Abstract The research question of my extended essay is "How patriarchal and colonial oppression is expressed in Alice Walker's "The Color Purple?" ... The novel can be looked upon as a strong censure of the bigotry and sexism that defrauded African- American women in the American South. ... She is doubly oppressed: both as a woman and as a colonial object. ... The essay endeavors to investigate how gender oppression, colonial subordination and identity are portrayed in the novel. ... Set in the backdrop of an early 20th century America, the issues discussed by the novel can be seen a...

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played a major role in American history and has clearly evolved in adolescent and young adult dating. ... This essay will show some of the historical insights of dating throughout the years focusing on Colonial times through the 20th century. ... culture may seem odd to the American ideal of the bride's family paying for the wedding. Harry Collis, author of 101 American Customs, talks about how in America it is more likely for the bride's parents to pay for the wedding costs. ... For young people just beginning to participate in this activity, dating may be seen primarily or exc...

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Officials were not chosen exclusively from the landed aristocracy, as in much of the rest of the world, but through a series of civil service examinations that tested the candidate's knowledge of Confucian political, social and moral principles. ...

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"While in Malaya, Burgess published his first novels, Time for a Tiger, The Enemy in the Blanket, and Beds in the East, using the pseudonym "Anthony Burgess" to avoid any repercussions from the Colonial Office. ... "In 1959 Burgess was sent back to England and released from the Colonial Office after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. ... In 1971 his notoriety grew in America with the release of the movie version of A Clockwork Orange. ... Brodsky approaches Alex in his search for a test subject for his new treatment. ...

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I was in classroom number 102 with Mr. Harry Gonzalez who taught Bilingual Kindergarten to nineteen students. The day I went to observe one student was absent. The classroom was pretty much split equally between boys and girls and all of the students were of Hispanic descent. Mr. ...

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For example, the Filipino, Hispanic, Jewish, Swedish, American cultures are all different when it comes to these celebrations; from the customary age at which the celebration occurs to how it is done. ... During the 19th century the Philippines fell into the Spanish colonial rule 2 for 300 years. ... Although, it's not a well-practiced tradition, Americans hold their own debutante balls or cotillions, which are celebrated at the age of sixteen. ... Debutante balls are the cotillions and quinceañeras of America. The cotillion or debut is now becoming a popular celebration a...

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Few were so ungrateful as to complain that Jamaica's colonial masters had seen fit to build Trench Town without any form of sewage system. ... Being tested so consistently can virtually destroy someone; or, on the other hand, it can resolutely build their character. ... He did not move in those packs of adolescents who tried to imitate the exploits of the American slum gangs, typified in West Side Story, which they would catch at the Carib Cinema, having sneaked in the exit door. ...

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To this end, the English tried to establish a colony in America. ... His appointment exemplifies a fact of Elizabethan times that would hinder all colonial adventures to come. ... These paintings are the first artistic productions of Englishmen in America. ... This group was to become the first English settlers in America. ... What Hariot had to say carried more weight because he personally had tested and gathered the flora and fauna of America. ...

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Using this principle as a guide, China had for centuries attempted to choose at least its bureaucratic leaders by administering a test to determine their moral force. ... Indeed, when the policy was first implemented, many Chinese seem[ed] to fear that Deng's policies [were] drawing China back toward its former semi-colonial status as a "market where the imperialist countries dump their goods, a raw material ba...

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Using this principle as a guide, China had for centuries attempted to choose at least its bureaucratic leaders by administering a test to determine their moral force. ... Indeed, when the policy was first implemented, many Chinese seem[ed] to fear that Deng's policies [were] drawing China back toward its former semi-colonial status as a "market where the imperialist countries dump their goods, a raw material base, a repair and assembly workshop, and an investment center." ...

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In a country as vast and as culturally diverse as Canada, many different political opinions may be found stretched across the country. From the affluent neighborhoods of West Vancouver to the small fishing towns located on the East Coast of Newfoundland, political opinions and affiliations range from the left wing to the right wing. To represent these varying political views, Canada has four official national political parties to choose from the Liberals (who are currently in power), the Progressive Conservatives, the New Democrats, and the Reform Party. What is particularly in...

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