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onto the stage becoming Mo’nique. Well, the awkward tween version of her, at least. In the Little Miss Continental Pageant, we were required to introduce ourselves as a well known African American woman, answer questions about current events and raise money for a scholarship foundation. The pageant taught many lessons that are the basic to adulthood: self-confidence, responsible, humility. While making me question and redefine what it truly means to win, in my opinion . I never imagined myself…

In the book, The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, there are many allusions that help the reader make connections between the allusions and the book. One allusion in the novel was Great Expectations which was written by Charles Dickens. In the book, The Outsiders, page fifteen is where Hinton decides to introduce the book, Great Expectations. Hinton states on pg fifteen, “ I had to read Great Expectations for English... and the way that girl kept looking down on him.” In the book, a young boy named Pip…

win? Or was all the hard work for nothing; pageants are not just based on pure beauty. Many communities each year have their own pageants For Berrien County, it’s the Miss Blossomtime pageants. These consist of 22 pageants for each local community, and then in March each one of those girls who won compete for the title of Miss Blossomtime. By competing in pageants you learn how to socialize with your peers, how to present yourself in front of a community, and you learn how to grow as a person…

As his name suggests Philip Pirrip, or Pip, was Charles Dickens own seed. Swathed in the desire to constantly improve the nature of who he is. Great Expectations follows this young Pip in his journey through time; as well as his journey to establish his own personal foundation in which he can stand upon. His very existence would be shaken upon meeting the cold Estella at a young age. Such a meeting had twisted Pip’s view of the world and would be his corrupt foundation for years to come. He had…

within them. Miss Havisham, from Great Expectations, is not the classic, run of the mill, everyday monster. Although, she is manipulative, deceptive, and just plain mean at times she does have human qualities. True, she turned out not to be Pip’s benefactor, but she gave him access to Estella before she was burned alive. She truly did love Estella, even though she did not know how the express her love. I would even venture to say she loved Pip as well. And once upon a time, Miss Havisham,…

to have breast enlargements is not right because they are still a child. No one at a young age should ever have to have work done to themselves to make them feel pretty. In 2013 a 6.1% of high school students admit to taking steroid pills or shots without a doctor 's prescription at least once during their lifetime so that they could excel in pageants (ProQuest Staff, Body Image Timeline). December 1st of 2010 there was a study that preschool girls have been confessed that being thinner is…

Miss Havisham was formerly known to be a beautiful and joyful woman in her youth, but once Compeyson cancelled the wedding, the house and herself ended up being repulsive and old. This also relates to the title of the novel because her expectations for…

view the creation of such humor and how it visualizes the narrator as first person. It was a shallow day where Pip goes to Satis house with Pumblechook and visits this lady dressed in white, which is Miss Havisham and as he enters the house he visualizes unusual things. He starts discussing with Miss Havisham and she tells him to call Estella where Pip meets this beautiful girl named Estella and starts playing games. When he leaves he gets deeply thoughts of “that I was a common labouring-boy;…

Great Expectations follows the moral development of Pip, from his troubled beginnings to his equally problematic adulthood. He emerges from his childhood, marked by years of condescension from his sister, his extended family, and also his romantic obsession, Estella, with the opportunity to become a gentleman. With his love for Estella at the forefront of his thoughts, Pip moves to London and attempts to improve his social status; in doing so, however, he distances himself from his roots,…

multiracial, future firefighter. An American is the reigning Ms. America, yet, cannot represent America in the Miss Universe Pageant. I find it idiosyncratic that we actually have a Ms. America and a Miss U.S.A. Do not mistaken them, for only, Miss U.S.A., can represent the United States at the Miss Universe pageant (Vultaggio, 2014). The reason for this? The Miss Universe and the Miss U.S.A. are both sponsored by Donald Trump and the Ms. America Pageant is a non-profit organization…