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    exciting opportunity to observe human nature in all its complexity and multiplicity” (Arp 162). Even though round, developing characters are more interesting to read about, all types of characters add to the significance of a story. In “Everyday Use,” Alice Walker’s use of round, developing, flat, and static characters offer profound characterization that further expands the horizons of the story. But the question may remain, why should the reader care about the type of characterization of a…

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    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wrote her book, Purple Hibiscus, through the eyes of a teenage girl, Kambili. Papa’s two children, Jaja and Kambili start out as extremely sheltered and structured children. As the novel progresses the two of them go to live with their aunty Ifeoma for a couple of weeks. As soon as they arrive, they begin to change drastically as they both begin to find themselves. Both Jaja and Kambili start to become more independent because their aunty Ifeoma allows them to have…

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    result in prejudicial behaviors. Nonetheless, when self interest and empathy are expressed with the appropriate level of restraint, the result has the capacity to be harmonious and the ability to maximize advantage outcomes. “Too Much Happiness” by Alice Munro, demonstrates how even a glimpse of empathy can result in the betterment of an individual's interests in addition to the subject of their compassion’s. Weierstrass - a famous mathematician - provided the seemingly inept Sophia with a…

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    Alice Notley’s The Descent of Alette is an epic poem that details a character known as Alette embarking on a journey through a series of underground subways, traveling further into the darkness ultimately seeking to destroy the tyrant who rules this underworld. The epic poem is divided into four different books. On her voyage, Alette passes from car to car, seemingly entering a new realm each time. Exhibiting a stream of consciousness, Alette describes each new world that she enters. As her…

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    Color Purple Shug Quotes

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    Shug Avery is a pivotal character in Alice Walker's the color purple due to the affect she has on Celie and Albert. Shug helps Celie define who she is as a person and change her outlook upon life and the current situations that she's facing. She also has a very special relationship with Albert spanning back many years into both their youths. Shug is used in the book as a character designed to further move the plot and show the mentality changes in Celie and Albert over the course of the book.She…

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    Throughout history there have been many depictions of the struggles that black women face and how those struggles are overcome. Alice Walker’s novel “The Color Purple” showcases Celie’s journey of self-discovery and the struggles that must be overcome in order to find one’s self. Celie has many different relationships with the minor characters, such as Mr._, who shows Celie that people can change, Sofia & Harpo, who reverse gender roles and show Celie the error in her ways, Nettie & Shug who…

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    Relapse In Alice's Alice

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    the readers, have no info on her name, but I’m going to use Alice. We do have information on her age. This book is based on the 1960’s and in the beginning of the book, she just turned 15. Her first time using drugs weren’t on purpose, however she does get sucked into the world of them. She eventually becomes an addict, but there are some moments that they tried to stop, but relapses. And that is why I do want to become her friend. Alice does use drugs for the majority of the book, but there…

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    The Truth about Alice is a novel written by Jennifer Mathieu. The purpose of writing a project is to educate the readers about the book that they may be interested in. By reading a report on a novel you will be able to see if you are interested or not in that book. Within this book, the author, Jennifer Mathieu has included three themes. These three themes are texting and driving, partying, and how word travels fast when you live in a small town. I chose these three themes to write about because…

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    were picketing the president and were arrested for obstructing traffic. They were then sent to jail, and after they refused to eat, Alice Paul was force fed. This left an impression on me because in order for someone to go through all of the pain, they must have really wanted to make a point and fight for their cause. This part of the movie showed just how dedicated Alice along with all the people who supported her were for their cause, and showed to great lengths they were willing to fight. I…

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    Celie's Struggles

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    The protagonist Celie life have much understanding of struggle and she realizes that her life is filled with pain and struggle of all sorts; her stepfather and husband is mostly the cause of it. Alice Walker portrays Celie in the beginning of the story as this weak-minded young woman who life is helpless and will become nothing other than the generalized life of an African-American woman in this time period. Celie is abuse sexually and physically by her stepfather, for things she doesn’t do.…

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