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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Miscegenation in “Desiree’s Baby” In “Desiree’s Baby‚” Kate Chopin centers on race and miscegenation in the Creoles of Louisiana during the days when slavery was legal. Chopin brings together two characters‚ Armand and Desiree who are completely different. Armand is a cruel slave owner who comes from “one of the oldest and proudest families in Louisiana‚” and Desiree is adopted and doesn’t know her biological ancestry. The two marry and have a son whose skin turns dark after three months
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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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Israt Ara Motaleb According to the documentary “Babies‚” there were many scenes in the film that most clearly demonstrated the interconnectedness‚ the similarity in all human behavior. For instance‚ when the babies from the urban and rural areas‚ even though they grew up in different environments and are from different backgrounds‚ they showed the same capabilities in all human behavior. An example is when all babies look around their surroundings and makes different sounds hiccuping‚ snoring‚ crying
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ABANDONED BABIES Abandoned babies are the serious major problem among teenagers in the new millennium at this now. One of the major issues that have occurred in most of the country in the world is abandonment babies. Recently we always see that abandoned babies cases come out on the front page of the newspaper. Everyday there are several numbers of infants being found in rivers‚ dustbins‚ and even sometimes somewhere that we cannot imagine such as travelling bags. These babies are died in
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