femininity (Armengol 62). Such activities women would be expected to be involved in at the time would be tending to gardens‚ hosting parties‚ and cooking. All of these are done by the female characters in Lee’s novel. Jem even tells Scout‚ “ You know she’s [Aunt Alexandra] not used to girls’...’leastways‚ not girls like you. She’s trying to make you a lady. Can’t you take up sewin’ or something? (Lee 302) Scout also notes that in the 1930s “Ladies seemed to live in faint horror of men‚ seemed unwilling to
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get on. My aunt and I went to get in line at the top thrill dragster at cedar; usually the line is 2 to 3 hours long but our wait was 45 minutes. We went to cedar point over the summer. As we went on the top thrill dragster because we have never been on the roller coaster and the line was really short. We were talking on the way to cedar point if we were going to ride the top thrill dragster. “If the line is shorter than last year we will try to get on the top thrill dragster”‚ said my aunt Mel. “okay
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Chapter 1 Summary: The novel opens with Aunt Polly searching for Tom Sawyer‚ the young protagonist of the novel who‚ along with his younger brother Sidney‚ was sent to live in St. Petersburg‚ Missouri‚ after his mother’s death. After hearing no answer to her calls‚ Polly finds Tom eating out of the jam closet. Tom escapes Aunt Polly’s beating by diverting her attention‚ leading Polly into a tirade against Tom’s irreverent ways. During dinner‚ Aunt Polly tries to trick Tom into admitting that he
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realistic story about a teenage boy‚ and his parents die‚ later on he learns to get along with his picky Aunt Esther. In the beginning‚ Michael has been living with his Aunt Esther. They both did NOT like living with each other‚ Michael had no choice to live with her either. Michael had no friends‚ and no attention. Soon‚ Michael brings home a hermit crab named Sluggo.When he showed his Aunt Esther she acted interested. They both start trying to bond and get along more. In the end‚ Michael finds
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some hitches with his contract and money‚ Dad could not return in time for Uncle’s burial. The wake was held in our family complex in Bulacan‚ with my father’s sisters taking over the whole service since Aunt Aile‚ Uncle Lito’s wife‚ was too distraught to do so. It was a hectic affair; my aunts and older cousins were scrambling around the compound the whole time‚ switching between finalizing Uncle’s last rites and greeting the guests while we‚ the younger ones‚ were busy serving as errand boys and
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was an established member of an established class‚ even though he criticised it. The story opens with a travelling by train of a woman with 3 children. The Aunt tries to entertain the children by telling them a story about a little good girl who is saved from a mad bull by her friends. A bachelor is sitting on the same train observing the Aunt and her young charges. He offers to tell them a story. The bachelor’s story is about a girl who is "horribly good‚" so good that she wore[wo:] on her dress
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point of the story‚ Scout has an explosive temper‚ which makes her get in trouble often. Fortunately‚ with the few feminine influences in her life; Aunt Alexandra‚ Calpurnia‚ her maid and Ms. Maudie‚ Scout learns some tact and manages her anger in order to stay out of further trouble. Especially Aunt Alexandra is concerned about Scout’s behavior: "Aunt Alexandra
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“Altruism and naiveté: European perceptions of Africa in 1899 manifested in through the women in “Heart of Darkness” Alia Aglan IB English 12: 1st blue
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Winterbourne‚ however‚ is a member of the European- American class who are‚ as Ian F. A. Bell notes‚ "only slightly less Heard 2 ’nouveau ’ (newly rich) than the mercantilist Millers" (Reeve 23). These European-Americans‚ represented by Winterbourne ’s aunt‚ reject Daisy and her family because they want to retain their higher position on the social ladder. Ironically‚ Daisy Miller may have been accepted by Mrs. Costello and her friends if she had behaved like them - rigid‚ controlled‚ and rejecting others
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky captures the life of the protagonist Charlie in a series of diaries written to an anonymous friend. The novel explores many of the issues teenagers face as they progress through the freshman year of high school. Charlie struggles to find his identity as he first begins to experience relationship problems‚ peer influences and communal drug use. Throughout the stages of Charlie’s adolescence‚ his reckless decisions and lack of knowledge towards society
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