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    earth can offer”. The birthmark has been removed and Georgiana reaches perfection, but she condemns Aylmer for not realizing her value before her death. Like Georgiana in “The Birthmark”, women often find themselves striving to reach society’s expectation of beauty and perfection. In Marge Piercy’s poem “Barbie Doll”, a young girl is finally able to reach society’s version of beauty but she must die to do so. Piercy criticizes the ways “women are socialized into stereotypical feminine behavior” (“Overview:

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    lives that would get them sucked into bad situations. In Sandra Cisneros’ book, “House on Mango Street”, well thought out motifs and symbolisms become very useful in order to convey the expectations of women in a poor community make the women more susceptible to becoming trapped inside this environment. The expectations of the women in “House on Mango Street” repeats throughout the story in the form of shoes. One very prominent vignette is “The Family of Little Feet” where Esperanza, Rachel, and Lucy

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    new outlook on the standards people uphold for young girls. When you see what is expected you begin to realize how unrealistic these expectations are. Throughout the poem Marge Piercy talked about things that were often expected from young girls such as appearances, hobbies, and even characteristics. The theme of this poem is” people set unrealistic expectations on young girls that can cause an affect on their self-esteem. ” was mentioned and as we went deeper into poem the pain she was truly going

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    Ms. Jung’s class case study seeks to pay attention to the establishment of classroom expectations and norms. The introductory bits offer a synopsis of the expectations and norms and their subsequent communication as made in the classroom. Conceptually, the creation of this norms and expectations are long-term and complex. The success in the doing is hugely based on the experience with the goal of the study seeking to help get an understanding of how to prevent behavior-related problems through collaborative

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    character Billy Bibbit faces a lot of pressure, as seen with his relationship with his mother, has a hard time fitting in with others due to his stuttering and find challenges in coping with such things. First off, he is unable to meet unrealistic expectations , placed upon him by his mother and enforced by the nurse Miss Ratched. Billy always seems to be in fear every time his mother is brought up, and worries about disappointing her. His mother unfortunately though, is friends with Miss.Ratched and

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    these kinds of expectation figured out to write an academically correct paper and the troubles they face. He also mentions the Importance of developing a writer’s sense, the myths about writing, the three most common types of college writing assignments and talks about the complex literacy tasks in assignment students struggle with. I really thought his story compare to a lot of what was happening in my life. I was struggling as a writer and I thought I knew what the expectations were going to be

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    There comes a time in life, when one realizes what is important. To some, the most important things in life come in a diamond embedded suitcase filled with the grand jewels of life: money, love, and leaving legacies. People seem to have one simple thought, that having money and love is the most important thing in life. However, that is not the case for Christina Rossetti. Her views on life are very realistic and matter of fact. She believes earthly gifts and human emotions are not important because

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    What is social expectation and how does it affects one’s life? In the short stories – “A Pair of Silk Stockings”, “A Shameful Affair”, and “The Story of Hour” – by Kate Chopin from the novel The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin, they uncover the expected roles and responsibilities of women in the early 1900s. Through imagery and diction, Chopin reveals that people tend to fall into others’ expectations upon their marriage and even before it, which leads to lose their personal freedom

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    “Pretty Hurts” Victimization for women in America is real. Women are victimized by their husbands, boyfriends, colleagues, boss’, and in some cases their parents.They are shunned if they don’t physically fit into the mold of the “ideal American woman”. Women are expected to live up to these ridiculous standards of what their bodies should look like. Americans are starting to realize that this is wrong. Women should be accepted and celebrated no matter what they look like physically. Some women are

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    dramatic enough to warrant the full 100 percent price premium. Again, Orion is the leading designer and manufacturer of industrial valve systems. For such leading and innovative company, her assumption seems to be quite low. It is obvious that her low expectation for dramatic improvement doesn’t make significant difference in the EMVs. In other words, if she proactively dedicates her effort to redesigning and increases the possibility for dramatic improvement to 90%, the EMV will go up to $141,500 so that

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