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    While being a prosperous nation with a booming economy, the USA is on edge for a large variety of reasons. During the Cold War, suspicion of foreign spies sent from the USSR

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    Nursing today is mainly dominated by woman, making it the number one career choice for woman. For men, nursing is a profession that doesn’t usually come to mind when thinking of a major in college. However, in the nursing field today men are in a much greater need. Nursing is one of the fastest growing professions in the medical field today, making RN’s the most promising professions to pursue. In the nursing profession females have been the majority making males the minority, but in today’s society

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    novel shows how oppressed women are, compared to men, and examples are given through Janie’s different relationships. Logan Killicks is was Janie’s first relationships shown in Their Eyes Were Watching God. Janie’s nanny is a patriarchal woman and believes a woman needs a man in her life for protection. Janie’s relationship with Logan starts off well, but

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    as a relationship of ‘sharing’ between the woman and the midwife, involving trust, shared control and responsibility and shared meaning through mutual understanding (2010, p. 7). Continue care model is a holistic approach in assessing a woman’s health with equal emphasis on her physical, emotional and social aspects of wellbeing in a partnership model of midwifery care. The sharing knowledge and experience of the midwife will enable and support the woman in monitoring her own health. However, midwife

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    Molching, Germany. In Molching we meet Liesel Meminger who stays with her foster parents, Hans and Rosa Hubermann. As time goes on, Liesel is seen forming closer relationships with both her foster parents as if they were her own. An item that we see playing a role in this is Han’s accordion, which is something that Zusak uses to bring people together throughout this book. The first time that the accordion is mentioned in the story is during Liesel’s first few months with her new foster parents. Liesel

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    The Handmaid’s Tale: Are Men to Blame? Women have been domesticated by men since the beginning of time. This role was given to women changing substantially as the years have gone by. It is still true that today there is a battle for equality of the sexes, and this novel by Margaret Atwood displays the harsh reality we continue to face in this male dominant society. Interestingly enough, this was written and published in the 80s and is still relevant today. Some believe that it is perfectly

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    D. H. Lawrence, an English author, and William Stafford, an American writer, lived and wrote at different times but their chosen subjects were often similar. “Piano” written by D. H. Lawrence and “Traveling through the Dark” by William Stafford show remarkable similarities and differences in their experiences and emotions. Although Lawrence and Stafford are both respected poets, their writing styles, and expectations for readers differ significantly. While Lawrence maintains a feeling of nostalgia

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