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In Karen Russell’s short story “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” she uses the epigraph, which is based off a book named “The Jesuit Handbook on Lycanthropic Culture Shock”, to show the reader what the wolf-Girls should be thinking or acting like during that stage. An epigraph is a quotation at the beginning of a text or a section of a text suggesting the text’s theme or central idea. In Stage One Karen Russell shows this by devolving the majority of the characters in this stage.…

There are many wonderful short stories in the world about amazing role models. However, it is very hard to show what it takes to be an amazing person to look up . On the other hand, in the story, “ The Marble Champ,” by Gary Soto, a girl named Lupe who is not very athletic discovered the sport called marbles, and in doing so she shows what it takes to be a good role model with flying colors. She shows what it takes to be a good role model by being intelligent, a hard worker, and a good sport.…

Compare and contrast how the two female charters are presented in the stories “Veronica” and “The Necklace”. In the stories Veronica and the necklace, the female characters Veronica and Madame Loisel are represented in many different ways. In both the stories, the writers explore the theme of fatalism. however, the characters view it differently. With both the stories being written in different times and places, it might affect how a woman is brought up and what opportunities she is granted.…

the fairytail dream of pink dresses and sparkly crowns came to be. Poniewozik opens up his article by addressing the “kick-ass culture,” while Orenstein focuses on how princesses have diminished the feeling of confidence and independence that young girls should experience. While some may believe that princesses show the younger generation that females possess the ability to accomplish anything a male can, others believe that this trend aggressively encourages the idea of “perfection” in our…

to an ideal women to attain from their self-interest. Higgins who responsible to transform a not formally educated, lower class of ways speaking and low class appearance flower girl, named Eliza Doolittle into an ideal woman of a Victorian society. Freddie Prinze, who agreed upon a bet by his good friend to take any girl from school and transform her into the prom queen in the span of 6 weeks despite her homeliness. There is also a clear influence between the attitude of Higgins and Zack who…

perhaps one of the most famous childhood fairy tale stories of all time. Over the years, numerous versions of the story have been recreated and have been told to children all over the world. The original story of Cinderella follows the life of a young girl who is mistreated by her step mother and stepsisters. With the help of her fairy godmother, Cinderella is transformed into a beautiful princess and goes to the ball to meet her prince. However, she has to leave the ball at midnight as the…

As presented in the movie Spirited Away, Chihiro is faced with the journey of growing into adulthood. What starts as a story of a little girl faced with the difficulty of moving to a new school, turns into a coming of age story as Chihiro realizes she must conquer many challenges on her own in order to save her family. She is forced to cope with being taken away from her friend, while thrown into a new setting. When she finds herself in a new world and separated from her parents, she begins to…

beliefs and expectations. One reason Holden should be admired, is how he looks at one of his best’s friends, Jane, and the type of relationship Holden has with Jane due to her authenticity. For example, on page 86-89 Holden states, “She was a funny girl, old Jane. I wouldn’t exactly describe her as strictly beautiful… You never even worried, with Jane”. What Holden meant when he said…

becomes a painful memory. The denotative meaning of a barbie doll is a doll representing a conventionally attractive young woman and the most famous of famous dolls is Barbie. With dazzling blonde hair and crystal blue eyes, she is what every girl aged 3-12 should aspire to. In “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy the barbie doll represents what a…

The poem, “maggie and milly and molly and may” by e.e cummings is about four girls who went to the beach one day. Also, the short story “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros is a story about a girl named Rachel whose eleventh birthday was taking place. Through the use of different methods, both authors have both similarities and differences with their approaches to help convey the theme in their stories/poems. With the good use their approaches, both of these authors can convey to the reader that the…