Characterization - Celia behind me “Celia behind me” is a Canadian short story published in 1984. Nine-year-old Elizabeth is the narrator and main character of the story. Elizabeth is a very insecure girl with a low self-esteem. She is afraid of being bullied and therefore she bullies Celia to protect herself and her reputation. In addition to that‚ she is aware of the real state of things because she knows that if it was not for Celia‚ she would be the next victim. This fear results in victimization
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Celia Behind Me The themes in this story are all related to adolescence and the problems that come with it‚ as in gaining acceptance amongst friends and classmates as well as victimization‚ problems with one’s parents - a constant split between two minds concerning one with what is right or wrong. The relationship between the parents and their child is also discussed in this story as well as the parents’ roles in the upbringing of their children. Many children are victimized in the modern society
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Celia Behind Me The short story‚ Celia Behind Me‚ portrays the human tendency to always think of oneself before others. The main character of the story‚ Elizabeth‚ hides behind Celia to avoid getting mocked. When‚ at a certain point in the story‚ Celia is behind her‚ she quickly becomes the new target for the others to bully. The story is also about simply wanting to feel accepted. Celia has large smooth cheeks‚ very thick glasses; she is somewhat fat and suffers from diabetes. Despite the fact
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personality‚ they never wanted to see because of the fear. This is a topic that the short story Girls deals with. Celia has always been seen as the black sheep. She’s chubby‚ diabetic‚ wears big chunky glasses and not too clever. That makes her the definitive scapegoat‚ and therefore she is often a prey for bullying. When going to‚ or home from‚ school‚ she always walks behind the clique of girls she tries to follow‚ even though she cannot follow up. Her intentions aren’t bad at all‚ and the only
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Celia Behind Me By Isabel Huggan – 1989 The pressure to be perfect‚ to fit in‚ to be part of the group and accepted. These are things the majority of teenagers go through in their early years. At the time it will seem like the most important thing in life and an insecure teenager or child will do whatever it takes to accomplish it. The persistence to achieve the desired social status and acceptance from fellow classmates will often lead to the horror of bullying. Upgrading yourself by downgrading
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Celia Behind me In her story‚ "Celia Behind Me"‚ Isabel Huggan writes about the subject that all of us can relate to: Pressure to fit in and be accepted. The main character‚ Elizabeth‚ struggles with her own insecurity and position within the group of kids. The result of her insecurity is frustration she expresses on Celia. Elizabeth’s position within the group of those kids was unstable. She makes herself believe that she is a part of the group. They go home together and they pick on Celia together
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CELIA‚ A SLAVE. A MIRROR TO SLAVERY AND INJUSTICE? A critical overview Celia‚ a Slave was a factual interpretation of one isolated incident that depicted common slave fear during the antebellum period of the United States. Melton A. McLaurin‚ the author‚ used this account of a young slave woman’s struggle through the undeserved hardships of rape and injustice to explain to today’s naive society a better depiction of what slavery could have been like. The story of Celia illustrates the root of
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Celia‚ a Slave was a factual interpretation of one isolated incident that depicted common slave fear during the antebellum period of the United States. McLaurin used this account of a young slave woman’s struggle through the undeserved hardships of rape and injustice to explain to today’s naive society a better depiction of what slavery could have been like. The story of Celia illustrates the root of racial problems we still face in our society. Although not nearly as extreme‚ we continue to live
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The author‚ Melton Alonza McLaurin‚ wrote Celia‚ A Slave with the purpose to inform the audience of the treatment of slaves and how little rights they had. The story emphasizes Celia‚ the main character‚ who was sexually abused by Mr. Newsom‚ her master. She ended up mothering two of his children and one more child that is questionably his or another slave’s child. After 5 years of this behavior‚ she threatens him to stop. After the warning she accidentally murders him‚ with the intention only to
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Celia‚ a Slave is the epitome of the relationship between slaves and their owners and also the slaves and other whites in the 1850’s. This is based on her interactions with her owner Robert Newsom and her reactions mainly with the community involved in her court case. These relationships affected more so the women slaves rather than the men slaves because of their weaker nature as perceived by the sexual differences of the time period between men and women in general. Slavery is questioned by the
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