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    had some sort of object or person on the front. However I still was excited about reading the book. The main characters in the book were Ellery, Colter, Jackson, Janie, Dean, and Kirstyn. Ellery is the main character of this book. She is the one who wanted to commit suicide by shooting herself, but she failed.…

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    This paper will analyze Anna Fekete in “The Hummingbird”, “The Defenceless” and “The Exiled” by Kati Hiekkapelto. These are the books in the Anna Fekete series and are of the Nordic Noir genre. I will first discuss how Anna is a merge of first generation and second generation of female detectives. I will then examine how her change in perspective on family and relationships throughout the series have led to this merge. Lastly, I will analyze how the discriminated refugees from all three books…

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    during the early 1800’s with an accurate representation of how romantic relationships and marriages actually were. Jane Austen shares many different relationships within one story, such as people marrying for the business side of marriage and young lovers who truly appreciate and love one another. During this time period, marriages were not the same as they are today in society. Jane Austen describes many relationships, but one of them clearly serves as her ideal relationship with the romantic…

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    she should not settle for just anything. This realization that Janie has eventually helps her accept Tea cake later on in the story. Jody’s core values and way of life often clashed with Janie’s and this is what lead to conflict between the two characters. Over the course of their marriage there were three key events…

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    historically, novels and individuals are one in the same. According to Armstrong, the character must first find a frustration with their position in the social order, and then work to change it. How Novels Think also reveals how the new individual must prove that they are an exception to the social role, and move into a position that better fits their desires. Critics may use this source to examine a particular character within a novel, and determine if they fulfill the qualifications of an…

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    Imagine being a woman in the Victorian Era, a time where the social expectation for women were the following: to get married, have kids, and perform maternal responsibilities. What if you did not meet the expectations of being a mother? Would you endure being frowned upon by society, during a mid-life crisis? Evidently, there is a possibility of being forced to deal with adversities. Given the setting there are consequences for betraying these social expectations. Edna Pontellier was a woman…

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    is as indistinguishable as the definition of ugliness. However this has not stopped the human race from searching for the true meaning of both, and moreover obtain this beauty for the purpose of social standards. The same can be said within the characters of the following novel. The novel, The Bluest Eye by author Toni Morrison uses symbols to capture the emotional trauma within the African American community, effectively proving that their true concept of beauty will never be attainable, if the…

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    Some secondary characters are Kristinas father, mother, and sister. Everything circulates around Kristina, she comes from a broken home of divorced parents. Adam, Brendan, and Chase are three boys that Kristina meets during her story. Each one encourages her addiction in…

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    Deshpande implores women to discover themselves. Madhu writes the biography Savitribai Indorekar, Doyen of Hindustani music but Madhu doesn’t like writing the biography because she understands that it is not the original order of the story. She thinks that it is she who has the power to make changes in her story. She says, “I can take over Bai’s life ….and make Bai the rebel who rejected the conventions of her times. The feminist who lived her life on her terms. The great artist who struggled…

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    How does the writer make the ending so dramatically effective? - The plight of Madame Loisel  (How does she perceive her life to be? Draw upon examples here!)  (What does her life become? Why is this ironic?) - The relationship between Madame + Monsieur  (Why does he seem so pleased with himself for the Party invitation?)  (He uses all his money not just to help buy her an outfit but also to buy a real diamond necklace)  (Why is he so content in life?) - Symbolism of the necklace  (How…

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