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    homophobia and cross dressing. The two main characters are George and Albin, George owns a drag nightclub called La Cage Aux Follies, and Albin is a drag queen and the star performer in the club. George has a son named Jean Michels, whose mother named Sybil was someone George had a short lived fling with. Jean comes in accouncing he wants to marry Annie Dindon and wishes for his father 's approval. George is reluctant but accepts it after his son convinces him he loves Annie. Normally this is a…

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    It was clear they were a big part of the war. Body Women Heroes Even some of the brave women went and fought in the war as soldiers, they dressed in their clothing and fought beside the men. One night in 1777, 16-year-old Sybil Ludington rode on a horseback to tell American soldiers of a British attack. Also, a woman, Deborah Sampson dressed in men’s clothes…

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    country show much pride for their flag. Through the many tough times of war, these soldiers are fearless and courageous and sacrifice their lives for freedom and peace. The two war poems “Anthem for Doomed Youth” by Wilfred Owen and “Over the Top” by Sybil…

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    Typically confronting texts of this period not only reflect the preoccupations of the time but also a disturbing re-evaluation of its values and ideas. To what extent have the writers of TWO prescribed texts that you have studied in class and two texts of your own choosing achieved this? Post World War Two and the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, emerged a paranoid and disillusioned society that fell back on failing materialistic and family values. The play ‘Waiting for…

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    J.D. Salinger portrays Muriel and Seymour Glass’s marriage as distant and noninteractive. The quote “The marriage between Seymour and Muriel is shown as one that is unhappy, empty, and distant” (Kerr) explains how bad their relationship. The author shows they probably do not talk that much or interact. “I don’t know, mother. I guess cause he’s so pale and all,’ said the girl, ‘Anyway, after Bingo he and his wife asked me if I wouldn’t like to join them for a drink. So I did” (Salinger ). The…

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    State Government of Victoria, 2014). People believe that gloves alone can prevent the transmission of infection, but they are not an appropriate substitute for proper hand hygiene, unlike using alcohol-based hand antiseptics or soap and water (Millar Sybil, 2016). Decrease your risk of infecting yourself or others by: Washing your hands, getting vaccinated, staying home when ill, preparing food safely,…

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    >Klaus may as well not be a hybrid, just an Original who has some neat-o mutation to heal those with werewolf bites. Exactly! To be honest though the wolves from Twilight actually look like they're capable of bringing down a vampire unlike the TVD/TO ones. The Twilight wolves are huge while the ones we have on TVD/TO look how you've described, like wolf-dogs. When Hayley turned into a wolf it actually annoyed me because I believe that we should've seen Klaus do something like that first…

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    To Ban or not to ban books? That is the question Should people be able to ban books because they think that the situations are to complex for younger children or to “inappropriate?”Should books be banned because kids are too young to understand things?Should books be allowed to be banned because an adult will think its to harsh about reality, or that the past is too horrific?Some people believe books in schools and libraries should not be banned because they are important parts of our history…

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    Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental illness that is rarely mentioned in today’s society, this is simply because only 7% of the worlds population has it. This might be the case, however, approximately 38% of World War II veterans expressed symptoms of PTSD. J.D. Salinger, the author of both “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” and “For Esmé – With Love and Squalor” fought in World War II and was hospitalized with a nervous breakdown at the end of the war and later diagnosed with PTSD. In…

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    because of unfinished business. Cynthia who is already dead is basically coming back to fight for her sister, Sybil’s relationship to be over with D. who is a teacher at the school. Sybil kills herself because of the end of the relationship. Throughout the rest of the story even Cynthia says to the narrator that Sybil haunts her because she knew that Cynthia got involved in breaking up the relationship of her and D. Unfinished business with ghosts seems to be the main theme of the supernatural…

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