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    must exist, and the white economy has to remain in collective denial of racial hybridity (Tuhkanen 488). The social contradictions are overwhelming, as racial identity becomes a figurative inheritance (Rohrbach 486). As the plot unfolds, Hagar and Jewel are able to escape enslavement and the storyline resumes twenty years later, post- Reconstruction America in the nation’s capital. Whereas the nation supposedly pushes a “reset” button after the uniting of the Union, the characters also press…

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    Alpha Phi Alpha was the first fraternity to establish its presence in 1906. The fraternity was founded by The Seven Jewels. The Jewels started this organization because of lack of academic and social achievements. I desire to be an Alpha Man because this will help me reach goals that I have set, also show me the importance of brotherhood, and help me to become a successful African American Male. The fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha is very big on academics. Joining this fraternity will not only help…

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    An archetypal journey is defined as a hero overcoming his or her obstacles to reach a final goal. The plot of the movie Little Miss Sunshine written by Michael Arndt and the novel As I Lay Dying written by William Faulkner is essentially the same in each. The Hoover family must travel to Redondo Beach, CA for the “Little Miss Sunshine” Beauty Pageant to fulfill the daughter’s wishes, while the Bundren family has to travel to Jefferson, Missouri to fulfill the mother’s wishes. Both families are…

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    Addie loved Jewel with all her heart and she favored him over all her other sons and daughter. She felt like Jewel was the only son that belong to her because he was made with love. Darl knowing the story of Addie and Whitfield started feeling resentment towards Addie after she died. After Addie’s death,Vardaman…

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    thought she loved Anse when they were first married. She felt as his wife she was obligated to give Anse children. She gave birth to two sons, Cash and Darl. She then started having an affair with Mr. Witfield. She became pregnant with his son, Jewel. Out of guilt of the affair, she gave birth to two more children, Dewey Dell, and Vardaman. Dewey Dell found the attention she was missing from her family with a local farmhand, Lafe. Soon Dewey finds out she is pregnant. Dewey Dell is very…

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    One reason that Europeans went to Africa is that they went to get people. They went to get people so that they could bring them back and use them for slaves. People in Europe wanted slaves so that they could do work for them.But the slaves did not even get paid for the work that they did such as, doing the outdoor chores like the farming and blacksmithing. The work that that they did was back breaking like picking cotton all day. Another reason why Europeans went to Africa was so that they…

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    Claudio's Relationship

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    hero are going to get married but don john set up a plan to try and make them not get married. Claudio and hero will live happy ever after but with bumps in the road. Claudio is deeply in love with hero. Claudio is saying that hero is a rare jewel when claudio just got home from war. “I think she’s the most wonderful woman I’ve ever laid eyes on.” and claudio also said “ Even if i had sworn never to marry, I wouldn’t trust myself to keep that promise if hero would marry me.” IT shows…

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    “I love her jewel-sea, Her beauty and her terror” Although both poets (Dorothea Mackellar and Oodgeroo Noonuccal) have written about the same country, the opinions expressed through each individual poem is different. While Dorothea Mackellar is struck by homesickness…

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    Eldorado Analysis

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    During their journey, Candide and Cacambo arrive in the city of Eldorado, a seemingly perfect city, with fine jewels and precious metals littering the ground, free hospitality services, and excellent food. The city also is inside a canyon surrounded by mountains, to protect the city from being raided and/or attacked. In Chapter 18 when they visit the sage of the village, he tells Candide that everyone in the city all worships the same god, who of which everyone worships, so there are few…

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    Nancy is a young detective in the 1940’s and she has solved many mysteries before. It starts out with Nancy trying to find a birthday present for her dad in an anticic store. As she leaves the store she walks into a women who ask her to take her home. Nancy being a nice young lady help the old women get home. She lived in a mansion and had a maid waiting at the door for her arrival. This old women turned out to a queen who had to run away from her country a long time ago. Nancy went out with…

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