On June 4th 1919, the nineteenth amendment was passed and then ratified on August 18th 1920, giving all women in America the right to vote. ... Towards the end of the 1920's there was much more entertainment available. ... Therefore one could argue that Fitzgerald wanted to show that women in the 1920's deserved the same sexuality rights as men. ... She believes that "Until they could link overtly male oppression to the nature of public activity as well as to the home"(Honey 39) the dream of women rights would never be within reach. This is interesting because Fitzgerald s...

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They"re nice and all - I"m not saying that - but they"re also touchy as hell" (Salinger 1). ... "I mean they"re all right if they go around saving innocent guys" lives all the time, and like that, but you don't do that kind of stuff if you"re a lawyer. ... That's isn't too far from this crumby place, and he comes over and visits me practically every week end He's got a lot of dough, now. ... Holden's thoughts of Allie are shown with the fact that Holden wrote Stradlater's composition on "Old Allie's baseball mitt" (Salinger 38-39). ... "Well, do it, then." ...

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First I interpreted it to mean that Mathew was trying to point out that Jesus is the son of Abraham as well as David. ... And isn't that what we all want? ... A verse that I would like to end with is Mathew 5:39. ... When someone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other one to him as well." ... Instead let"s be kind. ...

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She first reacts to their deaths very calmly but when the weight of what has happened starts to take a toll on her well being, Matilda uses Pip, a character in "Great Expectations," to find her will to live. ... The islanders are extremely isolated from the outside, all they know is the life they have experienced with the redskins with their gunboats and helicopters. ... She was yelling at me to hurry" (39) and also that they are "left with fear [and don't] know what to do with it" (37). ... Matilda considered the different outcomes that could have occurred, whereas most w...

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We see this in all living things. ... If this is her only son, then her family line could quite possibly end with him. ... They carry themselves proudly as "[t]hey march on their soles up Main Street" (39). ... As the speaker later "stand[s] on top/of our back steps and breathe the rich air" (43-4) he insights into a brighter tone. ... Perhaps we all could learn a lesson from the skunks as well. ...

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