Ty Morris English IV DC 09/09/2013 “How I Lost the Junior Miss Pageant” Stylistic Analysis Cindy Bosley’s “How I Lost the Junior Miss Pageant” contains numerous literary elements that‚ if left undiscovered‚ prevent the reader from truly understanding and appreciating the work as a whole. For example‚ Bosley’s use of connotation‚ such as “My mother had secret hopes. Finally divorced for the second time from the same man‚ my father‚ she sat with me and gave me her own commentary about who was cute
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As I walked down the hallway‚ it seemed endless. I could not feel my feet hitting the ground‚ nor notice anyone around me. I just walked. The smell of the place was intoxicating. It reminded me of insulin or disinfectant spray. I entered her room; it was dark. The sound of beeping machines echoed in my ears. I walked to her bed. She was sleeping soundly. Her body was frail and looked as if she was bone covered with skin. She was weak and tired. The cancer had been eating away at her‚ slowly
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121- CRN#30527 October 24th‚ 2013 Word Count: 1‚261 Little Miss Sunshine Laughs abound as we join the Hoover family on their hilarious and outrageous family road-trip to get young Olive Hoover (Abigail Breslin)‚ an aspiring pageant contestant from their home in Albuquerque New Mexico‚ to the “Little Miss Sunshine” pageant being held at the Embassy Suites in Redondo Beach California Little Miss Sunshine (2006) is well developed and departs from the
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How I lost my Youth. I did not know how my last second decision to join the Navy would haunt me for the rest of my life. Where I went from being an innocent kid that was invincible to the world‚ to bleeding for my country and losing lives of friends. There were moments that led up to this unforgettable situation. It started with General Quarters‚ which means to man your pre-assigned battle stations‚ once at your battle station; you must look for all targets while preparing your weapon. Then after
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Since 1945‚ Miss America has offered scholarships to winners and now to all the women who compete as well. Transitioning from simple contest of beauty‚ it has become become one of the largest providers of scholarships for young women in America. Testing contestants on current events‚ public speaking‚ talents and fitness‚ women must be well verse in all of these categories to compete in the pageant. Competing in beauty pageants‚ women are encouraged to better themselves by obtaining these qualities
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of a folding chair skimming the thin pages of Cosmo. Her mother’s oversized designer sunglasses were framed by bleach blonde tendrils all of which had been carefully placed‚ as today marked an important occasion. It was the day of the Tiny Miss Beauty Pageant and all the way from South Carolina was reigning regional champion Rebecca Mint and her mother. The duo had been up for five hours in their flickering fluorescent hotel room doing Rebecca’s heat-treated hair and show makeup. A compact resemblance
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April 16‚ 2013 Child Pageants are Exploitive Like anything‚ there are pros and cons to Child Pageants. Personally‚ I think they are wrong. The kids have to wear makeup at an early age‚ they take from their childhood‚ the pageants are solely judged on looks‚ and the costs are outrageous. The rebuttal is that pageants are supposed to promote self-confidence and be fun. Makeup utilization was intended for adults. When these young girls are getting ready for the pageant‚ they focus and stress
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Barbie doll right? No‚ nowadays this is what we call a beauty pageant contestant. Young girls will use a Barbie doll as a source of inspiration and this is perceived as completely normal in the eyes of society. Among other things‚ girls are judged on individuality‚ poise‚ perfection and confidence. But are these really things a 5 or 6 year old should be thriving to achieve? Young girls should not be allowed to participate in beauty pageants because they are taught the wrong values from an early age
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Pereira P.1 English Essay August 2‚ 2013 Juniors Transformation Junior is the main character and the narrator of the novel “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian‚” by Sherman Alexie. At the beginning of the novel Junior introduces himself as a guy born with a brain damage‚ 42 teeth‚ and very big feet (shoe size 12 in the third grade). He has large hands‚ an epic skull and a very skinny body. “With my big feet and pencil body‚ I looked like a capital L walking down the road“ (p
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And saying “my Dad died when I was 11” rolls off of my tongue in a way that it never has before. It’s been nine years. Time has passed. Things have gotten easier. His death is no longer where my thoughts default when nothing else is distracting me. I don’t think about him every time someone mentions his or her father in conversation. And‚ I don’t think about him every time someone asks about my own family. I do think about him though. Every single day. It’s still hard. I watch a girl dancing on her
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