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    finally gained their freedom from slavery. Jacob’s wrote “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” and Frederick Douglass wrote, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave”. Jacob’s wrote it in a woman point of view and gave us a look at how the women that were slaves experienced life; whereas Douglass wrote as a male slave and the brutality. “Incidents in the Life of a Slave” by Harriet Jacobs is an autobiographical narrative. It gives us a look inside in how the lives of

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    Historical Account of African-Americans Seeking the American Dream The American Dream began as a vision for the men who framed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America. These two documents provided the foundation upon which the American Dream was built. The reality of the American Dream translated into a nightmare for the African-Americans who had to overcome slavery in order to achieve the ideal that all men are created equally. Their dream did not

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    achievement, or an intense fear while getting out of your comfort zone. This is why most memories from when you were growing up involve such feelings, and why you tend to remember certain memories depending on your mood. The feelings you experience in an incident can really make or break whether or not you actually remember it. Donna Addis of the University of Auckland has conducted studies where her and her team show that depressed individuals have trouble remembering episodic memories that contain a lot

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    known as Maya Angelou 's death on the 28th of May 2014, she was an Activist, acclaimed American poet, storyteller and autobiographer. However, all her accomplishments were born out of abuse, violence, neglect and pain, that she wrote about in her autobiographical novel, "I know why the caged bird sings" which was published in 1969. In the book, she wrote not only about the conflicts that plagued her for much of her life but also how the role they played in her life. Particular problem areas discussed

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    suffer from the amnesia related with the impairment of short-term memory and the others suffer from the amnesia related with the impairment of long-term memory. Those amnesias can happen not only by physical wound, but also psychological trauma. For example, “A 34-year-old man without past history of any psychiatric or neurological disorder developed severe anterograde amnesia following a psychological trauma” (KUMAR, RAO, SUNNY, &GANGADHAR, 2007). When it comes to sorts of amnesias,

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    a novelist in it. In weaving a tragic plot, in drawing subtle characters, in creating suspense, and in describing a person, place or thing, Toru shows a remarkable inventiveness and vigour ‘Bianca’ is incomplete and ends abruptly. Keywords: Autobiographical, betrothal, consonant, Inventiveness, linguist, morbidity, prototype, romance, suspense and tragedy. Introduction: Toru Dutt is one of the distinguished authors in Indian English Literature. Her work

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    The Glass Castle The Glass Castle, written by Jeannette Walls, is an autobiographical novel that shows how hard life can be when you have little to no money and highly deteriorated parents. During the whole memoir it shows how hard it is to live in poverty while at the same time trying to raise a family. The exposition of the novel is how having parents that cannot support their children because the lack of a stable income. The rising action is when Jeannette was in a taxi cab going to a party

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    threat related material, dysfunctional appraisals and avoidance and safety behaviours. Wells concluded the differences between models occur in the content of appraisals and beliefs such as selective attention in anxiety is concerned with danger; for example a person with phobia- blood injury type selectively attends to information concerning their fear, whereas a person with PTSD may attend to combat related cues. This review highlights common processes in multi level accounts. A larger review was conducted

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    Kennedy Mad Men the hobo code - Cahn, Steven M. Happiness: Classic and Contemporary Readings in Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2007. Print. Berntsen, Dorthe, and David C. Rubin. "Emotionally Charged Autobiographical Memories across the Life Span: The Recall of Happy, Sad, Traumatic and Involuntary Memories." Psychology and Aging 17.4 (2002): 636-52. Web. 25 Nov. 2014. <http://proxygw.wrlc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2002-06812-011&site=ehost-live>

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    Battle of a Black Man Ralph Ellison made it clear that Invisible Man was not based on his own experiences. In an interview, he stated, “Let me say right now that my book is not an autobiographical work.” However, it is clear that his culture and the time period of his upbringing affected his writing. This is particularly seen in his descriptions of the treatment of blacks, the African American society, and the revelation of the narrator. Like the characters in “Battle Royal”, African Americans

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