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Reimagined as new kind of hero, each one rejects the title of “damsel-in-distress” and gives every skillset they have to help the cause. Cinder’s character, based off of Cinderella, does not wait for her fairy godmother to give her a dress to go to a ball; instead, she gets dirty and grimy trying to save her country from a nefarious queen. Scarlet’s grandmother, based off of Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother, does not lay in bed almost as if waiting to be devoured by a predator; rather, she…

Her wispy chestnut hair whipped across her face as she continued running down the vast corridor. Lorelei thought this day would never end, and she would be happy if this were the case. She wanted to keep running and running, but she ran into Adalia. If only I could have one day in this house alone, Lorelei thought, as she stood up angrily. “What is the meaning of this?” Lorelei asked impatiently. “Your parents wish to see you in the parlor, miss,” Adalia said timidly. Lorelei scowled. She…

Relationships. This is a word that means different things to different people. For instance, various age groups, cultures, races, and social classes will think of relationships differently. The term will be defined completely differently from person to person. What does this word really mean? According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, relationships are defined as the way that two or more people, groups, or countries talk to, behave toward, and deal with each other, or a romantic or sexual…

INTRODUCTION This paper is about Marie Antoinette being au courant. Marie Antoinette, a former princess of Austria who was transformed into an extravagant French queen. Her destiny was to marry Louis-Auguste at the age of fourteen after which she ruled France and learned to fashion herself; thus, spending too much. However, she never troubled to ask or wonder who was paying for the luxuries she took for granted. She was a scapegoat. People blamed her for being extravagant, and yes she was. This…

The book I chose to read for the second quarter is called “One Came Home”. This book was written by Amy Timberlake. I was excited to read this book because it is a mystery book and I love reading mysteries. This book is about a girl named Georgie Burkhardt whose sister recently ran away with a group of pigeoneers. A couple days later, her sister’s body is returned by the sheriff, but Georgie refuses to believe that she is dead. Georgie feels that it is her fault that her sister, Agatha,…

Of Mice and Men and Code Name Verity are both novels that highlight the struggles of two polarizing characters throughout troublesome points in history. The authors both carry the plot in similar manner while presenting two characters that have to do what is right to save their friend from further persecution. In both stories, tragedy is foreshadowed whether it be from previous sinister events or the tone of the novel transitioning to a more somber one. However, these two stories are not exactly…

In Margaret Edson’s W;t, Vivian Bearing, a renowned professor of seventeenth-century poetry, struggles with her diagnosis of fourth degree ovarian cancer. During her time at the hospital, Susie Monahan serves as her primary nurse and Jason serves at the clinical fellow in charge of Vivian. Susie acts as a foil for Jason, in values and approach to life, and the juxtaposition of these two characters is used to show (the progression of Vivian’s character) Vivian’s transition from a life solely…

My fingers pinched the topaz on the chain as I stared at it in the mirror. I decided to take it with me, but I never removed it from my neck the day before. I had slept with it and woken up with it, and when it finally came time, I was having trouble convincing myself to take it off. Why did I have to torture myself with a reminder of Hikaru? I wasn’t sure. Maybe it was supposed to be like a promise that one day I would return to him. I couldn’t expect him to wait for me, though. In fact, I was…

Personal Environmental Analysis Germimah Clarke MCM707-F2WW Professor Potter October 20, 2014 Personal Environmental Analysis In today’s economy, it’s hard to keep up a middle-class lifestyle, and to achieve living the upper-class lifestyle is even more of a challenge. The economy still hasn’t recovered from the recession in 2008. Jobs are hard to come by, good paying jobs, especially those that offers advancement and extra bonuses. Everyone wants to stay ahead the competition; the…

The fairy tale genre presents literature pointing to the prominent stages of life: Trials of growing up, departure from home, and the attainment and proof of maturity (Sellers 10). Jack Zipes, a fairy tale historian, claims that “progress depends on literacy,” and while obscure fairy tale revisionists have made significant strides in this pursuit, David Haase asserts “only the best-known stories, those everyone has read or heard, indeed those Disney has popularized, have affected masses of…