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    has been modified to subsidize with its current cultural context. In effect, in Pride & Prejudice, Lydia is a 15-year-old immature girl, “she's "untamed, unabashed, wild, noisy, and fearless" (Austen 321) identical to the 21-year-old version of Lydia in The Lizzie Bennet Diaries with exceptions to their actions that accommodate for their society and culture. Being that, In Pride & Prejudice, Lydia is oblivious to the inevitable consequences on her reputation when runs away with Wickham,…

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    Bennet’s disregard towards his family is shown through Mr. Bennet’s jokes made regarding his daughter’s marriage, the excessive freedom that Mr. Bennett grants to Lydia, and the horrible marriage between Mr. and Mrs. Bennet. Mr. Bennet’s neglect towards his family separates Elizabeth from the prospect of marriage and Mr. Darcy, causing Mr. Bennet to be portrayed as a villain throughout the plot. When Mr. Bennet is…

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    The Veldt teaches readers that addictions can ruin all the good things in one’s life. When the Hadley family, in The Veldt, moved into their new happylife home; George and Lydia Hadley bought their children a mechanical nursery. The theme of the nursery could be easily changed by one’s thoughts. The children, Peter and Wendy, started to rely on the nursery more than their parents. Eventually, it became an addiction to them. Peter and Wendy’s addiction to the nursery became more than just an…

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    more reliable. “American Choose “Pro-Choice” for First Time in Seven Years” is more dependable because of the statistics, the author Lydia Saad for being unbiased, and the whole purpose of the article is to provide information on how pro-choice is increasing throughout years. “American Choose “Pro-Choice” for First Time in Seven Years” was written May 29, 2015 by Lydia Saad and published by The Gallop Poll. Saad is a senior editor for The Gallop Poll which is an…

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    In The Veldt, the parents, George and Lydia, are to blame for their own deaths. They are to blame because they didn’t set limits on the technology and got to addicted to it. Early in the story, the parents, George and Lydia, are having a conversation about how they think they should shut down the house."But I thought that's why we bought this house, so we wouldn't have to do anything?" This support my claim because the technology got everyone addicted and they depended on it for doing everything…

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    violence of slavery” would disappear if they sent back all the slaves to where they came from (Foner). They called this the “American Colonization Society.” This society wanted to deport all slaves. However, this idea didn 't convince some people, like Lydia Maria. In her passage, “An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans” she let 's us know that not all people back then, like herself listened to what they were told, they liked to think for themselves, and for what seemed…

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    Lydia and Wickham’s marriage which was a total disaster for the Bennett’s reputation that their girl ran away with an officer, Lydia is totally controlled by her bodily desire, she is still young doesn’t know how marriage is like she is probably playing. Lydia’s silly attitude that puts her family in bad situations is compared to be more likely delinquent. Lydia doesn’t know real Wickham and his past which he is always lying about…

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    can observe that there is a common theme of parent-child relationships. This theme is especially significant in the short story “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury. During which we see several cases of the unhealthy relationships between parents George and Lydia and their children Peter and Wendy. The author uses subtle cues in his writing to create an unsettling feeling that something with the children is not right. He also makes notice of the strange yet foreign relationship between the parents and…

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    The Veldt '

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    story follows a wife and husband, Lydia and George’s experience living in a Happylife home with their two children, Peter and Wendy. The Happylife home is a futuristic house that runs on technology, in the home is a room for the children called the Nursery. The nursery is a virtual reality room that would create any place the children imagine. One day, the parents realize how the nursery has taken away their children from them as the children start to resent Lydia and George for taking away…

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    narrative essay. Each story is constructed in a way that tells a story and has a clear and well thought-out point. In Lydia’s Story, Jan Brideau tells the story of how Lydia, a small slender black woman, overcame the unearthing circumstances of the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. In this essay Brideau tells the story as Lydia told her. For this essay I would say that it is considered a model on genre because Brideau uses third person narrative to tell the story…

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