Issa Rae has always been an awkward girl; she’s always worn the wrong pants‚ kissed the wrong boy‚ and felt the wrong way‚ or simply been the wrong girl. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl is a dazzling collection of essay about growing up learning to love the things in your life that makes it unique‚ even when those things also make it mighty awkward. She writes about being a black girl who just cannot dance‚ about being unhappy working in cubicle as her web series was taking off‚ about not
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I first read “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid‚ I was surprised it was in the short story section of the textbook. It is barely over one page long‚ and it is all one sentence. It reminded me of some of the prose we read in the poetry section. However‚ after reading the definition provided in the reference material‚ I can now see why it is considered a short story. There are two main elements of the definition. First‚ the story must center on “one climactic event.” The entire story of “Girl” is a mother
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don’t attempt to mask the fact that gender is a factor which affects the ways in which students interact with each other. Rachel Simmons’ Odd Girl Out looks closely at adolescent female interactions and the way in which the internet has shaped them: the ability to always be in contact and to use this ability to gain social status is often exploited by girls. Boys‚ on the other hand‚ are less prone to use technology in aggressive behaviors. In Real Boys‚ William Pollack unpacks the male tendency to
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Street crimes are commonplace in Pakistan. Almost everyone has a story to tell about having a purse or a wallet stolen; everyday street crimes appear in the news headlines. They usually only occur in the big cities‚ where there are homeless street-people. An analysis of the official data compiled by the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) reveals that‚ on an average‚ 124 mobile phones are snatched/stolen every day. In the preceding year‚ the figure had stood at 76. The growing trend of cellphone
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------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Street Beggars Around Anderson you may see people on the streets holding signs asking for money. I have only seen men do this. When I discussed what I had seen with some co-workers they seem to think that the person must be an alcoholic‚ lazy‚ on drugs or the person must be forced to beg. I wondered about what it took to stand on the street with a sign stating you were hungry or need a job. There is one man who I passed while
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I’ve seen it all. This is why the movie “Mean Girls” directed by Mark Waters and written by Tina Fey was a perfect choice for my independent study. I’m going to be talking about how cliques define you‚ how friends betray you‚ and how you can easily change yourself to fit in with a group though it may not be your smartest idea. The movie “mean girls” is an accurate portrayal of how rough high school can be‚ and more specifically how horrible teenage girls can be. Cady Heron played by Lindsay Lohan
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productions‚ characters interpret justice as revenge and revenge as justice— so does society. In her twisted novel Gone Girl‚ Gillian Flynn portrays the arguments and affairs of a married couple‚ each seeking reprisal; however‚ the wife is seeking revenge and the husband is in quest of social justice. Wife Amy Dunn goes missing on the day of her 5th anniversary—the
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The Diary of A Curly Girl Young girls aspire to be women with contoured cheekbones‚ long flowing hair‚ and thin builds. Although‚ many girls do not realize how diverse they are. The sense of being different and the need to address that difference becomes more real as these girls age. In those events‚ their self-confidence dips‚ while their low-self esteem heightens. If I had the opportunity to act in my own movie‚ I would play the heroine because the hero fights against the evil villain: low self-esteem
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Set in America in the early 1970s the movie‚ My Girl shows how the main protagonist‚ Vada‚ goes through many events as she matures. The audience follows Vada on her journey as a young girl who has trouble seeing anyone else’s needs but her own. She tries to act mature and wants to be treated that way but it doesn’t happen because she comes across as so innocent. This can be seen by her actions of still wanting to ride a bike‚ the crush on her teacher and wanting to hang out with her best friend
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stemming from the debate pitting sculpture against painting and reaching into the debate comparing poetry and painting. When examining the painting‚ film‚ and the novel with the name Girl with a Pearl Earring‚ we must look to the paragone of ekphrasis in it’s different forms. Taking inspiration from Vermeer’s painting Girl with a Pearl Earring‚ Tracy Chevalier’s novel and Peter Webber’s film follow a very similar story line. However‚ as the film and the book use different mediums‚ each implements different
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