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    Brenda Stevenson’s “Marsa Never Sot Aunt Rebecca Down: Enslaved Women, Religion and social Power in the Antebellum South” illustrates the importance of Religion within slave communities specifically focusing on enslaved women’s influences, leadership, and social power. Throughout the text several different points of view are given highlighting the religious practices and interactions experienced between slave and slaveholders. Religion became a large part of the slaves lives especially women who…

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    through life with Aunt Esther with his parents dead. In order to do that he must get along with Aunt Esther because he is going to be living there his whole life. In the beginning michael the fourteen-year-old boy feels lonely because both of his parents died and he is forced to live with Aunt Esther and forced to go to school at a place in Detroit. He realizes he has to make a change if he wants to live life like he did before his parents passed away. Finally Michael got a crayfish and Aunt…

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    and Aunt Alexandra are siblings, they differ in every way. However, the most important difference on Jem and Scout are the parental views of Atticus and Aunt Alexandra. Atticus represents the new, modern, progressive style of parenting while Aunt Alexandra believes the old fashioned, traditional ways of the Old South. Atticus cares more about behavior than fitting in the Finches “mold” than Aunt Alexandra. This is shown when Scout begins to fight Francis because he insulted Atticus. “Aunt…

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    The Aunts of Gilead use specific word choices to suppress viewpoints that contradict their own. For instance, they believe that casual sex is an abomination, so when teaching the handmaids, Aunt Lydia insists, “A thing is valued … only if it is rare and hard to get. We want you to be valued girls” (Atwood 114). Aunt Lydia uses a specific word, “valued,” to generate certain emotion in her audience. Unlike some of its synonyms, such as “useful” or “of service,” the word “valued” creates a desire…

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    am using is between myself and my aunt (Amy) on my mom’s side of the family. I am turning twenty during the time of this email conversation and my aunt is sending a congratulatory message. The emails span over a week in which my aunt also inquires into whether I have joined the cellphone application known as VIBER. VIBER is a Wi-Fi based communications application that allows users to communication through the Internet. What is important to note is that my aunt lives in Paris, France and…

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    have social security numbers. My aunt was born in Mexico in a small town call Ixcatiopan. Coming to Chicago at a young age was difficult for her. She is now living with my cousin and looking for a part-time job. My aunt has been kicked out of different places where she has gone for a job interview because she can’t speak English well. She now understand English, but is embarrassed to speak in different interviews. My uncle used…

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    ignorant ideas of Aunt Bessie before and after her arrival. Moreover, Aunt Bessie’s former family does not help her transition into civilization. They naively neglect her native upbringing and expect her to act as the Caucasian ideal. In addition, assimilation only delays the acceptance of other…

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    Jayden, scurried to go find the only hope for New York. Aunt Barbara. Kara did not feel certain about the choices she made to rescue, Aunt Barbara. With her voice dripping in tears, she spoke, “Jayden what if Aunt Barbara doesn’t remember us? Or what will she look like?” They both then glanced at the rustic and dainty fort. Jayden hushed Kara as a signal not awake any demons. Moments after, Kara and Jayden enter, and were greeted by two people. Aunt Barbara and this tall teenage boy with silky…

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    Goal 1: Camareus will improve his emotional and behavioral regulation. • Camareus’s aunts appeared to be in a good mood and Camareus appeared angry. • Camareus’s aunts shared he argues with others, yells, has fits of anger, refuses to comply, causes trouble for no reason, break rules, lie, hurt himself, has no friends, feels sad, nightmares, and has eating problems. • Camareus’s aunts reflected on Camareus going in the bathroom putting his hands in cold or hot water for long periods of time…

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    said that “For now on, your Aunt Scarlet will take care of you here.”. Aunt Scarlet is sisters…

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