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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Characters and characteristics"”.
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The differentiation of human faces as a function of race, sex and status
Thesis (M.A.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Psychology, 1972
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The types of character presented in the works of Alphonse Daudet
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Characterization in satire: the three degrees of roundness; purpose, complexity, and credibility
… to explore how courtship, marriage, family, and divorce would be perceived by characters of the Greek mythos as they attempt to assimilate to a fictional Western culture through the use of satirical conventions. How would modern cultural normalities be accepted or rejected by these …
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Jonathan Swift and Women
… toward women, as exemplified in his life and as expressed in his writings, it would seem advisable to review briefly woman's place in society during the period of Swift's mature life. Certainly no just conclusions could be reached regarding the problem of Swift and women unless the study …
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Disrupted constructions: Joe Christmas's formation of race and sexuality in Light in August
… Christmas associates himself with the black race and endures all of the ridicule that comes with it just to believe that he knows a little bit about his personal history and allows his racial confusion to influence his construction of his sexual identity throughout his adolescent and adult life. …
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Introduction to magic & thaumaturgy
… along with a short craft essay titled, “Affect and Interiority: Tools of Characterization in Speculative Fiction.” The short stories are rooted within an individual character’s encounter with the spectacular, specifically focusing on how individualized characterization drives the plot forward. …
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Lucille excerpts
… by Suzanne Collins, The Road by Cormac McCarthy, and Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer. The craft paper uses the book Wonderbook: The Illustrative Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction by Jeff VanderMeer to analyze how setting and character form worldbuilding within the three chosen novels. This …
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Acquisition development and demonstration of grit among latina teachers from the central San Joaquin Valley
… in the Central San Joaquin Valley acquired and developed the noncognitive trait of grit. Additionally, this study explored how the manifestation of this noncognitive trait of grit is demonstrated by these teachers with students in their classrooms. Through a series of interviews, and …
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Athletics donors' preferences for an athletics director's leadership characteristics and behaviors
… donor support in order to balance the budget, and the challenge of chasing the ongoing goal of providing the best student athlete experience possible to young men and women across the country. It is absolutely critical today for intercollegiate athletics departments to run successful …
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Be loved from the other side: Amy Denver's influence in Toni Morrison's Beloved
… call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved." Amy Denver, a young white girl who is also fleeing a form of slavery -- in her case indentured servitude -- comes from a similar background as Sethe; and yet, because she is white not black she is not of …
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Archives of facade
Fantasy is a genre that seldom includes black characters. When black characters are present, they often lack the same narrative significance, reliability and character growth that is given to white characters. This can lead to poorly written black characters that lack purpose or fall victim to …