Girl by Jamaica Kincaid “Girl”‚ is a short story by the renowned Jamaica Kincaid; a Caribbean author and poet. The story depicts the instructions of how young girls should conduct themselves in public. Young girl’s duties involve responsibilities such as cleaning‚ cooking as well as societal social behaviors. Kincaid instructs young girls “don’t sing benna on Sundays at all and never in Sunday school”. Kincaid also gives clear knowledge to the young girls that are not responsible for learning
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poem "I fight like a girl" and Malinda from the book "speak" are victims. Both in the poem and in the book the narrators/main characters go thru a lot and at some point reach the point when they are finally ready to fight back and stand up for themselves. The poem "I fight like a girl and the book "speak" are alike because the main characters or narrators were both raped. I know this because in the third line of the poem it says "a girl who is
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“The Rich People’s School” “The worst form of inequality is trying to make unequal things equal -Aristotle.” Recognizing the different variety of socio economic classes‚ many people tend to identify others and their quality of life‚ based off their personal economic struggles. We are influenced to consider poverty to be one “single story”‚ which manipulates some of us to think‚ “they are who they are because it was their choice”. For some‚ we instantly dehumanize them‚ placing them on a scale contributing
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Long Island mansion‚ he was James Gatz‚ a lower class‚ Midwestern farm boy. At the age of 17 Gatz decided he wanted to become rich‚ made a plan for himself‚ and fixated on making himself larger than life. He was insistent on becoming a perfect version of himself‚ or the “Platonic conception”(98)‚ and was willing to do anything to achieve this. Gatsby’s obsession to become a rich and affluent man then transformed into an obsession with winning over Daisy‚ the beautiful young woman of Old Money. When Gatsby
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to be. Video games in the 70’s were simple; in one of them all it consisted of was one block on each side that could only maneuver up and down. It was called ping pong‚ their would be a ball that you could hit back in forth bouncing off you’re block‚ and sending it to you’re opposing opponent. Now in video games you can take a chainsaw and cut characters head off in the game and be rewarded with points. I chose this topic simply because it is interesting‚ and I my self play violent video games
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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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I Need Him Sharon Flake tells the story of a girl who is struggling with her relationship in “So I Ain’t No Good Girl.” The narrator would do anything and everything for her boyfriend. She deals with him looking at other girls and the fights they have as a couple just to keep on being his girlfriend. You could even say she favors boys over her education. Even though Raheem‚ the narrator’s boyfriend‚ is abusive; she still stays with him. Flake provides the narrator’s emotions throughout the
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Short Story Argument Essay: Is This Love? Write a comparison-contrast argument essay‚ using two or three of the stories we have discussed in class. “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner‚ page 713 “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love‚” by Raymond Carver‚ page 721. “Sweat” by Zora Neale Huston‚ page 731. Your essay should be three FULL to four pages long. MLA style. You will need to write a working thesis statement and outline that should be approved before you begin your
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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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A “Stupid Girl” is a woman who intentionally decimates their appearance‚ intelligence‚ and morals for social recognition. This person harbors intelligence but prefers to subject herself to degrading her morals and appearance at any cost. Many celebrities today follow this occupation‚ no they are not famous because of a movie or their first hit single back in 2000‚ well maybe yes‚ but how do they stay at the top with out falling to the bottom for 13 consecutive years? The answer is pretty simple
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