facial/neck area to make the neck appear long and the head shapely. In correspondence. beauty standards have evolved rapidly throughout cultures and in different societies too. In U.S. society‚ there was corset training in the Victorian era‚ the boyish and flapper look in the 1920s‚ long hair and short skirts in the 60s‚ the craze to be fit and tan in the 80s and 90s‚ Botox and smokey eyeshadow in the 2000s‚ and contoured makeup with shaped eyebrows in the
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Anne Frank Reaction Paper Anne Frank is the diary of a little girl following the events surrounding a thirteen year old girl who grows up Jewish and lives in Amsterdam during the Holocaust. As the events of World War II began Anne was a typical girl who attended school and was aware of the war and world around her‚ but at the time‚ wasn’t very fearful for her safety. Unfortunately‚ reality struck Anne as the news of World War II progressed‚ accompanied by the call for her old
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The Roaring 20’s: The Flapper Decade The 1920’s was a century of change‚ of jazz‚ flapper skirts and parties. The government was conservative; however the public were more for the parties‚ the alcohol‚ and the new electronics arriving in that era. Many owned auto-mobiles‚ radios‚ telephones all of which helped connected people. Even though the conservative government passed prohibition laws‚ the people of the public still enjoyed their lives and drank alcohol illegally. In addition‚ the century
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In the story Girl by Jamaica Kincaid the mother does most of the talking who gives her daughter a long list of instructions and warnings. The daughter responds twice but they happen to go unnoticed by the mother. There is no introduction of the characters‚ no action‚ and no description of setting. The mother’s voice simply begins speaking‚ "Wash the white clothes on Monday‚" and continues through to the end. The mother dispenses much practical and helpful advice that will help her daughter keep
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Once a little 8 years old girl tried out for a basketball team. She was the only girl that tried out for the team and she made it. The little girl thought to herself she has to be pretty good if she made it on to an all boys team. The girl was uncomfortable and felt a little left out when she was playing because she was the only girl on the court. The boys tried to make her feel wanted and comfortable. Coed sports are important because they can help girls get stronger and can help them work harder
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Girl by Jamaica Kincaid Jamaica Kincaid relates the relationship between a mother and daughter in her poem‚ “Girl”. The poem is about how a mother prepares her daughter to become a woman. She gives her a litany of valuable lessons to shape her behavior and character according to what is acceptable to their culture. Kincaid cleverly dropped hints throughout her poem suggesting that the culture being referred to is the Afro-Carribean culture. The Afro-Carribean culture is a blend of music‚ dance
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Femininity in "The One Girl at The Boys Party" by Sharon Olds. "The One Girl at The Boys Party" by Sharon Olds is about the personal journey of the discovery of feminine sexuality in the life of an adolescent female. In this confusing journey mathematics are used metaphorically to describe the girls new found sexuality. The girl attempts to deny the emergence of her femininity though the impersonal use of mathematics in order to intellectually repress her true sexual being. The girl in this poem is
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Every girl deserves an education. In some areas around the world mostly the unwealthy countries girls don’t have the same rights like America. LIke most men think girls are just meant for cleaning or taking care of kids. But women can actually do a lot of things. And Malala knows that. So she is going to stand up for what she knows is right. When Malala was 12 her school got closed down. Also she is fighting for girls rights because the Taliban doesn’t want girls to go to school because they think
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Comparison and Contrast Persuasive Essay Being a girl who’s born and raised in a Chinese family‚ I always heard people making comments about how girls are useless. Maybe is because I am a teenager‚ now the more I hear about it ‚ the more I am rebellious to it. In my opinion‚ girls will always be superior than boys. From the inside to the outside‚ girls have better appearance‚ better personality‚ and even better social status. First of all‚ girls care more about their appearance than boys. They have
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getting a girl and getting a once in a lifetime catch. In the story “Boys and Girls”‚ the girl had to choose between accepting the society’s view of a girl or her own definition of a girl. Making a choice that would change her future forever‚ the girl‚ once completely against anything feminine‚ made the harder choice by accepting society’s definition of a girl. Both making hard choices‚ the narrator in the story “The Bass‚ the River‚ and Sheila Mant” and the girl in the story “Boys and Girls” had character
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