. Montana 1948 is about the loss of innocenece and the painful gain of wisdom. Discuss question 3 is similar

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    PAPER 2 SECTION 2 Practice Essay Module B The Shoe- Horn Sonata *** “The Shoe- Horn Sonata” is a play by John Misto that gives an insight into two lives of two female POWs in WW II and is a vector of Misto’s thoughts. It explores the little known and often terrible events associated with female prisoners of war. The play follows a friendship of two women through the war to a point of tension that’s beyond what any normal friendship would have to deal with. Misto engages his audience by using a multitude

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    threatened one fateful night by a dangerous man bent on taking their lives. After this startling experience‚ they were never the same again. As a result‚ they rapidly matured into adults. Similarly‚ young David Hayden‚ the narrator of Montana 1948 by Larry Watson‚ also encounters an equally traumatic event. He discovers that his uncle has been sexually assaulting Native American women in his town. This is a heavy burden for a twelve year old boy‚ especially since it reveals that his beloved Uncle Frank

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