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The Art of the Odyssey by Homer Literature Book Report/Review
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The Odyssey interprets the human experiences through the presentation of the life of Odysseus and his adventures and journeys. The actual truths were hidden underneath the figurative language and abstract relations. Odysseus’ life has the impression of the complexity of circumstances surrounding him and the entanglement of social connections made his journey increasingly appealing to the audience.
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Dante: Divine Comedy Literature Book Report/Review
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Dante Alighieri’s (1265-1321) Divine Comedy has been considered as the single most fundamental epic poem of Italian literature and the prominence of this illustrious piece has crossed the boundaries of the land, people, and literature to be known as one of the essential pieces of world literature.
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The Narrator of Linda Hogans Essay Porcupine Literature Essay
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The narrator’s logic goes through a process from observation to empathy and identification and then, finally, onto contemplation. Through the process of identifying with the porcupine, the narrator is able to gain perspective about her own life and eventual death, realizing that she, too, is merely part of a cyclic process.
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Ian McEwan's Dead as They Come Literature Book Report/Review
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This solid and well crafted story is both haunting and disconcerting as the reader witnesses how the narrator's selfishness and insecurity slowly leads to his ultimate demise and insanity. McEwan uses his reader's knowledge of culture and society to help showcase his narrator's masculinity throughout the piece.
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On the Beach by Nevil Shute Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that global winds slowly carry the deadly radioactive waste towards the Continent which is why he is to find many dead along the way. Human and animal life are dying as a result of sickness produced by radiation, a kind of cholera which begins with nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, increasingly violent spasms.
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Godfather Death and Appointment in Samara Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that an appointment in Samara is a story of a servant to saw Death while he went to a public market in Baghdad. Due to his fear, he went to his merchant and borrowed his horse so that he can go to Samara and escape from Mr. Death. The merchant lends him his horse and the servant went to Samara.
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The Scarlet Letter Literature Essay
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The novel ‘The Scarlet Letter” represents moral wisdom and reflects values and morals typical for the Puritans. Social and personal morals of people are depicted through emotional sufferings and experience of the main heroes of the novel: Hester Prynne, her husband Roger Chillingworth and Hester’s lover, Dimmesdale.
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Fashion Me A People A Critical Analysis Literature Essay
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This essay explores the Maria Harris' "Fashion Me A People". Harris' book is not about designing or selecting published resource materials for religious education; instead, it is a description of her theory of religious education. She calls it a book about "curriculum in the church" because she conceives of "curriculum" as the whole of the church's life.
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Retiree Consumerism Literature Essay
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Rose Rubin and Kenneth Koelin examine how elderly households spend on necessities, compared with non elderly households. Using data from 1980-81 and 1989- 90 consumers expenditure survey, they examine expenditures for housing, food at home, and health care, as well as income, demographics, and receipt of cash assistance.
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A Soul Searcher's Handbook - Hesse's Siddhartha Literature Essay
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Winning the Nobel Prize for literature in 1946, Hermann Hesse is an explicitly holistic and dialectical writer who in his novels depicts the struggle for self-awareness of his characters. Through them he reaffirms the values of love, beauty, and integrity in the face of a world increasingly dominated by acquisitive and competitive norms.
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Tintern Abbey by William Wordsworth Literature Book Report/Review
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He does not just draw spiritual or soulish sustenance from his surroundings, but also expresses the power of nature in terms of physical attributes. By combining the whole of human development within natural elements and the idea of Nature, Wordsworth stands as an icon of the Romantic Movement.
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British Women Poetry - Elizabeth Hands Literature Book Report/Review
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Elizabeth Hands, one of the notable women poets of the Romantic Era, satirizes the snobbish nature of the Aristocratic upper-class ladies in the English society in her poem entitled “A Poem, on the Supposition of an Advertisement appearing in a Morning Paper, of the Publication of a Volume of Poems, by a Servant Maid”.
