When I met Brooke I was a sophomore in high school. I was with my friend‚ Jon‚ at his girlfriend’s house when I tall skinny girl walked in the living room. She immediately caught my eye. She was a friend of Devon‚ Jon’s girlfriend. Brooke told me a few years after we met that Darian‚ Devon’s sister‚ and her did her make up just to catch my attention. Darian and her came in the room and started to talk with Jon and I. She introduced herself and told me a little bit about her like how old she was
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the theme of "Boys and Girls"? Explain what these stories suggest about the world she lives in and the world she would like to live in . 3. assume the role of the narrator and write the beginning of a short story (minimum one page) that serves as a sequel to "Boys and Girls" 1. The narrator of the short story “Boys and Girls” is a common farm girl who struggles to achieve a lifestyle not dictated by social expectations but in the end submits to the fate of being a girl. One thing that I can connect
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In The Mullet Girls‚ the Mullet Girls are beach-walking beauties far away but close up they are not the ideal beauties they portray. McCorkle‚ who is an average teenage girl‚ is confused about her self-image. Throughout this story she tries to discover what image she wants to portray. McCorkle debates whether she wants to be a daddy’s girl to fit the position of the son her father never had. McCorkle was without a doubt confused about the image of the Mullet Girl. McCorkle talks about her fishing
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hear something.” It’s my alarm clock. Thank God. This must just be a bad dream. As I pull myself out of the dream‚ I am once again in my pale blue room sitting upright‚ staring out the window at the beautiful day. I reach for my clock. Shoot! I’m late. Mr Gerdini will put me on detention for sure. I jump out of bed‚ get ready and run downstairs. As I grab an apple and run onto my front lawn‚ I realise I’ve missed my bus! I guess I’ll have to take the 362 seeing as it stops about three streets away
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Hierarchy of Monstrous Behaviour Adrienne represents "a monster in the shape of a girl‚" (MacLeod‚ P.40) by physically demonstrating a selfish‚ emotionless and unexplainable hate towards Sophie. Adrienne leads her friend Braidie‚ who contributes on a more subtle level to this motif of monstrous behaviour. Adrienne shows her sinister leadership by constantly instigating a form of abuse towards Sophie. "Adrienne leans into Sofie so that Sofie is squished‚" (P.42) causing apparent physical harm. Mentally
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Anne Bishop bases her story‚ “Match Girl‚ off of Hans Christian Andersen’s “Little Match Girl”‚ but she adds a disturbing twist. Bishop uses so much torture and violence that as a reader you want no more. “Little Match Girl” was a story based on an innocent little girl having to face the cold heart of society. On the other hand‚ “Match Girl” was a story based on a young girl that has to face a disgusting and cruel world. The misery and cruelty that Bishop adds to her story is too much for this
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passionate friendships and experimentation.” (468) Applying this concept to Girl‚ Interrupted unveils that psychosocial moratorium is essential to finding his or hers’ identity. In Michel Foucault’s “Panopticon‚” discipline further shows what is vital in finding his or hers’ true identity. Through psychosocial moratorium and discipline is where someone will find his or hers’ identity. In two specific scenes from Girl‚ Interrupted does it exemplify where someone is helped with finding their identity
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The articles “Just a Little Princess” by Peggy Orenstein and “Return of the Brainless Hussies” by Rebecca Traister are about as “bra-burning” as they get. Both women are feminist and aren’t afraid to show it. While Orenstein discusses the “princess” fad that is consuming the younger girls of America and why the fad an abomination‚ Traister explains the phenomena of stupidity that has swept America’s Pop Icons such as Paris Hilton‚ Lindsay Lohan‚ and Jessica Simpson. “Brainless Hussies” is more convincing
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In the article “It Just Happens”‚ agreeing to Melanie Beres’ article‚ by saying that ‘it just happens’‚ it renounces the responsibility and action in portraying in the encounter of having casual sex. Most of the contributors agreed that alcohol play’s a vast role in the choices and actions that they make. Particularly for women‚ forwarding the accountability to alcohol allows women to feel less immoral. Though both genders describe their arrangement as “it just happens”‚ men tend to more often look
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Response of the article” Paintball: Promoter of Violence or Healthy Fun?”. Paintball is quickly becoming one of the most popular games in our all time; the number of players of paintball is growing everyday and with the different leagues and championships being held‚ the game has indeed spread far and wide. Currently‚ paintball is played in 110 countries with 15 millions players; it is bigger than rugby‚ bigger than snowboarding and even bigger than surfing. Why do so many people like to play paintball
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