Gilmore Girls

through, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates, which is narrating the fatal destiny of a fifteen-year-old girl. The story is unsettling and an incredibly formidable story of a young girl’s loss of innocence during a time of social change, unrest and turbulence. The story’s protagonist is Connie, a self-absorbed, yet beautiful fifteen-year-old girl, who is at odds with not only her family but also the conservative values handed down by society. With many literary…

Life can be complicated if something or someone has disappeared in your life. “Torn Away” by Jennifer Brown is about a teenage girl, Jersey, who lives in Elizabeth, Missouri, and lives with her mom, he stepsister, Marin, and her stepdad, Ronnie. She survives a tornado when her mom and Marin has just past away on their way to a dance class. She is sent to her lunatic biological father’s house, which turns out to be a complete nightmare. The author shows that you should always love and care for…

Laura Hoffeld notes that “[a] little girl without parents to protect her and represent her to the world would ordinarily have the lowest status, be the least powerful member of her society” (48), instead Pippi is “the strongest, brightest, and richest girl in the world” (Metcalf 14-15). By being parentless, the author gives her character the means to be whoever she wishes to be, without restraint. From the beginning, she distinguishes herself from many girls, princesses, or fairies, by…

How Beauty Pageants Effect Children and Women Why do girls find beauty pageants so important to their social status and popularity? For the longest time, girls have competed from ages new born all the way up to their twenties in beauty contests. Most of the time, it’s the parents who get them first started in the industry, but the amount of money and time they spend on pageants is ridiculous! Why is it so important for girls to win contests for beauty, and not for their true selves? Beauty…

The research paper aims to explore the elements of feminism in Anita Nair’s Lessons in Forgetting. The paper seeks to study the work of Nair’s Lessons in Forgetting as a text of feminine writing and deals with number of problems that are faced by the women characters in the novel Lessons in Forgetting such as female feticide, gender discriminations, love and dependence on family members, and explains briefly how they overcome such problems to move on in their lives. As per the title, the…

from a girl into a young teen. In her journey, Esperanza comes across many challenges, she is forced to grow up by life’s adversities. In the short story “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid, a mother advises her daughter and scolds her into becoming a good woman. In her guidance, the mother is worried about her daughter’s sexual activity and warns her about consequences of bad behavior. “A&P” by John Updike, is also a short story where a boy named Sammy comes across his sexuality when he spots three girls…

and Point of View of “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid A woman should stay at home and cook and clean, while the men do the real work. This blatant sexism can still be seen today in parts of the world and is conveyed throughout the short story, “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid. It is evident very early in the story when the narrator is giving instructions and rules on how to be a “good girl.” These instructions vary from washing clothes the right way, to how to iron her father’s shirt. “Girl” is narrated in…

convenience store. On that specific day, there are three beautiful girls who walk in the store wearing clothing that was against the clothing policy. At first Sammy, as well as all the other employees, was enjoying the sight and taking it in as much as he could. After multiple instances with coworker and the three girls, it is shown that Sammy is the protagonist over the the shoppers, co-workers, and manager Lengel. The three girls that enter the store may have been a pleasant and enjoyable…

Selling a product ? No problem! Use a woman and have her use minimal to no clothes at all. Now in the present day, advertisement companies are using woman’s body of all ethnicities, as sexual objects to sell and promote their product. In this essay I choose an advertisement by Axe that shows and identifies about gender roles and sexuality. This advertisement intentionally targets men to buy and use their product. The advertisement by Axe has many visual images where you can interpret many sexual…

you are and do it on purpose.” But even when people follow this advice, many others do not take the time to discover who those people are. This is apparent in the book Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy. When people see Willowdean Dickson, they think “Fat Girl”. However, if they got to know her better, they would see that she is so much more. Therefore, the theme of this book is prejudice, which often prevents people from seeing who others really are. Willowdean (Will) has never really cared about…