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    it to their own lives and personal experiences. Sylvia Plath is one particular author that uses her particular experiences to write about issues that are very evident within society and very applicable to various audiences. Plath’s famous novel, The Bell Jar, is an appropriate example of using personal issues to connect with her readers. Plath uses various elements centered on Esther’s, the protagonist, psychological downfall as the main focal point in this well-known…

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    Many people grew up with magic. I'm not referring to Harry Potter magic or magician's magic, you know the whole pulling a bunny out of a hat trick. Many people grew up with magic- Disney magic. Disney was a huge part of many peoples' childhood. You had a favorite character, a favorite Disney princess, and a favorite movie. Your bedspread, blankets, pillows, bedroom furniture, and clothes further solidified your love for all things Disney. Let's face it, everything you owned was Disney. Disney…

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    The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath and Thelma and Louise (1999) are both similar in that they are both strong feminist texts, addressing and discussing the issues of women’s rights in early and modern society. To represent this issue, as well as others within the text, both employ the use of characterisation, the development of the protagonists, and themes. Characters in the two texts play an important role in expressing the limited freedoms and rights of women and the societal conventions they are…

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    the job. After starting a recipe, I often find that we are either out of or low on a particular ingredient. To solve this problem, Chef Lonny and I often modify the recipe and make do with what is available, for instance, replacing green bell peppers with yellow bell peppers or yellow onions with red onions. This allows for a quick fix that saves the wasting of ingredients already prepared, while only slightly altering the outcome of the recipe as…

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    In Sylvia Plath 's autobiographical novel The Bell Jar, the text takes the reader through the struggles of a young woman Esther, Sylvia Plath’s alter ego, who faces unruly patriarchal oppression which limits her ability to succeed within her community. This drives Esther to attempt suicide in a multitude of ways. Esther is aware of a female 's oppression within the 1950’s and relates imbalance between men and women to the battle between nature and technology. Esther is subject to patriarchal…

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    Don T Blame The Eater

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    In his essay “Don’t Blame the Eater,” David Zinczenko warns the consumer about the dangers of fast food, agreeing that it is bad for one’s body. Through his argument, he shows his reader that the consumer is not necessarily at fault—the food industry is the true culprit here. His use of questions throughout the text, along with personal narrative, imagery, and his tone, Zinczenko is able to effectively argue against the manipulation of the food industry. Zinczenko asks questions throughout the…

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    Pretty Little Liars is a television show based on a popular book series about group of five friends named Alison, Hanna, Aria, Emily, and Spencer. The girls began to separate after the leader of the group, Alison, went missing one summer.. They began to get threatening messages from an anonymous source a year after her disappearance. The person sending the messages went by the alias “A”. “A” threatened to expose their secrets and blackmailed them to get what she wanted. Some of the secrets were…

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    Bluebeard's Egg Analysis

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    Sally is a woman who attends a college for taking night courses and to keep her busy. Also, she is a woman who thinks her husband, Ed is dull and stupid. However, as story goes by, she finds out an affair between Ed and her friend, Marylynn during the party. She witnessed Ed touches Marylynn's butt, and she realizes Ed is not the man she used to think. In addition, "Bluebeard's Egg" is somewhat similar to Fitcher's Bird. For example, Sally is the third wife of Ed, and she thinks she is clever.…

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    Susan Glaspell, born in 1876 was an American play writer, novelist, journalist, and actress. In her time, she wrote many short stories and plays which began appearing in magazines and journals. One of Glaspell’s best works was a one-act play called Trifles written and performed in 1916. While working as a journalist for Des Monines Daily News, she covered the 1900 murder of John Hossack which is where she received the inspiration for the loosely based play and in 1917 was turned into a short…

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    “The Bell Jar” by Victoria Lucas (Pseudonym of Sylvia Plath) was first time published on 14 January 1963 in the U.S of America after her death in a same year. This book was written as novel by Sylvia Lucas, but in comparison with her life before this book, we can clearly say that it is autobiographical book, where the author tries to wright her personal story but under different name, Plath choose Esther Greenwood as her protégé in the book. Both of them had experience with magazines and…

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