The passage “Girl”‚ by Jamaicia Kincaid I believe is about a mother explaining to her daughter the ways she must act to be the ideal women. The mother gives her guidance throughout the passage wanting her to have social manners and domesticity. The mother gives instructions and commands‚ I believe to give her the tools to be independent‚ strong‚ and respected as a young aspiring women. The mother is setting out rules and giving commands to her daughter to lead her daughter into a better path and
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Little SeamSTRESS-ED Butterflies in some cultures symbolize change‚ a “new self;” while butterflies in Chinese culture symbolize “new love.” A character who is a protagonist will change the most out of any character in a book. Throughout the book‚ Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress‚ we follow the narrator and his best friend‚ Luo‚ through their adventures of thievery and dangerous jobs. But‚ neither of them are the protagonist. The Little Seamstress is the protagonist‚ because like a butterfly
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You’ll probably be married by then‚ a good Italian girl like you … BELLA You mean it? You’ll really g o with me? I get so worried I’ll miss it. I get so worried I can’t sleep at night. You really mean it? JORDAN Bella I’d like to go with you. Even if you’re going out with someone I’ll hold you to it. I’ll force you to go with me. It’s a date and I’m it. Okay? BELLA Deal. BACKGROUND There are main five characters in the script of Little Sister: Tracey‚ Katie‚ Bella‚ Jay and Jordan. The
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many limitations placed on women and girls. Her character is based in large part on Louisa May Alcott herself. Beth is thirteen‚ with a shy manner‚ a timid voice‚ and a peaceful expression which was seldom disturbed. She has a close relationship with Jo‚ despite their different personalities. She seemed to live in a happy world of her own‚ only venturing out to meet the few whom she trusted and loved. Long‚ quiet days she spent‚ not lonely nor idle‚ for her little world was peopled with imaginary
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toys could come alive‚ and of course that for every girl there was a prince charming in her future. The problem is‚ Disney creates these happy tales when the original versions aren’t quite as loving and chipper. While the Disney empire creates nice pictures of "happily-ever-after‚" there are great alterations to the original versions while inculcating cultural values without necessarily examining them. In Disney’s movie The Little Mermaid‚ Ariel‚ a sixteen-year-old mermaid princess
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For many girls‚ Little Women is a reading experience so stirring and lasting in impact that as adults they name their baby daughters after the characters. When they judge their daughters old enough‚ they press the book on their little Megs‚ Josephines‚ Beths‚ and Amys; often it is the same copy they read with their mothers‚ sometimes the one their mothers read with their grandmothers‚ occasionally an early or original edition that represents continuity through a hundred or more years. Louisa May
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arrived to the train that would take me to the airport‚ I met the other children and adults‚ that would be traveling with the program; Emily Davis‚ a bright and cheerful girl; Leah Brooke a sullen and quiet girl‚ but only around her stepmother Sue‚ who would be joining us in a week; Erica Hebert‚ obnoxious and rude‚ truly the bitchy girl in school every one loved to hate; and Mr. and Mrs. Jones‚
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know how many great women have had great fathers and husbands behind them” (Sayers 1). This quote demonstrates that a great man comes from a great woman and one is not better than the other‚ but how many woman have great men behind them. In the The Little Mermaid‚ Ariel’s father is hard to please and is seen as dominant. He is in control of her and everything she does. If Ariel did something that he did not approve of‚ she would hear about it and get upset. Ariel did not listen to her father and did
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Both genders have it equally hard but 99% of the girls will agree that being a boy is much easier than being a girl. We are so fed up with how society has changed the way we look‚ we are expected to be in a certain standard to be accepted as pretty. Another reason is girl on girl hate‚ this is being mean to another girl without any valid reason and the urge to be skinny. Th fact that guy’s have less pressure on their appearance than girls in annoying. We spend heaps pf money buying fancy clothes
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Summary: In “The Little Mermaid‚” Hans Christian Andersen depicts the life of a mermaid‚ and her aspirations to live life on land as a human. The little mermaid lives deep in the dark depths of the sea with the sea king (her father)‚ her father’s subjects‚ her five sisters‚ and her grandmother. The little mermaid longed for nothing more than to see the world above the surface of the water‚ but a mermaid is not allowed to go up to the surface until the age of 15. The little mermaid waited patiently
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