Summary of “No Tears for Frankie” by Gina Greenlee In “ No Tears for Frankie” the author Gina Greenlee shares with us about what a horrible experience she had when she was 10. Frankie who used to bully and sexually assault her died when she was in fifth grade. When he was alive he and his crew would grab her breasts‚ and other private areas. They would also push her from the stairs‚ punched and kicked her. She told her friend about what happened so she started to go over her friends after school
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Personal Narrative Have you ever heard the term “Butterflies in my stomach?” If you haven’t‚ it’s when you get a real fluttery feeling in your stomach when you get surprised or shocked by something. I had that feeling‚ that same feeling when I heard the news about one of my closest family members from my mom. The day I found out‚ I was getting ready for my friend’s birthday party at a waterpark. I went into my mom’s room to ask her when we were leaving and it looked like she had been crying
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born. A couple years ago I was making my way home from school and I could hear a commotion coming from inside of the house. I dropped my things and I ran inside to find my mother crying and raising her fist at my father. Her eyes were filled with tears and her voice strained with anger. Silence fell on the room when they both saw that I was now present. My first instinct was to go to my dad and defend him‚ being as she was the one that appeared to be the aggressor. My mother just fell to the floor
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the mouse fought on and on Till her strength was almost gone --When the snake‚ without a sound‚ Spat the dead mouse on the ground‚ And‚ with mangled slither‚ stole Unopposed into his hole. Then the mouse came up and cried Bitter tears for her who’d died. Squeaking sadly‚ and bereft‚ Corpse in mouth‚ she sobbed and left. This was seen by Mr. Yang. When his friend the poet Chang
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Anya Kojovic let the door bounce back on its hinges‚ gasping as the freezing air snatched the breath from her lungs. Icy hands clawed and tugged at the thin brown cardigan that hung loosely over her yellow cotton dress. Thick patches of snow lay like dollops of cream glittering on the ground. Like the cream she put on the Babka she made with her grandmother back in Warsaw. It was clear but for a few clouds smudged into the powder blue sky. There was the sound of tea boiling‚ because that’s what
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awhile it becomes painful but it won’t stop. Why was fate so cruel when you were only fourteen? I ran toward the door then flung it open‚ my heart pumping hard in my chest. I then stopped running at the foot of my garden path and squatted down‚ the tears running down the side of my cheeks as I forced myself to swallow the ache. I didn’t care about anything anymore‚ including my own life. Her disappearance turned my whole world black and white‚ and I didn’t see the beauty in anything anymore. After
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violent that it brought on an early labour’. The protagonist isn’t fully introduced at the beginning of the story as we are not given any other information other than which she is chopping onions and seems to be a very sensitive and emotional person ‘ ‘tears begin to well up‚ the next thing you know you just can’t stop.’. We do not learn the name of the narrator but we do learn that she has a great aunt by the name of ‘Tita’. We learn about Tita’s birth ( the protagonists’ great-aunt. ) and that she is
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feelings that lay inside her‚ through her writing. She used to call me her “Lucky Pen” and i was proud of that status. But one day‚ I remember her writing … writing harsh on the roughest paper I had experienced. She was crying and I could feel her tears on me. It was sad to know that she had lost her dad because I knew she loved him the most. But then‚ the most horrible thing happened when she accidentally put me down and dented my nib. That hurt! “Oh No!” she wept and cried even more. I wanted to
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them. I agree with Smith’s argument. I think crying in men is a mark of weakness‚ it make men defenseless‚ and it can’t solve the problems. First of all‚ men easily get hurt and look weak when they are crying. According to Dennis Thompson‚ “... the tears blur your vision and leaves you defenseless.” That means when men crying‚ they are weak‚ because they don’t have enough defense and they can’t even have a clear vision to look around or think what’s going to happen to them. If people want to hurt some
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that the Oracle has decreed that Ikemefuna must be killed. He tells Okonkwo not to take part in the boy’s death‚ as Ikemefuna calls him “father.” Okonkwo lies to Ikemefuna‚ telling him that he will be returning to his home village. Nwoye bursts into tears. During the long walk home with the men of Umuofia‚ Ikemefuna thinks about seeing his mother. After hours of walking‚ a man attacks him with a machete. Ikemefuna cries to Okonkwo for help. Okonkwo doesn’t wish to look weak‚ so he cuts the boy down
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