Popular girls "Popular girls" is a short story from 2001 by Karen Shephard. She is born and raised in New York and her work has been published in several papers. The short-story sets in the early 80 ’s where we get some insight in the life of five rich and popular girls. They are self-centered and don ’t have the slightest interest in other people. Their entire life is about maintaining their image as a group. The setting is New York‚ which is the riches city in the US. The city is also known as
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My Personal Artifact: Pearls Every person has on object in their life that is very precious to the‚ for me‚ it is my pearl necklace. They are small and round and a lustrous cream color with a pink sheen. They have a tiny gold clasp that holds the necklace together. My pearls tell a story than no other personal artifact can: my heritage. The pearls symbolized tradition and womanhood in my family’s life‚ and they were to be worn with dignity and pride. Every holiday‚ the girls of the family accessorized
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Pearls of Wisdom Shame‚ weakness‚ lust‚ and desire tie together all aspects of Hester Prynne’s life when she commits adultery and gives birth to a young girl named Pearl‚ leading to her ostracization by her community and having to wear a scarlet letter A for the remainder of her life. Nathaniel Hawthorne enhances his novel The Scarlet Letter with extensive attention to character description‚ especially when referring to Pearl. Through diction and imagery‚ Hawthorne identifies Pearl as slightly
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The manifestations of truth and innocence in the character‚ Pearl‚ help support the overall effect of her being a mysterious creature that Nathaniel Hawthorne produced in The Scarlet Letter. This paradox of one person representing both innocence and also truth‚ which is the loss of innocence‚ gives Pearl special qualities and allows her to play a significant role. She is introduced in the beginning of the novel as the result of her mother‚ Hester’s adulterous relations. She will continue to be
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character named Pearl. At the beginning of the novel‚ she is just an innocent infant who is abhorred by all the townspeople because of the sin her mother‚ Hester Prynne‚ committed before Pearl was born. In this novel‚ Pearl is a static character and living symbol of sin. In the beginning‚ the reader is introduced to Pearl as the infant “whose innocent life had sprung...a lovely and immortal flower‚ out of the rank and luxurious of a guilty passion” (59). Hawthorne describes Pearl as an impeccant
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Carla Casati Ms. Nash ELA 10 28 November 2012 Would You Rather Smile at a Friend or be terrified at a Stranger? It was a warm sunny day‚ like the ones you would expect in a summer camp; laughter was the melody that filled the air. Everybody was cheerful and enthusiastic‚ well everybody except one of our counselors. He was very worried‚ because his sister had been extremely sick‚ and nobody had been able to heal her. Everybody in my group had told him how sorry we felt for her‚ but really
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Expository Essay #1 English 8H Isabella Diez‚ Period 6 Just one Click Away In the present life we don’t really realize how much we use new technologies. One of my favorites of this time to use is the Apple iPhone. The Apple iPhone is a modern invention that has made significant impact on my life by enabling communication and providing entertainment. First‚ communication is offered on many levels on the Apple iPhone. I can email easily. My neighbor can email me easily when they need me to babysit
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To the average consumer‚ eating has now developed into well beyond an agricultural act‚ declares Wendell Berry. Apparent in the audience of his lectures on the decline of farming‚ American citizens are unable to recognize the existence of food beyond the food industry—the world of fake‚ processed food. Ask any individual from where their food comes and they will answer‚ “the grocery store.” Stirring Berry to anger‚ he exclaims that food begins with life‚ plant and animal; if food begins in the laboratory
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Running head: DID STEVE JOBS SAVE THE MUSIC INDUSTRY Did Steve Jobs Save the Music Industry? Tricia Bilbrey Did Steve Jobs Save the Music Industry? "We started out to get a computer in the hands of everyday people‚ and we succeeded beyond our wildest dreams."-Steve Jobs The year is 1999. In the year of Y2K the world of technology introduces the first iBook‚ Paypal surfaces. Amazon.com becomes the world’s largest book retailer and Shawn Flemming introduces Napster-the first free online
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Attending driving school in Toronto is a fantastic idea for just about anyone. If you have never had a license before‚ you may even be required to attend certain driving education courses‚ receive driving practice lessons‚ and log in so many hours driving on the road before your license can be issued. Going to this type of school to prepare for your licensing exam is a great idea because it gets you started driving correctly‚ you get quality and personal driving instruction‚ it may take less time
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