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Jane Eyre: the Story of Oppression and Protest Literature Essay
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An autobiography usually tells the story of the author’s life. In that respect, ‘Jane Eyre’ cannot be termed as an autobiography. Though there are instances borrowed from the author’s life there is hardly any resemblance between the kinds of lives they lead. Bronte lived with her parents and came from an educated and religious background.
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The Meaning of a Poem Literature Essay
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Just as literary writers present different perspectives of how they see things and how things are relayed through their writings, an ordinary reader would have different interpretations of the messages being relayed. The meaning of a poem, for instance, has been defined differently by poets and writers.
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Michael Ondaatje's Book Anils Ghost Literature Essay
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Assimilation and aggression, depending on the society given as an example, do not have to be in conflict. If the example is the Sri Lanka society in Anil’s Ghost, the answer would be yes and no. If assimilation meant abiding by the governmental rules, then Anil’s aggressive search for Sailor’s identity would be in conflict with the assimilation.
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Nora Ephrons Memoir: I Remember Nothing Literature Essay
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Philosophers say that life is like a half-filled glass. Either it is half full or half empty. It depends upon the gazer to decide. Ephron always viewed life on an optimistic note. Her every ‘up and down in life were very challenging, she embraced all of them very gracefully and without losing a bit of dignity even.
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Cultural History of Korea:Since 1876 Literature Assignment
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This paper focuses upon Schmid argues that the thing that has made the society within Korean peninsula to deal with its growth over the years has been the continued utility of the Confucian definition of a crisis that identifies the internal disorders that do bring a host of external calamities (Schmid 55).
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The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides and Towelhead by Alicia Erian Literature Essay
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A deep discussion of appropriateness and the hypocrisy with which society creates a public face in balance with private realities is discussed at length in both novels. Jasira's primary conflict is the reality of her experiences and the interpretation of the adults in her life of how she responds and acts according to those experiences.
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Inspirational Books Literature Essay
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From this paper, it is clear that in the novel, Howard Roark is the ideal embodiment of Ayn Rand’s depiction of a “perfect man”. Throughout the novel, the struggles and challenges encountered by Roark to keep what he truly loves were commendable and noteworthy. His sublime love for architecture was manifested and exemplified.
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Spring and Fall to a Young Child Understanding Each Line Literature Assignment
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This discussion talks that the poem can be divided into three parts: the first four lines speak of the situation of the child, named Margaret in the poem, and her impending sadness over the changing leaves, as well as a child’s sadness over the material things, which come to pass as the season's change.
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No Name Woman By Maxine Hong Kingston and On Seeing England for the First Time By Jamaica Kincaid Literature Essay
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As seen in the book “No Name Woman by Maxine Hong Kingston” adultery in an issue with a strong connection to the humanity and the entire society. The author explores how this issue, is a presence in the real life. It is vivid that adultery is a presence in works of literature whereby the writers actually discuss real lie events in their work.
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The Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court by Mark Twain Literature Essay
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The chapter of the book “The Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s court “by Mark Twain called “Battle of the Sand Belt” focuses on the protagonist Hank Morgan who narrowly escape execution and ponders about society, politics and human nature. He is on the run to establish a democratic public however he has a quest for power.
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Understanding the Aesthetic Strategies of TV Programs Literature Essay
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In his work, he distinguished two experiences one can derive from a text: the plaisir (translated to pleasure) and the jouissance (translated as bliss), the latter French word is also commonly associated with orgasmic pleasure and is commonly associated with sex. Plaisir, is the warmth of sensation that opposes cold abstraction, the contentment.
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Locating Maus A Survivors Tale as Part of but also Distinct from Holocaust Literature Literature Research Paper
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The paper will look into the question of the effectiveness of personal accounts. These are retrieved from sometimes unreliable memory and often used in constructing testimonials of the past. The term “graphic novel” which is used in this paper has not been clearly defined and its meaning is still under debate.
