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    How could something as delicious as chocolate be used to portray an entire class of snobbish French citizens? By using metaphorical language, A Tale of Two Cities describes the tensions that caused a truly vicious war to occur in France. Moreover, numerous key characters and images are able to capture the spirit of redemption amid the turmoil. Utilizing a plethora of symbolism, Charles Dickens is able to perfectly represent the self-absorbed aristocracy, revolutionary fever, and a theme of…

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    1999. The two girls let themselves into the big brownstone on the corner of Walsh and Bishop. They used a key from under a fake rock in the yard because their babysitter wasn’t there yet. Unusual behavior for their babysitter, a teen girl named Bianca. Most afternoons, she’d be right there. Ready to give them hugs. However, the girls knew where the key was. They knew to start their homework right away. If they didn’t, Father would come home and give bruises. Ten-year-old Angie took her math…

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    with different instruments and sounds in their newer songs. Their album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band had spent fifteen weeks as number one and sold eight million copies. There was a lot of controversy over the things they started doing. The Queen announced that the band would be awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) and it sparked controversy, causing some to return their medals. Their Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was looked into for hidden meanings, as…

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    The plays Disgraced and A Raisin in the Sun are about two men and their families going through a time of racial tension, the Younger Family, the family in A Raisin in the Sun, faces discrimination towards the African American community of the fifties while Amir, the protagonist in Disgraced, and his family face the prejudice against Muslims in the modern era. They face different type of hardships, but are more similar than they may appear. They both struggle with the concept of cultural identity…

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    Women engage in every type of criminal activity. Much like their male counterparts, females involved in a variety of different types of crime. Every day more and more women are getting involve in crimes and the criminal justice system. While female crimes of violence are highly sensationalized by the media, these crimes are rare occurrences. All the media cares about at the moment is their ratings, their interest has nothing to do with helping people or spreading the truth. The majority of…

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    accept what he did. My dad doesn’t like going to family functions anymore because he doesn’t want to see him and have to talk to him. I still refer to him as a man because he is. He is just a guy with breast implants. Simply put, he’s just a drag queen. He’s been a woman now for a couple years. I’m still never fully prepared to see him. I don’t think my family will ever get used to him or forgive him for what he did. I like to think that we have accepted that this is the way things are…

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    overall. He has repeatedly been cunning with too much arrogance and likes to follow his worldly desires more than a reunion with his wife and family. Within The Odyssey, Odysseus was already known to be a hero of the Trojan War. From Sparta 's king and queen,…

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    that I was first introduced in elementary school. The Gender Book (Hill & Mays, 2013) describes transgender as having “some element of crossing over or challenging gender roles, expressions, or expectations.” It is an umbrella term that includes drag queens and kings, cross dressers, masculine women, feminine men, transsexuals and numerous other identities (Hill & Mays, 2013). I then realized that, not only did I know many people who fell into this category, I was once in a relationship with a…

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    Johnny Depp plays two characters in this film and they both hold importance when looking at how the homosexual community is treated in Castro’s Cuba. The first character that is introduced, Bon Bon, is a drag queen transvestite who is very promiscuous. He flaunts himself around the prison and is wearing inviting clothing that gives little imagination to the eye. He struts around and flirts with all the men in prison. Johnny Depp’s other character is a man…

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    It’s only been in recent years that the LGBT community has gotten decent positive representation in media. LGBT is a topic that can bring stigma, which can lead to misunderstanding and glamorization. Despite this LGBT content in media is slowly pressing forward to creating more realistic content representations that LGBT individual can identify with. Along with gaining the courage to create awareness and acceptance. Starting out the subject of LGBT was considered taboo. This being a fact not…

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