Lizzie McGuire

Disney from its main competition: Nickelodeon (Pomerantz 44). After speaking with children and families who revealed they wanted to spend more time together, they decided Disney would not only continue to segment its day to cater to different ages—especially tweens—but allow for more of the tween programming to still be appealing to adults as well so families could watch together throughout the day (Selznick 124, Sterngold N.P.). Sweeney helped spearhead original shows like Lizzie McGuire to accomplish this goal and further overcome the network’s dilemma regarding competition from other networks like Nickelodeon who had been successfully focusing on girls with programs like The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994-1998) and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo (1996-1999) (Boorstein 112). Lizzie McGuire was focused on a family, but the series, a mix of live-action and animation to capture kids young and old, centered on a tween girl and ended up capturing the tween girl demo more than it did entire families. The “Lizzie McGuire following” consisted of 2.3 million viewers (Huff, 2002, 41) in…

I would be lying to you all if I said that I have always wanted to travel to China let alone spend a semester there. Entering college at Wheaton (MA) two and a half years ago I dreamed of learning a romance language like Italian in hopes of traveling to Europe my junior year to have a picture-perfect semester. After watching the Lizzie McGuire movie a million times, anything seemed possible. If I learned Italian and went to Italy, maybe I could be riding around Rome on Moped with a cute pop star…

I saw the bus coming right as she walked across the street… Okay, that was just to hook you, but I promise that's pretty much my book in one sentence. I'm Gabriel Rhodes, and (until November 5, 2016) I am eleven years old. Just because of my age doesn't mean I don't have a lot of stories. I will be explaining my whole life, including; my dreams, my dancing career, and my flaws. During them there will be one similar trait, my awkwardness. Leave the judgment behind, I worked long and hard on this…

Unsolved Lake Bodom Murders The murder of three local teen raises a lot of havoc in a small town of Espoo, Finland. To this day we do not know who killed the three teens and left one unconcious. The fourth teen that lived does not have any remembrance of the night and can not remember seeing anyone at the scene. The lake Bodom murder is the biggest murder mystery in all of Finland. Today, people of Finland are still trying to pinpoint who exactly did it. Luckily through my research, one can say…

On August 4, 1892, Andrew Borden and Abby Borden were murdered -the murder weapon was believed to be an ax- in Fall River Massachusetts. However, aside from the deaths, there were no signs of disturbance in the house, as well as the murder weapon was nowhere to be found (Robertson, 1996). After investigating suspects outside of the immediate family, the attention had shifted to Lizzie Borden, the daughter of Andrew Borden, and Bridget Sullivan, the family’s domestic. However, attention soon…

The first official suspect was a Portuguese laborer. Lizzie and Bridget had seen a visitor talking to Andrew Borden. They explained that he was asking for overdue wages from Andrew, but it was never given to him. Soon, newspapers and posters spread across town. Headlines came out "Shocking Crime: A Venerable Citizen and His Aged Wife Hacked to Pieces in Their Home" (Linder, Doug). There was a reward for five thousand dollars to whoever had any information about the suspect. There were even…

Kids who kill their parents. Fun fact! Lizzie Borden was the only person in the house at the time of the murders. And Abby and Andrew were killed within 90 minutes of each other. Considering the evidence, trial, and a possible motive, it looks as if Lizzie Borden took the life of her own parents. There is far too much evidence against Lizzie to not convict her, even after all these years. For example, the evidence against Lizzie is extremely fascinating and very interesting. Lizzie was the only…

On august 4th 1892 a murder occurred someone killed lizzie borden's parents. That day people believed that lizzie borden murdered her parents. I believe Lizzie borden is guilty she murdered her parents. She did not have a good relationship with her mom. The day before she wanted to purchase a poison, prussic acid. The other reasons are she said at the time of the murder for her father she was at the loft. All in all i think she is guilty for many reasons because they have a lot of evidence on…

I don’t think that Lizzie Borden murdered her father and stepmother because she’s not brave enough and her family was really good people. The family attended the Congregationalist church an institution in which Lizzie was particularly involved. Lizzies father Andrew and his wife had a normal life and they went to work every day and came back home did the same thing every morning. The family seems like they are good and are innocent people Lizzie didn’t do it cause she would be scared. Abby and…

Witness/Narrative: Lizzie Borden “Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother 40 whacks, when she saw what she had done she gave her father 41.” Technically it only took 29 whacks, but oh well! Hello there, I’m Lizzie Borden and I’m gonna tell you the story of how I was accused of murdering my parents. Let's start from the beginning! My mom died when I was young and my father remarried. I didn’t get along the best with my step mother nor did my sister, Emma. My father's remarriage to my step…