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The Cask of Amontillado Literature Essay
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The Cask of Amontillado is a story depicting vendetta. Montresor had been wronged by Fortunato and his pride was wounded. He nursed a grudge against Fortunato devising the perfect revenge against him. He had to make sure when he finally punishes Fortunato it must be in such a way that no one suspects it is his doing.
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Significance of Death in Ode to a Nightingale Literature Essay
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According to the research findings, it can be said that  while considering himself dead, Keats loses his connection with the materialistic world. This reflects in the poem in the form of Keats’s desire to break free of his worries in the world and roam about the forest with the nightingale. He enjoys each and every feature of the new world he has entered into with the nightingale.
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The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight by Thom Hartmann Literature Essay
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These factors ultimately result in the greater emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases which are known to cause damage to our biosphere particularly by the destruction of an ozone layer. The presence of ozone layer in immediate surroundings of earth atmosphere serves as the shield against harmful ultra-violet rays of the sun.
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The Symbolism of the Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams Literature Essay
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The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams is a storytelling that not every person can live in reality. Tough and brutal reality often forces people to give up their dreams and do what they do not want to do. Each member of the Wingfield family is unable to live in reality and as a result, is immersed in his/her inner world.
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Benjamins Lost Fingers Literature Essay
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I just described him as “the graying, bespectacled, gentlemanly boss”, because his presence was merely instrumental in establishing the ambiance of the department. Likewise, none of the colleagues or students that the narrator encounters in the college is given names, to maintain the focus only on Benjamin and his family.
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To Kill a Mockingbird Literature Essay
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Lee in Chapter 19 is also stressing on the realms of racism and stereotyping. Racism, as practiced in the society against blacks, is seen in the courtroom as told by Lee. This can be clearly seen in the character of Mr. Gilmer when he cross-examines Tom Robinson. It is seen how Mr. Gilmer makes a mockery of Tom’s story.
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Yeats's Purgatory and Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral Literature Essay
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According to W.B. Yeats, symbolism is a medium, so powerful that it helps a reader to perceive the intellect or emotion, which has been conveyed by the author and the entire process occurs so naturally that the reader sees himself/herself as an integral part of the entire sensibility.
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Analysis of Virgin Suicides Literature Term Paper
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Suicides were once considered to be taboo as people tended to avoid that sensitive topic. Most probably beliefs, traditions, and religions deny the access to the issue as the life is already involved. Once suicide is done, there is almost no point of return to the physical world or the once considered by many as the reality. 
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Descriptive Annotation: An Introduction to Short Fiction Literature Annotated Bibliography
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Mary and John are the characters of this short metafiction. Six different scenarios are presented but with only two characters in each one of them, John and Mary.  Each of the scenarios starts out in the same way with the two characters meeting and presents a possible path to follow in the pursuit of happiness.
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My People; The Things They Carried; The Unknown Citizen and the Refugee Ship Literature Essay
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This research will begin with the statement that the Chief Seattle in "My People" discusses the essence of taking care of the environment and having the respect of land rights to his people. It is apparent that this was when the president in Washington said that he would buy the Duwamish land where Seattle was a chief.
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A Literary Response to Waiting for Godot Literature Essay
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As the discussion, A Literary Response, stresses the first audience of the play found this storyline rather absurd. Critics' comments when this comedy premiered in France in 1953 ranged from enigmatic to simply bad. Little did the French audience know, that it was later to become one of the most significant works in post-war literature. 
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The Nature Of The Human Genius Literature Term Paper
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There will be many examples of such people as well who have practiced themselves into Genius, with their sheer hard work and mental exercises. But, and with good measure, they haven’t really done anything new. In Amy Tan’s story, Jing-Mei, the protagonist is being forced by her mother to be flawless at playing the piano.
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Different Poems Different Emotions Literature Assignment
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This essay analyzes that the poem "Body and Soul" is written by B.H. Fairchild. The story the poem tells is overwrought with emotions from gritty to heart-warming. The poem evidently tinges with magic, but the whole of this quotation is where the spell is cast. The whole poems establish it gravity and cement itself in our imaginations.
