Toogood effectively played her role as a shy, frightened Puff. I found it funny when she danced with herself at the dance. She had her arms wrapped around her torso so that her hands appeared to be another person’s hands who was dancing with her. While this could might been interpreted as someone actually being there in the same way that the mop represented Ron, I saw this as Toogood’s character thinking she should do what everyone else was doing. Her tactic to achieve the want of fitting in in this scene was comical. Toogood did an excellent job making her character look frightened in the scene where the Puffs grouped together and chanted “We are not a threat.” To look frightened, Toogood bent her knees as in an…
In this paragraph I will be talking about how Holling Hoodhood is an Ill-Fated. Once in the story Holling Hoodhood had to clean Mrs.Baker's room. But that day Mrs.Baker brought in boston cream puffs to class when everyone but Holling left because all the students go to church on Wednesday. Holling is the only kid in the class who doesn’t go to any church. Mrs.Baker made those puffs for a ceremony for women that…
She also takes great pride in her cleanliness. The girls in her troop, knowing that she is so shy, lay the hearing of the racial slur on her because they know that she will not speak up. And they’re right; Daphne is overcome by Arnetta’s dominant personality and does not say anything because all she wants to do is fit in. Once the girls leave the washroom, Daphne stays behind in her discomfort, knowing that what she did was not exactly right. To take her mind off of the troop’s anger and prejudice toward the other group, Daphne stays behind and cleans the washroom because it is the one thing that can make her feel good about herself. Daphne remains passive about the situation and does not want to get involved in the fight. Unlike Daphne, Laurel is very independent and likes to stand apart from the others. She is very thoughtful and will stand up for what she believes in. In the story, when her Brownie troop believes that troop 909 made a racial comment, Laurel is the only girl who does not believe it. She is the only girl in the entire group to give it a second…
Minny is fat, short, and strong (Stockett 70). She refuses to be treated like an object. She has gotten fired a number of times for “telling it like it is” (Stockett 120). Minny is also an outstanding cook. The main reason her bosses put up with her remarks is that she cooks so well. (Stockett 135). On the bus, Minny is surrounded by good friends and just having a good time (Stockett 19). Minny is not shy when she has something on her mind (Stockett 65). Eleanor mainly stands out with her bright red hair and freckles (Rowell 11). She is not really nice to other people, but she is very smart. She excels in her English and Art classes (Rowell 56). She also stands out with her wardrobe. She wears button-up shirts, blazers, and men’s ties (Rowell 10).…
Knowing Miss Brill was listening, he continues and questions, “Why does she come here at all-who wants her? Why doesn't she keep her silly old mug at home?” Miss Brill begins to feel self-deception and is forced to realize that she wasn’t the center of attention or an important part of the crowd full of strangers. She no longer feels as if she’s making a difference to those around her. Miss Brill returned to her little dark room. She does not even feel worthy enough to get herself a small treat at the baker's like she usually did. Also, she takes off her fur scarf which she was so proud of because shame is all she feels. There seems to be a change in her and how she feels about herself after the two young people rudely awakened…
Matilda was an unhappy coffee girl, but in the end became CEO of the Cook Coffeehouse. As stated in the text, “Giving my mother a bath felt upside down and backwards.” (Page 66) Matilda did not want to bathe her Mother. In fact she would do anything but that. Although she was scared, Mattie did not want to care for her Mother, she wanted it the other way around.As stated in the text, “I cradled her head in my arms.” (Page 238) In the end, Matilda showed that she cared for her Mother much better by caring for her Mother whom was weak and depressed at the death of William. Over the course of the novel, Mattie became a much more mature and is now considered an adult by many. Matilda gained many aspects of an adult in FEVER 1793.…
Personally, I wasn’t really in the mood to talk to old Selma, but I figured I’d do so because she sat right next to me on the bus. I didn’t know what to say, so I talked about the upcoming football game. Saxon Hall was going to face Pencey’s very best quarterback, number 54, Tom Richards. Big deal. Selma certainly wasn’t the type of girl who gave any damn interest in these types of phoney bastards. I knew because she told me that all football jocks hanged out in cliques and treated girls like hell. I’m guessing she only came to these Pencey games, was to please her old man, being the headmaster’s daughter and all. For almost the whole bus ride, I hadn’t even asked where she was going. I didn’t really want to be nosy and all. I really didn’t. But I figured out I should anyways, out of curiosity.…
This snobbery does not allow Mayella Ewell, to seek companionship with anyone and so she cannot lead a normal life. This same snobbery does not allow Scout to befriend Walter Cunningham because Aunt Alexandra is conscious of the difference in class. The blacks are hated from mingling with the whites and are not given any educational or financial opportunities.…
In the essay of “There Is No Unmarked Woman”, Deborah Tannen explains it best through the statement that “There is no unmarked woman” (Tannen 412). No matter what hairstyle, clothes, shoes, or style a woman may choose to wear, every one of her decisions will convey a meaning to the public. “If a woman’s clothing is tight or revealing…it sends a message…If her clothes are not sexy, that too sends a message…” (Tannen 412). There are even instances where the clothes are not the cause of criticism, for a woman may be criticized upon her genetic features. As written in the poem “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercg, a little girl grows up healthy and intelligent, but because other people deemed her as physically inadequate by having “a great big nose and fat legs”, the girl is coerced into change, and not anything like a difference in wardrobe, but permanent change with cosmetic surgery (Piercg 378). Such an occurrence is not far from reality for there are women who will do whatever it takes to be deemed as conventionally…
Pauline Breedlove (Polly), one of the main characters of the story, who is also the mother of Pecola and Sammy Breedlove and spouse of Cholly Breedlove, can be seen as a violent figure towards her family and seems to have a negative out look on life. The reason behind all this behavior can be better understood if we were to take into account of her past, the time frame this story was in, and which then would bring us to how its affecting others around her.…
Emily describes her daughter, Rebecca-Maxine as having scarlet lips and tubercular-looking patches of rouge on each powdered cheek. Her hair smells of chemicals…
The part in the book where Claudia tears apart the baby dolls should show the readers how blonde, blue eyed children are portrayed into everyone’s minds. Even now if you go to a middle school or a high school the “perfect” girl could easily be looked at as the popular, skinny, blonde hair, blue eyed girl. The thought that this is how people should look can make a dent in younger children’s self esteem.…
In this story Claudia receives a Caucasian doll for Christmas and describes it as a scary blue-eyed yellow haired doll. Her parents were expecting Claudia to be very happy and treat the white doll with care. The opposite of what was expected happened; she showed hatred and violence against the doll. This is a concern as to why she showed such ill feelings toward this doll.…
Toward the end of the story, the author appears to admit that racial dissimilarities are part of our life. Having her growing up in Atlanta south side, the author depicts her sensibility toward prejudice through Laurel. Throughout the story, Packer uses sarcasm to attest her feelings toward discrimination. Sarcasm in a sense that the Brownie young girls meant to be innocent but because of their financial hardship and family difficulties prevented them to becoming one. As the truth reveals, Laurel understands about the difficulty of life, empathy, the harshness of racism and her own…
What techniques does the director, Danny DeVito, use in the film Matilda to illustrate that the character, Jennifer Honey, is benevolent (kind) and sweet?…
