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    Modern Day Heroes Essay

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    modern day hero named Betty Ford, Betty was the first lady and she had breast cancer. Betty opened up about her cancer and told lady’s to be safe and check to to see if they are ok. Betty Ford in a way helped the people physically by making them go to the doctor, this could have saved people- they could have caught the cancer before it was too late. According to Betty Ford: A New Kind of First Lady “Checkups increased by 300 to 400 percent”. I put this quote to show how Betty Ford is so inspiring

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    Bad Girl Film Analysis

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    The American Cinema of the 1950s can be noted for its various portrayals of masculinity and dominating consumer culture geared toward male gender. Arguably hidden behind punks and gangsters was a class of defiant girls who subverted the gender ideals of the time and are evidenced through a series of “Bad Girl” films. The bad girl film cycle is one of the latter trends of the ‘50s Social Problem film and an examination of this cycle will provide theoretical speculation regarding its influence on the

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    I remember the event like it was yesterday; my heart was beating and I could hear and feel it, I had determination on my face and in my mind and it felt good. My determination was to beat my younger brother to the top of the tree in our side yard. I almost never climb the trees in our yard for the fear of falling out; which has happened before when we went apple picking which did not end well on my part of climbing in those apple trees. But we were getting ready that nice sunny morning in the summer

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    I remember it like it was yesterday; my heart was beating and I could hear and feel it, I had determination on my face and in my mind and it felt good. My determination was to beat my younger brother to the top of the tree in our side yard I almost never climb the trees in our yard for the fear of falling out; which has happened before when we went apple picking which did not end well on my part of climbing in those apple trees. But we were getting ready that nice sunny morning in the summer. I remember

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    usually funny, as they are more memorable. “Snickers” used Betty White in one of the “You’re not you when you’re hungry” campaigns. “Old Spice” also participated in the celebrity trend, using Terry Crews in many of the “Smell is Power” commercials. Even Neil Patrick-Harris, a comedian who starred in How I Met Your Mother, is partnered with the “Heineken” beer commercials. There are also plenty of other celebrity endorsed products. Betty white is a wonderful older woman at the age of 95, many know

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    Jo Gill writes that women were “faced with contradictory and seemingly irreconcilable demands to be both clever and attractive, confident and submissive” (Gill, 2008: 5). According to Betty Friedan, women were expected to be fulfill themselves by devoting their lives to being housewives and mothers (Friedan, 1969: 18). More importantly, as Linda Wagner-Martin notes, “the non-married life-style was as suspected as deviant sexual behaviors

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    Benjy-Personal Narrative

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    Benjy pummeled me. Lisa was trying to pry Benjy off of me. “Your a freak!” I yelled as I ran away. Lisa met me in the principal's office. Benjy was there making up excuses to the principal of Atlanta’s Millwood High School, Mr. Betty. “You're in big trouble Benjy!” Mr. Betty exclaimed, obviously not believing his story. Let’s rewind this. I am Kurt. I am a senior in high school, I am a skinny, medium sized kid, with brown hair and green eyes. My best friend is a tall blond girl. Her name is Lisa

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    Rhetorical Analysis In her essay “The Importance of Work,” from The Feminine Mystique published in 1963, Betty Friedan confronts American women’s search for identity. Throughout the novel, Betty Friedan broke new ground by seeking the idea of women discovering personal fulfillment away from their original roles. She ponders on the idea of the Feminine Mystique as the cause for the majority of women during that time period to feel confined by their occupations around the house, restricting them from

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    Beowulf Narrative

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    Survive The world was spinning, I’ve been hit, this was the end. Without a thought I pulled the trigger, I saw three of him, but I knew that If I could end it I would. I wanted to be remembered a hero who saved our race, died in the battlefield. As I fell back a smile crept into my face as I heard a loud grunt, I did it , I killed him. I was ready to hit the hard concrete floor as our troops came out of hiding, but I fell into something delicate. Her face was blurry, tears were coming out of her

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    The Feminine Mystique is the title of a book written by the late Betty Friedan who also founded The National Organization for Women to help US women gain equal rights. I choose this topic because there has been a lot of media on the feminine moment and how it’s being negatively looked upon so I wanted to learn a little of how it started. She describes the "feminine mystique” she talks about the expectations women had and the box they had to fit in even as young girls, how being an uneducated girl

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