Introduction Claudia is a 13-year old Latino under probation. She undergoes a psychological evaluation‚ which reveals that she suffered neglect from her teenage mother Jennifer and abuse from her step-father. Having been abandoned by her mother in early childhood‚ Claudia was brought up by her grandparents and aunt. Although he was initially present in his daughter’s life‚ Claudia’s father also stayed away from her not long after her birth when he enrolled to serve in the army. She reportedly suffered
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Claudia MacTeer Claudia suffers from the same mentality of most of the characters in the novel; she is insecure about materialistic things and knows that beauty belongs to white people. Claudia does not believe white is beautiful because she sees it‚ but because she is told and exposed to how others view beauty. Claudia believes white is beautiful because everyone who is older says it is. Claudia subconsciously defines beauty as having a good personality. When Claudia is given a doll for Christmas
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1. Claudia was rude when she‚Stella and her father went for a walk. - For me‚she cannot act like that because Stella is more mature. 2. Claudia‚unable to stand the treatment Stella was Getting‚made a grand appearance at the party and thanked Stella for the beautiful pyjamas she had bought for her. - For me‚she has done a right decision by wearing the green pyjamas that Stella gave her.Claudia’s action was causing the guest began to pay attention to Stella
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Child Case Study Montgomery College- Child Care Center Quyen Doan Professor Jeanie Ho ED 120 Spring 2014 Section I NAEYC Standard 3b: Using observation‚ Documentation‚ and Assessment Tools A Brief Introduction to the Child: This case study is on a young girl named Jacqueline. She was observed in a classroom at the Early Learning Center. She is 4 years old. She is the only child‚ and lives
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human affects characters within this novel. Claudia Macteer is a young African-American girl who struggles with these ideas and societies notion of perfection. Claudia battles with her own identity and demonstrates her frustrations and self- hatred in outward behaviours. Utilising these themes around identity and idealism we will explore Claudia’s explosion of emotions in the form of her destroying of the dolls she received as a gift. The event in which Claudia sees this doll looking back at her with
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Chenxi Wang Professor Gail Introduction to Literature November 6th‚ 2012 Sisterhood in The Bluest Eye I’m writing about love or it’s absence. —Toni Morrison The loneliest woman in the world is a woman without close woman-friend. —Toni Morrison From the quotations above‚ I’d like to choose two words‚ “love” and “woman-friend”‚ to reveal the focus of Toni Morrison’s novel‚ The Bluest Eye‚ that is‚ the representation of sisterhood. In The Bluest Eye‚ personally‚
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Me and a Madman In the Diary of a Genius‚ Salvador Dali remarked‚ “there is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad" This statement brings up the essence of what qualifies an individual as mad. Madness is a condition prescribed by society‚ a label attributed to an individual from an outside perspective. An individual can never truly be diagnosed as mad. Madness‚ insanity‚ is a completely mental condition and because there is no way to fully follow‚ understand‚ or know how that
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Claudia’s Story : Green Pyjamas Claudia starts telling her story to the other children: Claudia’s parents quarrel a lot until her father decides to take his things and move away to his mother’s house. One night‚ there was a flood of phone calls‚ and for the first time‚ Claudia hears the name Stella‚ her dad’s new girlfriend. After that night‚ Claudia’s dad dare not visit nor come near the house anymore‚ but only talks to Claudia over the phone. On Boxing Day‚ Claudia meets Stella for the first time
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Claudia says “we had dropped our seeds in our little plot of black dirt like Pecola’s’ father had dropped his seeds in his own plot of black dirt”. This simile conveys that Claudia now understands that Pecola’s father impregnated his daughter‚ comparing it to her planting the marigolds. In the next line the author uses a sharp juxtaposition
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Stella‚ the new woman in her father’s life. Claudia finds it difficult to accept Stella at first but despite Stella’s effort to be friendly to her. However‚ one eventful incident changes their relationship. The dinner party to celebrate her father’s birthday breaks the ice between Stella and Claudia. Claudia goes out of her way to make the guests realize how rude they have been to Stella. There are many lessons I have learned from this story. First‚ Claudia is a mature and sensible girl. At the dinner
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