This is the simulation for Hearts that I created for my AP Statistics class. The objective of this project was to test the various factors that influence winning a game of Hearts. Users are able to control the factors and calculate how the winning rate changes. The base for the simulation was implemented by Daniel Corin, found in https://github.com/danielcorin/Hearts. I added the different tests for the various factors in https://github.com/hedgehog412/heartsSimulation.
Mavis Gallant's My Heart is Broken follows the conversation between Jeannie and Mrs. Thompson regarding Jeannie's rape. Sadly, but not surprisingly, the aftermath of rape has not changed much since 1964. Mrs. Thompson implies that Jeannie is also responsible for the rape occurring. With words like "If you'd listened to me, none of this would have happened" or "I told you it would make trouble, all that being cute and dancing around" Mrs. Thompson blames Jeannie for what happened. The rapist is nonexistent in this conversation, Mrs. Thompson refusing to find out who he is. Jeannie is considered the main reason of the rape as Mrs. Thompson believes it could have been prevented if Jeannie acted differently. Mr. Sherman goes even further, arguing "no man by his own self can rape a girl, so there was either two men or else she's invented the whole story". This leads to a social atmosphere at the camp prevents Jeannie and her husband Vern fro...
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