Creative Writing Reader Response # 3 Ranch Girl by Maile Meloy from Contemporary American Short Fiction The story is told in second person‚ which gives the reader a sense of being in the story‚ at the same time being an observer. It begins with telling you where you stand in the socio-economics’ and in the eyes of your peers. “If you’re white‚ and you’re not rich or poor but somewhere in the middle‚ it’s hard to have worse luck than be born a girl on the Ranch. It doesn’t matter if your father
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foreseeable future. Author John Steinbeck shows his own perspective for woman in his beloved tale‚ “The Pearl”. In this story‚ Steinbeck writes about a woman named Juana who lives in poverty with her husband Kino‚ and their son Coyotito. When Kino discovers the largest pearl ever found‚ Kino believes the pearl is the key for his family to finally live a prosperous lifestyle. However‚ the pearl that thought to be the greatest fortune‚ turned to be the greatest demise of him and his family. Throughout
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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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Carla Frank April 29‚ 2010 Dreamgirls (2006) depicts the rise to stardom‚ and all joys‚ sacrifices‚ and heartbreaks associated with it. Effie White‚ Deena Jones‚ and Lorrell Robinson are the Dreamettes‚ beautiful girls with beautiful voices‚ looking to make it big. With help from their ambitious manager‚ Curtis Taylor‚ the Dreamettes thrive under the spotlight. However‚ the popular film also shows the hardships of the 1960’s. Through the manipulation of cinematography‚ Dreamgirls exposes‚ in
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identity will be constructed and re-constructed as much by who she hangs out with as by what she does. Mean Girls is a 2004 American teen comedy film directed by Mark Waters. The screenplay was written by Tina Fey and is based in part on the non-fiction book Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman‚ which describes how female high school social cliques operate and the effect they can have on girls. The film stars Lindsay Lohan and features a supporting cast of Rachel McAdams‚ Lacey Chabert‚ Amanda Seyfried
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Joseph Stalin once said “The death of one man is a tragedy. The deaths of millions is a statistic” (“Joseph Stalin Quote”). On a sunday of December 7‚ 1941 a surprise attack was planned by the Japanese to attack Oahu‚ Hawaii also known as Pearl Harbor. On this day many lives of the United States army were taken by the hands of Japan. The men of the United States army in Oahu were attacked by surprise which did not give them enough time to fight back. Many of the equipment was destroyed which gave
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The Pearl Why did it take the death of his son for him to realize what he had become? In novella “The Pearl” John Steinbeck shows us through Kino just how difficult it is to challenge the accepted customs of his society. Kino is living in a village his family has always lived in. His village was colonized and ruled by the Spanish. Kino needs money to pay the local doctor for his baby’s illness. He finds something that changes his life forever. Unfortunately‚ no one in power in Kino’s town
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The word “GIRL” Have you ever tried to say the word girl in a different pronunciation? Did people understand when you said it? When I took my first step into the United States‚ my biggest worry was pronunciation. In my entire life‚ this was the first time I took a journey to a different country. Everything was so new to me; white and black faces‚ tall and muscular people. Most of all‚ their eyes attracted my attention. I came to the United States seven years ago. Back then‚ I didn’t fully understand
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World War II advertisements before and after the Japanese attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu‚ Hawaii were different in several ways. Before the attack on Pearl Harbor advertisements had a positive tone and the main purpose was to encourage people to get jobs to help the United States win the war. Some jobs essential to the war were farming and working in factories. Farming was important because the soldiers needed food. Without enough food they would not have the energy or strength
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The 1991 movie My Girl tells the story of 11-year-old Vada Sultenfuss who‚ having lost her mother at birth ‚ lives with her dementia-ridden grandmother and her job-oriented father in the funeral parlour that he owns and operates. The story follows Vada‚ an extreme hypochondriac who has many strange misconceptions about death‚ through a variety of life-changing experiences‚ including the engagement of her father and the devastating loss of her best friend‚ Thomas Jay. Through these experiences
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