... /03 with Mr M Ali at his home. The interview was conducted in Arabic, so therefore the translated transcript is not an absolute word for word translation, but the most completed that I was able to produce. "a life story or biographical approach is best in which an interviewee is encouraged ... disapproval over the idea that the transcript could be a substituted for the original tape; he suggests that even a good translation has been somehow affected by the translator. However, Thompson (1988, p2) argues that oral history can be a way for transforming content and the purpose of history. H...

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... way of life. These differences reveal how technology has developed between the times of the two generations and this forms the idea that modern-day technology is actually contributing to bad health because its use, although convenient, has taken away an active lifestyle. It could be argued ... of the brand. Coca-Cola has successfully used personification in previous marketing. This idea can be identified in Coca-Cola's previous advertising campaigns. For example, personification of the Brand's core values can be seen in the marketing of their interpretation of a jolly, red Santa Claus; ...

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... natural ones. Tocqueville prophesies a family of freedom as an escape from artificial feudal relations into a natural harmony of free individuals. But, later on, the modern family cuts itself off from the world. "All the energy of the group is expended on helping the children to rise in the world, individually and ... the wills of their families, reflected by Ephraim Cabot in Desire, Abraham Mannon in Mourning, and James Tyrone in A Long Day's Journey, while the mothers are used by their men like their lands. At the same time, the mother represents the whole world ... back in time to myt...

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... "喜喜 Double-Happiness", it symbolizes a couple or things in pairs. Moreover, many items in this room should be prepared in pairs, indicating that from the day on, the newly-married will become a couple. In the past, a pair of candles engraved with dragon and phoenix patterns were a must-have in the chamber ... brother "junior uncle", and his sister as "junior aunt". A Cooking Test In traditional marital custom, the fourth day after the wedding is a crucial day for the bride. In the first two days, the bride is treated as an honored guest and doesn't need to do any housework. But ... a...

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... of time, none of the authors choose to employ it within their respective texts. This could be because it provides realism for all audiences especially when presenting relationships and love because love and relationships do not often take place over one day.; but time does play a large factor to the structure of each text. In "A Streetcar Named Desire," the first seven scenes ... take place within a few days but the seventh scene jumps suddenly to mid September and scenes seven to ten all take place within one day. D. H. Lawrence also uses time very freely and treats time developments a...

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... Friday night date, but never does more than holds her hand and is always home before curfew. The deception and problems that exist in modern-day normal family life are unknown concepts to the Cleavers. Even if the Cleavers had problems, it is incredibly unlikely that these problems were made known ... are" (IMBD). American Beauty delves into the depths of despair that all the characters experience. Carolyn and Lester continue in a loveless marriage for their daughter's sake and because neither of tem has the ability of the strength to break the cycle. Jane lives in constant despair beca...

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... daughters in their academic lives, future careers, relationships with boyfriends, sexual and social self confidence, their ability to express anger and stand up for themselves, mental health, and feelings about how they look and what they weigh (Appleton, 1981). Therefore the underlying questions become: why is ... daughter's childhood affect her social/sexual life, her career, and her interactions with the outside world, and what implications do these effects have on modern society? Without a doubt, researchers are beginning to realize how important the father-daughter relationship reall...

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... woman's place would be at home looking after her house and children. From this epitaph (scriptures on a grave) we can see how a woman was praised for being "a woman who stayed at home." "Here lies Amymone wife of Marcus, most good and beautiful, wool spinner, obedient, modest, careful, chaste, a ... saying that both daughters of one of his friends, Helvidius, died during labor. So the prospect of becoming a mother must have been very daunting for the young brides. "What a sad and bitter blow has hit the two daughters of Helvidius. Both have died in childbirth after each giving birth .....

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... become economically secure. Labor Market Liberals attribute the dramatic changes in the family to the intrusion of the money economy rather than cultural and moral decline. However, modern society erodes this social capital of organization, trust among individuals, and mutual obligation that enhances both productivity and parenting. Family Forms Despite its corrosive effect on family relations, ... employment, make demands on parents as workers, and drive a wedge between employers' needs for competitiveness and families' needs for connection and community. The feminist accepts both the in...

