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However, there is a stigma stereotype which suggests that only males can run and be a part of a gang. It can be argued that girls can take on the typical role of male gang members. Written in the Centre for Social Justice the children’s commissioner uses the term ‘Gangster Girl’ to describe a girl who takes on the male personas within gangs (2014). Therefore showing that females are just as much able to run their own gang on the same or similar level to males. Back in 2013, ‘The Independent’…

In “The Challenge”, Gary Soto introduces Jose as a young boy who experiences a change in his personality as he undergoes liminality. Prior to liminality, Jose is a teenager boy who is ingenuous and has a lack of experience of loving a girl. Jose is naïve because he thinks that receiving perfect test scores will make Estela notice him. Jose is exited to show Estela his new grades in history class: “Although Jose received another A-plus for his history quiz, Estela did not congratulate him.…

Ender Wiggin There is nothing saying the exact appearance of Ender, but because of his age, 6 years old, I can infer that he’s very short, and has the face and body of a child. Valentine also notices that he is “sun-browned and strong” (Card 234) after he has returned to Earth. Ender’s choice of words show his personality by making himself a serious person and not one that people would go to for sympathy. “Sometimes we make mistakes,” Petra whispered to him once. It was a plea for help. “And…

progresses, the boy thoughtlessly swears to the girl he will bring her back a present from the town’s bazaar. Because of his youthful ignorance, the boy experiences a life-changing epiphany that completely darkens his childhood innocence. In James Joyce’s “Araby,” a young boy living in a dark and grave world develops an obsessive adoration with an older girl who lives in his neighborhood,…

My interview takes place in the kitchen of a home where Mrs. Weekes, a 76year old retiree has lived for the past 25 years. The kitchen is painted white, red and black accessories brighten the kitchen. The appliances are stainless steel with black accents. The smell from the oven and chai tea on the stove makes it a very inviting and cozy atmosphere. Mrs. Weeks invited me to sit at the island while she takes homemade coconut tarts from the oven. As we sip tea, Mrs. Weekes motioned to me that it…

In today’s society, it’s hard to imagine nursing as a wanted job by males. Look around a hospital or a doctor’s office: women will be looked at as nurses while men will be looked at as doctors. The blame should be placed on society itself. Parent’s tell their son to look down at nursing due to its feminine features it receives. Instead, parents push for their son to become a doctor or physician while they tell their daughter to pursue nursing because females don’t get respected as doctors as men…

" I Am Not Your Negro" by Raoul Peck, Screenplay by James Baldwin, when I hear about James Baldwin I interpret a hardworking, courageous, fighting human being. He fights for what he believes in and does not give up until he achieves what he strives for. In the documentary I am Not Your Negro It is all about James Baldwin. It is also about the struggles he has been through along with Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. These men were a big impact on Baldwin and on how he wrote and how he acted. The…

Case study number eleven, “Looking Into the Sun,” details the unsteady relationship life of a young man named Jack. His story focuses on his rollercoaster of relationships from his childhood to college. His story examines his peer relationships with both people of the same and opposite sex. It specifically highlights the troubles of his close friendships with other guys. Jack’s story explains how he had awkward social encounters due to not knowing how to behave around others being that he was…

Sports, and the Construction of Masculinities” written by Michael A. Messner discusses the sense of identity placed upon boys at a young age that coincides with sports. Messner interviewed former professional athletes to understand the masculinities of sports on a more micro level. His article argues that organized sports are gendered institutions that are only there to make boys more masculine. This article argues that point very well though displaying the experiences of the retired athletes…

shares a similar journey, all with struggles which lead to victory, but no two are exactly the same. In the short story, “Through the Tunnel” written by Doris Lessing, Jerry, an eleven-year-old boy on vacation with his mother, decides that he wants to go to the other beach. He tries to dive with the native boys but does not succeed his first try. So, instead of giving up, he does what he can to accomplish his goal of swimming through the tunnel. In the film, Tuck Everlasting by Jay Russell,…