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Janie as Feminist an Alpha Female Their Eyes Were Watching God is written by Zora Neale Hurston and published in 1937 at a period where females were not recognized for their hard work. Hurston 's novel features the first strong, independent black woman in a novel to search for her identity and happiness. It tells about a woman who acquires the power to speak, who finds her voice and so learns to tell stories and create metaphors. Although Janie is a victim again and again of male repression,…

PETA to the Extreme Extremism can be defined as; an ideology considered to be far outside the mainstream attitudes of a society or to violate common moral standards. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals or PETA, is a non-profit organization with the motto: “Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment” (“The Issues”). PETA has expressed these extreme tendencies in many of their outlandish campaigns over the years. This evidence shows that PETA goes to…

Kings Trail Elementary Professional Development School demographics are that approximately 38.3% of students identify as African-American, which creates the largest segment of the student body and is expected in many schools in Jacksonville where 41.7% of student population is African American (Kings Trail Elementary School). In addition, 27.9% of students identify as Hispanic, while, 20.7% identify as White and 9.2% identify as Asian (Kings Trail Elementary School). Lastly, 3.5% identify with…

2 years, 10 months, and 2 days. 24,888 hours. 1,493,280 minutes. That’s how much time has passed since my dad passed away on June 3rd, 2013. And no matter how many times I talk about it, write about it, think about it, I can’t get over it. Sure, the grief has mostly gone away, but there are still these little snippets of pains. Like weeds in a garden full of flowers, veggies, and fruits. These snippets aren’t even necessarily the good kind; they’re the ones that drain the life out of the…

At the end of World War I, Americans began to live their lives differently after they had overcome the worst conflict the world had ever seen. They began to enjoy themselves more and the country saw many social, political, and economic changes. During this time, alcohol consumption increased in South Carolina and across the country. Due to social and economic problems caused by alcohol, efforts to stop alcohol consumption were attempted. Groups like the Anti-Saloon League were brought together…

To begin the novel, the main character Huckleberry Finn or otherwise known as “Huck Finn” introduces himself and explains that Tom Sawyer is his best friend. Judge Thatcher has taken Huck’s money and has invested it with a dollar of interest per day and now lives with Widow Douglas and her sister Miss Watson, Huck’s tutor. He lives with these two women because his mother died when he was younger and his father is a drunk, who cannot take care of himself properly. The two women in his life try…

While ubiquitous Internet access is extremely convenient and enables marvelous new applications for mobile users, it also creates a major security vulnerability—by placing a passive receiver in the vicinity of the wireless transmitter, that receiver can obtain a copy of every packet that is transmitted! These packets can contain all kinds of sensitive information, including passwords, social security numbers, trade secrets, and private personal messages. A passive receiver that records a copy of…