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... to focus on each others wants, needs, and desires. Take out the time to take a trip somewhere romantic, or set aside one day out the week for a date night. This can be a great way to get back in tune with each other just as things were in the beginning ... and loyalty incorporated into the marriage can ensure a long lasting marriage. These values are passed down through generations and give us the foundation for making choices in life for the family and marriage. Family is not an important thing. It's everything. said by Michael J. Fox. Although in American society the ... in marriage i...

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... walks of life. While there are still inequalities, major advancements have been achieved in terms of equal opportunity and access to jobs for women. Considerable difficulties in combining continued work force participation with domestic and family responsibilities of women has created a subduing effect on ... than did female intelligence hypotheses in defense of this position still pop up from time to time. They consist of all ideas in modern dress and are unacceptable to most mainstream psychologists."[Anne Fausto-Sterling, 1992: pg. 58] Women are adept in scientific and technological ...

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... live and ways to dress are halted in the days in which she was raised. The grandmother's choice of music is from an older day. "The Tennessee Waltz" is not a modern hit, but one of her youth. As she enjoys the song, she begins dancing in her seat and bouncing her head to the ... him into the pattern she thinks best suits every man. The grandmother desperately asks him to see it from her standpoint and tries to make him feel guilty for his horrible ways. 5 In a desperate attempt to save her own life, the grandmother applauds the Misfit's gentlemanly ways. The Misfit denies her accusations ...

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... , a former fiancée to Larry whom he now loves. Kate's love for Larry, who by any means is dead, is shown to be strong when she asks a neighbor to determine the favorability of her son's day of demise through horoscope. When she is confronted by Chris and Keller to accept ... ability to earn respect and outstanding reputation through hard work. He scoffs at those people getting education, lamenting that there shall be nobody left for the odd jobs should everybody get educated (Miller 48). Influence of traditionalconventional beliefs on the America dream . Keller finds it hard keeping wit...

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... was expected of a woman hundreds of years ago was someone who acted as if they had no cares, uneducated, dependent, and only cared for the petty things of life. "They have many sympathetic sensations, good-heartedness, and compassion, prefer the beautiful to the useful, and gladly turn ... daughters, more affectionate sisters, more faithful wives, more reasonable mothers" in a word, better citizens. "This quote from Wollstonecraft beautifully argues exactly for what women needed. Women started to desire a chance to learn and to grow as normal, sound human beings. Everything was told to t...

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... . Mami was a very important figure in her life that had to be shared with others. She longed for that only child circumstance where all the attention could be on her. She commented one day walking home from school how proud she was of her school uniform because it was solely hers and the ... times. When her mother felt economic pressure to get a job she had to go out into the macro system and join the workforce. On her first day of work Negi recalled her mother looking all made up and fake when she got ready to go out, the change in her mother frightened Negi. ... by working, and being ...

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... pig chasing, hopscotch, jump rope, marbles, or tag. Hunting was a very popular pastime in colonial America. There were all kinds of animal hunts, like for instance, hare hunts, foxhunts, raccoon bunts, and opossum hunts. Other animal-related included horse racing, cock fighting, and bull baiting. In the winter, ... and began having less children. The spaces between the children became bigger. Wedding ceremonies became more private with close friends. It was a happier day for both bride and groom. Sexuality at first was relaxed and not thought about. Girls were having children before marr...

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... Factors: Reading Percentile, Mathematics Percentile, Commitment to School, Attachment to Teachers, Aspirations to Go to College, Expectations to Go to College, Parent's Expectation for Child to Go to College Parent's Values About College; Peer Factors: Peers Have Conventional Values, Parent's Positive Evaluation of Peers Other Resources: Child's ... that Christianity has had a developed set of family values that our society is now abandoning. It is more accurate to say that modern Christianity is developing an organized set of Christian family values, because they have never had one. Th...

