Mother Courage and Her Children

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    To have courage means to face one’s fear or to have strength in the face of pain or grief. As humans, we go through many hardships, whether that would be with family, friends, or ourselves; we believe that problems will never be solved and we will never get over that hurdle. However, eventually we take up the courage and face the problem head on. The protagonist of Paperweight is Stevie, a 17 year old girl who battles with bulimia, an eating disorder. After her mother left and her brother died,…

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    Cookie Is A Good Mother

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    of what I have learned as a mother has been the result of trial and error, and some things I have simply learned by default. There are many mothers that seem to have it all together, the ones with the well-behaved, high achieving children. The ones whose makeup and outfits are always flawless. Then there are the truly gifted mothers, the children whisperers who never have to raise their voices to get results. My makeup and outfits are not always on fleek as the children say. There are not many…

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    In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, the children’s mother died before the book even started. Because of this, Calpurnia and Atticus took up the maternal roles in their lives. Three traits that make up what a triumphant mother looks like are: discipling children properly, displaying that they love and care for the kids, and to teach good morality. Both Calpurnia and Atticus demonstrate these traits within the book which proves them to be successful maternal substitutes. One of Calpurnia’s…

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    (Q) This passage establishes a wonderment as to question to what point does a mother give up on their child? From the start of conception, mothers are born fulfilled with the remedy of joy that a newborn is developing in them. A remedy that makes them feel the sensation of love. Mothers are frequently never question their love for their child. However, is that certain for all mothers? Through no fault of their own, sometimes kids either grown up from a negative neighborhood or a conflicted…

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    The great amount of respect and admiration a child has for their mother’s courage is abundantly evident throughout Edna St. Vincent Millay’s, “The Courage That My Mother Had.” Simultaneously, the poem conveys feelings of betrayal. Millay’s poem, through strong associations with equality as strong words, such as “rock” and “granite,” infers the general theme of the poem and the amount of titular courage the poem’s mother possessed. The narrator uses several different types of figurative language…

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    mental strength and courage. Though challenges are demanding, challenges can also be very rewarding and valuable. Even the most strenuous challenges prove to be beneficial. This applies to Himani Bannerji’s story “The Other Family” in which a ethnic family immigrates to Canada. The mother is often questioning her decision to immigrate her daughter to Canada and ponders if it caused more harm than help to immigrate. Obstacles appear when the daughter paints a white family instead of her family of…

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    the place of her little sister to fight to the death in a tournament against other children. Katniss displays her courage and determination throughout the book to win and return home to her family that depends on her. Although Katniss and I have some small similarities, Katniss is the most unlike me out of all the characters in the book. One very large difference between Katniss and I is her role as the head of her family. When Katniss’s father died in a mining accident and her mother became…

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    Cesar Chavez Analysis

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    school. Mother Jones fought for the abolishment of child labor, while Cesar Chavez worked to gain equality for Latino migrant farm workers. Furthermore, Malala Yousafzai fights for women’s education across the world. They all played an important part in the quest for equality. Although these three individuals used different methods to get their point across, they all had courage to speak out about injustice and improve human rights. Mother Jones was someone who stood up for all of the…

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    Criticism Of Religion

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    believers who trust a central doctrine. In his play Mother Courage and Her Children, Brecht’s criticisms of religion reveal his attitude that organized religion produces social inequality. Religion condemns its followers to death. Depraved values are greatly rewarded. Yvette profits from the influx of soldiers as a prostitute. Virtuous people remain disadvantaged. Kattrin’s kindness prompts her to save…

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    I am reading To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. These paragraphs are mainly on Atticus, Jem, Scout and Calpurnia. In this journal, I will be characterizing Atticus and questioning whether Calpurnia or Aunt Alexandra is a better mother. In these chapters I will be characterizing Atticus. Atticus seems to be hoary or old. Atticus is the best checker player in town. This illustrates that Jem and Scout are not impressed with their father because he does not do things that they are interested in.…

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