These responses, while certainly well-intentioned, ultimately dehumanise the dying" So often, those with serious illnesses are isolated because of their conditions, as a society we place them on a pedestal as heroes to serve us as inspiration. ... Swing sets are used primarily by children, for entertainment and fun, they symbolise childishness and happiness. ... As readers, Green shows Hazels devastating reality of her illness, as she was no longer the happy healthy child that used to swing, instead, her illness completely took her swing set from her, as symbolism, also her childhood. The...

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The fear which these images evoke serves his purpose of driving the lady towards surrender. FLEA Donne sets out to demonstrate that resistance is logically indefensible, not to frighten her that beauty must fade. ...

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As it was too early, none of the coffee shop were open yet, so we decided to go across the street of the hospital, where there was a restaurant that served breakfast and was opening at that very moment. We stayed there for almost an hour, having conversations about my brother that would be called Luigi, something that we had already set when we discover that it was a boy. ... We were waiting outside the room where we can see the babies newly born having professional care from doctors, to see if everything is alright, the babies stayed there until the mothers were set in their room, only then t...

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The fact that there is so much freedom in this world acts as an instigator to the act of binary thinking which serves as a process to construct an identity. Bell's examples of Jayanthi and Alicia reflects on their control over constructing their identity over time which is something the cadets at the Citadel failed to do as they were restricted by the boundaries set from the image of the school and were scared to be rebellious against the meaning of such image flow. ... Jayanthi and Alicia faced a completely different situation where they were not forced by their parents or community to...

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