Final girl

Stereotypically and in reality, Catholic school girls are the must judgmental beings to walk this planet. Whether, Stacy danced with more than one guy at homecoming or she lives on the other side of West End, they will find a reason to judge. Similarly, the characters in Jane Austin’s 1979 novel, Pride and Prejudice, judge each other’s every trait. Catholic School girls should be required to read Pride and Prejudice to give them enlightenment about their overcritical ways. For example,…

isn’t trashy I’m not sure what would qualify as that. Picture this, a man walks up and is drunk out of his mind he sets his sights on a young woman across the bar. Realize men like this are relentless, they never give up. He will constantly tell the girl how gorgeous she is, and how she shouldn’t be all by herself. Even if she refuses him over and over he continues to come back. It’s like beating a dead horse. This just goes to show that this man has no class, and acts a lot like trash. Then…

and ‘nothing.’ The ‘something’ which gives purpose or meaning, but the ‘nothing’ negates the ‘something’ and then draws these characters back into the nothingness of modernity. Both “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” written by Flannery O’Connor and “The Girl Who Was Plugged In” by James Tiptree Jr. focus on on the “too” much, or a cataclysmic event that in turn draw the reader and characters back to the nothingness. Essentially, these texts stress that horrific events are going to occur without any…

Ever since I was a little girl, I have been taught about what a girl should and shouldn’t do, what a girl should or shouldn’t wear, and even what a girl should or shouldn’t be. And as I got older my identity has slowly conformed to these gender ideas. But, what if when I was younger I hadn’t been taught about gender and what if gender ideals wouldn’t have been pushed onto us by the media? Would I be the same person that I am today, or would I be someone completely different? I would hope that I…

never sleep, is like a beehive each person representing a bee. The city sits waiting, hoping for a change. As the city stands without motion, a young girl wrapped in a caramel colored coat whispers to a group people on a street corner. The snow gently falls from the sky like dandy lion petals drifting through the fresh summer air. While the young girl known as social media begins to finish her rumor, the freshly painted taxicabs begins to honk as the streetlights grin with a murky red smile.…

focused on many stereotypes about girls. Within this video, Always asks teenagers, adults, men, and women to perform a specific task and the video later contrasts that with young girls actually performing these tasks. Throughout various scenes, one can truly see that the entire video is laced with rhetoric to aid the company’s campaign. The “#Likeagirl” campaign is attempting to bring into light the detrimental emotional effects that our society can have on young girls as they develop, due to…

Character Analysis of Lusus Naturae The short story of Lusus Naturae is about a young girl who has been struck by a life-altering disease. Lusus was only seven-years-old when she became ill with the measles and shortly after her life turned upside down. This young lady was appeared to be strong, beautiful, and wanted by others until she had become diseased. Lusus was a very loyal girl who always put others above her own needs or wants. Lusus was described to have, “yellow eyes, pink teeth,…

In the short story “The Flowers” by Alice Walker, the reader follows a young girl named Myop who goes away from her home on a sharecropper’s farm into a forest, only to find the dead body of a lynched man. The story is written in such a style that the reader never sees the ending coming. Utilizing the elements of imagery and symbolism, Walker showcases the shock value of a girl realizing that life is not the same for her as it is for everyone else. From the very start, Myop is clearly…

The Pop and Hip-Hop music industry has long been dominated by two powerhouse black females. With their extravagant musical performances, outstanding vocals and inspiring quotes from their lyrics and interviews, Beyoncé Knowles and Nicki Minaj share a similar idea that women can be powerful and sexy. These two performers are icons of beauty, elegance and fierceness. Through their work they constantly project their beliefs in women power in their respective industries. Nicki Minaj is one of the…

house dreaming about Magan’s sister. He is in the dark where he can feel all his senses clearly. He keeps repeating “O love! O love!” many times while in this dark room. This thought he has of Magan’s sister is a perfect scenario where he gets the girl and everything is perfect. However, it could be stated that seldom does ones path ever work out the way one dreams or thinks it will. The narrator, talking to Magan’s sister, is typical of this rule. The boy forgot what he said to Magan’s sister…