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    The Girl by the Corner

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    something soft. I took it from the ground. The doll. But‚ there was something strange about the doll‚ its eyes were blue like ice‚ just like the girl. Her bag lay by the ground‚ she was nowhere to be found. I let out a silent scream as the doll‚ somehow‚ was staring right at me! I dropped it. It’s all my fault‚ i thought. That i shouldn’t chase the girl and this wouldn’t happen. Was i going crazy? I picked up her bag‚ and rummaged through it. A dirty book with pictures that i found. I flipped over

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    Girl, Interrupted

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    passionate friendships and experimentation.” (468) Applying this concept to Girl‚ Interrupted unveils that psychosocial moratorium is essential to finding his or hers’ identity. In Michel Foucault’s “Panopticon‚” discipline further shows what is vital in finding his or hers’ true identity. Through psychosocial moratorium and discipline is where someone will find his or hers’ identity. In two specific scenes from Girl‚ Interrupted does it exemplify where someone is helped with finding their identity

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    Girl, Interrupted

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    In Girl‚ Interrupted author Susanna Kaysen recounts her two year stay at a Boston psychiatric hospital and her experience of what she calls the "parallel universe" of madness‚ she makes the reader consider how thin the line is between ’madness’ and ’sanity’. Susanna describes herself as "sane in an insane world". It does seem like it may be an insane world when we look at how society reacts to something they do not understand‚ fear breeds prejudice‚ "possessed by the devil" "bad‚ and must be isolated

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    Ambitious Girl

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    “Ambitious girl‚ I’d rather you tell me to hit you later Because you gotta finish a paper‚ Than to be in my face asking for a Rozay cup.” - Wale Not many young people worry about brains now a days‚ it’s more about beauty and outward appearance to try to fit it in. Most teenagers just want to have fun‚ party‚ and hang out with their friends. Focusing on school‚ setting goals‚ and being ambitious seems to be the last thing on a lot of teens’ minds. Being a girl that loves attention and

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    Th Real Meaning of Girl

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    July 2013 Understanding the real ‘Girl’ Do stories need characters? Characters are essential in stories. They can be either a protagonist or antagonist. Characters are fictional and created from the author’s imagination‚ yet the characters may be influenced from real life experiences of the author himself/herself or other people. In her book “Girl”‚ Jamaica Kincaid made this fact abundantly clear. Jamaica Kincaid’s biography shows that the characters in Girl are influenced by the experiences she

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    positive effects Dancehall music might have on our young people‚ it has become more a pathway for moral degradation with our young people. Dancehall is a “style of Jamaican popular music that had its genesis in the political disturbance of the late 1970′s ad became Jamaica’s dominant music in the 1980′s and 90′s”‚ ( C.J.Cooper) “Jamaican dancehall culture is commonly disparaged as a homophobic‚ homicidal‚ misogynist discourse that reduces both men and women to bare essentials: skeletal remain” (Cooper

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    Life of a Girl

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    “A man’s face is his autobiography; A woman’s face is her work of fiction” OSCAR WILDE Therefore‚ do all girls think themselves blessed in this regard – they can hide their emotions‚ on the contrary it is a benediction that no one can read their feelings in their face. A woman’s life is itself so complex‚ so subtle‚ so precise and has a very microscopic dimension of vision. This I’ll spare your brain‚ every action of any or rather all woman is so

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    Girl Underground

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    Girl Underground – by Morris Glitzman Good morning/afternoon Miss Yanai and 7N. Girl Underground by Morris Gleitzman reflects the main themes of family morals. What is right and wrong‚ power and powerlessness of children and growth and change. Gleitzman has used a captivating story‚ a fast paced plot and an appropriate setting‚ humour and simple language to reflect these important themes. By setting this book in Canberra‚ a political position is achieved by using children as the main characters

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    Head Girl

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    Prefect Choices: Head Girl‚ Deputy Head Girl‚ Head of School Council I would like to be a prefect as it would be a privilege to be elected to take the part of a key role in the functioning and representation of Marlborough Girls’ College. In addition to this‚ I would benefit personally by becoming prefect giving me the opportunity to be able to develop my public speaking and leadership skills‚ which will be useful later on in life. Another reason as to why I would like to be prefect is because

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    An Unknown Girl

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    unknown Girl Moniza Alvi was born in Pakistan .Her father was Pakistani and mother English. She left Pakistan when she was a baby for England. The poet is thus caught between two worlds and her poems exemplify her quest for her cultural identity. The prescribed poem appears to be set in India. Pakistan was a part of India before the partition‚ therefore the setting may be a symbolic thirst for her motherland. The title of the poem is “The Unknown Girl”‚ though it may refer to the girl in the poem

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