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    Should Sports Be Coed

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    sports team during my life through soccer, gymnastics, and track. I believe that girls are just as fast and as strong as guys can be as long as they work hard and put effort in the sport the girl’s soccer team at Cornwall suddenly is cut. The main character, Viola then wants to try out for the men’s team. The coach then laughs, and as a result Viola breaks up with her boyfriend Justin. Justin states, “I think the coach said it all. Yesterday you told me that I was better than half the guys on…

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    living room” (34). Walter is a character in Lorraine Hansberry in A Raisin in the Sun(34). Walter is living with his family in an apartment in Chicago Southside. Walter’s concept of manhood shapes his dreams of success, Affects his interactions with his family, Walter is the head of the house. And Influences his management of money. Walter never shows up at work, always drinks too much. He waste his money,, is always at the Green Hat Bar comes home drunk. Each character has a dream, Walter…

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    people’s character as you get to see how they handle the threat of utter defeat or the joy of winning. In these quintessential moments of competition, athletes are raw and vulnerable, giving the viewer an insight into their true character. Novak also argues that sports show people their limits. I also agree with this, as there is a time in everyone’s life where they think they have the faintest of chances of going pro. Furthermore, every kid has their own version of his Barry story that…

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    today, for children to be stuck in the house playing video games. With all the new technology we have these days they can play video games on the go. Many children spend as much as 9 hours a week playing video games and about 80 percent of high school boys play video games. However video games itself are not the problem; violent video games are the problem, which are what children play mostly. Violent video games can effect children’s behavior by increasing aggression, increasing violence, and…

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    Mimesis Of Neighborhood

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    The history of the neighborhood help increase the mimesis of the characters of the play. In the beginning of the story, Sharon says, “never did the neighbors gave us the time of day… I mean does anyone borrow a cup of sugar anymore? No...” (D’Amour 15). She was cursing and then crying about how people live in solitude even though they have neighbors. She feels a disconnection with the community, “there is no real communication anymore, real communication about real things” (D’Amour 15). At…

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    year and never regret their decision. So would you let your kid play if he asked to join? In my personal opinion, if my child asked to play on his school’s team I would gladly say yes. Football has many benefits to offer to a developing child. For example, it can teach kids discipline and teamwork, help build character, and even provide them with financial opportunities later in life. To elaborate on my reasoning, I would let my child play because it would teach them discipline at an early age.…

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    The Flower Girl’s Great Transformation “To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” In George Bernard Shaw’s fictional play, Pygmalion, Liza Doolittle also known as The Flower Girl, is the protagonist and is under an experiment for six months. Liza lives with two old gentlemen, Professor Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering. She later discovers her new identity, a better lifestyle where there is education, etiquettes, social class, and fashion…

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    Literature 3/6/15 Trifles Essay #3 The setting is important in Trifles because the issues taking place at the time the play was written are similar to the issues in the play. At this time, women didn’t even have the right to vote. Society was very male-dominated, and females were assigned to taking care of others and the home. The women’s domain was mainly in the kitchen. In the play the men dismiss work done in the kitchen because it’s the women’s domain. The sheriff says, “nothing here but…

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    Harriet's Return Analysis

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    This past week, our theater class had the opportunity to see the off-broadway performance Harriet’s Return. The play focused on the personal life and accomplishments of Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad. Upon entrance to the theater, I was shocked to see how small it was. When I envisioned how the performance setting would be, I imagined it would be much larger, seating at least 200 guests. However the 4 rows the theater had made it feel much more inclusive and home-like, almost as if…

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    sport can help people grow as individuals and as a community. I know without sports I would still be the short hot headed kid I was back in the day. Baseball is my true passion and now I am lucky enough to be able to get the opportunity to continue to play it, but for me it is not just a game anymore. It is more a lifestyle and it is has helped mold me into the person I am today. As I said I use to get overly angry at just about anything especially if I did it,…

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