Girl by Jamaica Kincaid and If by Rudyard Kipling‚ are two texts that are written by parents with real world expectations for their children. Both texts though are similar and different in many different ways. Girl‚ is a one sentence story about a mother’s expectations for her “Boy crazy girl” that is going out into the real world by herself. She explains what so tips for her daughter in a more harsh than gentle voice. “If” is a poem of a dad poetically telling his son about the good and bad and
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Sumptuous set design‚ painstaking cinematography and thoughtful‚ understated performances make ‘Girl With A Pearl Earring’ an aesthetic masterpiece – but dear God is it dull. It’s based on the best-selling novel by Tracy Chevalier but‚ more significantly than that‚ the book itself tells the story behind a painting by brush-brandishing Dutchman Johannes Vermeer. And not a very interesting story either‚ it has to be said. Rent-a-thesp Colin Firth plays Vermeer‚ who takes a break from the clogs‚ windmills
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inflicted upon us? Who has made us Jews different from all other people? Who has allowed us to suffer so terribly up till now? It is God that has made us as we‚ but it will be God‚ too‚ who will raise us up again” ( Frank 207). The Dairy of a Young Girl is a diary written by Anne Frank. This diary takes place during the Holocaust in World War II and contains the thoughts‚ feelings‚ and emotions of Anne Frank during this time period. Anne Frank shows how she is hopeful and courageous throughout this
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Summary Summary of “Of Universal Tolerance” The essay “Of Universal Tolerance‚” by Voltaire‚ otherwise known as Francois-Marie Arouet was written in seventeen sixty-three. Voltaire a French enlightenment writer states through satire‚ that all religions have very different believes but that each denomination should tolerate each other regardless of their believes. After all‚ we are all created equal. Of Universal Tolerance states that tolerating one another shouldn’t be such a hard task to
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and out of the large department stores and inside the interior of the mall. However‚ the vast majority of people walking among the mall were groups of young teenage girls. The mall has become the major hangout for teenagers‚ where both males and females roam to show themselves off to people of the opposite sex. I noticed two girls at the food court‚ where they were in line waiting to buy coffee from Starbucks. One of them‚ whom I shall call Subject One‚ was approximately fourteen years old.
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society. The problem that its understood today‚ is that in that period of time‚ minorities were not being considered for the equality of human rights. Minorities in the 1800s were mostly African Americans and women. On one hand the text “Life of a Slave Girl” by Jacobs‚ Harriet A‚ is the perfect example to compare how women throughout that era felt towards the violence‚ economical and legal intimidation from majority groups. They called themselves white supremacists and adopted the Republican party as
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elementary school. Several students are not as fortunate‚ having no classes in the arts whatsoever. When it comes to curriculars the arts programs are always the first to be cut. You can even see the portrayal of this truth in the T.V. show Girl Meets World. In the episode “Girl Meets Creativity” the middle school threatens to end it’s art programs and several students band together in an effort to save it. They make a plea to the board members and even arrange a makeshift hearing. Then the kids start taking
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behavior that Odetta found absolutely sickening. Like a mother hen‚ she showed up to defend her friend and looked at the male with disgust. "Think you are some sort of hotshot?" She tilted her head up to face him‚ standing in front of Silje. "Preying on a girl who is clearly sober enough to know that you are drunken idiot." The blonde wasn’t afraid of him‚ not one bit but anger boiled within his eyes. "Stop walking around like you fucking own the place. When a lady says no‚ she means it- don’t take it as
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David Ventura Professor Boltrushek English 1301. 83207 28 Apr 2015 Car Accidents Don’t Just Happen to Cars A young girl looks ahead to the right‚ solemnly‚ with big beautiful eyes‚ blonde colored hair; she is wearing light colored overalls. She is standing in front of a light gray backdrop. The colors of the ad are monochromatic‚ no outstanding colors. The left side of her head has a large dent in it‚ looking as if that part of her head is metal. It has paint scratches and scuffs. It looks as
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Out of my three initial proposal topics‚ I have chosen the first one‚ as the subject to my Final Topic Paper. That topic being‚ how modern cartoons portrayal of girls is very influential and highly positive‚ which in turn can provide girls with good/inspirational role models to show them girls can be anything‚ and not have to conform to stereotypes‚ or if they do that it’s not all there is too them. You see‚ I chose this topic because I have always been fascinated with television shows. While yes
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