Little Girl

author did not give any of the characters names, instead she uses “you” and “your”. The narrators, “is the one with bubble hair” and her sister’s “is the one with mean eyes and a ponytail” (183). This is what the author used to differentiate the two girls, through their Barbie dolls. The narrator then goes on to talk about their…

In the story “A & P” the narrator Sammy works for the grocery store, where three girls walk in and immediately grab his attention. While praising one of the three girls, Sammy describes the rest of the customers as if they were animals or fictional characters. Sammy uses negative terms such as “witch”, “sheep” and even “houselsaves” to describe the customers that are in the grocery store. At the beginning of the story Sammy has an encounter with an old lady in which he accidently rings up one…

Pressure on Girls to Have ‘Perfect’ Bodies? • Teenagers should not thrive to have a perfect body. The pressure on girls to have the “perfect body” is on the rise because of what society perceives and defines as “perfect”. For decades women have been put under the pressure of looking a certain way. This pressure primarily begins in the adolescence- teenage years of a girl’s life. Teenage girls are expected to have perfect bodies. As a result, girls are constantly lowering their self esteem. •…

Bravery Over Perfection In the TED Talk “Teach Girls Bravery, Not Perfection” by Reshma Saujani, Saujani addresses the fact that as little girls are growing up, we begin to introduce them to the idea of being perfect rather than the idea of being brave. Saujani starts the TED Talk by talking about the one time she stepped out of her comfort zone and ran for Congress. In 2012, Saujani made the decision to go from a fundraiser and organizer behind the scenes to a running candidate for a seat in…

years 1933 to 1935 and this book revolves around a trial where her father Atticus defends a black man who was accused of raping a white girl and the repercussions after the trial was over. With both novels, there is loss, and this leads to both girls in The Secret Garden and To Kill a…

We have all heard of feminism or at least heard of a feminist. Now what is feminism? Feminism is the advocacy of women’s rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men. Women have come a long way from not being able to work and basically being forced to stay home and do housework all day to being able to vote, get an education, and have a job. It was always believed that men were superior to women. In 1895 Susan B. Anthony, a civil rights leader, said “No man is good…

1999. The two girls let themselves into the big brownstone on the corner of Walsh and Bishop. They used a key from under a fake rock in the yard because their babysitter wasn’t there yet. Unusual behavior for their babysitter, a teen girl named Bianca. Most afternoons, she’d be right there. Ready to give them hugs. However, the girls knew where the key was. They knew to start their homework right away. If they didn’t, Father would come home and give bruises. Ten-year-old Angie took her math…

by Harper Lee it defends that girls should act like girls and boys should act like boys. Most people these days just want to act the way they want to without anybody telling them what to do. In To Kill A Mockingbird it reveals that you should act the way you are based on the gender role that you have because Scout is a girl however she does not want to act like one and wants to act more like a boy. In To Kill A Mockingbird it is defending how girls should act like girls and boys should act like…

texted my small group girls to meet at my apartment at 7:44. It takes approximately nine minutes for me to drive from New Life to my apartment. Additionally, I had told one of my girls that I would pick her up on my way there. To top it off, as I got into my car, I quickly checked my phone and noticed a text from my roommate asking me what she should do about the teenager that showed up in our apartment. This text was sent at 6:10 PM. By the time I got to my apartment, two girls were already…

controversial issue as it gives young girls an unrealistic sense of what a woman should look like. Whereas Batman insights and sends a message to boys to be strong and tough. The toys a child plays with can shape their skills and the roles they will participate in later on in life. The marketing of toys is aimed at children because they are easily influenced and do not have the cognitive skills to understand the underlying message.…