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The Chinese Story Two Kinds Literature Essay
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It is very easy to picture the scenes described, to feel the constant strife between mother and daughter as the mother pushes her daughter to be something better, while the daughter rebels, doubting her abilities and wanting only to “be herself,” not realizing that she does have it in her to be anything that she wants.
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Power, Knowledge, and Authority in Romeo and Juliet Literature Book Report/Review
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Additionally, Derrida's perspective as it relates to the meaning-making of Romeo and Juliet will be analyzed. The different languages of the theatre being used will be discussed. Finally, a synthesis of the discussion will be presented. Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) created was a critic of literary texts, as well as philosophical ones.
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Kahil Gibran and His Reflections Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that in his poem ‘Love One Another’ Gibran depicts beloved as primarily two bonded persons, who, however, do not intend to dissolve in each other: “ And stand together yet not too near together /For the pillars of the temple stand apart/ And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other’s shadow”.
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The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster Literature Book Report/Review
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The first idea introduced in the chapter is the abolition of the respirator. This metaphor can be sees as ceasing to breathe air, which will inevitably result in physical death. The spiritual death is depicted by Forster as "Beware of first-hand ideas". Imagination is the most non stimulating process.
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The conception of freedom Literature Book Report/Review
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They see freedom, or the lack thereof, in both similar and contrasting lights. Hannah Fosters “The Coquette” is a dramatic and tragic story of a woman who is torn between two men.The woman-Eliza Wharton-is based on a fictional account of the poet Elizabeth Whitman.
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The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood Literature Book Report/Review
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One of the most significant aspects of the novel is the effectiveness of the novelist in exploring crucial themes such as women in suppression and the various means by which they achieve agency. It is the quality of the themes dealt with in the novel which makes the piece one of the most powerful and most widely read novels in the recent times.
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The function of context in literary studies Literature Essay
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The ideas of ambition, deception, loyalty and retribution represented in William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" were widely spread in medieval history. Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" has as well historical as psychological contexts. The novel takes us a good picture of customs spread in the 18th century in England.
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Hispanic Literature Book Report/Review Literature Book Report/Review
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The themes that run through in the veins of her works are usually feminism, masochism, government idiosyncrasies, morality and reflections on the history of her country as a US state. Her works are classified as belonging to the postmodern type and are characterized by the uses of parody and humor, interest in language and its implications, and interest in feminism.
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Father-Child Relationship through the Use of Literary Devices Literature Essay
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The theme of father and child is often explored in literature and more expressively in poetry. The complex nature of familial relationships offers intense emotion, volatile situations, and common experiences. These common experiences allow poetry and its authors to be easily accessible and understood by their audiences.
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The Trouble with Wilderness by William Cronon Literature Book Report/Review
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However, is wilderness really what it seems to be now Or is this concept a modern world invention Cronon argues that it is. He shows how the priority was gradually shifted from utilizing the wasteland to preserving the wilderness. This transformation of thinking and attitude seems so astonishing that it's difficult to conceive of any visible reasons or sources for this.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton on Black Suffrage Literature Essay
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The author states that Elizabeth worked closely with Susan B. Anthony, Frederick Douglass (a former slave), her husband Henry Stanton, and cousin Gerrit Smith. Lucretia Mott (1840) was a great admirer of feminists, she was so angry when she couldn’t see Mott speak because women were supposed to sit away from the view of men.
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Beth Marlay Dorianis Dickinson: Daughter of Prophecy Literature Essay
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In this day and age, Emily Dickinson is deemed to be one of America’s greatest poets. Her works are remarkably original, even by present standards. Her poems have captivated generations of readers, as she writes about a myriad of topics; from the lofty—love, emotion, death, immortality, to the more mundane—bees, trees, and domestic chores.
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Wilma Rudolphs An Olympic Medalist Literature Essay
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The author states that by the age of 16, she already was partaking in the Olympic, and went on to win a bronze medal in the 1956 Olympics, partaking in the women’s 4x4 relay team. Later in the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Rudolph became the first American woman to win three gold medals. She won two individual events.
