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    quest after love make her a target for men of all ages. She experiences 3 totally different marriages, all of which teach her regarding various aspects of affection. Her charming experience beneath a flowering pear tree leaves a lasting impression on her. She associates the pollination of pear tree blossoms with the epitome of a romantic experience. “Because Janie…

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    5.2.3 Chinese Diet Since China has a history of thousands of years, it can be found that even in the contemporary Chinese society, the diet habits of Chinese people have still influenced by traditional cultural values, especially in terms of the ways that Chinese people connect food with their health. To support my point of view, first of all, it has been a widely accepted routine that Chinese people highly address the importance of the dinner whereas the preparation for breakfast can be simple…

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    Secondary Characters no more In their performances my classmates brought secondary characters to life in three different ways. The first way was to have multiple speakers, such as in Pear and Sheridan’s performance, therefore dividing the number of characters that each had to portray. The second was to have a stand-in character bring a role to life that might have otherwise been dismissed; this was evident in Stacy’s performance. The third was to change the point of view of the story, thereby…

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    that she was told to do. All of Janie’s marriages caused a dramatic change in her life, Oprah changed the main relationship in the movie. This book would reflect some young lady and make her feel like “Janie” and they might compare their life to a pear tree. No one should change a classic book like this because this is something really good. The book Janie is more interesting than the movie Janie. Book Janie never really did…

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    The Motorcar Analysis

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    Motorcars are somewhat common, roughly as they were in the 1920s in our world. There are no planes, but air travel is possible via dirigibles. Jay can drive a motorcar, but prefers not to, finding them loud, obnoxious and dirty. He has never been on a dirigible, as he has not had the opportunity to travel much. A notable ethnocultural group must be mentioned: the qarnot (singular and adjective: qeren). They are a diasporic group that have lost their original homeland and now live all around Mir…

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    In Their Eyes Were Watching God and in Of Mice and Men, both novels have, in a sense, tragic endings. However, in Of Mice and Men, the ending has a greater deadly conclusion. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie has the ever present dream of achieving her hopes of a equally happy and mutually respectful marriage. Janie, in a way, achieves her dream of happiness, even though her husband, Tea Cake, is no longer present, yet she finds a sense of peace by the ending of the novel. In Of Mice and…

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    She saw the blossoming of the pear tree, which "called her to come and gaze upon a mystery." (Hurston 10) The pear tree opened Janie's eyes to the idea of love, but she didn't truly understand what it was or how to experience it. When Nanny saw her exploring love, by kissing Johnnie Taylor, she became hysterical. nanny had…

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    love. She believed that as long as you were provided for, the love would come later. Nanny arranged a marriage between Janie and Logan Killicks, a man who was many years older than she. In the times of trouble, Janie turns to the pear tree. “She was back and forth to the pear tree continuously wondering and thinking…Yes, she would love Logan after they were married” (21). Janie is racking her brain for reasons why she should marry Logan. She only decides to because Nanny said that she should.…

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    Joe Starks provides Janie with an escape from the protective and unsatisfying love of Logan. Janie feels for the first time in her life that she may be able to find true love with Joe, who wants her to be treated like a lady, rather than being a farmer’s wife. Her first instincts tell her he is not her bee, “he did not represent sun-up and pollen and blooming trees” (29). Although, this chance at change, changes as she yet again hopes to find “a bee for her bloom” and she vowed that “From now on…

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    ording to Albert Camus the greatest problem about philosophy is, “why not commit suicide?” Many philosophers agree that the separation of the body and the soul is how to reach the ultimate goal in philosophy, but Albert Camus argued that suicide is an immediate separation of the body and the soul. While this point delivers a fascinating question, Socrates, Saint Augustine, Boethius, and the Buddha all have answers to why a person should not commit suicide. Providence and rule are the greatest…

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