Girl Interrupted: Susanna Kaysen’s Mental Illness Katie Casebeer Margaret Gibson Amancio Lopes Molly Rather Boston College PY230 The film‚ Girl‚ Interrupted‚ is based on the life and memoir of Susanna Kaysen. During the late 1960’s Susanna Kaysen‚ attempted suicide and checked herself into a mental health hospital for two years. This movie adaptation weaves together the intricacies of Susanna’s personal life‚ the pressures of a changing society and the unexpected friendships she formed
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Popular girls "Popular girls" is a short story from 2001 by Karen Shephard. She is born and raised in New York and her work has been published in several papers. The short-story sets in the early 80 ’s where we get some insight in the life of five rich and popular girls. They are self-centered and don ’t have the slightest interest in other people. Their entire life is about maintaining their image as a group. The setting is New York‚ which is the riches city in the US. The city is also known as
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time. Now it is my turn to describe them. Turtle‚ a little girl‚ sweet once you know her‚ though she will kick you if you have made her upset. Her name is really Alice‚ but no one calls her that‚ I call her that to make her feel special. Her mom doesn’t pay much attention to her‚ so since she is my partner‚ I feel like I need to get along with her and make her feel special. She always wears braids in her long beautiful hair‚ she has me braid it‚ and it makes me feel like I have my daughter back.
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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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For the Final assignment‚ the image I chose to analyze and critique was Girl with a Kitten by Lucian Freud. My first impression of this piece was that it was pretty perplexing. There is not much happening in it besides a woman who seems to be strangling a little kitten without what seems to be any remorse for doing so—so‚ naturally‚ I immediately had questions regarding what exactly is happening in this work. Though there is still so much to understand and comprehend about it‚ I initially
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Nothing says “female empowerment” like women using capitalism to cash in on female empowerment; otherwise known as the American Girl phenomenon. American Girl dolls came about in 1986 when a Midwestern woman sought to create a better female role model than the bodacious Barbie. The original American Girl dolls had a deep impact on the developmental years of thousands of young girls who grew up in the nineties. Samantha‚ Kirsten‚ and Molly were the original three dolls. Each doll was accompanied with its
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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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fragile relationship between the sexes is a dominant theme of the modern literature”. Evaluate this opinion by comparing and contrasting how relationships between the sexes are presented in the top girls and Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard. Set at the time it was written‚ the early 1980’s‚ Top Girls is mainly concerned with two political agendas: feminism and socialism. It may seem surprising to us today that just over thirty years ago the Equal Pay Act and the Sex Discrimination Act came into
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The Lost Girl Everyday‚ someone tortures themselves relentlessly; although they may or may not truly believe their anguish to be self-inflicted. Some‚ superb pretenders (even to themselves)‚ consider themselves perfectly fine‚ and erect an elaborate façade of not having a care in the world. Others can distinguish that they are not okay‚ but meet difficulty in voicing their concerns. Loved ones who recognize their struggles‚ often do nothing. It seems that in most cases‚ people are fearful because
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The basic plot of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl as an anti-slavery text and the typical plot of the 19th century genre of sentimental fiction are alike in that just as the 19th century genre did‚ Harriet Jacobs made a plea to the Northern‚ white‚ female listeners during a time when "true womanhood" truly meant chastity and virtue. Harriet Jacobs pushes the message that slavery makes it totally impossible for a black woman to live as a virtuous or chaste person. As she supports some of
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