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Final Exam Question

How does the role of women in “Girl” relate to the role of women in today’s society? What is different from what is expected now and what was expected then?

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Girl

I found Kincaid’s style of writing very interesting. Her short story was really one long sentence with the exception of some semi colons. I think Kincaid does this on purpose. She’s overwhelming the reader, the same way she’s overwhelming the … Continue reading

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Midterm Suggestion

Discuss the role women play in Douglass’s Narrative. How do female characters relate to Douglass? How does it relate to Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Women?

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Frederick Douglass

Douglass mentioned that slave owners keep blacks enslaved by refusing to let them be educated. This truly disgusts me. It’s disturbing that someone would not allow another human being  to educate themselves.  It later creates a beautiful scene in my … Continue reading

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Heart Sutra

After reading Heart Sutra, I’m left with a quite amount of questions. First of all, what is meant by voidness/emptiness? Avalokiteshvara explains that all phenomena are expressions of emptiness, or empty of natural characteristics. This means that because phenomena are … Continue reading

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A “Modest” Proposal

At the very beginning of the essay I thought I had been reading the first paragraph incorrectly. However, I was fooled by the sarcasm of the scene that Swift creates. He mentions that “it is a melancholy object to those … Continue reading

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