Lou displays her self-oriented side when she responds to her son's questioning whether a mussel dreams. ""Of course it dreams", I said. ... Lou connects this same mussel in the end of the story to her family when she responds to her son's announcement that the mussel was still dreaming, ""This time things have gotten better in the mussel's dream"" (591). ... Lou and her family may have needed to escape the bonds of a disastrous home life but the troubles produced within a separated family only exacerbate problems later on in life. However, the conflicts produced within a sepa...

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Therefore, the sympathy within this selected passage indicates a pathetic tone. ... Antigone's ongoing dreams of a marriage that never materialized reveal her shattered aspirations caused by Creon's immoral civil laws. ... The sparagmos imagery of the young couple's death, further exemplifies the tone of pathos within the passage. ... The pathetic tone within the tragedy, Antigone, leads to the universal theme of how one should value intimate relationships over civil laws. ... Toward the end of the play, Creon admits that he, "learned through the blood and tears" of the i...

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Esperanza's family had always talked about heir dream house that they planned they would own a t some point. ... In Rosa's case she has too many kids to handle, and her dream of having the big house and great dinners are now gone. ... But there are other ways that you can feel "trapped" within your life. The last trap that Esperanza views within her neighborhood is lack of education. ... Esperanza saw something similar within her own home. ...

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To try to make their American dreams come true. ... (Pg. 35) Jurgis and his family tried as much as they possibly could to hold on to their hopes and dreams of truly succeeding in this town. ... How each of the families came in with the same hopes and dreams. ... "They were so innocent, they came so very trustingly; and they were so very human in their protests-and so perfectly within their rights!"... Each family arrived with hopes and dreams of succeeding in this free country were they could work for honest wages and live peacefully, but with each dream and hope came death and despair. ...

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In a dream context, the rich symbolism of Cinderella's story clearly has meanings lurking beneath the surface of her unconsciousness. ... Which signifies the old dying off in order for regeneration of a higher awareness within her self (Bethards 86). ... In dream analysis the animals have significant meanings. ... The alter signifies a sacrificing of the old self and opening to the new awareness of her spiritual nature within. ... She found oneness within herself. ...

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Followed by the traditional idea of the 'American Dream', the 'ideal' way to live became to be the nuclear family. Functionalism directly supports this traditionalist approach, including heterosexual marriage and specific gender roles within the household, including instrumental roles for men and expressive roles for women. ... However, this view can be criticised due to a growing age of family diversity, and abuse within relationships. ... This links with Marx's theory of the 'chain of inheritance' within families, as kin passes down items such as proper...

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Within the first few lines of the opening scene, the audience is confronted with a man in obvious mental distress and forced to ask; is he mad or merely exhausted? ... He is consistently falling into the same traps as his father; exaggerating about his position within the company, clinging fanatically to the ideal of economic success at all costs. ... This seems to represent a very male-orientated version of the "American Dream", and Miller explores this further through some of his male characters. ... Biff is also a part of this, longing for a simpler, rural life, and Willy's last-ditch ...

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The feminist and Freudian approach are used within the story to shed light on the narrators ongoing battle within herself. ... From a Freudian point of view, in his Intrepation of Dreams, the narrator dreamed up stories of saving people, her courage, boldness and self-sacrifice. ... As the story goes on she continued to dream of stories which started the same way with some sort of danger lurking, however, things would start to change. ...

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Chopin was severely criticized for depicting a sexualized and independent-thinking woman who questioned her role within the southern patriarchy. ... She awakens from a dream and finally reaches reality. ... The question is, is Edna a strong enough women to pursue her sinful dream? ...

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She seems to have pulled herself up by her bootstraps and attained the American dream. Another successful hired girl who pursued the American dream is Tiny Soderball. ... She found joy in her family and within herself. ...

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The Desire to Achieve in Rodriguez's "The Achievement of Desire" "To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act." - Anatole France According to Malcolm Forbes "Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one." ... Richard Rodriguez's "The Achievement of Desire" is a story within a story. ...

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Soon afterward I would chase my dream and declare my minor in film studies. With that combination, I felt confident in myself and started to dream of my future working in the industry of entertainment. ... Most of these I had already possessed positive traits within but importantly I learned to sharpen each trait with skills I had never learned before in my life. ...

