The God of Small Things received England's 1997 Booker Prize making Arundhathi Roy the first Indian citizen to ever win the honour. ... Though Estha and Rahel are the central characters of the story Ammu also play a very important role in The God of Small Things. ... When she smiled, her dimples looked as though they hurt. ... Chacko carried her dead body in a dirty bed sheet, laid out on a stretcher and hired a van to transport it to the electric crematorium. ... She is the most unforgettable character in The God of Small Things. ...

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There are close similarities, yet they are still very different. ... The bride to be carries a baby doll, "plastic potty" filled with salt and other small items. All these things are believed to bring good luck for the bride including prosperity and fertility. ... There, they may find a bar and partake in excessive drinking. ... In some cultures wedding ceremonies are carried out for more than one day of celebration. ...

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By the end of the play we see that their plots are going to hinge on his course of action and that they are both doting on him. ... Edmund knows who they are and it is doubtful they could be physically attractive to him, yet they choose to believe the sincerity of his overtures. ... Edmund had no reason to trust things would work out right if left to themselves and he had anger as an additional motivating factor. ... The other instance of misplaced trust that is a factor in the downfall of Edmund is when the message carried by Oswald from Goneril, detailing the intention to slay Albany, i...

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Although many people place little importance on television's implantation of the images in their brains, research has shown that humans slowly turn into whatever images they carry in their minds. The images they see on television are conveyed to their brains by light; and the proof that these images are ingrained in their brains is demonstrated by the fact that they often have vivid memories of the things which they see on television. ... And the images which children see on television becomes the mirror against which they later compare their own behavior. Some researchers now believe ...

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Although these stories are set in different times and different places, they carry a common theme. ... Her family's support of the arrangement seemed to not focus on her love for her future husband, but more so for the money they would receive in exchange for the marriage. "On her wedding night, as he put a diamond bracelet around her wrist, he reminded her that she was marrying someone with a brilliant career in front of him and that one of the most important things in life was the opinion of others, particularly one's equals and seniors" (383). ... She pleaded with him; "But the...

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They had me and they weren't married. ... According to Ugo Betti, "Family is the place where the most ridiculous and least respectable things in the world go on". ... While I was growing up they let me know that I was conceived out of love but my dad died just before I was born and he knew that the mom that carried me was a lesbian and had a partner. ... I picked my dad, because I knew I could get away with a lot of things. ... We did the regular father and son things, but then I was sad for a while because I missed my mom. ...

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The treatment of these women was also extremely negative; they were expected to stay home and fulfill domestic duties. ... They were expected to fulfill their domestic duties, such as caring for the children, cooking washing, and cleaning the household. ... Spend this time on just those things which will be most profitable to yourself. ... On their journey to a new home, James is speaking to a neighbor when he says the following about his wife when he is asked to carry the baby and not allow her to carry the burden alone: "...She makes the children so cross, that I never have any comfort of th...

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Because pastors are considered "helping professions," they are the last to seek help from counselors or friends, however, 70% of pastors feel they do not have someone they consider a close friend because of the time and effort it takes (Pastor 1). ... "The children must carry scars of those separations too (Archer 4 )." ... They often wander and isolate themselves from their family and church, doing things out of the norm for a P.K. to prove they have their own identity, rather than only being associated the preacher's kid. ... Numerous times, there were three things I had to consider...

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Pearl had intended nothing but the best for herself and her family but things did not seem to happen the way they "should" have. ... She only intends for the best of things for herself and her family now that Beck is gone. ... Though Pearl thinks that she is doing things right, what she fails to see is that the same things she did to alienate her husband Beck she is now doing to her children. ... Pearl always questioned Jenny about what she wore, the way she fixed her hair, and for the way she carried herself. ...

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Attachment is a lasting emotional relationship that begins in infancy, and carries out throughout the teenage years and serves to tie the person to one or more people in his or her life (Gonzalez, p.6). ... This fear of abandonment brings up many questions for the child, and makes the child think about things they once did not have to worry about (DeBrod). ... I felt as thought things could go any way from there. ... What if they remarry? ... I would think about all these things, and I would stay up for hours. ...

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Some of the ways they have been able to convey their story's is through literature, folk tales and other forms of story telling. ... They moved to Eatonville where Jody instantly gains social status by filling many important positions in the black community. ... The things that Jody was able to provide for her such as wealth and social status, seemed insignificant to her. Janie realizes that she has now become more of a silent observer, as Jody continually restricts her from attending most of the social affairs carried out by the town. ... Not even a year after Jody's passing, Ja...

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There's so many things to do and places to see it's unbelievable. ... One of the most important things in these religions is for the women to stay a virgin till they get married. ... They match their make up directly to what they wear. ... In the family if the parents get a divorce the wife always carries with her children. ... They choose to do what they want to do. ...

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Many have wondered how a child learns and adapts to the world they live in. The many challenges they will cross paths with. ... They really seemed to me like a happy couple. ... A few years went by and I could see some things were changing every time he came to visit us. ... A successful outcome of each stage gives us a virtue, which we carry with us throughout our lifetime. ...

