Kirsty's trust and confidence are shattered by Rhys" confession that Dylan, her current love interest, is his son and her half sibling. ... Gwen Harwood's poetry, in particular The Glass Jar, also explains this concept. ... The sun has risen again and fills his glass jar with his precious light. In relation to language forms and features, symbolism is used in the last line of the poem - "a glass jar beside a crumpled scarf." ... On the other hand, the burnt wick represents Gwen Harwood's child character from The Glass Jar. ...

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Even if mothers and fathers hope that their daughters will grow up to shatter the glass ceiling in a male-dominated career or their son will be a wonderful father, who will help change diapers and clean house, they would be in a group of nonconformists if they taught this to their children, through play. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Dead, until the silence was broken by a sudden creak and a shrill loud enough to shatter glass. ... He ran a shaky hand through his tangled hair and for a brief moment his eyes hardened like green glass. ... All he got was the treat of watching his only family shatter into pieces; his dad had just returned from the liquor store and was already halfway done with his single purchase, and his stepmother was slumped on the floor sniffing crack into her nose and afterwards laughing loudly. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

History and Demographics: In the United States today, there are currently 26 million Italian-Americans. According to the US Census Bureau, they are the nation's fifth largest ethnic group. Italian-American's are mainly middle class republicans living in industrial cities primarily in northeaster...

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The American author and journalist Mitch Albom once said "All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair." While th...

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• Grade Level: High School