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    the play, Oscar Wide reveals that it is difficult to tell the truth even if try to, because the truth will never be so simple. Once all of the lies been told who would believe the truth. Oscar Wilde wrote comedy melodrama play “The Importance of Being Earnest” which is his perception of the rigid Victorian social norms and values. Also the word “Earnest” plays a significant role in the play. According to Brigitte Bastiat, Oscar Wilde uses his characters to express’s his deviance of the…

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    him as he is developing into a young adult. It is difficult for Charlie to make friends or even talk to people in general conversations due to his lack of confidence. This is where a reader will generally develop sympathetic emotions for Charlie. Being as smart as he was, Charlie surely had a great amount of potential in terms of things he could accomplish. Unfortunately, his nonexistent confidence seemed to prevent some of these better things that could have played part in his life. Near the…

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    Analysis Paul Beckmann- A Man Who Has Impacted the Lives of Many I came into this class not understanding the meaning of entrepreneurship. I thought it was just a simple way to make a business and make a quick buck in the long run. I wasn’t sure if it was the experience I was looking for and I wanted more than what my major offered me. However, I realize there’s so much more. I came in contact with Paul Beckmann previously working on my business proposal for Surf Media. Paul uses different…

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    Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, by David Lubar is a humorous book about a teenage boy named Scott Hudson who is entering high school. Scott is the youngest son in the Hudson family. The genre of this book is young adult fiction. The time period that the story takes place appears to be recent but we don’t know for sure. During this book Scott Hudson faces the same things that any teenager would face during any time period . On the first day of school Scott was smacked on the head while riding the…

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    Twelfth birthday by Rachel Hadas, Ursula at Parakakariki by Fiona Farel, and the Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. At the start of the poem, Twelfth birthday, the mother is pregnant with her daughter, she is lying down wondering whether she could could read her daughter's mind, “I could (inconceivable) follow your swift thoughts into their blue immersion even now”. At this…

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    Friendship in The Perks of Being a Wallflower “Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower displays Charlie’s various encounters with remarkable people who accept him for who he is and through his interactions with them, he discovers his true identity and abilities. Charlie is a shy freshman who encounters the same struggles that teenagers nowadays are facing, including the…

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    Individuality in The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest takes place in the Victorian Era in Europe, showcasing the strict societal rules and the pressure they cause to attempt to remove individuality from the society by having characters follow the proper upper class stereotypes (being rude to lower class, choosing marriages for money, etc.) By showing the upper class standards and stereotypical snobby behavior through multiple characters, Wilde highlights…

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    reactions to the thought of being earnest to spin a story of Victorian Era upper class practices to challenge the world he lived in. Through his play The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde uses the notion of being earnest to display the absurdity that is deeply rooted in upper class Victorian Era beliefs and the hypocrisy that is easily accepted, and because of how the characters react to being trivial Wilde is able to reveal the shocking morality that comes through being openly immoral. …

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    The girl in this story represents a daughter being instructed on how to live a fulfilling life. The practical advice given to her helps set up the idea of how her mother wants her to behave in different situations. The girl represents more than just herself, but a girl, her family wants her to be.…

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    Hollywood Goes to School Qiana M Fleming SOW412 SPRING 2018 INTRODUCTION This is a movie review based on a high school student named "Lucas" that had a nit for learning. He was an honor student and overachiever. However, Lucas was dealing with grave emotional disturbances and thoughts. During his academic tenure he developed a few different relationships including one with a young lady named "Becca". He envied his teachers and traumatized his mentor because he did not receive an A…

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