Bobbsey Twins

August 22, 2014 Dr. Caryn Ito Associate Scientist Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Ottawa, ON Dear Dr. Ito: Enclosed is my work-term report entitled Summer 2014 Work-Term Report: My experiences as CO-OP student working in the Ito/Stanford Lab at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. It is a description of the workplace, sepsis and the Ito/Stanford Lab’s sepsis project, my role in the project, and the skills that I have obtained during this placement…

Each culture has its own historical and cultural identity that is forged from different aspects like its creation myths of how the world or the culture began. For the Ancient Egyptians their creation myth is detailed in pyramid texts, for Jews and Christians the creation narrative come from the first book in the Bible, Genesis, but for the Ancient Mayans (living in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Honduras) their creation narrative comes from an ancient text, the Popol Vuh.…

The comparison of Bobbsey Twins further illustrates her imagination of Cinderella and her prince being like “two dolls in a museum case” The Bobbsey Twins are superficial and unachievable to Sexton, something that she felt explained the portrayal of Cinderella and her prince. The ending of this retelling of Cinderella with “that story”…

Cinderella and the prince are not truly happy, they are frozen, iced over, “dolls in a museum case” (103), who are never bothered by anything. If nothing ever bothers you, however, are you really living? They are described as the Bobbsey Twins. The Bobbsey Twins, are two sets of twins, who are main characters of a popular children’s book. The book began being published in real time, but were then frozen at the age of twelve and six for the rest of the books existence. (Keeline). The poem ends…

Dior she is saying it in a sarcastic tone. This tone is suggesting that this isn’t likely to happen in real life and it only happens in fake fairy tales. Another time that Sexton uses allusion is in line 108 when she says “Regular Bobbsey Twins” (211). The Bobbsey Twins are main characters in children's novels that were very popular from 1904-1992. The stories were about the adventures of 2 children from an upper-middle class family. This reference suggests that Cinderella and the prince were…

probably the most enlightening period of my childhood; I can remember so many firsts. Elementary school is where I developed a need to read. My fourth-grade teacher encouraged us to read series. Box Car Children, Little House on the Prairie, the Bobbsey Twins are the series which first come to mind. Eventually, the series reading transferred to reading complete work of authors. There is no doubt I was probably a show off in the fourth and fifth grade. I have an older sister therefore I was…

The elementary school I went to was public and the educational system was from kindergarten to sixth grade. From here, I met some of my, not necessarily closest, but long lasted friends. Three of whom I am quite close to today were of these three girls: Ariel, Jenny and Kimberly. I met these folks at different times. I met Ariel and Jenny in first grade. My mom and their moms met while picking us kids up. From then on, we were introduced to each other. Then drama took place. After second…

/ Regular Bobbsey Twins. / That story. //” (107, 108, 109). “That story” just so happens to be Cinderella, who society has allowed the world to believe is tale that everyone should strive for in real life. Sexton asks why do we strive for this unrealistic Cinderella story…