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    In the story “Making Sarah Cry” and “Susan B. Anthony Dares to Vote” the theme of being different is being shown. In “Making Sarah Cry” Sarah and the boy were being treated differently in the story for what they look like and and what they do. In “Susan B. Anthony” Dares to Vote” Susan B. was being treated differently because of her being a women and only men can vote not women. While both of these stories share a common theme, the mood of the stories are completely different. The story “Susan B…

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    at him with pity, feeling sorry for him. Since there was nothing he could do about it, he decided to play with his little sister to distract himself and get away from the situation. His mother noticed how unhappy he looked and tried to cheer him up with a dollar. Bashkim appreciated the effort but he knew it could not change anything that happened. In comparison to his peers Bashkim will behave more maturely in certain situations than other children. One may infer that he could…

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    How Nurture can affects our Personality: The Story of a Feral Child In the documentary video "The Secret of the Wild Child: Story of Genie”, the audience is introduced to Genie’s story, a girl who was held in captivity and isolated by her own father since the moment she was a baby until she was 13 years old. She became primitive, and showed many non-human features. The purpose of this assignment is to debate whether Genie’s behavior was the responsibility of nature or nurture, meaning that…

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    attending school secretly. When it appears there will be laws prohibiting school for girls altogether, Malala becomes very vocal on the subject. She is interviewed by dozens of media outlets. Malala stood up for something that women in the country of Pakistan and paid the price of getting shot because she stood up for what she believed in. Her motto is that “If one man can destroy everything, why can't one girl change it?” (Malala 26) which shows how much passion she has to help women get…

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    (For someone who cares. The untold story of a teenage girl.) I have never seen a more corrupt place than this. I have never seen the power of a community grow eminently. I have never seen a devotion for someone so compelling. But more importantly, I have never seen a battle worth fighting for until today. One always says to keep patience, yet some say do not wait for closure. It is amusing to perceive all the secrets behind a door, but not reveal them all at once. I thought I was brought into…

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    In Karen Russell’s short story “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” she uses the epigraph, which is based off a book named “The Jesuit Handbook on Lycanthropic Culture Shock”, to show the reader what the wolf-Girls should be thinking or acting like during that stage. An epigraph is a quotation at the beginning of a text or a section of a text suggesting the text’s theme or central idea. In Stage One Karen Russell shows this by devolving the majority of the characters in this stage.…

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    hard to show what it takes to be an amazing person to look up . On the other hand, in the story, “ The Marble Champ,” by Gary Soto, a girl named Lupe who is not very athletic discovered the sport called marbles, and in doing so she shows what it takes to be a good role model with flying colors. She shows what it takes to be a good role model by being intelligent, a hard worker, and a good sport. One reason why Lupe is a good person to look up to is, because she is very intelligent. To begin…

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    represented in many different ways. In both the stories, the writers explore the theme of fatalism. however, the characters view it differently. With both the stories being written in different times and places, it might affect how a woman is brought up and what opportunities she is granted. As we look further into how the writers explore the theme of fatalism and how the characters view their fates differently we can conclude that Veronica accepts her fate.She said that “my own place is here”…

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    princess culture is agreed upon; however, the authors vary their opinions of how the fairytail dream of pink dresses and sparkly crowns came to be. Poniewozik opens up his article by addressing the “kick-ass culture,” while Orenstein focuses on how princesses have diminished the feeling of confidence and independence that young girls should experience. While some may believe that princesses show the younger generation that females possess the ability to accomplish anything a male can, others…

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    to an ideal women to attain from their self-interest. Higgins who responsible to transform a not formally educated, lower class of ways speaking and low class appearance flower girl, named Eliza Doolittle into an ideal woman of a Victorian society. Freddie Prinze, who agreed upon a bet by his good friend to take any girl from school and transform her into the prom queen in the span of 6 weeks despite her homeliness. There is also a clear influence between the attitude of Higgins and Zack who…

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