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Otherwise, if they do decide to give into the traditional way and become a full-time housewife, they are more than likely to fall into depression or loose their sense of importance. "Women put themselves at risk when they trade in a work identity for motherhood. ... Also the husband feels lonely as his work carries him farther from the emotional center of the family. ... Recently, Working Mothers Magazine surveyed one thousand working mothers about how happy they felt. ... Family happiness comes by loving one another within the family and that is best found by having the roles of the fami...

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The store should carry a few more women's trinkets and gadgets and she could just imagine it at Christmas time when the decorations were hanging around the store. ... What a surprise they found. ... There would be times as they grew older that Seth would slow down and now with Becca so young she had many things to learn about being a wife. ... You do that everytime I try and carry on a conversation with you." ... She noticed they were going down the same lane as they had gone before, when they went to find Uncle John. ...

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Central to the whole plot is Medea's barbarian origins and how they are related to her actions. ... They could not vote, own property, or choose a husband, and had to be represented by men in all legal proceedings. ... For instance, Medea speaks out against women's status in society, proclaiming that they have no choice of whom to marry, and that a man can rid themselves of a woman to get another whenever he wants, but a woman always has to "keep [her] eyes on one alone." (231-247) Though it is improbable that women went around openly saying things of this nature, it ...

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They are often seen having serious conversations together. ... When they separate and Paula tours around the East she writes him letters, "When he saw a man's name in her letters he felt more sure of her and a little disdainful- he was always superior to such things."" ... He manipulated her as well, even though he also admits that she meant nothing to him, "He was drinking rather heavily, and he pretended for a week that he was falling in love with her In the spring he was weary "he wanted to renew his life at some other source "moreover, he saw that either he must break with ...

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In some respects this might indicate that the Wife has some remorse and regrets some of the things she has done but will not apologize and show weakness. ... One of the things that got at her forth husband and Jankin was her inability to keep any sort of secret. ... They were a symbol of learning and riches. ... This caused the deafness in one ear that she would carry as a lasting reminder. ... She wants meek husbands so she can easily gain "maisterie" and she wants them young so they are still good in bed and not impotent like her first husbands. ...

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In order for someone to assume and child-like ethos in adulthood for no other reason than the people in their life treat them thus one must conclude that the person's overall nature is weak and they themselves may not be worthy of adult respect' because of this. ... This is represented in her love of pistols but also in her love for such things as politics which she wishes to vicariously live through Tesman. ... However Hedda seem to take things too far - she wants Tesman to be Prime Minister, nothing else will do and simple power is not enough she god-like omnipotence - "to control...

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Second, after marrying and moving to Elyria, Ohio, Anderson had a mental breakdown due to two things. ... The grotesques are the people who have become obsessed with an idea or mannerism, such that, they have lost contact with their fellow Man. ... Because Biddlebaum is accused of having molested students that he taught, his hands embody the shame that he carries. ... The people became grotesques when a disastrous experience happened at the exact moment that they were trying to express love and feeling. ... All the grotesques in the novel feel comfortable and see George Willard as a communicat...

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Freud states: "Where they love they do not desire and where they desire they cannot love.""1 This debasement definitely disadvantages women, as they can never be sexually satisfying to their husbands. ... According to Jung, "Every man carries with him the eternal image of woman The same is true of the woman: she too has her inborn image of a man an image of men.""2 Note that while the woman's archetypal image is of numerous different men, the man's image is of one ideal woman. ... (Nietzsche 147) These things result in the woman once again feeling as if she has done something w...

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Why do people get married and when things don't go their way their first solution is divorce? ... Both parents have a unique parental role and each role is designed to carry the difficult task of raising children. If one parent is working, the other is responsible to providing transportation to a child's school or activity, helping with their homework, and making sure they eat and go to sleep on time. ...

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The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" focuses, among other things, on the misanthropic characterization of the sexes. ... Although they are in this type of marriage, where they always argue and fight, you never hear any talk of divorce or leaving; Hemingway even comments, almost with a mocking attitude, by saying "they [are] known as a comparatively happily married couple" which is not true demonstrated by Margot's mocking attitude and "one of those whose disruption is often rumored but never occurs" (Mellow 442) which is also another lie because disruption occurs many times in the s...

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This is an unusual way for a queen to treat someone from a low social class, further hinting that Penelope is offering such things to the beggar because she believes him to be Odysseus. ... His support for this competition probably assures Penelope that he is ready to start the massacre of the suitors, almost as if they were working together to carry out this plan. ... They embraced each other lovingly and felt great joy for finally they were united again. ... They believe in analyzing situations and going about it shrewdly. ... Distance may have separated them, but in spirit they were ...

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There has been a lot of research carried out by sociologists to understand the relationship among the concerned genders and the resulting family. ... A family achieves and also loses some things during each stage and then move on to the next stage of family life cycle. ... For example, children may not leave their parents in all societies when they reach an adult stage. Similarly, all parents may not experience "empty nest" stage, rather they may be practicing a joint family system. ... Therefore, these children does not give birth to another generation and their family cycle stops a...

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