" "Pride and Prejudice," the acclaimed novel by Jane Austen published in 1813. ... From this it will be clear that Bride and Prejudice can be seen as a film that assimilates two partners that are meant to be together, as a way of maintaining and modernizing the cultural critique of the novel. ... In the book, the characters were more spirited, in the Victorian sense, lacking that exuberant, while the characters in the movie were just the opposite, as they were far more energetic and spirited in their portrayals of the character. ... The director of the movie though, maintains the comedi...

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In a sense, "Pride and Prejudice" is the story of two courtships - those between Darcy and Elizabeth and Bingley and Jane. ... Of course we can also relate marriage to happiness, and happiness to one's freedom in society; something which is strongly challenged in both "Pride and Prejudice" and Orwell's "1984." ... Control is the most evident theme throughout the entire book, both mentally and physically. ... Colley see's "Pride and Prejudice" as a "deliberate essay in fantasy.... Colley see's "Pride and Prejudice" as a &qu...

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In her book, Exclusion: Homosexuals and The Right to Serve, Major Melissa Wells-Petry discusses the military's objections to lifting the ban. ... In the book After The Ball: How America Will Conquer It's Fear & Hatred Of Gays In The 90's, the authors explore the ways to help America accept homosexuals. ... If we can effectively integrate homosexuals in the military then the novelty of homosexuals will diminish and so will the associated prejudice. ... If the military continues to create conditions that discourage an individual from openly declaring their homosexuality then preju...

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The followers of the Enlightenment called for rebellion against superstition, fear, and prejudice. ... He continually attacked many members of the bourgeois about their pride and conceit in their lineage. Voltaire's first example of aristocratic attitudes of pride occurs very early on in the book. ...

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David Shipler, author of Arab and Jew: Wounded Sprits in a Promised Land, wrote his book in 1986 after serving as the bureau chief of The New York Times in Jerusalem from 1979-84. The biggest and most important them of the book reflected the struggle between the Jews and Palestinian people in their search for their own homeland. ... The answers are hauntingly similar, "We didn't feel any feelings of victory or pride. ... They fight for a cause that has been deeply set into Jerusalem's history through out the crusades to today, nearly twenty years after the book's publicatio...

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Some common themes did exist however, such as an interest in the roots of the African American experience in Africa and in the South, and a strong sense of racial pride and a desire for social and political equality. ... The black philosopher Alian Locke published his most talked about essay "The New Negro", in his essay he urged that "Art must discover and reveal the beauty which prejudice and caricature have overlaid." ... The literature appealed to the African American middle class and to the white book buying public. ...

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Another large event that led to increased tension in the prisons not only in Attica but across the nation was the death of the black panther political leader George Jackson, he was killed by guards at the San Quentin prison and his prison letters were published into a book that fired and led a movement across the U.S. and Attica. ... Just listening to grievances in the first place and not ruling the prison with an iron fist may also have helped, if you take away everything from someone especially their belief and pride of them being human they don't have much left. ...

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