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    stronger, and overall makes them a better person. Miss Stephanie Crawford, Grace Merriweather, Aunt Alexandra, and Bob Ewell are characters in the book that definitely conform and are not different. If someone is a person of the town, it causes them to gossip and just act like everyone else, which isn 't good. It helps make the person stronger overall, if they act different and “swim against the…

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    The Help makes a social statement by disclosing the stories of coloured maids in Jackson, Mississippi through a young white lady, Skeeter, who aspires to be a writer. It is a bold risk for a white lady cross the line of segregation by writing a book about the lives of black maid in the south. The novel struggles with the subjects of racism, segregation, white privilege, and other civil rights issues during the 1960s. It can be extremely difficult to stand up for what you believe in when everyone…

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    For is she went back she felt as if she would be judged by the people in the town in Mexico. “The town of gossips. The town of dust and despair. Which she has traded for this town of gossips” (Cisneros, 1592) Her fear is that she will return to the town and the towns folk will spread gossip in regards to her and how she has escaped her husband. The idea of ridicule and shame were n part of her telenovela life style. She wanted to live her life like…

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    focus of the diary is the family members of the Darden and Sillers family. Contained in this diary were the details of their day-to-day life, reports detailing doctor visits, the children and their activities, comments about neighbors as well as gossip of the community. Additionally, the diary reports the stories of primarily the white citizens of Jefferson County their social, religious, and political activities. Why is this diary of significant importance? The Darden diary is relevant to the…

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    My absolute favorite movies are The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. I know that these are two vastly different movies but what they have in common is that they are both comedies and musicals. I love musical comedies, mainly because I grew up in the era of High School Musical but also because I love music. Music is one of my passions (even though I can not sing or play an instrument for my life) because it is so expressive. Some of my favorite musicians are Marilyn Manson…

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    fit into their perceived mold of society. Those who went against the grain or refused to languish in a social class that was based on race or socioeconomic status were looked upon with disdain. Those sorts of people, more often than not, became town gossip. However, they did not deserve such treatment. They were innocents, the metaphorical mockingbirds of life.…

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    if they are courting yet. Jessa and Jill are now married, but the other older Duggar girls appear to still be single. Now a new preview for Jill & Jessa: Counting On has the fans hopeful that Jinger and Jana Duggar could be courting. The Hollywood Gossip shared a preview where Jana and Jinger are both asked about courting. The producer is trying to get some answers out of Jana and John David Duggar. He asks them which one will be the next one in a courtship. The looks on their face make it…

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    The play "Really, Really", a "sexually charged" comedic thriller, exemplifies the difficulties young rape adults go through in the course of their college occupation and how members affiliated with the "gossip girl generation" deal with the things that they are longing for and the lengths they will go to get it. Paul Downs Colaizzo, the director of this play, places the scenes of a college campus where a group of privileged teens put their loyalty and future to the test, when the aftermath of a…

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    because they are guided by curiosity and fear rather than kindness. The townspeople gossip about his “secret sin” as if it is greater than their own. An old town’s woman states, “He has changed himself into something awful, only by hiding his face” (Hawthorne 390). The people quickly shun him only because of a simple black veil. The townspeople never once consider the symbolic importance, instead they gossip and spread…

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    The party at NYC consisted of people who all knew each other well enough to gossip. They were, or claimed to be wealthy people too. They mostly talked of other people, places they had traveled, and money. Assignment 2.2 The party was morally wrong due to the use of alcohol, gossip, guests being involved in affairs, and a women being hit by a man. Assignment 3.1 Lucille and Jordan shared the rumors of Gatsby being a murderer or a Russian spy. Assignment 3.2 You learn from this chapter that…

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