Good Girl Gone Bad

stood out to me in different ways was Abigail Williams because of her behavior, motivation and selfishness. Those things can either be a very good thing, or they could be a very bad thing. Behavior is very important to a character. It is the way the someone shows themselves and acts towards other people. Your behavior can either be very good or very bad. Abigail Williams had a lot of different behaviors. It really all just depended on how she was feeling in that moment. In the story Abigail…

“Animals” (128), a perfectly apt description of the boys that drove to Greasy Lake at night. Much different from the boys that drove away the following morning. This sudden change within the boys is exemplified between the two interactions with the girls up at Greasy Lake. The stark contrast between the animalistic urges and restrained behavior exhibited between the two moments show the sudden character change within Digby, Jeff, and the narrator. The sudden realization of that night, the…

surrounding developed area. Many companies and businesses mindlessly purchase land to build on, not caring about the resident’s opinions. Instead, they are tearing down farms so that there’s more room for skyscrapers. For example, the singer in My City Was Gone talks about how their hometown is no longer its former glory. “My City,” he says in Document A, “...reduced to…

There are many in this world that have been both good and bad, or have done both good and bad things. In the book The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, it is depicting a story about a town called Salem. In this town, the Devil has been said to have taking refuge in the town and has gathered some witches. The town goes into hysteria and only a few are wise enough to know that this is not true. One of these characters is John Proctor, who owns a farm within the area of town. John has a wife, Elizabeth…

because I went through puberty and I was starting to become a teenager. There have been many incidents where I have gone completely off the wall at people. Sometimes I feel like I black out and don’t realize it. I hate being temperamental.…

done in Morgan Matson’s Since You’ve Been Gone novel. Since You’ve Been Gone follows a shy teenage named Emily Hughes, who’s best friend, Sloane, has gone missing, leaving her alone for the summer, with only 13 challenges to complete. Having hope that if she completes these challenges, Emily would find Sloane, she sets out to to complete them with the help from class president, Frank Porter, his love-seeking friend Matthew Collins, and a pizza delivery girl, Dawn. Emily can be described as a…

one who grew up easily, should be expected to know what a person with a rough childhood has gone through. What a person with a soft childhood could do, would be to understand the effects on a person with a bad childhood. The critic's statement is wrong, because it is obvious there is no way for someone to live two…

first sentence that Zadie Smith states in her short story “The Girl with Bangs,” simply says “I fell in love with a girl once. (Smith, 188)”. That sentence should signify that someone fell in love with a girl with bangs, but that is an understatement. Should he have fallen in love with this girl? This story tells you how he fell in love with the girl and her characteristics and her quirks, some time ago. This girl changed his view on girls and people in general. Having the story placed in…

realized that she is strong and she doesn’t deserve to be pushed around and bullied by other people. Also, Há had to accept and learn that her father was truly dead. On pg. 396 it says, “Finally she appears, looks at each of us. Your father is truly gone.” Há was able to get through it and accept that her dad wasn’t coming back, she was strong and didn’t let this get her down too much. She learned that even though things may seem terrible, they just might be a whole strange kind of wonderful in…

have personally never identified with a high school archetype, but I have had one consistently projected onto me. People pin me as the “Cool Girl”. In Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, Amy Dunne reflects on the “Cool Girl” archetype in her infamous monologue. Dunne states, “Men always say that as the defining compliment, don’t they? She’s a cool girl. […] Cool Girls never get angry; they only smile in a chagrinned, loving manner and let their men do whatever they want. (210)” stating that this…