“Where are you from?” is a common question people ask if you look ethnically mysterious. Being a different race with unique facial features shows you are, not what they call in the United States “American”. Evelyn Alsultany was born and raised in New York City. Her ethnicity is Arab from her father's side and Cuban from her mother's side. She describes the social issue, she confronts the way people approach her creating assumptions, consequently making her feel excluded from her cultural background.
“The Only Daughter” by Sandra Cisneros, is an article that explains what she went through being the only girl of six boys. Sandra cisneros wanted to be a writer, but her dad only gave her the acceptance because he thought she would get married if she went to college. When Sandra gets her degree in writing, her father wasn't pleased because she still wasn't married. This made Sandra upset because her father only wanted her to get married not get her degree. Now she wants her father to recognize her as a writer.
Due to media advertisements, women have felt the pressure to look good more than ever. In the book Where the Girls are, the author Susan Douglas expresses what women sometimes feel when they are exposed to media advertisements. "Special K ads make most of us hide our thighs in shame. On the one hand, on the other hand, that’s not just me, that’s what it means to be a woman in America" (Douglas 1995). Women struggle every day with these societal pressures that the media has created and sadly it is only getting worst.
“The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara is not just an original story about a poor girl out of place in an expensive toy store. The short story is based on an African-American girl named Sylvia who was trying to be a normal girl but she always thought she was better than anyone else. Sylvia was an ignorant, and an abusive girl who thinks Miss.Moore as an unsolicited educator. Sylvia’s classmates had agreed with Sylvia’s opinion, people such as Fat butt, Junebug, Sugar, Flyboy, and Rosie. Miss.
The book Eleven by Tom Rogers tells the story of 9/11 through the eyes eleven year old Alex Douglas. I agree with the critic’s review where it implies that he thinks that his eleventh birthday is to be the best one yet, as his parents had promised him that they would get him a dog if he kept his grades and good behavior up, along with showing that he was responsible enough to care for the dog. But when the review says that Alex loves nothing more than dogs and planes, I believe that he is wrong, as pointed out later on, Alex is worried sick that he had caused his dad, who works at the World Trade Center, that he had caused the terrorists to crash their planes into the two buildings, by saying three simple yet impacting words: “I hate you.”
Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven is a skillfully plotted novel comprised of beautiful proses that captivate the readers’ eyes and minds. In particular, the second passage I chose, “AN INCOMPLETE LIST”, well illustrates both the richness of the language and an important theme of the novel by detailing the things that have disappeared with the loss of civilization.
What core elements define the essence of humanity? In Mandel’s novel, one is compelled to reconsider the defining characteristics of humanity. Mandel structures the plot of Station Eleven around the main character Arthur Leander’s life. Throughout the novel, Mandel explores a series of sub character’s perspectives of the flu pandemic and each of their roles in the post-apocalyptic world it creates, encouraging the reader to delve into the relationships between humanity and art. Book reviewer Justine Jordan from The Guardian summarizes the book perfectly by claiming that “Station Eleven is not so much about [an] apocalypse as about memory and loss, nostalgia, and yearning” (Jordan, par. 5).
Carmel Raviv Mrs. Asselin Language Arts 6/7 17 Dec., 2015 The Fabulous Gryphon In the story Griffin, by Charles Baxter, he writes about how Tommy, an observant and perceptive fourth grader, who needs more surprises in his rural community of Five Oaks. When Mrs. Ferenzci, a strange story-telling teacher subs his fourth-grade class, a spark ignites Tommy’s mind, interesting him in his substitute bizarre methods. He is so convinced by her, he acts differently and even defends her infront other non-believing students.
Brown had a familial history of using violence to achieve freedom and giving aid to oppressed people. Brown was named after his grandfather who was a captain in the Revolutionary War. He grew up a Calvinist, and his father instilled a strong sense of God fearing faith in him. Brown would later teach that same faith to his children. When Brown was twelve years of age, he caught sight of a slave boy, no older than himself, being beaten.
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Sandra Cisneros’ short story “Eleven”, poem “My Wicked Wicked Ways”, and book The House on Mango Street have many similarities and differences in terms of style, tone, theme, character and setting. In the short story “Eleven”, Sandra Cisneros manages to convey a powerful message about growing up from the perspective of an eleven year old. The story starts out with Rachel, the protagonist, who is turning eleven today. It starts out with her at school while she's in math class.
Age: the length of time that a person has lived or a thing has existed. In the short story“Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros. Talks about Rachel the main character on here eleventh birthday. Cisneros uses this to her advantage to characterize using details, specific language, and figurative language to explain her day.
Hey! Have you ever read Eleven, The Jumping Tree, or The Ravine? Have you ever thought about what character traits Rachel, Ricky, Joe-Boy, or any other character possessed? Well I can answer that for you. Though the characters have many character traits, I picked the one that seemed to represent them more, at least the ones that I thought represented them more.
In “Only Daughter” by Sandra Cisneros, she describes a series of events throughout her life that all relate to her relationship with her father. Cisneros begins her story by talking about how she was seen as “only a daughter”. She then transitions to talking about her education and her father’s opinion on what it is for and worth. Cisneros then ends it with a conclusion between her and her father which involved one of her stories. Throughout the story, Cisneros talks about what she believed her father thought about her and her career choices, and they turn out to be a bit different than what she thought.
The theme of the short story Scholarship Jacket by Martha Salinas is that You can’t put a price on effort. In this story there is a determined protagonist named Martha, hoping for a scholarship jacket which would honor the valedictorian. She understands the poverty of her family, but is not letting that discourage her. The tone of the story includes her impecunious family, the struggle to mirror her sister’s achievement, as well as settings of gloom and joy reflecting the characters balance of emotions. Martha displays her acts of realization towards her rough conditions and notices something new that her grandfather is trying to explain to her.