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    hill after the Bixby Family. The Bixby are responsible for a lot of the major changes that took place in the ranch. The Bixby family were the main contributors to let the electricity get into the ranch. Finally the Bixby Family donated the ranch to Long Beach…

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    how it started but for a few months I had the urge to get a pixie cut. Even though I loved my long hair—braids, buns, curly, straight, half up—something was telling me that short hair was the way to go. That something was right! When I was younger I was always changing my hair but I never really found something I liked. My sophomore year in high school I decided to grow it out. People loved my long thick blonde hair and thought it was so pretty—when I put in the effort. But I wasn’t the kind…

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    “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck describes the routine life of a woman not satisfied with her married life, who focuses her attention and care on the cultivation of chrysanthemums. Throughout the course of the story, Elisa undergoes changes in mood and appearance due to an encounter with a charming and mysterious man (a tinker), who shows to appreciate her femininity. The story is suitable for both a psychological and feminist interpretation, by been centered on the protagonist struggles…

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    Relaxers chemically straightens your hair. Using relaxers it chemically straightens your hair from the roots/scalp. There are relaxers that has a chemical called “lye” in it. Lye is a chemical that breaks down hair bonds quickly. Lye has a higher pH balance than no lye relaxers. No lye relaxers are better for you than lye relaxers. When you get a relaxer you have to maintain it. No lye relaxers are most popular because they’re mild, safe, gentle relaxers. You can not get a relaxer for a month…

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    John Steinbeck's short story "The Chrysanthemums" is about woman named Elisa Allen who feels discouraged with her current life. Her frustrations come from not having any children and from her husband's failure to see her in a romantic, passionate way. The only way she releases the frustration is by tending to her flower garden where she grows stunning chrysanthemums. Steinbeck uses chrysanthemums as symbols of Elisa’s children and her sexuality. The chrysanthemums symbolize Elisa's children. She…

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    Willie Bester is a mixed media artist who was born near Cape Town in 1956 and grew up as a mixed race, or coloured person, during the times of Apartheid (“Willie Bester (1956 – ).”). He displayed elements of his artistic abilities during his childhood, and soon grew up to put his negativity about his segregated surroundings into artwork (“Willie Bester (1956 – ).”). One of his most powerful works is titled “Forced Removals”, which showcases the displacement of people due to segregation. The…

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    As the short story progresses we see a reoccurring imagery of sunshine that seems to highlight Elisa mentally and physically. In the article, Timmerman states, “Organizational and Gendered Imagery in John Steinbeck's ‘The Chrysanthemums.’”, the author explains how organizational imager occurs in two different moments of the story, as he writes, “The color yellow used throughout the paragraph accentuates the illusion of sunshine… It remains an illusionary world wrapped in fog” (Timmerman, 32).…

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    Weeping that her baby is a girl, Daisy is dependent on men to make her key decisions for her (133, 151): secure in and yet remote from male ownership and ardor, "making only a polite, pleasant effort to entertain or to be entertained" (12-13), she radiates a carefully girlish charm of irrationality and whimsy: "Do you want to hear about the butler's nose?" (14). Woman, it appears, is presented only as romance, in the restless world of glamour where there are only the pursued and the pursuing. As…

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    EXERCISE 1 As Wenger and Potter (2015) assert, “stand-ups can serve several functions, so it’s important to know in advance what you’re trying to accomplish with an on-camera segment” (p. 284). Personally, I would need to prepare myself thoroughly and conduct some research of my own to learn more about the topic at hand. My goal as a reporter is to establish credibility on the subject and be able to project confidence to the audience (Wenger and Potter, 2015). According to Wenger and Potter…

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    Nina Ricci Advert Analysis

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    But in the printed ad you don’t see the lower part of the body compared to here you see the full body. In a long shot, with mysterious music, the model is in a big luxurious building running around as if she was exploring it when she sees two enormous mirrors. She’s wearing the same clothes and a short skirt. She drops her pink jacket and gets closer to the mirror…

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