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Women have a few common tropes in literature. Seen as submissive to men, and sexualized because of it, women are presented as less-than. While this has been strayed from a little bit in modern literature with the engagement of queer writers, it is still very much the normal view of women, due to a society in which the view on women is that of being less-than. The short stories “Ask Me if I Care” and “Safari” by Jennifer Egan both perpetuate this idea of women as submissive. Egan presents female characters

treated badly and none of the slaves had a say in anything that they would do. Slaves had no rights at all and they were considered basically nothing or a piece of property; a property in which masters could share and buy slaves for themselves. White people who could afford to buy a slave would. Slaves were mainly used for manual labor. The general function of a female slave was mainly to do chores, while men, on the other hand grew crops and worked in many other different things that involved a “men’s

John Eikelboom, M.B., B.S., et al. Institution: Patients participating in the study were included from 184 centers in 35 countries. Journal: The New England Journal of Medicine. Funding: Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb /Pfizer Alliance (Eliquis) and Medtronic, Inc. Journal citation: Pollack, C., et al. (2015, June 22). Idarucizumab for Dabigatran Reversal. Retrieved July 10, 2015, from http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1502000 Primary objective: The primary objective was to

whatever it was couldn’t possible justify the beating Till faced (biography). Till had recently went down south to Money, Mississippi to visit some of his family, including Moses Wright who testified and was a witness in this case. Since Till was from the north he hadn’t know how segregated the south still was. With the Jim Crow Laws intact, he had no idea that talking to a white

talent, but the one who I believe defines the show is its star, Rami Malek. Rami is capable of delivering a performance that gets viewers hooked immediately. The audience is able to understand everything that motivate Rami’s character, Elliot, just from the pilot episode. The episode I am choosing to focus on is season 1 episode 7, eps1.6_v1ew-s0urce.flv. Throughout this paper I aim to truly explain why I believe that Rami is a great actor and what techniques I notice based on the show

Time, like a river flows in a set direction and once past no amount of nostalgia is capable of reversing its course. Just as it is impossible to reverse the passage of time, it is impossible to retain a past identity. Jennifer Egan’s novel, a Visit from the Goon Squad, is a collection of short stories that each have a distinct voice and style. Although each chapter can stand alone, they are bound together by thematic elements and a complex web of relationships centered around Bennie Salazar a music

failed to support or nourish me, I had clutched at books...” ― Richard Wright, Black Boy this is a quote from the famous Richard Wright an African American author. This quote means that no matter what was placed in his way or what he lacked that others had he hung on to what he had and did what he could. And the more he read about the world, the more he longed to see it and make a permanent break from the Jim Crow South. "I want my life to count for something," he told a friend. Richard Wright wanted

Emmett Till was born July 25, 1941 in Chicago. His parents were Mamie and Louis Till.When his father became abusive, his mother separated from him. She remarried twice and divorced once and they moved to Detroit where her father lived when Till was nine. When Emmett was fourteen, his great uncle invited his cousin Wheeler to go to Mississippi; he begged his mother to allow him to go along too. She agreed and explained to him the Jim Crow laws.(“Emmett Till”1) Till arrived in Mississippi on August

“He only whistled. But the woman he whistled at was white. He was black. A few days later, her angry husband roused him from bed, told him to hurry up and dress. Three days later, his terribly battered body surfaced in the muddy Tallahatchie River where it straightens out for a stretch through the cotton-rich flatlands of the delta. His name was Emmett Till. He was 14 years old.” (Jallon, 1985) Over 60 years ago, the murder of Emmett Till shaped the course of human history significantly. News of

many relationships between his parents and exposes the harsh reality brought up his family. The McCourts suffer from extreme poverty, hunger, sin, and countless unwise decisions. There is a cast of characters who’ve interacted with Angela, Frank McCourt’s mother, that sculpt Angela based on their relationships. Let’s unravel the depths of this sad, but beautiful story. The story is told from the perspective of Frank McCourt, Angela’s auspicious son. He enlightens the reader with his honesty and dreary