From the lack of critical commentary on Homer Barron's sexuality, we might conclude that scholars are ignoring a question often raised and vigorously answered by undergraduates, who can be homophobic or just fascinated with even mild sexual references in literature: Homer Barron, they insist, is homosexual. ... Homer's visit occurred forty years before the narrator writes. ... When she had first begun to be seen with Homer Barron, we had said, "She will maw him." Then we said, "She will persuade him yet," because Homer himself had remarked . . . that he was not the marrying kind. (12...

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Same-sex couples can be denied the right to visit a sick or injured loved one in the hospital. ... Nursing homes. Married couples have a legal right to live together in nursing homes. ... Home protection. Laws protect married seniors from being forced to sell their homes to pay high nursing home bills; gay and lesbian seniors have no such protection. ...

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Between gays/lesbians wanting love-children and single parent families people are forgetting that stability in the home is important to children while they feel all else is changing so rapidly about them. Without this firm foundation by which they can stand on they might find themselves looking to the wrong places for the stability and love they aren"t getting at home. ... On the other side of the spectrum, divorce might just be a good thing is some cases, for example constant bickering between to parents forces the love out of a home and a child is left to "fend for themselves". ... This...

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The telescreen also acts as a window for the government to literally watch everyone, individually, and how they act at home. The difference between the two novels in this instance, then, is that society dictates what people can and can't do and how happy they can be in "Pride and Prejudice" – conventions that just haven't changed. ... She rejects marriage for a "comfortable home" and this is more substantial than romantic fantasies. ... It is the totalitarian state that dictates how society works and how happy and free people can be. ... She rejects marriag...

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The parents can choose the best curriculums, since they are aware of their child's weaknesses and strengths. ... The benefits of home schooling as it provide the best possible opportunity for healthy relationship parent-child relationship. ... A strong home-school connection will set the stage for a child who will grow up with a love for learning. ... "Proponents believe the stern home environment and strict demands motivate children to perform their best. Tiger parents claim they only expect so much out of their children because they know they can meet their expectations. ...

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Throughout Homer's The Iliad, Hera's unwavering determination and resourcefulness from the poem's start to finish is a testament to the goddess's character. Particularly in book fourteen, Hera exemplifies her power and audacity by manipulating several gods so that her favored Achaeans can gain the upperhand in the war. ... Here Hera exercises her power of marriage and in exchange for Sleep's help in sedating Zeus so that Poseidon can continue aiding the Achaeans. ... Even though women are portrayed as powerless throughout the poem, in this scene Hera proves that women,...

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Reflecting back on the chapter two readings that focus on the issues of family happiness, it is evident that each family has its own definition of a happy home and happy family. ... To support one another is a sign of love that can only be paid in absolute happiness. ... Affection between family members can be seen through helping each other, caring about one another, considering the feelings of the other person and showing love for one another. ... A family transforms a house into a home where all members of the family live surrounded with love, concern, care and a feeling of ample security....

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Anderson was once described as "a scorner of neatly plotted stories, [and] most at home in works controlled by the rhythms and voice of the teller of tales" (Benet pg 37). ... In repeating phrases, such as the narrator's never-ending statement that he's "[such] a fool" (Anderson), the writer can not only illustrate the character's true feelings towards certain circumstances, but also reveal the intensity of those feelings. ...

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Many go to that next step of compromise and end up going back home to their parents. ... I definitely think that marriage its important and but not necessary because couples can still be happy without tying the knot. ... Why do people have to make all those legal vows and suffer the consequences when you can just live together.... " The conclusion that we can make of these sites, is that a lot of people believe in the idea of being in a relationship with no legal commitment. ...

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In a predominant relationship, the superior can cause the inferior resentment and empty passion. One can offer complete delectation, yet an interconnection cannot form without mutual feeling. ... Her love for him is "all on her part", suggesting that Odysseus" love for Calypso is subliminal, especially because he focuses on his longing for home and independence. ...

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If you do that, you take home a tank with a big gun" which shows how Guido is willing to overcome his fear and put himself in a vulnerable position and risk his life to protect Joshua's innocence. ... This is combined with the visual technique of lighting and costume to illustrate the key message of how the desire to protect loved ones can overshadow one's fear. ... This shows how Guido overcomes his fear to bring light to dark situations and is a representation of his optimism and the hope that Guido is instilling in Joshua so that he can protect his son's innocence. ... T...

