I always used to say ‘yes’. My mother never taught me how to say ‘no’. That’s why I am in a corner crying. Not crying‚ crying is too little of a word. I am sobbing. Heart retching sobs that make my body convulse and make me shake uncontrollably. That’s why in my head I am repeating over and over things that make me feel only inches tall. Why did you just take it? Why didn’t you stop him? You’re to blame you didn’t say no! You didn’t stand up for yourself! I am in the corner of my new room in the
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To Live Deliberately Thoreau has stated that he “wishes to live deliberatelyâ€Â. Although I had thought about what is my purpose of living‚ I didn’t get a consequence of how should I really achieve it. Since I was in middle school‚ I decided to study Mass communication in my future. I like media; I like the way people press news and make connections for all over the world. But after I read Thoreau’s opinions of our life‚ I just realized that I have to do something for
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The Forgiving Bad Girl (Critique on So I Ain’t No Good Girl by Sharon Flake) “So I Ain’t No Good Girl “is a short story from a collection of short stories called “Who Am I without Him”‚ and “So I Ain’t No Good Girl” is about your average bad girl. The Author‚ Sharon Flake‚ writes a story about a girl who thinks she’ll be nobody without her boyfriend‚ Raheem. The narrator in “So I Ain’t No Good Girl” is a girl who thinks of herself only as a bad girl. This specific bad girl obeys her boyfriend
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We have read the two texts "Ain’t I a woman?" by Sojourner Truth and "Incidents in the life " by Harriet Jacobs in which both of them are slaves and how their stories have in common and how their views of morality differ. Sojourner Truth is an African-American slave and is fighting anti slavery through her words and is encouraging other African-American people to have an equal life‚ justice and respect like the white people are experiencing. She fought for her freedom by her words‚ "That
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Who am I Without Him? The author of “So I ain’t no Good Girl”‚ Sharon Flake‚ develops the characters in a way I find realistic and original. It is told in a first person view of the main character; although‚ we don’t know her name‚ we know her boyfriend’s name‚ Raheem. He is known for his good looks and muscles. They have been together for two years now‚ but he treats her as though she is nobody. The narrator has an attitude against other girls‚ because Raheem tends to stare. When she finds him
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One of the stories that I choose was I Used To Live Here Once by Jean Rhys. The story is a short story that is told in third person format. In the beginning of the story the woman is looking at the stepping stones and remembering them as she is walking across the river. When the narrator says ‘She was standing by the river looking at the stepping stones and remembering each one” it lets you know that the young lady in the story has been there before. The narrator of the story is giving a sense of
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will be shocked if one maintain that his wants to be a female with every characteristics of man‚ since it is unfeasible for two self-contradictory character to co-exist in one individual. As it does in the same case with Picasso’s saying: “I’d like to live as a poor man with lots of money”; it might be the ideal combination that will benefits one holistically throughout his life time. However‚ within the quote‚ the persona enjoys the characteristics of a poor man‚ who usually incline to practice simplicity
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Theme and Symbols of “I used to live here once” ENG125 Introduction to Literature Instructor 10/1/2012 Theme and Symbols of “I used to live here once” The story “I used to live here once” is a short story based on a woman’s journey returning to a place she once called home. The author uses symbols throughout the story to demonstrate to the reader that the woman is no longer alive. The ultimate theme is not discovered until the end of the story. The purpose of this paper will be to discuss
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me they would never guess that I don’t like fizz. I don’t like pop‚ fizzy candy‚ none of it. The only time that I would have fizz‚ for example‚ pop‚ would be when there’s nothing else to drink around me and I need something to drink. Most people are shocked when I say I don’t like pop‚ others say‚ “Good for you!” Now‚ sometimes it’s very inconvenient when I don’t like fizz because most drinks have fizz. Especially when it’s a graduation party. Another fizzy thing I don’t like is the candy that
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War is a waste of good lives‚ which are more precious than any gift on the planet. Life is so fragile and cannot be altered‚ stopped‚ or reversed with any amount of money‚ power‚ or land. Therefore‚ we should not risk young men’s lives by throwing them into a war zones telling them to shoot at people not wearing the same color as you. War causes many innocent people die just because they were “in the way” and causes many others to become murders in order to serve their country. War overall is
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