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    two major behaviors observed are Prejudice and Stereotyping. These are identified as the causes of the events in the movie. The three main topics of this essay are, what do they say about the people who subscribe to them?, what are stereotypes?, and how have stereotypes affected your life (either by placing them on others or having them placed on you)? These all play a major role in the movie. What do they say about the people who subscribe them? In my opinion, stereotyping is just people assuming

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    Stereotypes at School

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    passage “How a Self-Fulfilling Stereotype Can Drag Down Performance” Shankar Vedantam believes that by reminding a certain race of people about their race before a test they will score lower than if not reminded. Shankar’s purpose in revealing this information is to erase the imagery of stereotypes when testing. He adopts a different tone when the article moves on by going from a factual article to a more opinionated one. The intended audience is for people who stereotype because he is trying to convince

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    girl is gorgeous looking with curly strawberry blonde hair, big blue eyes and clearly into fashion which is portrayed by her sensational dressing sense. Now what is the first thing that comes to one’s mind regarding this scenario? One would automatically think that the boy is presumably smart but the girl probably belongs on the front cover of the VOGUE magazine and not in an AP Math class almost as if it were

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    “Hey, I noticed we haven’t been talking as much recently. Is everything okay?” I reread the text I’m about to send to Ash three times before I click send. I roll over onto my back and sigh, phone still in my hand’s grip. Where did it all go wrong? Is there even anything wrong? There has to be. It’s been almost three weeks since the last time Ash and I last hung out. She’s away at Washington for an internship, but even distance couldn’t hold them apart. Ashley came down to Atlanta without

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    What will I do to “claim”1 my education? I have to first ask. Am I claiming my education? According, to Adrienne Rich I should be just because I am in college does not mean I am claiming it. She explicitly states claiming as “to take as the rightful owner; to assert in the face of possible contradiction.”1 In contrast to receiving meaning “to come into possession of: to act as receptacle or container for; to accept as authoritative or true.” Well, which one am I doing? Well similar to Alicia Arnold

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    to help present Buffy as a strong female character. Buffy can also be compared to other strong fictional female role models such as, Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games (22ndMarch 2012), and a slightly weaker character, Elle Woods from Legally Blonde (11thOctober 2001). Consequently, Katniss was presented as a great role model because her qualities were admired and she was hard to like by other characters in the story, she also comes across as tough and hostile, whereas Elle was able to face challenges

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    Carl Jung, the very first pioneer who discovered human collective unconsciousness, including archetypes, once said, “An archetype is something like an old watercourse along which the water of life flowed for a time, digging a deep channel for itself. The longer it flowed the deeper the channel, and the more likely it is that sooner or later the water will return.” An archetype is the universal patterns and behaviors that represent a typical human experience that is passed down from generations to

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    the quick summary that stereotypes are presented in this movie but if you have watched this movie you know they stereotype; overweight people, jocks, emo’s, gays etc. In the movie karen is portrayed as the “dumb blonde” because she's always clueless. There was a scene towards the end of the movie where she was using her breast to tell the weather and says there is a “30% chance of rain” when it clearly is already raining. For a while girls were embarrassed of being blondes because of the image that

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    Stereotypes In Tv Shows

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    the same actors, in the same stereotypes, just because of how they look. But, have you noticed that many of these stereotypes have been taken to extremes? I believe that stereotypes in T.V. are unrealistic, and exaggerated. Stereotypes such as blondes being stupid, Nerds being weak, and awkward, and popular people being rude, all have been exaggerated by Hollywood to the point where it's unrealistic! One good stereotype that shows up often is the narrow-minded blonde that only cares about fashion

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    The Outsiders By. Hinton

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    In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, there are negative effects that impact everyone in society. The three main negative effects in the story were violence, peer pressure, and stereotyping. These three effects still occur today and affect people all around the world. The novel helps us understand the consequences of these effects and how we can overcome these problems in society. In this book violence plays a large role in this story. The greasers live their life in fear of the Socs

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