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See Poverty...Be The Difference: Discover The Missing Pieces For Helping People Move Out Of Poverty Literature Essay
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The paper tells that Dr. Donna Beegle in her book shares how she managed to break through from generational migrant labor poverty and achieve education to a doctorate level. In the book, she says she wants to educate the poor about causes of poverty and solutions, and also sensitize various groups such as policy makers to work with the poor people towards poverty eradication.
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Social and Ecological Awakening in Post Civil War United States Literature Essay
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The land was plentiful and the majority of it was untapped wilderness, especially shortly after the war with Mexico, after which the nation stretched from sea to shining sea and was the country that we know it to be now. The whole attitude was the nation was like a big bank account, constant withdrawals without any of the necessary worries of putting back.
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Lauras Broken Heart: The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams's Literature Essay
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In the play “The Glass Menagerie,” the story is told of a small family.  The father of the family deserted them many years ago and the mother, Amanda, from old Southern genteel stock, finds it nearly impossible to accept her current conditions, instead constantly talking to her children about the good old days when she was popular and surrounded by beaus.
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What is Seen, Heard, and Smelled While Standing on a Busy Street Corner Literature Essay
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One could not even keep still when passers-by of diverse ethnic and racial orientation hurriedly pass, unexpectedly tag and unconsciously overtake one’s stance trying desperately to determine and observe the tumultuous crowd on an early morning. The sight is filled with the bustling crowd of professionally dressed employees rushing to their busy workplaces.
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The Souls of Black Folk by Du Bois Literature Essay
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Du Bois specifically relates that “the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line” and this concept is further expanded on in the work with the concept of life behind the veil of race. He refers to this paradoxical condition as double consciousness stating that "double-consciousness.
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Life and Faith of Flannery O'Connor in her Short Stiries Literature Research Paper
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As the paper declares there is notable meaningless and mindless cruelty and exemplary void in “A good man is hard to find, Greenleaf, and Everything that Rises Must Converge. It is easily notable that most of her stories result to an ending of freak fatalities or emotional devastation in most of the characters.
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Sanders Home Place Literature Research Paper
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The author states that Sanders brings a deeper question of desire to progress despite the situation one is facing. According to Sanders, it is better to live in one place and understand its value than to swiftly dominate it and move on to the next place. Home is built on different senses and how an individual remembers this experience.
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Everyday Use by Alice Walker Literature Essay
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 This story revolves around the return of one daughter, Dee, who is the educated one and has changed her name to Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo. The theme signifies the real essence of relationships in this family and the different personalities of these women within a single family. The mother, Mrs. Johnson or Mama, is the narrator.
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Frankenstein: The Misunderstood Monster Literature Essay
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The author explains that the created monster was not aware of his identity and eventually he wandered through wilderness seeking someone to understand him. He spent some time in a remote cottage where the inhabitant family was unaware of his presence. When he made the family aware of his presence, the family members were terrified.
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The Awakening by Kate Chopin Literature Essay
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The author explains that while many of the symbols used throughout, whether childbirth, motherhood, food or the displacement of identity, language and culture, as represented in the Creole theme, support the mentioned interpretation, this paper shall focus on the bird symbolism used throughout. 
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Mother Tongue, by Amy Tan Literature Essay
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Since Tan is giving her opinion, her experience gives us confidence that she knows what she is talking about on the subject as each person is believed to be entitled to his or her own opinion.  This opening statement gives the reader confidence in the author because the essay is presented from a layperson’s personal point of view which is rarely questioned for hard fact.
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1818 Novel of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Literature Essay
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In Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, Victor, for example, is determined to go against the limits of nature, who took away his mother and dog, by creating a monster using scientific knowledge. Science and knowledge do not have limits, and this can lead to the creation of things that are uncontrollable and harmful to the society. 
