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    The Color Purple by Alice Walker Character sketch of Celie Alice Walker was greatly influenced by the time period of the 1940’s. There was much racism and oppression during that time, especially for black women. Women were beaten and abused simply because of their colour and gender. It is one of the most groundbreaking novel of hers set mainly in rural Georgia in 1930s. The book tells the story about a young African-American woman named Celie and her struggle for empowerment in the world marked

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    the world its unique quirks. Living in such a divergent universe must create new perspectives and exotic personalities. What would it be like to switch places with someone so unalike? I would switch places with the Mad Hatter from Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland due to his uncommon opinions and distinct lifestyle. The Hatter has the capability to say whatever he wants, whenever he wants. He was dubbed as the “Mad” Hatter by Chesire Cat due to his eccentric nature and strange phrases, and nobody

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    A young girl named Alma trots along a snowy, deserted and narrow road. The stark white setting symbolizes the path to heaven or the afterlife. An enormous chalkboard displaying scribbled names that belong to the previous victims bears a single blank space. Alma scrawls her name. During this scene, the background music has a melodic, gleeful tune. Pasted on the wall beside the store are numerous posters reporting missing persons. Alma spots a doll through the store's window that perfectly matches

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    directors use a pattern of style traits, however, Tim Burton’s traits are probably the most noticeable when watching his movies compared to other movies made by different directors. Tim Burton is the man who made the movies Edward Scissorhands, Vincent, Alice In Wonderland, and The Nightmare Before Christmas, all movies that depict a dark and eerie tone. Tim Burton repeatedly uses the stylistic techniques that connect the movies and make a dark, gentle-horror and child-like tone, such as costumes/makeup

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    Atwood begins by introducing the readers to the two main characters, john and Mary, a couple whose faits are changed six different ways throughout the writing—in versions labeled A through F. Version A is referred to by Atwood as the “Happy Ending.” In this section, everything goes well for John and Mary,” they buy a charming

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    Objective Observation Teacher sets up stations with materials such as popsicle sticks, glue paper , paint, markers, crayons and strings. Teachers tells students that she needs three to a table Child quickly rush and find their friends Child one says “cool come to my table” to child two. Child to says “okay, yay” and tells me that they are best friends all with a big smile Child three walks over and sits down quietly Teacher announces to class that they can make whatever they want using materials

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    Alice is running forward, or so she thinks; however, Alice is doing the exact opposite of that. Alice has a main objective in this novel; she must move eight squares in order to become a queen. In Lewis Carroll’s, Through the Looking-Glass, Carroll adds a certain pizazz that most people wonder where it comes from. How does he come up with certain characters? How does he think of something so different like the Jabberwocky poem? Many things contribute to Carroll’s writing: struggling with sleep

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    features in the two movies Alice Through The Looking Glass , by James Bobin and A Dog’s Purpose, by Gavin Polone. For example their setting , theme of the, and the conflict. However, both of these movies have some similarities in the same categories. The first feature I would like to explain is the setting. Both of the movies, Alice Through The Looking Glass and A Dog’s Purpose , have more than one important setting. Although , both of them have a happy setting. In Alice Through The Looking Glass

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    In The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor the story of Alice in Wonderland is told from the opposite viewpoint. In this story Alyss Heart is the princess of Wonderland, and not a little girl from London. Alyss is forced to leave her homeland when both of her parents are killed by her evil Aunt Redd. When Alyss finds herself alone in England and must find her way back to Wonderland to defeat her evil Aunt. By switching storylines, Beddor shows significant themes that are developed throughout the story

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    In the short story “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver the unnamed narrator and his wife are constantly arguing. Cathedral takes place in New York at the narrator’s and his wife’s home during the early 1980’s. The narrator is not a good husband, drinks a lot, and smokes marijuana. The narrator is jealous of Robert because he can connect better with the narrator’s wife. He is not a good husband and is judgemental. The wife is lonely and wants to be understood by her husband. She writes poems to Robert because

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