It is evidenced by the way they speak to each other and act towards each other, but the idea is subverted due to the fact that everyone in the town sees Idgie as a man. ... So, the question begs to be asked, how could Whistle Stop, a small town in Alabama, be so accepting of something so different than the norm; a lesbian couple? It could be that they were not like any other towns back in those days. After all, they were much more accepting of and caring towards the blacks in the town; which was also unheard of in that time. ... Coping with situations within FRIED GREEN TOMATOES Human N...

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It is a type of secular religion that deals with a pagan god of batteries and small towns--a type of order and structure. ... Now, we feel connected to Oedipa in our mutual struggle to ascertain what is real. ...

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"The victor belongs to the spoils" -Anthony Patch (p.188) "There is only one lesson to be learned from life... That there's no lesson to be learned from life." -Gloria Pa...

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The town of Lorain on Lake Erie is where both families settled and is also where Morrison was eventually born. ... It opens our eyes to the challenges of the past while allowing us to experience an absolutely wonderful and influential story. ... Our cultural knowledge and values that are central to the blues form the thematic and rhetorical understanding of The Bluest Eye, as the narrative's structure appears to follow a pattern common to traditional blues lyrics. ...

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1. INTRODUCTION It is truth universally acknowledge that a good novel in possession of a good love story must be in want of a screen adaptation. Yet no work of Jane Austen reached the big screen before 1940's Pride and Prejudice – which, though highly popular, was the last Austen film for a long p...

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