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In the story “So I ain’t no Good Girl “written by Sharon Flakes. I felt like the scene was very realistic, the characters made the scene very realistic by the way they were acting. The author described the scene pretty good when she said: “if I scream at him the whole street could hear me”. I can also relate to the scene in my everyday life. A boy and his girlfriend where at a bus stop with some other girls, And Raheem starts to act a little flirter with the good girls who made his girlfriend kind of upset about the situation, so she tries to talk about it, but he got mad at her and ended up making out with the good girl.
In The Dancer by Vickie Sears a young girl, Clarissa, finds herself and her confidence through dance. This took time, devotion and passion. At first, Clarissa was young, a bit odd and very isolated, this is shown in line 61 “as quiet as she could be, she was”. As Clarissa grew up she found something she loved (dancing) and practiced it alot. Showing how far Clarissa has come, the foster mom said “There Clarissa was, full up with music.
Character Profile: Dancer The Dancer by Vickie Sears is a short story about a five-year-old aboriginal girl named Clarissa who was lost in the world like many others. In the beginning of the story, Clarissa has just been put into a foster home where she is described to be scared and filled with anger. When walking into this foster home, Clarissa had only brought enough stuff that could fit into a paper bag.
Johnny Tremain: Five paragraph Essay In the story Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes, the main character Johnny Tremain changes and matures due to events and people in his life. As the story begins Johnny is living as an orphan with the Laphams and works as a silversmith apprentice for Mr. Lapham. He finds his identity here because he is highly regarded by them for his skill.
Jamaica Kincaid stories ‘’Girl’’ and Anna Quindlen ‘’Between The Sexes A Great Divide’’ have many Literary devices, but two literary devices that stand out are which are hyperbole and metaphors, Both of these literary devices show the author 's point The View on gender. In ‘’Girl’’ Jamaica Kincaid point of view of gender was showed in a metaphor that talks about a man allowed a woman to have a physical relationship with him. Kincaid writes, ‘’ always squeeze bread to make sure it 's fresh; but what if the baker won 't let me feel the bread? ; you mean to say that after all, you are really going to be the kind of woman who the baker won 't let near the bread?’’(Kincaid page 1).Kincaid writes this because it shows that she has a view of gender that uses literary devices such as a metaphor. Kincaid uses a metaphor to show that women need to serve man.
Jamaica Kincaid in the poem “Girl” portrays a familiar yet authentic situation to her audience. She wanted to emphasis what it felt like to grow up as a girl and what was expected of a girl as she grows older. Jamaica did what had to be done for her audience to experience life the way she did, she took her audience and made the walk in her shoes. Showing another person’s perspective is the most effective way to let others understand the way the experience was. Jamaica wrote, ‘this is how to hem a dress when you see the hem coming down and so to prevent yourself from looking like the slut I know you are so bent on becoming;’ she uses sensitive words as a wake up call to show that to the girl this wasn’t the way mothers love and care for their daughters.
Audre Lorde’s “Sister Outsider” is a powerful reflection of her life as a Black lesbian feminist writer, and activist. Her groundbreaking work of literature reflects a feminist approach which emphasizes the importance of eliminating gender discrimination, as well as any other forms of oppression. Through her writing, Lorde challenges societal norms and stands up to the patriarchy, establishing herself as a strong and courageous feminist voice. Lorde’s writing exemplifies the notion of intersectionality, the idea that all forms of oppression are interconnected, and that we must fight against multiple forms of oppression simultaneously.
This illustrates how gender stereotypes shape societal expectations, leading to Minnie living in the confines of submissive roles for women, ultimately constraining their autonomy. Similarly, in Girl by Jamaica Kincaid, Girl is subjected to many societal norms, set up by her gender. For example, “This is how you smile to someone you don’t like very much; this is how you smile to someone you don’t like at all” (Kincaid 43). This further proves the gender stereotype that women are almost always pleasant and nice, leading to the social expectation that girls should behave accordingly and put politeness first, even if it is not implied. Suppressing her feelings and true self-expression,
The contrast between success and independence is what makes this short story so memorable, it is a give and a take for the mother, the mother gives her the idea of her success while saying she is a slut that she is bent on becoming makes the undertone of freedom. The story overall though can be taken many ways can be seen as a mother reaching out to a teen girl in hopes to make her a great
Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” is a very interesting story. In short it is about an unspecified guardian giving life advice to a young girl; the range of this advice varies from dress and grooming to medicinal recipes. The older woman, also referred to as the “guardian”, is not censored about this advice either. While people may think that “Girl” is a minor tale of verbal abuse, I prefer to think of it as story of tough love as well as hope that the girl will do better in life then the adult.
THE SAD GIRL Wade Rigney The flash fiction story written by Donny Ray about two boys Donny ray and Jim-Jim who were warned of the Ghost which haunted the Peterson mill for since 1920s. (Rigney W, 2008, p.1). I like this story for it teaches that “where there was a warning no one died” and here am reminded that these two boys were warned by Mr Kent who was old enough not to joke with the boys about the haunted mill by Sarah Tibbet yet they disobeyed him and ended being caught up by the girl. As if this way not enough after Donny Ray saw a girl in the window where he was terrified though he could only point at the girl in the window of the haunted mill Jim-Jim He tightened his lips, crinkled his nose, and rolled his eyes. “It’s probably some
It is also through Kincaid 's use of her setting, constructive atmosphere, and one sentence structure that some readers can better understand the mother 's belief of how productivity will lead to a respected life. After reading "Girl" readers are now made more aware of the direct relation between domestic knowledge and strict gender roles being forced onto
I recently reread one of my all time favorite novels, Someone Like You, written by Sarah Dessen which includes characters, a brilliant plot, unpredictable conflicts, and the readers reactions that make this novel a must read. Sarah has a perfect sense for the key details to capture readers attention. She has written many other astounding books, Someone Like You is just one of my many favorites. Sara is not only an exceptional writer, but an exceptional person as well. She is selfless, never takes full credit for any of books; in fact, she once stated at a book signing, “I am incredibly blessed with the amazing and very patient editors.
By Irodakhon Abirazakova “Miss Brill” is a short fictional story which was written by Katherine Mansfield in 1922. Personally I don’t really like this story, because it is very confusing and very hard to know what is going to happened, and what is going on this story. Miss Brill is a main character of this story, which is a little bit in mind. She is also the most faced character, the narrator describes her with different sides, which helps us to see her several sides of her nature. She is described as an old woman who lives in a small flat.
To begin the discussion of indulgences you need to know the origin, which you should grasp, indulgences rested on three principles. First, God is merciful and just. Second Christ and the Saints, through their infinite virtue established a “treasury of merits”, on which the church could draw, due to the special relationship with Christ and the Saints. Third, the church had the authority to grant sinners the spiritual benefits of those with merits. An indulgence was a sheet of paper signed by the pope or another church official that substituted a virtuous act from the treasury of merits for penance of time in purgatory, which was an idea created 12th century by theologians, it was a place where souls on their way to heaven wen to make further