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    In the novel Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry Stacey frenships effect how he makes decisions in chapter 7. First, starting of with TJ I think stacey knows who he really is and how he is not a good friend because in the book Tj gets away with many things. When TJ was cheating on test and gave stacey the answers stacey got in trouble and a whipping so he went to the wallace store to beat TJ up, but he still was going to be friends with him. But I think stacey keeps his friendship with TJ because if…

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    our times of hardship we lean towards something that we can relate to in order to comfort ourselves. This is the case even in my life. Throughout school I struggled with grasping the information I had been taught to me. It started in the third grade when I started to comprehend less and less of my schoolwork, while the other kids were progressing. This led me to become angry at them for being smarter than me, and I started to shut myself away from my classmates which made it hard for me to make…

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    The Life of Christopher Robin "But father, I really wanna go to the zoo!" I whined. "No, Christopher Robin, we can't. I'm working today," father evenly stated. He always did that. I hated it when we were stuck at home. I said, "You're always working father. I never get to go to the zoo and see Winnie and Pooh." I complained. "It's just not fair father! Why do we always have to stay at home and do nothing? I hate it, I hate it, I hate --" "Now Christopher Robin, you are making me very angry.…

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    Winnie The Pooh Analysis

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    Winnie the Pooh Not Just CLICKBAIT Winnie the Pooh was and still is a popular fictional character that starred in numerous short stories. The stories are usually seen as a cute children’s stories about a boy’s imagination, but when digging deeper, there are several topics that the author tackles. In A. A. Milne’s collection of stories “Winnie the Pooh,” there is a correlation between its characters and societal institutions such as entertainment and manufacturing. Tigger is a prime example…

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    Professor Bearing’s Journey Through Cancer In the story “Wit “by Margaret Edson, the author depicts how a professor by the name Vivian Bearing was brilliant, cold hearted and then she became filled with kindness. Professor Bearing was a tough love teacher; she doesn’t really care about the students and their struggles. Her main fervor is for 17th Century poetry, especially the complicated Holy Sonnets of John Donne; well at least at the beginning of the play. In the latter half of the story…

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    Ntozake Shange Language

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    unconventional writing. A choreopoem that works with form, language, and movement, the piece would both enhance and challenge previous discussions of writing against the grain. On the whole, Shange’s for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf should definitely be included in this…

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    Colored Girls Analysis For Colored Girls Who have considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf was written by Ntozake Shange. Theme One; colored ladies especially black ladies encounter and struggle soo much in their everyday life. They don’t give up; they endure until they achieve their goals. Shange used devices such as Repetition, Visual Image and Rythm Considering all things, Repetition is used by Shange throughout the text to illustrate self-actualization from different difficulties…

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    For Colored Girls

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    For Colored Girls In 2010 Lionsgate released For Colored Girls, a movie written and directed by Tyler Perry that was inspired by Ntozake Shange’s award winning play, For Colored Girls who have considered suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf. Perry’s film is the latest interpretation of Shange’s landmark work which was conceived over 35 years ago and was first performed in 1974 as a series of poetic monologues accompanied by dance and music at The Bacchanal bar in Berkeley, California.…

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    White Dove: A Short Story

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    White Dove slowly opened her eyes and began looking around. She soon discovers that she 's in a small dark cave. "How did I get in here?" She wonders as she continues to inspect her damp surroundings. "The last thing I remember is grieving over my father 's passing. Seeing White Dove stirring, the beast runs to her to her side. "It 's alright, you 're safe now," he softly replies. "Safe? What happened? Where am I? Oh, my god my son. Where is my son? She asks, quickly sitting up. "He 's fine."…

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    early 2000’s Dove created an experiment to learn about women’s, interests, hobbies and priorities. During that survey, it was found that only 2% out of more than 3,000 women in 10 different countries perceived themselves to be beautiful. Dove seized the opportunity to revamp their image. The Campaign for Real Beauty launched in 2004 and has continued till this day. The main objective for the Real Beauty Campaign was to encourage women to have confidence, to be comfortable in their skin. Dove…

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