In “If” by Richard Kipling‚ he concludes the poem by saying‚ “And—which is more—you’ll be a Man‚ my son!” (Kipling 32). Kipling states that if the person the poem features follows his advice‚ that he will become a man. Encyclopaedia Britannica defines adulthood as‚ “the period in the human lifespan in which full physical and intellectual maturity have been attained” (“Adulthood”). If the child follows the advice that Kipling gives‚ he will grow to possess
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Topic: The effects of single parent homes vs. both parents on child academic. Milne‚ Ann M.‚ et al. "Single Parents‚ Working Mothers‚ and the Educational Achievement of School Children." Sociology of Education 59.3 (1986): 125-39. ProQuest. 12 Oct. 2013. The researchers did a research on the effects of mother’s employment and living in a one-parent family on children’s achievement. According to Herzong and Sudia they argued that there is no difference in school achievement between children from
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Yi Rou Zhang Zhang 1 Instructor: Scott Drake ENGL 101 W April 1‚ 2013 Search for Identity in “Boys and Girls” In Alice Munro’s “Boys and Girls”‚ she tells us a story about a young girl’s rebellion to the womanhood prescribed by a society which has stereotyped views toward both sexes’ roles and identity in society. The story takes place in the 1940s when women have not gained so much equal rights as today‚ and they are still
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In the book “Bad Girl” by Abigail Vona‚ she describes her struggles while surviving in a mental hospital known as The Village. Throughout the story she dramatically changes towards being a better person. Abigail‚ also known as “Abby‚” longed for sharing her story in a book while being dyslexic. Fifteen year old Abby created idiotic adventures thinking all teenagers lived this way. She smoked‚ drank alcohol‚ ran away from home‚ went to insane parties‚ and snuck out of her home frequently. Clueless
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The Girl Growing in Gossip Ivy “Keeping track of the shifting friendships‚ jealousies and turmoil in this wealthy and complex world isn’t easy‚ but it’s what Gossip Girl does best.” Many famous websites discuss like this. Gossip Girl is an American teen drama television series based on the book series of the same name by Cecily von Ziegesar. This drama‚ narrated by the omniscient blogger "Gossip Girl"‚ is presented to audiences. The TV series play an important role in people’s daily life
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a Paramount Pictures presentation titled Mean Girls‚ starring Lindsay Lohan and also featuring a handful of Saturday Night Live cast members‚ including Tina Fey the author of this picture. The reason behind choosing this film is because it has a unique style of introducing characters‚ transitioning between scenes‚ and various tools to help spice up the film. Being one of my personal favorites‚ Mean Girls is a comedy about a home schooled teenage girl who enters high school for the first time. She
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The movie Girl interrupted is an interesting movie that delves into the psychology of multiple young girls in an in-house psychiatric facility. The two main characters in the movie are Susanna‚ played by Wynona Rider‚ and Lisa‚ played by Angelina Jolie. The movie is about the lives of the different girls who are in the in-patient facility and their particular disorders. The movie shows the patients going to where the files on each of them are kept and finding out what the psychiatrists had been writing
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Overly Attached Daughter In the short story‚ “Ranch Girl” by Maile Meloy‚ the author illustrates a very ordinary girl who is not given a name. The author shows that once you are a ranch girl‚ you are a ranch girl the rest of your life. Here‚ the story clearly demonstrates that the people who live in the ranch settings are all overly attached to their roots‚ and cannot let go. The main character is a very smart girl academically‚ has the opportunity to go out to live in the city and pursue a better
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The Golden Girls I am going to be writing about the lifetime television show‚ " The Golden Girls". There are many different episodes and I have probably seen them all‚ at least twice. I first started watching the show with my mom. My curfew when I was in high school was 11:00 or 11:30. While I was going into detail about the many things that had happened that night‚ "The Golden Girls" would be on. At first I did not enjoy them‚ but as I got to know the characters I was addicted. First
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THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN an original screenplay by Larry Brand 8180 Films P.O. BOX 975 Leland‚ MI 49654 Copyright 2011 Larry Brand THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN WHITE SPACE and the distant WHOOSH of the WIND. A few beats‚ then: MAN’S VOICE (OVER) You’re not real.... WOMAN’S VOICE (OVER) How do you know? MAN’S VOICE (OVER) Weren’t your eyes blue? A WOMAN’S EYES HOVER huge and luminous before us. Light brown. Haunting. THE MAN is OUTSIDE and VERY HIGH UP. A distant matrix of BRIDGES frames him like a
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