Changes take time; civil rights took almost a century for things to turn around in America. ... The most astounding example of this is Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. ... For us to more readily accept things we look at something in a way that makes sense to us, a story. ... Grapes of Wrath, Oresteia, Things Fall Apart, 1984, all written to achieve a certain purpose. ... ON A SIDE NOTE NOT RELATING TO THE ESSAY but only to the topic DO NOT TAKE OFF !! ...

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An unmarried woman without a substantial amount of savings to rely on upon her father's death, however, risked falling into poverty. ... As Hazel Jones notes, there were many women who acted similarly, privileging a steady income and home over the possibility of happiness.6 If happiness was found in marriage it was usually just an added bonus; few marriages were actually created in happiness. ...

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"The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid." - Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility Chapter 1 Mr Dashwood and his family live in an estate at Norland Park. The estate is not theirs but from an old man who is a relative of Mr John Dashwood. Mr...

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