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The narrator of the short piece The Moths is a fourteen-year-old girl. She is an unusual girl, who is quite different from everything and everybody, especially the feminine world. The girl from the story is entitled as being rebellious due to lack of respect, non-stop confronting her family members and being immature. She is not as “pretty or nice”, nor does she do "girly things". The story itself has many stages, themes and it gives the ability to the reader to sympathize with the protagonist…

Throughout the reading of “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves”, by Karen Russell, the character Claudette transitioned dramatically from wolf to human. During the first few days at her new school, St. Lucy’s, everything was “new and life-changing” for Claudette (Stage 1, Russell 225). As she and her two sisters started at their new school, they were immediately panicked by their surroundings. But as time went on, all of them seemed to adapt in different ways. As time progressed at St.…

What if I told you that it was possible to get the girl of your dreams even if it cost you getting embarrassed in front of all your friends and also the girl of your dreams?, Now most eighth graders wouldn’t think that’s possible and might even think I’m full of it because hey who wants to get embarrassed in front of the girl they had a thing for since the sixth grade and live to tell the tale any way right ?. Well for starters I lived, I was fourteen years old at the time with long spiky hair…

A huge elephant rumbles through the jungle, swinging her trunk from side to side. She trumpets ear-splitting elephant sounds and stomps her feet as loudly as she can. The elephant is on her way to play with her friend, the fuzzy blue goose. They meet up and are having a tea party, but then they get attacked by a one-legged pirate. Then suddenly it starts raining cupcakes! An epic cupcake fight ensues, and Batman and Robin show up for a while too, and the fight could have lasted forever--except…

However, her daughter, Cambelle, gave her classmate one of the wisest comeback ever. “Yesterday at practice my shirt came up a little and my tummy was showing. The girl next to me looked at me and said that my tummy was fat, the 5-year-old said, according to her mother’s Instagram post. “I told her that I am not fat, I HAVE fat. And that everybody has fat, and I told her it is okay to have fat.” Kimmey then asked…

In the story “Making Sarah Cry” and “Susan B. Anthony Dares to Vote” the theme of being different is being shown. In “Making Sarah Cry” Sarah and the boy were being treated differently in the story for what they look like and and what they do. In “Susan B. Anthony” Dares to Vote” Susan B. was being treated differently because of her being a women and only men can vote not women. While both of these stories share a common theme, the mood of the stories are completely different. The story “Susan B…

In the novel, We are called to Rise by Laura McBride, Bashkim is an 8 year immigrant child from Albania. In contrast to his impulsive and volatile father, perceptive mother, he is introverted and passive. There are many ways in which Bashkim demonstrates his sensitivity in the novel. The unanticipated response he received from Luis dismayed and nauseated him. His letter was innocent,candidly written and consisted of a brief summary of his life. Bashkim must have looked forward to reading…

How Nurture can affects our Personality: The Story of a Feral Child In the documentary video "The Secret of the Wild Child: Story of Genie”, the audience is introduced to Genie’s story, a girl who was held in captivity and isolated by her own father since the moment she was a baby until she was 13 years old. She became primitive, and showed many non-human features. The purpose of this assignment is to debate whether Genie’s behavior was the responsibility of nature or nurture, meaning that…

attending school secretly. When it appears there will be laws prohibiting school for girls altogether, Malala becomes very vocal on the subject. She is interviewed by dozens of media outlets. Malala stood up for something that women in the country of Pakistan and paid the price of getting shot because she stood up for what she believed in. Her motto is that “If one man can destroy everything, why can't one girl change it?” (Malala 26) which shows how much passion she has to help women get…

(For someone who cares. The untold story of a teenage girl.) I have never seen a more corrupt place than this. I have never seen the power of a community grow eminently. I have never seen a devotion for someone so compelling. But more importantly, I have never seen a battle worth fighting for until today. One always says to keep patience, yet some say do not wait for closure. It is amusing to perceive all the secrets behind a door, but not reveal them all at once. I thought I was brought into…