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    There are many symbols and rituals in Stephen King’s books‚ especially in Carrie. The main and most important symbols in the book is religion and blood. The main and most important rituals in the book are the prom night and the menstruation. Carrie is written in a third person perspective. Religious symbols are used in many different books as a symbol for horrors‚ suffering‚ sacrifice and as a battle against sin. Religion in Carrie is mainly used as a symbol for her mother’s Margaret extreme faith

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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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    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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    “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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    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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    Imran Hyder      4th Period English An Unknown Girl An Unknown Girl is written by the poet Moniza Alvi. Moniza Alvi is a renowned Pakistani-British writer. Her mother is British and her father is from Pakistan. She was born in Pakistan and later moved to the United Kingdom. This could reflect why An Unknown Girl is about the struggle Alvi or The Unknown Girl has trying to relocate her cultural identity and cling onto it in a nation where the culture is slowly drifting away and being replaced by western

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    QUESTION: What should Lancaster-Webb do about Glove Girl?Bloggers’ opinion can constitute an extremely useful tool for a company’s product or service. The reason for this is that people feel bloggers have no subsequent intention in recommending something. In other words‚ they do not have the feeling that the blogger is trying to sell them something but that they are otherwise giving their opinion from their own knowledge or experience with the product or service. In the article “A Blogger in Their

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    TRAN HUE CHI Girl power! Boys and girls are co-existent in this world. They both have their own potential to make changes to our world. Boys (men) with their strength can do many masculine tasks which are usually considered important and crucial. Therefore‚ they are dominant to girls in many positions. Girls are believed to have less power and abilities than boys. However‚ as the new 21st century has begun‚ this perception changes. Girls (later are women) in have more power. They can do many things

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    into account its symbolic aspect. Symbols play a fundamental role in the process of creating identity. There are symbolic forms and social traits that people‚ who live in America but are originally from different cultures‚ use to express their identity such as family‚ friends‚ cultural traditions‚ language‚ food‚ images‚ and feelings of their past. These aspects are symbolic and people have taken them as their own‚ in other words as their identity. There are symbols that play an important role in our

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