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Jordan R. Berkow ’03 convincingly portrays the young orphan, Nena. Her slim frame and knock-kneed walk portray the tortured innocent of the kidnapped child whom Orlando houses in his basement where he repeatedly abuses her. Amazingly, Berkow is able to portray the child, first wide-eyed and slightly frightened, later battered and animalistic, and finally returning to the childlike innocence of her first appearance before becoming a participant in the daily humiliations surrounding her. And she does most of this without uttering much more than a few words...
...gene for the fatal ailment and a test for its detection. She noted that treatment for the disease is no better now that it was when her mother died of it in 1978. That?s at least partly because, she said, drug companies aren?t interested in developing ?orphan drugs? for diseases with a relatively low incidence of occurrence. Thus, without the prospect of a cure, few people get tested for the gene. And if they do, they face the added burden of possibly being denied health insurance should the test turn out to be positive. Her message: new social...
...about the feelings of an African-American gardener pressured from both sides of the racial divide when a white woman becomes attracted to him; but Far from Heaven isn't it. Similarly, the blacks in Hairspray and American Dreams are mostly props for their white neighbors' learning curve. An orphan child or stray puppy would serve the same function...
...fights starvation and disease in sub-Saharan Africa, you can save one human life by saving a child from an early death. The U.N. estimates that 70 million people will die of the AIDS in the next 20 years alone. At present, the disease turns another child into an orphan every 14 seconds. We cannot put African AIDS patients ahead of our family members when we decide how to spend money. However, we can give up trivial possessions and unnecessary indulgences. Each person has to decide how much to donate to charity. Right now, Americans give far too little...
Anne of Green Gables, a series of books about an orphan girl, is set on Canada’s Prince Edward Island...