Did you notice the oppression of both the whites and the men in the three young ladies' lives?? What did you think of Celie, Shug, Nettie and Sofia?? I need help with my essay!!
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I loved The Color Purple, especially because most of it, if not all of it is written in letter format.  There is an interesting shift in the book where Celie no longer writes "Dear God," but "Dear Nettie,".  Also isn't it interesting that Mister has no last name mentioned?  He's just Mr.________.  Maybe he is undeserving of a name in Celie's mind?\n\nIf you've read the book, you shouldn't have any trouble with an essay on it, in fact, I had trouble keeping my paper on it to 8 pages,...unless you have difficulty articulating your thoughts onto paper (which often happens to me)...\n\nThe book is rich in content and makes the reader rich in commentary.
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"The sliding-door of the railway truck closed with a deafening bang."\n\nSo begins Alice's journey. But where is she going? The men who come to her house to take Alice and her grandparents away in the middle of the night will say only that they are being taken "to the east." At first Alice is excited - at last she will be allowed to play outside after being confined to the basement for so long, and maybe she will be reunited with her parents. But the train ride isn't at all what Alice expects. There are no seats or lavatories - only a dark, airless cattle car crammed with people. And as she gets to know her follow passengers, Alice's eyes are opened to the facts of life, the horrors of death and the terrifying truth about her final destination.
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Yes I watched it!! \n\n1) Edie is such a vindictive bitch, I can't stand her (burning down someones house because of a man is a little extreme)!!!! \n2) I think Bree did the right thing regarding Andrew, I would have kicked him out a LONG time ago (he's vindictive too). \n3) I wonder what Betty Applewhite is going to do with Matthew, besides lock him in the basement!!!!\n\nI LOVE THIS SHOW!!!!
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good job!!   \nLet me see if I can get 10pts. from you!\n\nA professor wrote on the blackboard:  a woman withourt her man is nothing\n\nHe then asked the class to punctuate it.  \n\nThe guys wrote: "A woman, without her man, is nothing!"\nThe girls wrote: "A woman, without her, man is nothing!"
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I LOVE THE L WORD!!!!!!!!!!!!! \nwell pardon me *clears throat* but its the only form of lesbian entertainment that is available where i come from....lol\nrealistic? hell no, i'm almost certain, noone's chart is as huge as shane's! and i dont think mere mortals can look good with pants riding up her boobs, but bette makes it look sexy.\ni dont think anyone's 1st time can be as hilarious as dana and alice's 1st time as a couple! \nbut i guess this is the thing that makes the L word interesting and appealing to us gay people. it is actually quite informative, i wonder have anyone else noticed it, the caravagio,flagelations,nietzsh are all real..... didnt know prior to this. so i guess it is good. we get eye candies and also hard facts and travel tips too....lol\nso ,viva le L word!\n\nthough my personal wish list would be to get jenny shimizu on the cast..... she'l really make "shane" look like a pussy..... or offence to all you shane fans out there....
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Summary:\n\n\nMatilda (Mattie) Cook, a teenager, lives in Philadelphia with her mother and grandfather. In the summer of 1793, a yellow fever epidemic decimates the population of this thriving city, which was the nation's capital at the time. Residents flee the city, barricade themselves in their homes, or shun the ill and needy.\n\nLucille, Mattie's mother, contracts yellow fever, so she sends Mattie and her grandfather to the country for safety. On the way out of the city, they see widespread devastation and death from the fever. Mattie also contracts yellow fever but, fortunately, survives.\n\nWeeks later Mattie and her grandfather return to Philadelphia with the hope of finding Lucille. Instead they find a looted business and encounter thieves who cause her grandfather's death. Mattie meets up with Eliza, their former cook and a member of the Free African Society, and together they minister to yellow fever victims.\n\nThe frost comes in October and kills all disease-bearing mosquitoes. Lucille and Mattie are reunited. Then Mattie and Eliza form a partnership and make the Cook Coffeehouse thrive in the newly recovered city.\n\nFever 1793 was the 2003 recipient of the Rebecca Caudill Award.
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I completely agree with you. And don't worry, I'd never mention the bible. except that I think it's probably the first NOVEL to be written!!\nI think the homophobic aspect had a good deal to do with children's up-bringing. People either take on their parent's views or run a mile from them. I did the latter. My parent's were so racist and homophibic, an inheritance I didn't want.
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How is this MainWorry character. Whats wrong with you man? Don't you think for yourself? F*cken tosser...\n\nsharon: That's what they all say, lol!
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Puh-lease.  Check out who wrote the book.  A black man.  Who produced the movie?  a black man.  Who stars in the movie?  A black man.  \n\nHey I'm getting pissed, there aren't enough white people in positive roles in that movie!  It should be banned.  jk
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well, let's see. they were treated worse than dogs. they lived in tiny wooden shacks with no a.c., with rats, lice and bedbugs. they worked all day every day of their lives in the humid southern heat in the sun. their children were taken and sold like animals to other plantations never to be seen again. they were raped and beaten by their slave owners.   i'm going to go out on a limb and guess that they lacked a sense of fullfillment in their lives. not exactly every girl's dream.
