Short Story The Girl Who Can
«Conflict: (v.) Be incompatible or at variance; clash.» There is conflict everywhere throughout our lives, bringing positive and negative outcomes to those experiencing it. Conflict is apart of life, and it can make us change, for better or for worse. Literary works and historical events are two great examples at showing conflicts and their outcomes.
A short story titled «The Girl Who Can» presents a well-recognized conflict. Throughout the story, every conversation seems to make its way back to a specific topic, normally followed by criticism: Adjoa’s legs. Her grandmother always complained, «Legs that have meat on them with good calves support solid hips . . . to be able to have children.» (pg. 12) Unfortunately for Adjoa, her legs did not fit the mind of the traditional elder, for they were the exact opposite. «Ah, maybe with legs like hers, she might as well go to school.» (pg. 15) Adjoa did exactly that. Teachers offered her a place to run for sport and make use of her legs for something other than tradition. She won first place in every race, proving her grandmother wrong …show more content…
Jurassic World is a park on the island Isla Nublar, where dinosaurs run free as attractions within the park. The newest attraction ready to be showcased alongside the countless others in the park is the hybrid dinosaur Indominus Rex. The only problem with this new dinosaur is that it had been in isolation its entire life. «Animals raised in isolation aren’t always the most functional.» (Owen Grady) Ultimately, that was proved correct when the Indominus escaped its enclosure by tricking Owen and a maintenance man into giving her an escape route. Once she had actually escaped from the paddock, she discovered so many things she had never seen before; so, she began her murderous trek through the park, trying to kill everything that moved. Because of this, the entire island had to be evacuated, its doors left to be shut for
A short story titled «The Girl Who Can» presents a well-recognized conflict. Throughout the story, every conversation seems to make its way back to a specific topic, normally followed by criticism: Adjoa’s legs. Her grandmother always complained, «Legs that have meat on them with good calves support solid hips . . . to be able to have children.» (pg. 12) Unfortunately for Adjoa, her legs did not fit the mind of the traditional elder, for they were the exact opposite. «Ah, maybe with legs like hers, she might as well go to school.» (pg. 15) Adjoa did exactly that. Teachers offered her a place to run for sport and make use of her legs for something other than tradition. She won first place in every race, proving her grandmother wrong …show more content…
Jurassic World is a park on the island Isla Nublar, where dinosaurs run free as attractions within the park. The newest attraction ready to be showcased alongside the countless others in the park is the hybrid dinosaur Indominus Rex. The only problem with this new dinosaur is that it had been in isolation its entire life. «Animals raised in isolation aren’t always the most functional.» (Owen Grady) Ultimately, that was proved correct when the Indominus escaped its enclosure by tricking Owen and a maintenance man into giving her an escape route. Once she had actually escaped from the paddock, she discovered so many things she had never seen before; so, she began her murderous trek through the park, trying to kill everything that moved. Because of this, the entire island had to be evacuated, its doors left to be shut for