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    perspectives (Swisher). As the novel progresses, each scaffold scene is manipulated to show the different factors chosen to set the scene. Sunlight and darkness are used by Hawthorne to create the tone of the novel (Swisher). The “A” stands for pride, embarrassment, and shame (Swisher). Finally, the relationships between main characters change during the entirety of the novel to show how they develop as characters dealing with the situation presented (Swisher). Throughout the three scaffold scenes, Hawthorne

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    Gilligan also believe that guilt is part of violence. Shame causes violence but guilt inhibits it. He believe that when an individual is so disrespected, abuse, humiliated and lacking in self-love, behaved as if they could not emotionally afford to love others, as if they need to conserve the love that they were capable of giving. For that reason those individuals who are capable of killing is because they are incapable of love and feeling guilty of what they did; remorse for others. Depending on

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    The “Embarrassing” Moment This is a made up story (I couldn’t remember an embarrassing experience) So you go to a party at a park with families that are friends and one of the families there is a girl that you have a “crush” on. The day started as you arrive at the park early to set up the tables and the food. You set a grill on fire to cook the meat. The heat of the grill makes your eyes water and the smell of the cooking chicken makes your mouth water at the same time. In one of those families

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    Have you ever wanted to help someone that was not as fortunate in life as you, in the story “The Scarlet Ibis” that is what Brother wished to do for Doodle but sadly it didn’t work and the situation became unfortunate. Brother and Doodle are brothers but they don’t have very much in common because Doodle has disabilities that Brother would never fully understand, no one ever will. When the story first starts Brother and Doodles relationship isn’t very strong and Brother is embarrassed about his brother

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    Throughout a person’s life, mistakes are made followed by lessons that can enhance the values of a person and change their view towards life allowing them to be grateful for what they have. With literature and excerpts of stories, we can learn off of the mistakes or successes the characters make and take the morals and decisions of the characters into our own life. In the short story of “Abuela Invents the Zero” by Judith Cofer Ortiz and John Boyne’s novel of The Boy in Striped Pyjamas, both Constancia

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    Why Do We Blush Essay

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    others do and some families blush more than others do (2). Some attribute blushing to social phobia, though it differs in that it is not accompanied by a change in pulse rate or blood pressure (1). Blushing is generally thought to be a response to embarrassment, but is the emotion

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    A Summary Of Esperanza

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    According to Mother Teresa, “Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty”. Now imagine being lonely, unwanted, and poor. That is how Esperanza grew up. She lived in a poor neighborhood and was lonely and felt unwanted. She had to navigate through these difficult emotions and challenges with no help, but was able to grow up and become an amazing young woman. Despite coming from a poverty stricken neighborhood, lacking a strong mentor to teach her about important youth

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    fear of blushing. Men killed and died, because they were embarrassed not to. It was what had brought them to war in the first place, nothing positive, no dreams of glory or honor, just to avoid blush of dishonor. They died so as not to die of embarrassment.” (O’Brien pg. 20) Chapter: The Things They Carried. This quote can help to convey the recurring theme of physical and emotional burdens, along with the psychological burdens that were faced after the war. Although the characters in the book

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    William Shakespeare's Taming of the shrew is a very confusing book to read, especially since there are so many ways to read and interpret it. The book is perceived as a comedy but a very simple change in tone to some of the characters lines could make the play a drama or a tragedy. In “The Taming of the Shrew” a lot of things are assumed about the book that aren't for sure, such as, how the characters act, how they talk, their mannerisms, and how Kate is the shrew. We don't really know the answers

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    upwards to the audience, the same person had collected every bit of her outfit. She didn’t know why, but she had a feeling that it would be appearing in her next fight, and that bothered her to no end. Yet, all she could do, despite her rage and embarrassment, was to silently take the abuse of Aida, hoping that her end would be quick and plotting for revenge. That said, it was rather difficult to focus on planning her revenge when her backside was being brutalized, with hard slaps raining down on the

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