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    In the horrific and altered world of the novels called “the year of the flood” by Margaret Atwood and “the walking dead” by Robert Kirkman, both authors show many faces of femininity through different characters and different atmospheres. Both novels are dealing with end of the world crisis as in Margaret Atwood’s book the humans are dying from virus and power is going to the wrong hands and the laws begin to change, effecting the norm. While in Kirkman’s novel zombies are wiping out the human race with only number of human left with authority wiped out as well, people start to take things in their hands to on about everyday life. Both authors reveal the changes in the women’s lives who are in the novel. Female gender appears to be struggling to achieve equality. Although some characters still are viewing women as equal. For example, Atwood demonstrates this through gardeners point of view and Kirkman shows this through Ricks character defending women to have their own weapons. The character of Toby in Margaret Atwood’s novel was shown through many aspects. Her struggles, fears and how she dealt with them really brought her character out. Toby was different from the other characters; she was really quick to adapt to new environments. She never asks for help, just to get by she ends up selling her hair and losing the chance to someday have kids of her own because she also sells her eggs. In a way she gives up her femininity by selling part of her. Also, when she’s moving from…

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    Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead are two critically acclaimed shows that are aired on the TV Network, AMC. Breaking Bad is set in New Mexico, Albuquerque. This show follows the story of a man named Walter White; who becomes diagnosed with cancer, and decides to become partners in cooking meth with former student, Jessie Pinkman. The Walking Dead is set initially in King County, Georgia; revolves around the main character, Rick Grimes, in a zombie apocalypse aftermath. Despite the fact both of…

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    has become indifferent. His brothers footsteps are no longer ones he wishes to follow in. As terrible as this event was It forced him to mature and understand that the life he chooses will be one unlike any of his family members. However, what really changed Antonio for good was not the moment he viewed his brother as unfaithful, but the moment that Ultima breathed her last words. When Ultima died she spoke her last words to Antonio, but unlike the other last words he had heard hers were not a…

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    Lloyd Webber and Stilgoe also wrote the musical's book together. The musical opened in London's West End in 1986, and on Broadway in 1988. It won the 1986 Olivier Award and the 1988 Tony Award for Best Musical, and Michael Crawford (in the title role) won the Olivier and Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Musical. It is the longest running show in Broadway history by a wide margin, and celebrated its 10,000th Broadway performance on 11 February 2012, the first production ever to do…

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    seen in both Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger and in Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy. Both of these books compare and contrast each other in ideas and principles when it comes to football at different levels. Bissinger and Dungy both examine how football is seen differently by people and how football leads to bigger impacts made in society throughout Friday Night Lights and Quiet Strength. In both respected books the coaches of the teams, coach Tony Dungy and coach Gaines, have two…

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    more than 80 years” (Ingle). This pattern suggests that NFL general managers likely used hiring practices that discriminated against black candidates. Black players played for many NFL teams, however, the coaching staffs did not reflect the racial diversity of the players. Decisionmakers held biases against minority candidates because they felt they lacked the intellectual ability to do the job. To fight against these biased beliefs, “the Rooney Rule in the NFL was created in order to create an…

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    Skateboarding Rolling down a hill, vision blurred so that I saw only streaks of blue sky before I saw the brown leaves on the ground. Pain shoots through every part of me that hit the hillside covered in sharp, pointed sticks, and large, uneven rocks. Finally, the rolling stops my face planted in the dirt, as I pushed myself upward, my family was already at the top of the hill screaming at me “ARE YOU ALRIGHT, HE DEFINITELY BROKE SOMETHING.” There voices sounded like I was underwater. Only one…

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    V for Vendetta is a graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd (with additional art by Tony Weare), published by Vertigo. The story depicts a dystopian and post-apocalyptic near-future history version of the United Kingdom preceded by a nuclear war in the 1980s which has left most of the world destroyed. There was movie adaptation made in 2005 but changed some aspects so it would reach a larger audience. This essay will specifically be looking at the comparisons between…

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    check up every few years. Skateparks.org have the same thought process when it comes to skate parks needing no maintenance for years: “When a skate park is built correctly it will require virtually NO structural maintenance for years.” Once a skate park is built, it provides a perfect facility for all types of people to learn how to skate or even just hang out. My third paragraph is about how professional skateboarders should put money back into the industry where they got it from, to help…

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    ‘dealignment amongst the electorate’, as the electorate was, in fact, more aligned with ‘Old Labour’ than it had been for decades previous to 1997. In contrast, it has also been argued that the decision to change Clause IV was not influenced by Thatcher and a need to appeal to a right-wing electorate, but rather by a desire to re-invent and modernise the party, distancing it from Labour’s past in order to appear credible to the electorate and able to function in an increasingly globalised…

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