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The Monster in the Novel by Mary Shelley Literature Essay
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The devil has made its permanent home in the monster after his horrific deeds, but even now it  is clear that it was vengeance that drove him, and not wanton cruelty, because, after the death of Victor, the monster does not want to harm anyone further, resolves to destroy himself, and is never seen or heard of again.
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William Blake - Visionary Mystic and Anarchist Literature Book Report/Review
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Sometimes we think of Spinoza when we read this poem. We get the idea of dealing with a pantheist bard in the line of that philosopher, but Blake is not really a pantheist. Blake is a Bible believer and as such his poetic vision is rather the position of a universalist in the line of Johannes Scotus Erigena.
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Representatives of American Literature Literature Essay
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The essay gives detailed information about works of modern American literature. Among its masterpieces are “The Things They Carried” by Tim O'Brien, “That Evening Sun by William Faulkner, and “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates. They have unique narrative styles and techniques.
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Peaches and Cream' by Mudrooroo and The Last of His Tribe by Oodgeroo Noonuccal Literature Essay
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The Last of His Tribe by Oodgeroo Noonuccal is a true example of the period of Australian poetry it consists of the paternalistic manner that is was commonly found in the Australian colonists of the 19th century,  Oodgeroo Noonuccal gives emphasizes to the loneliness of an Aboriginal tribe‘s last member.
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Nutting by William Wordsworth Literature Book Report/Review
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Thus, a reflective analysis of the language and the form of the poem, including rhyme, rhythm, metaphor, imagery, tone, word order, alliteration, and point of view etc, illustrates the characteristic features of romantic poetry and introduces the readers to the spirit of the period.
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The Craft of Storytelling through Memory Literature Essay
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The narrator proves to be more than just a voice, however, he becomes a fully realized character distinct from his earlier incarnation. At the same time, his younger version offers insight into his older self, for, by his efforts to become an author, he reveals aspects that will haunt the narrator for the rest of his life.  
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Surfacing and Frankenstein Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that in Surfacing, the narrator’s inability to use language intensified the feeling of powerlessness. She cannot speak out against David’s advances nor understand his words when she goes mad. Likewise, she cannot comprehend the words of the search party when they come looking for her.
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Lisao of the Lyrics of Chu Literature Essay
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The poetry attributed to him and supposedly produced when he was wandering in exile after his banishment from the court of King Huai of Chu (r. 328-299 B.C.), contains the self-portrait of a loyal, upright, high-minded official who has remained steadfast to his ideals, refusing to compromise even when suffering persecution. 
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Historical Approach of Mary Shelley Literature Essay
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Rudyard Kipling’s works are another side of English literature. His literature differs much from that of Mary Shelley. While Mary Shelley was a significant representative of the Romantic Movement in English literature, Rudyard Kipling reflects other themes – the British colonial Empire and social contradictions connected with the process of colonialism.
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Lord Of The Flies Analysis Literature Essay
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William Golding’s Lord of the Flies presents human society and human nature in highly negative and pessimistic terms. Human nature, within the context of this particular story, is incontrovertibly savage.  When social and legal controls are removed and humans are left to their own devices, they revert to their animalistic, bestial nature. 
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The things they Carried Literature Research Paper
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By narrating and representing war trauma through personal memory and fiction, O'Brien is able to revisit and retell the war to achieve a potential redemption in reality. He also shows how soldiers are dehumanized during the Vietnam War and how they have become machines rather than actual human beings with a will of their own.
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Jane Eyre as a Bildungsroman Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that through textual analysis of three episodes of the novel this essay argues that motives of the quest for one’s identity, psychological growth, and individual responsibility correspond well with patterns of Bildungsroman, while certain narrative devices employed by Bronte allow her to offer her readers an insight into nature.
