from school when my world began to crumble around me. It was a Friday, so like any other kid who had just suffered through an entire week of excruciating labor, I was very excited to kick back and relax. Eagerly I dropped my crimson backpack to the floor, letting it fall with a loud thud that must have echoed through the entire house. Still in my school uniform, I plop onto my bed and pull out my phone. Maybe I’ll watch another episode of Lost, I think to myself, unaware that my life would…
Willa Cather the author of My Antonia, in the beginning, introduces an immigrant family the Shimerda’s and the main character Antonia. Antonia goes through a few tribulations and sufferings that affects her in specific ways. She manages to pull through in every situation and make things work for her family. Antonia is known for being courageous, affectionate, and adaptive. Antonia has distinct character traits, but one that sticks out the most is how vigorous she is mentally and physically.…
I am from Lynn a place where there are different people surrounding you. I am from Lynn a place where everyone is accepted I am from Lynn a place where you can either get your education or face the streets I am from Lynn where the shots are silent and the tragic becomes nothing the next day The streets of Lynn are stereotyped as “ghetto” because of the drugs, the gangs and the low income we have in the community. There are used needles, condoms, and cigarello wrappers on the ground But, the…
of what happened. And I want to be called that for the rest of my life because, when people call me mackenna I feel like i'm not me.I don't feel like i am myself anymore. The reason I felt that way was because, she was a sub when I was in preschool. She has been my preschool teacher before so she pretty much knew who I was. She knew how to say it and also how to spell it it wasn't that hard to pronounce so why would she pronounce my…
My Antonia by Willa Cather has multiple main themes that heavily prevails throughout the book. The four most prevalent are human’s relationship to the past, their relationship to the future, their relationship to the environment and religion. These four themes shape and heavily influence the book. ( 1) A human’s relationship to the past was one of the biggest themes in this book as the reader can see various characters taking trips down memory lane quite a few times. (3) Quickly, the reader…
was one of his favorites. After the movie, the two went back to the waterfall. Kather took thurough time explaining when and why he made each picture or painting. "That one I made when my mother died, taking my older brother with her. She got in a really bad car accident on the roads back to my grandmother's. My brother was in the front seat. The seat belts…
Let me start by telling you my background and how I grew up. I was raised by a strong, independent women; I call Mom or as everyone else would call her, Donna. I grew up in a very big and loving family. I have one older sister Briana; growing up we didn 't get along because of our huge age gap; we are 10 years apart. When I was little I never considered myself as a fatherless little girl, I had my Grandfather and a family friend, Marc, who I considered my father figures; and I am so beyond…
just follow. I would be lying if I said that scared little girl inside my heart didn’t still believe this to be true to some extent, but with age came wisdom but we’ll get to this a little later. Seeing all the “pretty” people on tv, movies, ads, even in real life can be intimidating, convincing us all for the most part that this is just how life is. I hate to admit, but this way of thinking was apparent in my own family. My own mother was so unhappy with how she looked and the way the world…
The American male fantasy is one that is often portrayed by the heroes in the books and films we watch. They tend to be strong, moral and exciting characters that men look up to. Therefore, these texts carry a lot of weight in terms of the reflection of society and the male perspective on life. Using the novel The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler and the film High Noon directed by Fred Zinnemann, this paper will argue that there are certainly element within the texts that both support and counter…
Set against the patriarchal backdrop of the Deep South with its norm of male dominance, Alice Walker’s, The Colour Purple, maps the journey the novel’s protagonist, Celie, makes toward self-awareness and freedom. Walker’s epistolary structure highlights the importance of having opportunities to express ones thoughts and feelings in order to develop a sense of self and demonstrates how women have had their voices taken from them. Celie’s growth and the resulting parallel decline of male dominance…