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Romeo and Juliet 1968 Literature Essay
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The scenes of the movie, the ball, the duels are so beautifully thought out for even an audience of today. The effects created achieved great success in two almost impossible scenes; the balcony scene and the last scene double suicide in the tomb. It is deeply moving piece of entertainment and that is possible what Shakespeare would have preferred.
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Shift in Expectation of Family Roles in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, by Tennessee Williams Literature Essay
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The researcher states that Tennessee William was born and raised in Columbus by a dysfunctional family. His father was a drunk and constant gambler and always kept them shifting from one place to another while escaping to pay those who he owed. His sister was schizophrenic and at one point, had a frontal lobectomy done after her mother agreed to it.
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The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Literature Essay
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After reading the poem through, I think that the traveler picked the road he did based on the fact that he knows he will never know what he might have experienced if he’d gone the other way.  It will always be a mystery to him that will be a source of endless curiosity as he considers what might have been. 
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The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Literature Essay
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After reading the poem through, I think that the traveler picked the road he did based on the fact that he knows he will never know what he might have experienced if he’d gone the other way.  It will always be a mystery to him that will be a source of endless curiosity as he considers what might have been.
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Loves Evolution In Marriage Literature Essay
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The beginning of the River-Merchant’s Wife sends the image of urgency and continuation of womanhood, which can also be sensed from She Rose to His Requirement. Dickinson says in the first life: “She rose to His Requirement – drop." Women rise to the demands of men, mostly through marriage. The last word "drop" signals how this must be done in an abrupt manner.
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Literature Essay
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This paper illustrates that though this story was written short in length, a few facts about the main character become clear.  Other facts are not mentioned or left to the reader’s imagination.  One thing is apparent from both the mentioned and unmentioned details.  Peyton Farquhar’s character does not like to face reality.  The fact is everyone has to face reality in the end. 
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Araby By James Joyce Literature Essay
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The people in the story seem to have a very religious nature. Most of the people in the story follow the rules stipulated by the religion that they follow. The relationship between the people in the story is founded on the religious principles and practices that they follow. They are, however, still seen to engage in immoral behavior.
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Super Glues Are the Secret to Making Cars Lighter Literature Essay
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According to the author, most car manufacturers today such as BMW, General Motors and Ford are changing the use of bolts and rivets in their manufacturing to the use of glues. Most of these companies are using adhesives in their manufacturing process because it helps manufacture lighter cars that fit the current market.
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Taking Charge of Irrational Tendencies Literature Coursework
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Humans normally react to various situations in different manners depending on their habits. This chapter mainly discusses the irrational behaviors exposed by humans such as fighting, initiating wars or killing each other. It is apparent that people are self-destructive and bitter when they fail to achieve their desires.
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Born in Blood and Fire by John Charles Chaseen Literature Book Report/Review
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Las Casas thinks that Spanish treatment of the indigenous peoples of Indies is inhumane and unfair. This is because he went out of his way to advocate for their rights. He was present during the attacks of native people of Cuba during which he becomes aware of the inhumane treatment the native population received from the Spanish.
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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Literature Essay
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The first few pages of the novel “Rebecca” by Daphne du Maurier deal with a dream about the return of the narrator to Manderley where she once lived. In essence, it describes the narrator entering the barred gates and walking down the overgrown drive to the main house. The scene is striking in its visualization
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The Battle of Ideas Literature Essay
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Her words towards the young woman were strong and heart-breaking and in parallel, the description of how she lifted herself with her powerful hands to threaten the younger woman of tearing her black dress, was also heart-wrenching. Her strong voice expressed her convictions that there is no glory in any war.
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Intangible Heritage as Portrayed in Media Literature Essay
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 Despite being uneducated like her daughter, the mother knows the value of heritage, and she recognized it in her younger daughter because aside from learning how to make quilts, she got more acquainted with her lineage through her grandmother and aunt (Walker 34). 
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