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... and they appear to be very like manic behavior. Another interesting point is that Hamlet compares himself with Nero, who killed his mother and also had an incestuous passion for her (Charlton, 67). The Emperor Claudius was Nero's step-father and great uncle who incestuously married his niece (Charlton, 67). I psychiatrist might say that since ... the play that Hamlet did not kill Claudius, because if he killed him while he was praying, Claudius would go to heaven. This would seem to people in modern times that there was a deeper reason, which there is a definite probability there is one...

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... home, but the option is not available to them, unless the life they choose is one like Muley's. Tom's philosophy for dealing with the future is "you got to think about that day, an" then the nex" day, about the ball game sat"dy .that's what you got to do." (Steinbeck, 124), which means, to live ... each day as it comes, and not about tomorrow, today. Ma's burning of the stationary box symbolizes the death of an old life, and the start of ... and cold they will take by force what they need repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed" (Steinbeck, 324) suggest that the migra...

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... of Guadalupe Hidalgo, in which Mexico accepted the Rio Grande River as the Texas border and ceded territory in the Southwest to the United States for many millions of dollars. The ceded territory incorporated the present?day states of California, New Mexico, and Nevada and some part of Colorado, Arizona and Utah. This begun the occupation of conquered territory (Acuna, 1991). ... In case of conflict between these two sources, he should side with his father." On the flip side what is this teaching younger generations, especially boys, about becoming a man in a modern world? Is this addi...

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... as my father in revealing his true political ideals, he informed me that "Eleanor is gonna get on the extension and help out." Smiling to myself, for I immediately recognized after all these years where my father gets this "odd" habit, I responded warmly "that would make it even better!" So, after ... in his grave." She continued on, telling me about how she feels incredibly more hesitant to agree with many of the political policies held by modern Democrats. She suggested that maybe it wasn't really the politicians so much as it was herself. She admitted to having many of her personal .....

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... lifestyle. The daughter resents her mother's traditional Chinese ways, and the mother cannot understand why her daughter does not appreciate the suffering she has endured for her sake. This opening parable depicts America as a land of opportunity, where people can achieve greatness. As she sails to American, clutching her "lucky ... promised their daughter, when she was only two years old, to eventually marry a boy named Tyan-yu. Though most people in China had adopted more modern concepts of marriage, Lindo's parents were from the old school. When her parents were forced to leave their...

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... known as Guy de (Henri René Albert) Maupassant, he was a French novelist and short-story writer. He is deemed one of the modern masters of the art of the short story and has influenced practitioners of that genre from his time to the present. (Guy de Maupassant Encarta ... told her about the death of her son."" (Fiction A Pocket Anthology R.S. Gwyn page 67 paragraph 6) She then states "Now I'm going to do something for you- (Fiction A Pocket Anthology R.S. Gwyn page 67 paragraph 7) At this point Mother Savage's behavior is doubtful. She continues to help the soldiers gather straw ... h...

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... His paternal grandfather, Major Thomas Melville, was a participant in the Boston Tea Party, and his maternal grandfather, General Peter Gansevoort, was renowned for leading the defense of Ft. Stanwix against the British during the revolution. Melville's father was involved in the felt and fur import business, until1830 ... in 1844. By the time Melville reached America once more, his family's fortunes had dramatically improved: his brother Gansevoort had become the secretary for U.S. legation in London under the Polk Administration. Melville could now support himself solely by writing, ...

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... world can be so cruel and unjust. King Lear is a reality made fiction. It reflects an image of our modern world in which most people are not human beings anymore. Everyone seeks for his/her own interests without paying attention to any restrictions. And as in King Lear, blood is not thicker than ... Lear. Family members are mistreated by each other. Brothers and sisters betray each other and betray their fathers. The play also raises an obvious question for everyone to think about, whether there is any possibility of justice in the world, or whether the world is indifferent or even agg...

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