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Because colors represent universal symbols, many color-related words "dark, yellow, nigger "stress main themes, so the poet can easily convey them to the reader. As the narrator walks home, he observes that he looks "not to bright for a nigger, and not to dark-; this quote illustrates the inferiority of "niggers- and clarifies that discrimination concentrates on the race and appearance of people, and disregards their personality. ...

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He is saying here that with the spiritual love between the couple, no amount of distance can separate their love for each other. A couple who has this degree of spiritual love can be separated physically but it would never affect the stability of their relationship. ... An example of the importance Donne place on physical and spiritual love in combination with each other can be found in The Ecstasy. ... We can see the shifting attitudes Donne holds towards love through these poems. ... From comparing these three poems we can see that Donne shifted views on what he considered to be more importa...

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Indeed, a step on the ascent to the ultimate form of love is to see "beauty of body as something petty." (210c) Poets like Homer and Hesiod, lawgivers like Lycurgus and Solon ­ men like these have left children of thought to live after them, and are greatly envied, honored, and even revered for it by other men (209d ­ 209e). The physical children of uncertain virtue a man leaves to carry on his name can hardly hold a candle to great mental children, the virtue of which a man fashioned himself. ... Not only can the man implant the seed of his pregnant body into a woman, he can implant the see...

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The scene then switches to a family with little children stepping out of a lovely home and getting into a band new Subaru. ... " There are a few concepts in this commercial that can be compared to the ideas of Jay Chiat's article. ... The connection with the word "love" is an image that no other car company can relate with, and that on its own can certainly mean something. Many cars have good safety scores to brag about but how many can bring the emotion and passion that love brings? ... It can be said that the buyer of this vehicle for its safety is making a choice out ...

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Frankensteins full engagement towards his studies and efforts to bring an inhuman being to life, caused his interaction with family and loved ones from home to be taken away. ... Often one will escape from the beauties and imperfections of nature because they feel as if they can compete with it. ... Trying to change the natural characteristics of humanity, through pride of your own knowledge can be rather destructive. ...

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Carr and Friedman spoke about the harsh altercations and attitudes help towards a child with obesity in a home via their childhood. ... That into consideration, one can assume that the cultures and mindsets of individuals in these two different societies are not the same. ...

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We this rapid change we see a shift from maintaining core traditions, values, beliefs, to a society whereby we must be constantly changing, but this change has become rather superficial, so as fast as we can change our tires we can change our beliefs, values, and traditions. ... In our "30 minutes or it is free" society, time has become a commodity that can be bought and sold. ... From this Ideology, we can see the emergence: of the struggle between virtue and convenience. ... For example, when Monique Dosite fought against the government about the "rules" regarding her small group home for de...

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College can be some of the greatest memories and some regrettable moments as well - but it's okay because its never a better time where you can make mistakes and create "a new version of you" (the theme song title). ... Leaving her parents expectations at home when Felicity left for college, she knew she wanted to live her own life and discover what she's passionate about. ... It focuses on the issues that everybody can relate to - attraction, lust, ideally the opposite sex, which then brings up love. ...

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Victor feels as though everything in his life has been destroyed and that leaving home is just another step in the wrong direction. ... In Ingolstadt, Victor continues to isolate himself, begins a manic pursuit to gain knowledge only in areas that he can relate to his desire to renew life. ... He describes his work as a storm, "no one can conceive the variety of feelings which bore me onwards like a hurricane" (58); Victor expresses the extent of his mania, the conflicting feelings that swirl around inside him, the turmoil they cause. ... Darkness can be linked to the time spent in the wom...

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This indirectly affects Blanche and Stella's familial relationship as Stella can sense something is odd about her sister, but is not trusted enough by Blanche. ... Laertes on the surface is protecting his sister from a romantic relationship with a brooding prince, however some modern audiences have interpreted this dialogue as Laertes not wanting his sister Ophelia to fall into the arms of Hamlet so he can have her to himself. ...

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