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    everywhere by allowing others “to learn about suicidality (sic) from a study of the writings and lives of women such as Plath” (Gerisch). Thanks to Sylvia Plath and others like her, representation of women is less of a problem in today’s society. The Bell Jar, whether Plath realized it would or not, crossed many social boundaries that would continue to affect the greater good in the future. Plath’s personal testimony within the novel and her representation as a woman with mental illnesses had a…

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    Touchdown Jar It was the championship for football we were undefeated and the super bowl was our main focus.I played for the Oxnard Panthers and they haven't been in the super bowl ever and this is there first time. It was the first quarter and our quarterback Abel threw a pass to our running back Alex he ran 30 yards and got tackled.Then he threw a short pass to me and it ended up in a touchdown.Then an outside run to get the two point…

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    explore the relevance of the text and drawing on the pithoi jars at Kuntillet ‘Ajurd, to see if the drawings match the text on the jar. One will explore the figures on jars, and explore the reprenstation of these drawing and then look at the text to see f they match. Furthermore, one will look at the site and the locations of the jars and explore possible outcomes. And explore further a field to trace the origins of the pictures on the jar. About site Kuntillet ‘Ajurd also known as Horvat…

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    The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath

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    At this time women were beginning to question and detach themselves from the expectations society set for them. This is why The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath is such a groundbreaking piece of work it discusses the "oppressive atmosphere of the 1950s and the soul-destroying effect this atmosphere could have an ambitious, high-minded young women “ (Bennett). The Bell Jar is a metaphor for escaping the hardships and standards that society has set for women,…

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    Jar City Book Report

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    For many readers, a book that grabs their attention is the first thing they look for. Jar City, written by Arnaldr Indridasson has what many readers look for. The author has done a great job of grabbing the reader 's attention by simply putting the crime on the first page. The book starts off with two things going at once that confuses you for a bit. But, it all connects as soon as you move along with the chapters. Not only the author used this technique to pull his readers, but also developed…

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    around was Jack and the Jar of Cream. A synopsis of the tale recounts Jack’s suspicion that his wife was being unfaithful while he was working. Jack, the ever creative fellow, devised a plan where he put a jar of cream under the bed, and suspended a spoon on a string from the mattress over the jar. On his return that night, he intuited that if the spoon was covered in cream, his wife was having amorous activities on the bed during his absence. When he got home, he pulled out the jar of cream…

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    The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath is the story of a young, vivacious college student who struggles with her everyday college life and her successes. It leads her to over-work her mind and have a nervous breakdown. The novel is a journey through the mind of the young college girl, Esther Greenwood, and her slow descent into insanity. It is an intriguing insight at how the mind works, or in Esther’s case, turns against her. Esther is a young college student who has had much success is her life. She…

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    Ariel, a collection of Sylvia Plath’s poems released in 1965 after her suicidal death, transmit melancholy and agony to anyone who reads it. This depression in her poems was caused after her husband, the poet Ted Hughes, left her for another woman. Plath’s writing style has always been criticized for being excessively autobiographical and because of her continuous suicidal suspicion. However, Plath has never been criticized for the irony of the poem “The Applicant” compared to the rest of her…

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    Fig 2, Rodin, A, 1882, The Kiss Fig 3, Parker, C, The Distance Similar to the idea of boundaries is concealment. Sculpture artist Judith Scott had Down syndrome and was severely deaf; she used yarn, wool, and other fibres, which may suggest a way of communicating to the public themes of loss, separations, relationships and new beginnings. Her practice consisted of abstract cocoons whereby objects are wrapped up in colourful threads, from crimson red, blues, cream, purple and black. Seeking…

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    The Power of the Epistolary Narrative: The Color Purple It is clear that Alice Walker’s “near death” experience as a child allowed her to become a “meticulous observer of human relations” (“Alice Walker (1944-)”). Becoming blind in her right eye at the age of eight seemed to aid her writing, allowing her to become very interested in how people interacted, but also enabling her to withdraw from others. Walker’s childhood seemed to further help her writing. She writes as if trying to…

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