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    well. Anon(ymous) opens with refugees recalling what they remember from their homeland. They reminiscence about the environment that was around them and of their families. A transition is made to Nemasani, a refugee who has found work in Mr.Mackus’s sewing factory. Mr.Mackus introduces two visitors, Senator Laius and Mrs.Laius. Mrs.Laius unknowingly harrasses Nemasani about the cloth she…

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    Men back in the early nineteenth century had the misconception that they had higher superiority than women. Women were degraded and could not really express their talents. Sewing and quilting allowed women to portray their hidden talents from the patriarchal society. “Women were required to master numerous skills, but sewing was almost unique to their gender (Women’s Work).” According to the Georgia Museum of Art, “Traditions of beautiful work in embroidery, weaving, and quilting added color and…

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    What is the Industrial Revolution? What kind of changes did it make? When did it happen? Many wonder how it happened all I could say is that it was one of the most topics everyone talked about. These Revolution was transformations combined between social and economics that happen in some places around Europe. The Industrial Revolution made an enormous change in the 17th century. It took place in England Between the 17th and 18th century. The strong and brave Richard J Boyd once claimed “The…

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    CAD is a major part for a garments industry. In this department they create pattern/ marker as per sample or buyers requirement. CAD or Computer-aided design has brought a revolution in the Textile Industry. The time consuming and cumbersome process of textile designing has been made easier by CAD. Now thoughtful and innovative designs are available to the textile designers and textile manufacturers at the click of a mouse. When the products in pre-manufacturing stage are designed with the help…

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    Hester took it upon herself to make a better image of herself to the community beyond the scarlet letter. Hester occupies her time sewing because she has no other job she can apply for because of her past of being a sinner. She makes her living by sewing the people of the town clothing. In the novel, Hawthorne explains multiple abilities of Hester’s works: “In the array of funerals, too, --whether for the apparel of the dead body, or to typify…

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    Susan Glaspell is an American playwright and author who lived in the early twentieth century. When the role of women was skewed and not even nearly equal to that of men in literature, her art reflected her society and her life. Susan wrote many plays, but one that will be the sole means of discussion for this paper is Glaspell's, Trifles(a short play she wrote in ten days), which she produced in 1916. In Trifles, Glaspell shows how women were mainly given the reproductive role which confined…

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    The subject of illegal immigration has been hotly debated for many years. Do illegal immigrants take honest jobs away from United States citizens? Should there be stricter laws governing illegal immigrants? Should illegal immigrants have rights? All these questions are asked but rarely answered objectively. Shipler attempts to do just that and shed more light on illegal immigration as well as the questions that come with it in The Working Poor. He shows that, not only are they important, but…

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    Comparing Freemont High to Maryville High High school should be a place where teens feel comfortable, and to a certain extent, free to make their own decisions. At Freemont High School (FHS), Jonathan Kozol interviewed the students’ attendance, and all of them said this school was none of the things it is supposed to be. Though Maryville High School, a small town East Tennessee school, is extremely different than Freemont High School, an inner city school in Los Angeles, at first glance, the two…

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    Trifles Gender Roles

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    It is often assumed by today’s society that women are dependent, easily influenced, passive, and home-oriented. Susan Glaspell uses her play “Trifles” to represent some of the stereotypes that are made about genders. A “trifle” is an item or thought that ranges from little value to no value at all. Glaspell does well portraying the differences in gender roles throughout the play. The title “Trifles” foreshadows how the men in the story neglect significant clues because they are too woman-like,…

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    and skills(Milner et Al pg 148).For the first week, Joan will pop into the hairdressers with a carer and on another day do lunch with daughter, the second week in addition to the tasks of the first week, she will attend coffee morning and later a sewing session at the local community. This increment will continue week after week depending on whether Joan is enjoying herself and gaining confidence in meeting new people. Furthermore, we planned on how to execute each task to achieve the desired…

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