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The Fomorians who turned their backs on the sea of Eire Literature Book Report/Review
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The Fomorians were not a people of people of peace, the land they lived in was harsh and cold, infested with the mischievous and often cruel fairy kind. From this, the Fomorians became a people of cruelty and violence, who sough only to further their enslavement of the Partholon and Nemod.
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Dracula and the Frankeinstein Literature Book Report/Review
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The researcher of the essay explores both the movie and the book by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. He provides a detailed analysis of what was similar or different in both creations in this essay. It is alo mentiones, that reading the novel excites the imagination and watching the film helps in reaching it.
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Voice of Minorities in The Getting of Wisdom and Remembering Babylon Literature Essay
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Minorities can speak for a whole nation. This is evident in David Malouf’s novel, Remembering Babylon. The views expressed by the characters forever changed Australia’s social, political, and economic identity. They also reflect the positive and negative aspects of colonialism, nationalism, and the struggles of becoming a country.
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The Indecision of Hamlet Literature Essay
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One of Hamlet's first-act soliloquies (Act I, Scene V, 92-112) is a response to the shocking revelation made by the ghost of his father. This response offers insights into Hamlet's indecisiveness at the very onset of the play.  From his speech, we see Hamlet as one who is incapable of deciding the actions that he should take.  
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The Cask of Amontillado Literature Book Report/Review
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In this short story, the role of the narrator is crucial, still there are some facts that make his narration unreliable. Montresor, the protagonist of the short story, an aristocrat who values honor and his good name above all. He insists that he has been insulted by Fortunato, and wants to take revenge upon him.
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Social Convention and Adolescence Literature Book Report/Review
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The social convention has always demanded the periods of childhood and adolescence be a time of innocence and as such most parents attempt to shield their children from the harsher realities of life. A child who thinks or behaves like an adult worries teachers and parents alike. We know, instinctively, that exposing a young human to traumatic or disturbing events can cause damage later on.
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Cultural environment in America: Fahrenheit 451 Literature Essay
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The author states that Bradbury seems to view the theatrical demonstrations of power in his book as a commentary not on official power, suggesting that people like spectacles and that the government is merely giving them what they want. Bradbury emphasizes the voluntary participation of the populace in the oppressive policies of the government.
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Folklore Tale Little Red Riding Hood Literature Book Report/Review
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To analyze the folklore ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ about a little girl’s encounter with a wolf, or any other fairytale is a tricky business because we generally do not have a completely comprehensible collection or totally reliable and authentic texts from the times and places in which these stories have circulated.
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The theory of individualism Literature Essay
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Holden has been made a symbol of American individualism of his time. Salinger used him as a mouthpiece to voice his contemporary society’s social issues like the gradual diminishing of the parental control in the family.
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English Society and Literature - Amy Lowell's Patterns Literature Book Report/Review
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The dramatic monologue at poem “Patterns” begins on a soothing, fanciful note, with the lady narrator walking around amid flowers in a garden (I walk down the garden paths, /And all the daffodils/Are blowing, and the bright blue squills.), but goes on to take a restless, almost seditious tone within the confines of the constricting brocade and the patterned garden paths.
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Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that a superior and dominant gender, can reproduce by means of asexual reproduction, and which gender and the ways human practically does are perfectly reversed in the story such as men having long hair while women have their hair short, strong nature of women.
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El burlador de Sevilla Literature Book Report/Review
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In "el burlador de Sevilla", Don Juan is presented as an excessive and libertine character that always follows the dictates of his own will and is completely fearless of human or divine justice. Regarding his social status, Don Juan is a notorious member of the aristocracy of the Seville.
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It Takes a Village by Hillary Rodham Clinton Literature Book Report/Review
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One of the book’s main ideas is the collective responsibility of the village, signifying the nation’s role to the development of a dependent child. The idea here is that it takes more than a family to raise a child. Through her anecdotal illustrations, when she was breastfeeding Chelsea then, the child started foaming at the nose.
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