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The author goes into the ethical debate within surrogate motivation and that is the idea of altruism versus remuneration. ... When writing on the issue of reimbursement several sentences entailed connotative language within them. ... (Tarnoff. 1) The author even makes it plainly clear when she is using specific connotative words within the sentence. ... "When a family member offers to serve as surrogate, it may seem like a dream come true." ...

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The same counselor or another one for therapy or family therapy in order to help him engage more as a father within the family and help with the care of Christy. ... With confidence, a case manager can develop criteria to judge the quality of acquired new data within the environment. ...

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This group of misfits she considered them the family she always dreamed to have. ... When it comes to families, the common definition involves DNA- i.e. a mother, a father, and one or more children who are all related and may or may not live within the same household. ... Even though only one parent is involved, they're still considered a family because of the love and trust within it. ...

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Silence and voice can be expressed in diverse ways. Joy Kogawa portrays different aspects of Issei and Nisei towards the meaning of silence and voice. Naomi and Stephen are growing up under the influence of their two antithetical aunts, Obasan and Aunt Emily. These aunts have contrasting views of ...

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Within this time he was nearly always starving and being the oldest often forced to take over as man of the house when his father failed to do so. ... He knew that to avoid these hardships in his adult life and avoid making his children face him he would have to be strong and accomplish his dreams. ...

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"But here, here by the river, the beautiful, the beautiful the river, the Lambs and the Pickleses are lighting up the morning like a dream- Historical events mentioned in the text such as Lester Lamb's involvement in World War Two, expressed the ideal that he was a true Australian fighting for his country. ... "Rose couldn't talk to him- The sense of belonging was another theme present within Cloudstreet, readers recognize that they too have doubts of whether they belong or have the right to belong to certain groups of people. ... "Rose at twenty four was- This strengthens ideas of t...

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With each change of setting comes a change in the characters within the story. ... Gregor's sister takes a more prominent role within Act II and one can really see as she holds on to hope of her brother getting better. ... Through these three acts Grete makes the most changes within her character and with the final line of the play being "And it was like a confirmation of their new dreams and excellent intentions that at the end of their ride their daughter sprang to her feet first and stretched her young body."" ...

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Maybe this novel will give some identity to the nameless, faceless women in burqa walking down the street, so that the reader will now sense that these are real people who have dreams and hopes and disappointments. ... Within the feministic discourse, the severity and harshness of Nana's words are there to raise the level of awareness and perceptions in a male dominated society. ...

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I was adopted by my aunt and uncle when I was 6 years old. My biological parents had been addicted to crystal meth and had chosen drugs over their children at the time. They were deemed unfit to raise children so the three of my siblings and myself were all put into foster care. We juggled throughou...

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Family is a concept that evokes strong emotions within every human being. ... The desire to be part of a family is very strong within us. ... Because of this flexibility, same-sex raising adopted children tend to be older, more educated, and possessing greater financial resources than other adoptive parents (Gates et al. 3) It is every parent's dream that his or her child be the model of perfection. ...

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As a result, married people may become a minority of the adult population within the next 10 years. ... Importantly, 70% of children born within marriage will live their entire childhood with both natural parents. Surveys reveal that most teenagers intend to marry – 9 out of 10 under 16 year olds want to 'tie the knot' in the future, and 9 out of 10 young women dream of a white wedding. ... " Childbearing within cohabiting unions has become vastly more common, with 42% of children being born into such unions in 2004, compared with 9% in 1976. ... If a cohabiting couple ...

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Since a person or place's beginning within the consciousness of others often begins upon learning its name or giving it its name, it only makes sense that if beginnings are important, names are too. ... Within the novel we are not told who gave the land this name, but why would Hogan, as the author of this story, give this name to this land? ... Plant dreaming was something that ran in Angle's blood. ... Other things about and within Angel change as well as she makes her journey through life. ... But now this child was going to be raised with love and warmth; light was finally ris...

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Not all families can be seen as equal, which impacts the relationships within them. ... She has always struggled with bad luck and was unable to find love, foregoing her family's dream of her marrying a Greek man and making lots of Greek babies. ...

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