something soft. I took it from the ground. The doll. But‚ there was something strange about the doll‚ its eyes were blue like ice‚ just like the girl. Her bag lay by the ground‚ she was nowhere to be found. I let out a silent scream as the doll‚ somehow‚ was staring right at me! I dropped it. It’s all my fault‚ i thought. That i shouldn’t chase the girl and this wouldn’t happen. Was i going crazy? I picked up her bag‚ and rummaged through it. A dirty book with pictures that i found. I flipped over
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“Ambitious girl‚ I’d rather you tell me to hit you later Because you gotta finish a paper‚ Than to be in my face asking for a Rozay cup.” - Wale Not many young people worry about brains now a days‚ it’s more about beauty and outward appearance to try to fit it in. Most teenagers just want to have fun‚ party‚ and hang out with their friends. Focusing on school‚ setting goals‚ and being ambitious seems to be the last thing on a lot of teens’ minds. Being a girl that loves attention and
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The Neckklace Character Sketch Not once in the whole story does Mathilda ever thank her husband. She is concerned only with herself. Mathilda’s selfish greediness is also shown in her attitudes toward other people. She has one acquaintance mentioned‚ Madame Forrester. Matilda is such a type person in our society. A woman not thankful for what she has. One might perceive that Matilda and her husband are just really poor. Well from what I gathered‚ I think that she is just middle class. They may
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Prefect Choices: Head Girl‚ Deputy Head Girl‚ Head of School Council I would like to be a prefect as it would be a privilege to be elected to take the part of a key role in the functioning and representation of Marlborough Girls’ College. In addition to this‚ I would benefit personally by becoming prefect giving me the opportunity to be able to develop my public speaking and leadership skills‚ which will be useful later on in life. Another reason as to why I would like to be prefect is because
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unknown Girl Moniza Alvi was born in Pakistan .Her father was Pakistani and mother English. She left Pakistan when she was a baby for England. The poet is thus caught between two worlds and her poems exemplify her quest for her cultural identity. The prescribed poem appears to be set in India. Pakistan was a part of India before the partition‚ therefore the setting may be a symbolic thirst for her motherland. The title of the poem is “The Unknown Girl”‚ though it may refer to the girl in the poem
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Character Sketch of “The Barber” The story Just Lather‚ That’s All by Hernando Tellez‚ is about making the right decisions. It’s about a barber who must face the choice of taking revenge by killing Captain Torres‚ an executioner or to provide him with the perfect shave and thus preserve his job and his reputation. While he condemns himself to an uncertain future‚ he finally makes the right decision. “The Barber” is displayed as a heroic character by portraying intelligence‚ honour and morality.
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travelers. Learning about immigrants is captivating and really plays with my emotions as I have also experienced the struggle of moving overseas to the great America. New York Times Bestseller‚ Jean Kwok’s Girl in Translation is definitely one of the best immigration stories I have ever read. Girl in Translation features a heart wrenching‚ coming-of-age story: deeply moving‚ it gets the point across in a simplistic‚ yet beautiful‚ manner. General Summary • 150 words Young chinese immigrant Kimberly
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Mass Media and Women Introduction: Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media is an autobiography written by Susan J. Douglas that outlines the impact mass media had on the second women’s movement in the United States. She presents the information in a very witty and entertaining way and does a very good job at getting straight to the point without sugar coating anything. She starts off the book by emphasizing the effects that TV and Walt Disney in particular had on our culture
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This is sometimes a very good thing – it may win you that extra minute of someone’s attention. But with some people‚ the same things can make you an island – not a tropical paradise but an Alcatraz‚ a place nobody wants to visit. As a Puerto Rican girl living in the United States and wanting like most children to “belong‚” I resented the stereotype that my Hispanic appearance called forth from many people I met. Growing up in a large urban center in New Jersey during the 1960s‚ I suffered from
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just normal books. Adding on to how children and parents sometimes have tension between themselves‚ the same concept is applied to the short stories‚ Confetti Girl and Tortilla Sun. In both of these short stories‚ the parent and child are trying to connect‚ but are unable to do so‚ resulting in the child feeling unappreciated. In Confetti Girl‚ the narrator feels forgotten and not cared about by her father‚ resentment building in the tension. Whereas in the story Tortilla Sun‚ the narrator Izzy is
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