The World’s Most Famous Photograph Afghan Girl is a 1984 photographic portrait by journalist Steve McCurry which appeared on the June 1985 cover of National Geographic. The image is of a young woman with green eyes in a red headscarf looking intensely at the camera. It has been likened to Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the Mona Lisa and has been called "the First World’s Third World Mona Lisa". The image became "emblematic" of "refugee girl/woman located in some distant camp" deserving of the compassion
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According to the National Association for Single S ex Education‚ there were only about twelve singlegender classrooms in 2002. However‚ ten years late r‚ in 2012‚ there were more than 500 public school s that offered single sex classrooms in the United States of America. Single sex education is quickl y taking over as the new ‘norm’ in education. Howe ver‚ separating males and females leads to gender stereotypes and inequality between women and men. Even though some students perform better
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Andrews A.P English September 19‚ 2014 3rd period The Bravest Girl in the World Malala Yousafzai was just 15 years old when she was shot in the head by the Taliban. The article "The Bravest Girl in the World" by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb was presented in the December 9‚ 2013 issue of the upfront magazine. The article explained that the Taliban imposed harsh laws in the Pakistan region-including the banning of schooling for girls. Malala Yousafzai and her father defied those laws and spoke
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In The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin the character Louise Mallard has to be gently told that her husband has died tragically. Her sister Josephine tells her that her husband Bentley died in a railroad accident. Louise Mallard cries and mourns her husbands death but in the back of her mind‚ she is thinking she will finally be free. Although Bentley was always good to her‚ she can now have a life of her own without feeling oppressed. She feels that men and women oppress each other even if they
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Title:Mean Girls Director: Type: Movie Genre: social realism‚ American teen The scandalous lives of a teenager was accurately portrayed throughout the movie ‘Mean Girls’ directed by: Mark Waters. The story follows a teenage girl named Cady Heron as she is starting her first day at high school after being home schooled in Africa for most of her life. Cady learns about the ins and outs of high school life and the cliques that are found throughout the school with the help of her two new friends
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“Only a girl” In Alice Munro’s “Boys and Girls” she tells a story about a young girl’s resistance to womanhood in a society infested with gender roles and stereotypes. The story takes place in the 1940s on a fox farm outside of Jubilee‚ Ontario‚ Canada. During this time‚ women were viewed as second class citizens‚ but the narrator was not going to accept this position without a fight. Munro’s invention of an unnamed character symbolized the narrator’s lack of identity‚ compared to her younger
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“Girl‚ Interrupted” – Effects Mental Institutions Have on People Susanna Kaysen states that “[m]ental illness seems to be a communication problem between [two interpreters in your mind]” (pg 139). In Kaysen’s Girl‚ Interrupted‚ Kaysen is put in a mental facility at the age of 18 for a borderline personality disorder. The author is torn throughout the book if mental institutions are helping her and her fellow patients or bringing them down more. Also‚ the author argues that being put in a facility
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film “Working Girl” illustrates the feministic fight and struggles of women in the work force in the 1980s to the present‚ every contradiction relates to the main problems that women face. The two main women characters in “Working Girl” represent the two types of stereotypes of women that establish themselves in the corporate world‚ Kathrine Parker and Tess McGill. Despite the film being an inspirational feministic story‚ the writer Kevin Wade created a love plot between the main character‚ Tess McGill
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Girl Underground – by Morris Glitzman Good morning/afternoon Miss Yanai and 7N. Girl Underground by Morris Gleitzman reflects the main themes of family morals. What is right and wrong‚ power and powerlessness of children and growth and change. Gleitzman has used a captivating story‚ a fast paced plot and an appropriate setting‚ humour and simple language to reflect these important themes. By setting this book in Canberra‚ a political position is achieved by using children as the main characters
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“The Falling Girl” is abstract and artistic depiction of young woman’s journey to the ground after releasing her grip from the railing of a skyscraper. She does not fall in traditional fashion but rather floats at a decided speed waving to the skyscrapers tenants as she passes. Her descent marked with quick verbal exchanges and internal musings of the ever-changing social classes gathered on the various floors. Although outwardly she is falling‚ during much of the prose there is a deeper theme akin
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