Grave stele of a little girl‚ ca. 450-440 B.C. This Greek sculpture carved with parian marble was found on the island of Paros in 1775 and consists of a young girl wearing a woolen garment with her head bowed giving her farewell to two pet doves. The young girl’s facial expression is strong‚ yet somber while she holds one dove close to her serene face‚ while the other dove rests on the young girl’s left hand (The Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ 2000). This sculpture would have been established in
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times I have read the book "Totto-chan - a little girl sitting by the window". It is a diary of the author named Tetsuko Kuroyanagi who also has a lovely nickname Totto-chan. The word "diary" maybe not as exact as the one "memoirs" because she worte this book base on her memory since she was a child. I call her Totto-chan (it is much easier than reading her full name). Reading this book makes me admire her a lot although at that time she was only a little girl. If you read this book I bet you will be
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Penelope Peach was a smart and ambitious little girl. Her being ambitious meant she was willing to work hard to get the things she wanted. One summer afternoon‚ Penelope was out shopping with her mother when she saw the best‚ most perfect doll she had ever seen in her whole life! It was the brand-new Sadie Walk and Talk doll that even came with it’s own cell phone! Penelope Peach picked up the doll‚ hugged it tightly‚ and spun around once while begging her mom to buy it for her. “Mom‚ this is the
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La Petite Blanchisseuse (The Little Laundry Girl) by Pierre Bonnard Pierre Bonnard‚ a French artist‚ born in 1867 and died in 1947‚ belonged to a group of French Post-Impressionist artists called Nabis; a Hebrew word meaning prophet. The group “broke away from academic tradition to embrace an approach that emphasized decorative unity and a more personal‚ abstract style.” (Schneider) Mister Bonnard was strongly influenced by the Japanese art of woodcut; a print made from a design cut in a block
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Child Beauty Pageants: Robbing Little Girls’ Innocence There are over 5‚000 child beauty pageants held annually across the United States with girls as young as two-years-old competing in them. Little girls strut across the stage with make-up painted on their tanned faces‚ hair teased into big and luscious curls‚ fake teeth‚ and a raunchy dance to complement it. There’s no doubt that the very young girls do not resemble their age when they are on stage and performing; they’re transformed into “sultry
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A Little Girl‚ Her Journey to Heaven‚ and Her Amazing Story of Healing is a memoir written by an American author Christy Beam‚ released on April 14‚ 2015. The author wrote the book about her own sick daughter Annabel Beam. This book is a remarkable true story of faith and blessings‚ sharing the story of Christy’s young daughter Annabel‚ who was plagued by a chronic illness; of the trials she and the family endured while working towards a cure; of how this brave girl survived a dangerous accident
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that such a fact cannot be denied‚ since history has repeatedly proved Dr. King’s statement. This idea acts as a motif throughout history‚ as portrayed in works such as the letter written by Martin Luther King Jr. in Birmingham jail‚ the film Four Little Girls by Spike Lee‚ and the story of three Christians standing up for their religion before King Nebuchadnezzar. As it has been evidenced throughout the past‚ groups tend to need the application of excessive force before giving up their power‚ as opposed
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Two little girls in blue The book “Two little girls in blue” by Mary Higgins Clark is a thriller about crime against children‚ kidnapping‚ murder and telepathy. It is an easy reading book and its lively narration fascinates the reader and makes it hard to stop reading. The main theme in the book is the kidnapping of two little girls. Mary Higgins Clark describes the reaction of the parents‚ family and friends and relates with this topic to a fear every mother has. No parent wants to be in this
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The amazing tragedies in the world. Are all included in this book Little Black Girl Lost by Keith Lee Johnson with characters Jonnie as the little black girl lost‚ Marguerite is Johnnie’s mother‚ and Earl a man that pays for sex from youth women. In this book Little Black Girl Lost Johnnie a high school student with a mother that is a prostitute Marguerite. Marguerite has a customer named Earl that pays her for intercourse and now wants to pay Johnnie Marguerite’s daughter for intercourse and he’s
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Music influences people in different ways‚ for me it influenced my life by allowing me to realize that I can express myself through other people’s words. For instance‚ when I started seventh grade I heard a song called “My Little Girl” by Tim McGraw. At first‚ when I heard this song I started to cry because I automatically heard my Dad’s voice apologizing for what happened. This song has influenced my life because it was always there for me when I needed a father’s reassurance
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