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Lucy and Ruthie were jealous b/c Rose and Annie became friends and Annie even told Rose that she loved her.  \n\nThe twins gave everyone milk & Oreos in hopes of getting to hear secrets.  It worked and by the end they shared the beans b/c they heard Annie say a keeping a secret can make you sick and they didn't want to be sick.\n\nKevin & Lucy decided to give Simon the money to pay off Rose's ring for the wedding.\n\nSimon is taking all incompletes in his classes. \n\nAnnie threw Rose a baby shower.\n\nEric told the boys, but not Annie yet, that he lost his wedding ring when he first married and got an identical replacement and Annie doesn't know.  But the guilt is building and he'll probably tell soon.\n\nRuthie almost spilled Matt's secret (that he married Sarah on their first date) and called Sarah and found out that Matt & Sarah have an even bigger secret..so she told the family the original secret and all their jaws dropped.
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“I hate you! It’s all your fault I’m here! I never want to see you again and you deserved everything you got!” Nancy cried, looking at Frank and begging, pleading with him silently  to understand that she didn’t mean it that she was sorry.\n\n  Frank wasn’t looking at her, he was looking a his hands, which were shaking. Nancy held back tears and turned and walked through the door in Frank’s room that connected it to hers. She threw herself down onto the bed and sobbed into the pillow. She’d never felt so bad in her entire life. \n\n  On the other side of the door that led from Frank’s room into the hallway, Mark smirked. Yes that had gone well. Perfectly, in fact! Frankie had bought it and now he was even more upset than Mark was. So far he had made Frank hate his parents with the manufactured tape. Joe, and by extension Nessa, Callie, and Nancy. He had isolated Frankie, and now when he went home...\n\nNot perfect, but more readable.  Easier to edit than to explain.
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This is a carefully researched novel told in the alternating voices of Pocahontas and John Smith.  Smith describes the difficult voyage they had and the disagreements among the Virginia settlers as they try to build shelters, grow food, and get along with the native people.  The settlers suffered many hardshiops, including sickness, hunger, bad leadership.  There were jealousies among the people.  They are not used to hard work, and have no experience in battle.  \n\nPocahontas describes her people's fascination with the  "Coatmen" who arrived in their "swan canoes" and their strange way of life.  Her father the chief is very powerful, and his word is law among his people.  \n\nOften the same events are described from different perspectives, highlighting the unique way each culture looked at life and each other.  In the end the Powhatans and John Smith make their peace in part due to the role Pocahontas played.  The book finishes with several pages of notes that describe what actually happened to the historical Pocahontas, John Smith, and Jamestown.\n\nThese links will help you fill in details you may want to include.  I hope this helps.
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You will want to point out the irony that both families loved their children but by refusing to let their respective children follow their own heart they lost both children.\n\nAnd of course the irony of both so much in love with each other that they gave their lives to be with each other.\n\nAnd then a comparison to modern day couples should help with length and filler in your essay,  along with how the tragedy would've been averted if the parents would've left the children out of the feud.\n\nGood luck.\n\nPeace.
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Great way to earn 2 points...^\n\nAnyway...go 2 the sit listed in sources!!\n\nPREVIEW:\n\nEnglish Lesson\nAn English professor wrote the words, "woman without her man is nothing" on the blackboard and directed the students to punctuate it correctly. \n\nThe men wrote: "Woman, without her man, is nothing." \n\nThe women wrote: "Woman! Without her, man is nothing."
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Please don't take it personal, but chances are you are the root of her defiance. Don't take this personal, but are you White? And this is just an observation that I had, many white people allow their children extended freedoms, and this can cause a child to feel like they are the ones that are in control. Let me open my mouth in an even slightly disrespectful undertone, my mother would've put a fist, belt, extension cord, mopstick, telephone cord.......(you get the picture) on my behind. And to all those who say don't beat their children remember " spare the rod spoil the child". This is just a general response. I also must say that it sounds like she has a lot of resentment towards you, and it sounds like it stems from whatever kind of relationship you had/have with her father. Her fighting with her younger bro is something that is common, but it could be BC of jealousy(do the two of them have the same father?) It kinda sounds like she is crying out for attention, you must remember to children attention is attention, whether it is positive or negative its the attention that they desire
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Wasn't that show interesting! I could look at henry's parents and tell that he wasn't all black even his great great grand mother looked like she was german! but i am not that surprised by Oprah she looks asian to me! So does mae jamison. honestly the fact that there are a lot of white people that could have black in them did not surprise me at all. there were alot of blacks that passed and went into society with out being discovered that went on to procreate children. So it is very possible for that to happen. i think henry's family wanted to stay 'above " the colour line that is why he was on a crusade to prove his black ness I found it ironic that he wasn't as black as he thought he was.