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…. On a more serious side, she has profiled white supremacists for Mademoiselle, examined child sexual abuse allegations for the Los Angeles Times and written on Affirmative Action for the New York Times. Chideya has also won many awards, including a National…

…the seedier side of life. What it would be like to live under such circumstances in constant fear of their lives. It deals with gang warfare, alcohol, drugs, child abuse, murder, survival and growing up. These are areas that a pubescent teenager can easily lose…

…that “She must escape! Frank would save her.” Evelines’ boyfriend Frank is a young sailor who is willing to take her out of bondage and introduce her to a life of freedom. With him, she would live life for herself, not her abusive father. Eveline knew…

…, there would be only Julie and me left standing in the desert, not looking back” (99). This statement demonstrates the meaning of family ties, in which she gives up on her abusive husband, and her rock-loving lover, to be with her daughter Julie. Kathy realizes…

…for one another charm us and touch our hearts. The close-knit sisterhood ("Ya-Yas") of Vivi Walker and friends begins in high school in 1930s Louisiana and continues through adulthood, child-rearing days, and twilight years. But it is Vivi's 1990s adult…

…not really know one another; they are married but strangers. Lawrence's father was an abusive alcoholic. Walter Bates frequents the public house. Characters: Elizabeth Bates: stifled, long-suffering, distant but caring with her family. John Bates: curious…

…of murder in the first degree, of his father. He is a troubled child, however this is not the first time he has run into the law. When he was younger he threw a rock at his teacher. He has also been repeatedly arrested for mugging and knife fighting…

…and unreasonable hate. Reasonable hate stems from knowledge and unreasonable hate stems from ignorance. Some examples for reasonable hate are child abuse, racial injustice and anti-Semitism. Some worlds used to describe the varieties of hate¡Xare ¡§ sexism…

….” This has caused me to fear losing her trust, but furthermore, it has driven me to adopt it as my universal motto for trusting others. Due to both physical and mental abuse inflicted as a child by my family, I became extremely withdrawn and apprehensive towards…

…in daycare every since they were six months old. I made a decision to better myself not just to sit around and wait on a two hundred dollar check once a month. When my oldest child who is now eleven years old turned five I took the biggest step of my life…