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There were two whites one Spanish looking, and one African American. As they were walking, I could hear them talking and laughing. I heard one said something about a boy and they started laughing again. After they walked in the Arcade, I turned my attention to the food court to observe other teenagers. I quickly noticed two teenage boys around the age of 17 and 18 sitting on a table with drinks from one of the restaurants. One of them was an African American and the other Spanish American. …

made up of both genders. Many people believe it is too dangerous physically and socially for girls to participate in boy sports. Often times there are girls who have a passion for sports and an athletic ability that deserves to be shown off, even if it means playing with the boys. Girls deserve the equal opportunity to play among the boys because they are equally athletic as boys. In years past many women have competed athletically with men whether on a court or on a field. Women do have…

usually get multiple mixed messages from a book. But in Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card makes the theme quite clear. The theme of Ender’s game that I’ve noticed is the extents that man is willing to go too just to get what they want. Orson Scott Card gave us all insight on the real behavior of humanity. At one point, Bonzo Madrid, a minor character, is willing to kill Ender just because he is tired of Ender winning every single game. “The others were along for the ride, daring themselves to see…

self-control concept can be described in many ways. Some are already smoking and drinking by freshman year in high school; while some are watching a ton of pornography and masturbating daily. In Andre Dubus’s The Intruder, there was a young teenage boy named Kenneth Girard. Kenny did not know his identity and Dubus gave us many hints in the story to show us why he was so lost. Kenny was caught up with his religion which made him unsure about himself. Through religion, how his rifle played a…

“Life’s Greatest Illusion” (A Critique of “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” Using Aristotle’s “Poetics”) “What is life’s greatest illusion?” Is a question asked in a very popular video game called “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” The answer to the question given is “Innocence….” It invokes a powerful idea of whether or not innocence exists. The movie “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” follows the story of a young boy named Bruno living in Nazi Germany. His father is an officer in the SS and Bruno’s…

regarding “easy girls” in the school that would be available to have sex with the team after they had chosen one. The team continued to joke about how “all girls are easy.” They describe how all girls want sex just as bad as “guys want sex.” Some of the boys on the team even go so far as to say that girls have described fantasies of being raped as a way of making them feel special and that “being raped” would be very “cool.” The team then takes a chilling turn when one of the teammates…

Different Gender, Both Humans Since the time we are born or even since the time our parents know they having a boy or a girl, we are socialized into rules and what does it means to be a boy or a girl. The set of beliefs, norms and practices depends in the place we live. Our family, friends and the media around us it what shape our culture and through them we are socialized into society. What is the first thing that comes in mind what a person thinks about a little girl? The color pink, dresses,…

stressed about college. Many of the boys that played sports had received scholarships to go play in college, but very few girls were getting good scholarships to places they wanted to go. One of the girls had been a varsity basketball player all four years of high school and she always started on the team, but she was not getting the scholarships she deserved. She was always working hard and practicing on and off season to improve to the best of her ability. A boy that received a scholarship to…

character in the short story “Winter Dreams” written by F Scott Fitzgerald, is a fourteen-year-old boy named Dexter. Dexter is kind of a nut case when winter comes around He goes into an intense and emotional melancholy." It appears that winter severely affects Green’s psych; it makes him "tremble," "repeat foolish sentences" and "command imaginary audiences." In winter, he fantasizes – primarily about golf games, which he plays "over the fairways of his imagination. Dexter has a very active…

on a preconceived narrative as to what it means to be a man and how to present oneself in order to be perceived as manly by others. Media and literature have branded a hyper-masculine image of men that has in time become what is expected for young boys to follow––be it relayed to them or not. Often times, whether in TV or movies, men are portrayed to be standoffish, selfish, incapable of conveying or even understanding their emotions, and are yet expected to be the…