As the narrator, Melinda Sordino, awaits her first day as a freshman at Merryweather High she describes, “the school bus wheezes to my corner” (pg 3). The authors’ use of personification describes the heaviness and panic that is set into the setting. When Melinda arrives at school, she describes, as others’ talk behind her back, the feeling that “words climb up my throat” (pg 5). This personification describes the want to speak up but is silenced by her feelings of anger and disparity. Melinda’s experience so far at high school hasn’t been perfect, but has rather worn her out “my bed is sending out serious nap rays… The fluffy pillows and warm comforter are more powerful than I am” (pg 16). This passage shows that she would…
3. Exposition: Everybody in the classroom is desperate to get out and see the sun, but Margot stands out from the rest because she used to lived on Earth and knows the sun more than anybody in the room.…
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"Overview", "Setting", "Literary Qualities", "Social Sensitivity", "Topics for Discussion", "Ideas for Reports and Papers". ©…
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(Warning: This novel contains some explicit language. If this is an issue for you or your child, please contact the English Department Chair at karthur@bcps.org to discuss. An alternate assignment can be created.)…
For the Abrahamic religions of Islam and Christianity, once the prophets had passed away, the burden of religious leadership fell on the shoulders of the Sunni Caliphate and the Church respectively. Since women had been given unprecedented significance by the Prophets Jesus and Muhammad, it became inevitable for the Church and the Sunni Caliphate to deal with the issue of the status of women. (Here Church refers to the Church in the first two centuries after crucifixion of Jesus till approx 200 C.E. and the Sunni Caliphate to the Caliphate from approx 630 C.E. to around 800 C.E.) The status of women within the jurisdictions of these two authoritative bodies depended upon the commandments of their respective holy books and prophets, as well as the biases with which these scriptures were interpreted. Within the periods of interest, both institutions had similar views about female asceticism and dress code, however, the freedom of women varied greatly in terms of their participation in warfare, teaching in public, and selecting a spouse for the first or multiple marriages.…
So first up is “The Bouquet”; I sympathized mainly for the young girl named Sophie. Society’s faults stunted her growth as an individual, and kept her from bonding with those she desired relations. The whole culture surrounding her took away most of the attributes that make oneself human- such as love, happiness, and human connection.…
Sylvia is not the typical young girl; childhood is generally a time of discovery and experience. Jewett chooses to write about the maintenance of innocence through in her story, “A White Heron.” Sylvia, the protagonist, has an awakening that begins a deeper altitude????? of individual development when she resists both greed and admiration in order to protect the white heron from an attractive hunter. Because of this awakening, “A White Heron” serves as an excellent example of a female coming-of-age story. After overcoming many internal challenges, Sylvia…
The 1800s brought many new technological advances that helped transform American life. These advances led to an economic and physical growth. Inventions brought a continuous growth in the population. New modes of transportation created a highly affective trading system. The three most important technological advances were the Erie Canal, Railroads, and the cotton gin.…
A young girl and boy take their first steps toward forging their identities. In Julia Alvarez’s “Dusting,” a girl decides that she wants to be more than a diligent housekeeper like her mother. In Alberto Rios’s “In Second Grade Miss Lee I Promised Never to Forget You and I Never Did,” a boy catches his first glimpse of romantic love by listening to his unconventional teacher. Both of these children learn important lessons about life from significant adults. And both Alvarez and Rios use strong figurative language to convey their feelings about these important formational moments from childhood.…
4. In some works of literature, childhood and adolescence are portrayed as times graced by…
During this paper I will be reflecting on the main character as she is taking a journey. I will be letting you know things and people that she encountered throughout this path that she has taken and what is the meaning for this. I will also be looking into her past since this story is told by another person and not the main character we will see what the narrators has to give us about his person and they live.…
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