Little Girl

pretty sure that everybody has heard the phrases “don’t be such a girl” or “you run like a girl!” or any variation of it (hit, fight, etc). It’s usually said to guys as an insult because girls are weak and silly and it’s super insulting to be compared to one. It gives the idea that it’s bad to be a girl. Now imagine if a little girl is around to hear this said to a boy. She would probably start to wonder what is wrong with being a girl, and maybe even begin to hate the idea of being one. Maybe…

The garden party is a short story written by Katherine Mansfield in 1921. This short story is Truncated Bildungsroman that is a young girl who changed her point of view about life through her experience, It is “a story of the growth and maturity of a young idealistic character” (Rich, 2013). The story tells the upper-class family called Sheridans family held garden party in their house and their mother Mrs. Sheridan asks the party’s arrangement for her children to make out themselves as adults,…

Reflection in the Mirror How can one’s body be seen as beautiful and one’s confidence radiate, if there is no opportunity to promote those feelings? Today, this concept is relevant in regards to large amounts of media, that do just this. Living in a world filled with photoshopped advertisements and magazines, standards of beauty have created an unhealthy body image. Through this, disorders like anorexia and body dysmorphia have been given life. This allows for a stronger platform for negative…

Jessica Kane was about the average 17 year old girl. She fell somewhere in the middle of the food chain in the harsh world of high school. She had a decent amount of friends, mainly in her own clique, but she tended to get along with most people in her grade. She was a really nice and sweet girl, but she didn't have a problem speaking her mind. She was a really pretty girl, with looks that would belong to most varsity cheerleaders. She had long light brown hair that ended in the middle of her…

Sexuality in The Sound and The Fury Throughout William Faulkner’s The Sound and The Fury, the patriarchal construct of virginity controls women through the creation of fences -- both physical and metaphorical barriers. Traditionally, when a Southern girl reaches adulthood, she is expected to settle down and raise her children, obeying her husband as the family patriarch. These Southern power structures are like fences in that they have traditionally restricted women’s sexual activity; when…

It’s nothing, I 'm having a natural feeling of being uncomfortable.” Olenna hugged her daughter and said: “Oh my sweet little girl, everything will be fine.” Visenya was showing a homesick impression, but she knows that her journey is about to start in this town. Part two: Visenya wanted to know her neighbors and she had notions of making new friends and having a proper…

all about the hard choice the little girl has to take between nature and money. Sarah Orne Jewett, the author, was born at 1849, in South Berwick, Maine, USA. The main character, Sylvia, is a quiet, thoughtful child. She enjoys the country life more then the factory life. She is very satisfied with simple things in life, like the picturesque nature and her only companion, the cow. Throughout the story she changes her characteristics from being a shy little girl to a young adult. The…

occurring daily. This has become the social and cultural normal for the Indian people. Females whether newborn, children, grown, old, etc. are being murdered simply because they are females. The infants are left in ditches and trash cans (invisible girl project, 2011). This is wrong in every humane way possible. Those in Western societies need to have full awareness of the female genocides occurring in India. They…

Barbie is My Favorite Doll When I was a little girl, I thought nothing in the world could delight me more than a Barbie doll. She has often stayed with me in spirit and acted like a model for me to follow, when I have grown in my childhood. Indeed, Barbie doll is like a life-like figure, who stimulated my imagination, encouraged me to move on when I felt sad, enlightened me when I was in the dark. Interesting, Barbie doll was also my faithful friend, always lending its ear to listening to my…

What drives a character to undertake a mission? Characters undertake missions to benefit that person or there family members. I will be talking about the characters Farah Ahmedi went through danger and still got where she wanted to go also had one leg and still pursued her dreams.The next character i will be talking about is Ernesto Galarza he was a Mexican union leader and who spent most of his life fighting for the rights of farm workers.The last character i will be talking about is Stanley…