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    actions shone a light on the situation in a non-violent way and gave America an overdue wakeup call on a morally wrong situation. This process of change spurred by one person is common in American culture. Family units react and change when one family member’s choice affects the rest of the family. The breaking of trust within a marriage as a result of Proctor’s choice to engage in adultery corrupted…

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    Introduction: In the mid-18th century, the way childhood was seen has changed considerably. Before the mid-18th century, Puritans believed, that humans are born sinful. They also believed that childhood was a critical period and that children literature must influence and be constructive so that to safe children’s souls. That’s why literature played an important role by providing role models. The religious way of thinking about childhood had become less influential by the mid-18th century. The…

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    every accurate. Louisa May Alcott has the same personality trait, defender. Louisa was a poet and author of the book “Little Women”…

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    and Mary Bigelow. Her family was poor so she would travel a lot to Boston to live with her…

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    “Conflict grows out of ignorance and suspicion,” Gordon Hinckley so accurately wrote. As seen in the story “All the Silent Sounds,” the main characters Deya and Afeera are constantly seen as opposing forces. Most of the conflict arises from Afeera 's refusal to accept positive changes in society and her continuous mistrust and condemnation of Deya 's desires and choices. Deya wants to make her own way and choices in life while Afeera insists that Deya follows with Aferera 's traditional…

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    Rose In Bloom, by Louisa May Alcott, tells the story of a young woman growing up. Set in Boston during the 19th Century, Rose Campbell is a beautiful young lady returning home after spending two years abroad in Europe. Upon returning, she is somewhat perturbed at discovering that home is not quite what it was when she left. Being the heiress of a large fortune, she finds herself surrounded by numerous friends and male admirers, many of which desire only her money. Having been raised by her Uncle…

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    changed from the Leave it to Beaver, nuclear family of the 1950s and sixties. From the suburban household with a husband at work, wife at home and their children, playing in the front yard. Brought upon many changes in the past couple of years to the staple of the nuclear family. Yet the traditional family still survives today, only to integrate and become a category among the varied families that now shape the new American society. This melting pot of families has emerged out of decades of…

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    Endorsing Gender Norms

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    reinforced by everything we do. There is not excepting it. There are many things in our world that are starting to make a change in how we see it can really be more destructive then helpful. We see it in how we talk and converse with one another, how our families are formed, and what classrooms look like today. I believe more behaviors are endorsing gender norms than challenging them. Language is something we learn at a very young age, what we do not learn is that it is filled with gendered…

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    provides nurturing home for the children that have been abused or abandoned. Andy fights his way through the system, attempting to create a name for himself other than a foster child. He undertakes lots of agony as he placed in a foster home with a family named the Leonard’s. At the Leonard’s house there was several different form of abuse Andy experiences including medical neglect, emotional abuse, and physical abuse. Medical neglect is witnessed in the beginning of Andrew journey with the…

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