In both Confetti “Girl and Tortilla Sun”‚ the narrators both disagree with their parent’s points of view‚ ultimately causing tension in the family. In the story “Confetti Girl”‚ her father didn’t spend enough time with her and chose to go to his library. He cleaned his books off instead of spending time with her. She puts her drink on her father’s book because she was mad that he wasn’t paying attention or spending time with her. Also her mother died and she tries to connect with her father but
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In general there are two kinds of press nowadays: tabloids and quality press. Each of them has its own way of parenting people‚ events and news. However‚ they often write about the same events‚ their styles are completely different. Tabloids focus on celebrities‚ their lives‚ successes‚ love affairs and rumours. The quality press presents the most important news‚ political events or sport occurrences. The journalists who write articles for the quality press respect "Ethics Code". What is more‚ they
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youngin. This statement is in fact proven true in both Jennifer Cervantes’ nonfiction passage Tortilla Sun and in Diana López’s nonfiction passage Confetti Girl. In both of these stories‚ a strong tension is formed when each narrator‚ and their remaining parent‚ is faced with a large disagreement of interests. In Tortilla Sun‚ the narrator and their mother argue over the fact
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family moved to the United States in the 1980s. In the US‚ he completed high school and went on to get his Medical Degree. He started writing while working published his fist book in 2004‚ which was The Kite Runner. Summary: A Thousand Splendid Suns is a story about two women and their lives in Afghanistan during the invasion of the Soviet of Afghanistan and the Taliban regime. It shows the suffering of Afghan citizens and their sacrifice in time of war. In this story‚ the two women named Mariam
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In Confetti Girl and Tortilla Sun both girls are living with one parent. They have to do stuff that they really don’t want to. One has to go to New Mexico the other has to do a essay. In both stories they both have single parents. In Confetti Girl‚ paragraphs 1-2 are in past tense then they suddenly change to the present when she is just with her dad. This suggests that he is a single parent and that he doesn’t understand change. On the other hand‚ in paragraph 18 of Tortilla Sun‚the mom states
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other making conflicts or things around them show how they are. Many people in Afghanistan have different beliefs or characteristics based on political or religious beliefs‚ molding them on how they are now. For instance the book A Thousand Splendid Suns by shows how two characters that live in Afghanistan are different because of the political climate in their country. Afghanistan’s climate shapes out how Hakim and Rasheed have different and similar views or thoughts about political and religious
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“real life” stories‚ and weight-loss advice. I guess sensationalism is the formula for these tabloid magazines to appeal people. Those magazines do not really focus about the facts of the stories but try to be the very first magazine to disclose the latest scandal of some celebrity. Tabloid magazines play an important role in exploiting celebrity life‚ which is never an old topic. Moreover‚ tabloid magazines mainly invoke people’s emotion rather than reasoning or rationality‚ which is one of the
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How to Write a Tabloid Style Article Tabloids take bits and pieces of stories and focus on the most scandalous‚ violent or criminal aspects and the burden of truth is much lower than it is in regular journalistic articles. With a few tips‚ you can write a successful piece that grabs the readers’ attention and holds them captive until the last word. Instructions: Step 1 Look for story ideas in local newspapers on the back pages. Articles that detail a gruesome crime or romantic liaisons make
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At First‚ both passages have similar tension because they both have only one parent. In “Confetti Girl” paragraph six‚ she says that she doesn’t cook like her mom. This proves that she doesn’t have a mom because the past tense shows that mom is gone. In which case‚ she probably misses her mom and doesn’t connect with her dad. In the passage “Tortilla Sun” paragraph 46‚ Izzy has a ball that connects her with her dad. The ball indicates that it is a memory from her dad. When her mom has to leave‚ Izzy
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understand their children. Maybe they can see the conflict eye to eye. In both "Confetti Girl" and "Tortilla Sun"‚ the narrators both disagree with their parents point of views‚ ultimately actuating tension in the family. But they also have some differences too. In the story "Confetti Girl"‚ by Diana Lopez‚ a daughter does not understand her dad’s conflict of books‚ which she is bored at. And in the story "Tortilla Sun"‚ by Jennifer Cervantes‚ a daughter and a mom just don’t understand each other after
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