Mobile home

their clothes, and even their homes, people are clumped into categories that they cannot avoid. More often than not, a person may be stereotyped simply because of the neighborhood they reside in. If someone lives in a lower-income neighborhood, they are often seen as poor and sometimes uneducated. However, what happens when there are distinct differences within the same residence? Trailer parks contain a diverse group of people, not a single person is the same. Although it might be difficult for one to believe that someone willingly chooses to live in an area such as a trailer park, personal identity might…

GirlChild is a fiction novel written by Tupelo Hassman. The setting takes place in the dirty roads of the Calle de la Flores, a bunch of trailer homes making it a trailer park, uniting all people that live there the same, outside the small town of Reno, Nevada in the 1980s. This well known novel is about a young girl that shares her life story that comes with many struggles and obstacles. One of the main Character is Rory Dawn Hendrix. She is the young girl that this novel is mainly about.…

kids awhile to open up to me—many were on phones or iPods until more people showed up. • Once the kids opened up, they were very curious about me and other volunteers. • They wanted to know about where I lived and all about college life. • Kids did not want to follow a strict schedule—they wanted to do things on their time. • A lot of the older kids did not listen to authority—the younger kids would follow suit. • The boys preferred gym games and the girls preferred arts and crafts or board…

He checked his speed repeatedly until he was well passed the easement. Ronnie Joe’s home was only ten minutes further at Valley Mobile Home Park, right on the outskirts of Hopkinsville. He pulled into the entrance and parked the truck at the end of an egg-yolk colored, one bedroom mobile home that Ronnie Joe shared with Donald. Ronnie Joe led Fred through the front door, flicked on the light and moved toward the kitchen so Fred could fit in the three-foot-square foyer marked by the four vinyl…

“Something is missing. (MacLachlan 36)” Sarah told Caleb. My family and friends were over three hours away, consequently; they are not as accessible to me as they were before. I felt deserted and I was home sick, just as Sarah did two weeks into her visit. I underestimated how hard it was for me going off to college, but as time progressed things began to get enjoyable. Instead of continuously dwelling on the point that I missed my family and friends, I started to look at the glass half-full and…

what is described by Judy Brady in her satirical essay, “I Want a Wife” but also different to what she describes. An example of how she is different and also similar in the essay by Judy Brady would be, “I want a wife who cooks the meals, a wife who is a good cook. I want a wife who will plan the menus, do the necessary grocery shopping, prepare the meals, serve them pleasantly, and then do the cleaning up while I do my studying.” (590). While she is a housewife, she is not a typical housewife.…

household chores like before. Boys toys seem to keep the same idea of building things, but add in dinosaurs, guns, cars, camouflage, blood, guts and action figures with really detailed abs. Toys start to play into how we see boys and girls. In present day boys are thought to be the stronger sex and girls the weaker sex. Boys aren’t supposed to show emotion while girls are supposed to be the emotional ones. Boys are to be athletic and girls can also be athletic, but occasionally girls aren’t…

They took me to school and made sure I was taken care of until my mother returned from work. “But most workplaces have remained inflexible in the face of family demands of their workers and at home…” (Hochschild 12). This was true for my mother who wasn’t…

Lori and her husband had three beautiful children including a son and twin daughters. When talking about her family, she explain that immigration has effect event on her son, who like traveling and who is currently living in Korea. With the same idea, her daughters live here but they were at angers for high school first year because their mom had left, again. But nowadays, they are, especially her, more stable because immigration don’t have only advantages but unwanted effects such home sick and…

My first week at OIT was rough. The physical environment was alien, my emotions were like a rollercoaster, and I had trouble with my friend groups. Luckily the best therapy was time. My home was one thing that never changed in my life. I lived in the same house since I was one-year-old. I know that house like I built it. Moving into my own room, five far hours away, was a freaky idea. On campus I was immediately shocked by the crisp wind chill whipping off Klamath lake. I was fascinated by the…