Creative Writing Reader Response # 3 Ranch Girl by Maile Meloy from Contemporary American Short Fiction The story is told in second person‚ which gives the reader a sense of being in the story‚ at the same time being an observer. It begins with telling you where you stand in the socio-economics’ and in the eyes of your peers. “If you’re white‚ and you’re not rich or poor but somewhere in the middle‚ it’s hard to have worse luck than be born a girl on the Ranch. It doesn’t matter if your father
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it can be assumed that an interesting life may produce interesting poetry or stories. Two phenomenal women‚ Maya Angelou and Jamaica Kincaid portray two different points of view in their works of literature. A lot of things can contribute to their differences‚ but in particularly their upbringing is a major cause of their variances. In Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl‚” a young girl has the “rules of the world” drilled into her head by her scolding mother while in Maya Angelou’s “Woman Work” a mother faces
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identity will be constructed and re-constructed as much by who she hangs out with as by what she does. Mean Girls is a 2004 American teen comedy film directed by Mark Waters. The screenplay was written by Tina Fey and is based in part on the non-fiction book Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman‚ which describes how female high school social cliques operate and the effect they can have on girls. The film stars Lindsay Lohan and features a supporting cast of Rachel McAdams‚ Lacey Chabert‚ Amanda Seyfried
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Girls Scouts The Girl Scout of the USA mission is “Girl Scouting builds girls of courage‚ confidence‚ and character‚ who make the world a better place.” This past March was a hundred years since girl scouts was started‚ thanks to Ms. Low. On March 16‚ 1960‚ GSUSA was charted by the U.S. Congress. “Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low assembled 18 girls from Savannah‚ Georgia‚ on March 12‚ 1912‚ for a local Girl Scout meeting. She believed that all girls should be given the opportunity to develop physically
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The 1991 movie My Girl tells the story of 11-year-old Vada Sultenfuss who‚ having lost her mother at birth ‚ lives with her dementia-ridden grandmother and her job-oriented father in the funeral parlour that he owns and operates. The story follows Vada‚ an extreme hypochondriac who has many strange misconceptions about death‚ through a variety of life-changing experiences‚ including the engagement of her father and the devastating loss of her best friend‚ Thomas Jay. Through these experiences
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The word “GIRL” Have you ever tried to say the word girl in a different pronunciation? Did people understand when you said it? When I took my first step into the United States‚ my biggest worry was pronunciation. In my entire life‚ this was the first time I took a journey to a different country. Everything was so new to me; white and black faces‚ tall and muscular people. Most of all‚ their eyes attracted my attention. I came to the United States seven years ago. Back then‚ I didn’t fully understand
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Girl‚ Interrupted Girl‚ Interrupted is an autobiographical book written by Susana Kaysen which was turned in to a movie. Susana Kaysen expressed promiscuous behavior earlier in her life and was sent to the Claymore Mental Hospital to be analyzed. Throughout her development at Claymore‚ Susana formed bonds with a group of girls she would have never met until she was sent to Claymore. Claymore Hospital allowed these girls to become so close‚ and without this experience Susana would not be the girl
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In the story “Golden Girl” by Gillian Chan‚ the protagonist‚ Donna‚ proves to be a very jealous character by her actions and by her words. Her jealousy for her best friend Anna becomes an overpowering quest to destroy any chance of Anna becoming popular again after she makes the mistake for falling for a student teacher. Donna first shows her jealousy for Anna when she says‚ “I used to hope that some of whatever she had would rub off on me. I mean‚ I deserved some pay-off for all the crap she dished
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The artwork is by Roy Lichtenstein called Drowning Girl. The first image connects with the Lichtensteins’ image because when I see the word ‘think’ I think about my senior year of high school where the Drowning Girl was painted in my classroom wall of my computer class. That painting made me feel inspired to create so I started to learn how to use Illustrator. I started using photoshop and illustrator but whenever I looked at the Drowning Girl I felt the need to make my designs to my greatest potential
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issue; such problems should be left into the hands of the prefects. One of such prefects who play a major role in the school is the girls’ prefect. This is the reason why I want to take up this responsibility demanding position. Ladies and gentlemen‚ the voting is in your hands and it is your own decision. I am appealing to you all to vote for Sarah Kusi as your girls ’ prefect‚ so that when this school gets a change of a lifetime‚ with the blare of a trumpet‚ we can all say that something has happened
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