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…was expected to stay at home. In the novel, The Joy Luck Club, Ann-Mei Hsu, Lindo Jong, and Ying Ying St. Clair are all women who grow up in a traditional China, where there is sexism. They deal with serious problems that harm their lives. Ann-Mei is oppressed…

…sharing the main theme in Chapter Seven, “How They Eat in Heaven.” Through the use of characterization and symbolism, Kingsolver shows that giving is receiving. To get through life successfully, people must share. Lou Ann and Taylor, two friends and single…

…scenarios together to form a habit forming series. The first thirty-one chapters amply show the author's intended direction & purpose for the entire novel. 'Taking the Plunge' ch.1 p.1-3: This is the introduction of the unfolding Mary Ann Singleton &…

….         A great deal of this story is spent describing Ann's environment, both inside and outside her house. The story takes place in the past, before automobiles or telephones. Ann and her husband are settlers in a largely uninhabited and desolate area of North…

…In "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong", O'Brien uses the story of Mary Anne Bell to illustrate the transformation of young, innocent, naive boys who go off to war and often return as calloused men. Her story, as told by Rat Kiley of Alpha Company…

…Goodman led some of the more famous bands. Eventually, many of the singers with the Big Bands struck out on their own. Bing Crosby's smooth voice made him one of the most popular singers, vying with Frank Sinatra. Dinah Shore, Kate Smith and Per! ry Como also…

…of the delights that Sir Walter enjoys such as beauty and selfishness, Austen signals where she think our sympathies should lie and we will always sympathise with Anne, the heroine, instead of someone, say that of her sister Elizabeth. Sir Walter two main passions…

…of all proportion, and reports are subject to cutting by the sub-editors to fit whatever space may be available on the day and they usually reflect whatever the newspapers political views are. A strange form of secondary source is a diary, these are usually…

…imagined because of their utter boredom. Wilde makes a point to show that these "important" women in society talk more than they actually do. Nothing is truer when it is revealed what is written in Cecily's diary, "You can see the entry if you like. (Shows…

…"The Diary of a napoleonic foot soldier" is a autobiography/biography piece of literature of a soldier who went to war during Napoleon's rule. Jakob Walter is or was the author of this book, and Walter explains to us what he did during several war…