Stereotypes are also used in film; they are not real people, but widely circled traits and characteristics of particular groups. Therefore, stereotyping is also used by the media to allow audiences to understand the text more clearly by putting people in particular groups, and already knowing the attributes linked to them. ... In the media, negative or offensive representations of women were less tolerated because of the way society moved on, as well as the fact that many more women were now working in the media under the equal opportunities legislation. ... This means the characters i...

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About the Author Quijano de Manila is the pen name of Nick Joaquin. He started writing before the war and his first story, "Three Generations," has been hailed as a masterpiece. He has been recipient of almost all the prestigious awards in literature and the arts, including the National Artist Award for Literature in 1976. He was also conferred, among other recognitions, the Republic Cultural Heritage Award for Literature in 1961, the Journalist of the Year Award in the early 1960s, the Book of the Year Award in 1979 for his Almanac for Manileños, the national Book award for s...

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This is a haunting tale of passion, privilege and biting physical labour, of men and women moved by compassion and driven by the power of dreams - sometimes even to murder. ... He is confined to the bus, meeting new and unique people as they get on and off. ... But there is something essentially different from Patrick and the people whom he befriends. ... Throughout his journey, he meets many people who help play an important role in his life. ... It talks about the people he meets and how they change his life. ...

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Now it was time to select the five people. ... Porno to Dana means big boobs, dirty people, and sexually transmitted diseases. ... When she sees porno it makes her sick to her stomach knowing how many people they have all slept with and how dirty they are. ... I knew it was a hard topic, so basically she gave me her answer and anxiously waited for me to move on. ... She has never been in a relationship, but says that when she sees people that are in love or love each other that they are happy. ...

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beloved "It is the ultimate gesture of a loving mother. It is the outrageous claim of a slave"(Morrison 1987). These are the words that Toni Morrison used to describe the actions of the central character within the novel, Beloved. That character, Sethe, is presented as a former slave woman who chooses to kill her baby girl rather than allowing her to be exposed to the physically, emotionally, and spiritually oppressive horrors of a life spent in slavery. Sethe's action is indisputable: She has killed her child. ...

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His fur was puffed up and he wouldn't move; Nick just decided that Lucifer could hear the neighbors dog and it was freaking him out. ... All you need to do is catch a train from here to New Orleans, find the abandoned dock house, and make a scene to make people believe you just randomly found a dead body while you were trying to see what the boats were like. " "I guess you're right That's the easiest, fastest and cheapest way to do this I guess since we have that settled, I should get some rest to get ready for the crap storm that's coming tomorrow. " Nickolai got cozy i...

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Summary Ralph hides in the jungle and thinks miserably about the chaos that has overrun the island. He thinks about the deaths of Simon and Piggy and realizes that all vestiges of civilization have been stripped from the island. He stumbles across the sow's head, the "Lord of the Flies," now merely ...

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• Grade Level: High School