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    June 2017, the weather was prime, so we had planned to go to a carnival the night before, and from there, spend the night at her house because of her proximity to a train station. My mother did not know the full extent of our plans since we only told her that it was another one of our usual sleepovers. If my mother had known, I would not have been able to go to the event that changed my perspective forever. The night of the carnival, I had the best time with my friends rambling from one ride to…

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    when Candy says to her, “ ‘You gotta husban’. You got no call foolin’ aroun’ with other guys, causin’ trouble.’ ” (Steinbeck, 77) Curley’s wife tries to reason with them, but when her frustration and anger finally surface, she threatens their lives, insults them, and uses her denial, anger, and fury as a way of realising it. She later shows Lennie that she regrets it, but can’t…

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    it. She was walking at a time that she was not supposed to walk without a man, police said. She was on her way home from work, why was she working in the first place if she’s married? I still can’t believe she left her kids with her mother to go to work, what an insult for the poor man that she have as a husband.…

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    You are such a stupid woman, I do not even know why I came back to be with a worthless woman. Guess like you Heather will turn out to be just like your mother. Someone that not even worth a penny.” My dad laughed. I could not hear this anymore; this conversation that has been in my house for the last 7 years. I did not want to hear any more insults, yelling or complaining. I wanted my life to be mediocre like every other teenage girl. I can not even remember the last time someone ever said…

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    the time felt appropriate. I first expressed my identity to my mother when she picked me up from school one day. She stated, “thank you for being honest and I love you unconditionally”. Her reaction was genuine. I felt completely accepted by her. To this day, we still have an amazing relationship together.…

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    It Made Me Stronger “You don 't have what it takes. You can’t do it. you 're not good enough.” is all I heard ever since I was little. No one ever believed I could do something. When I was little I struggle a lot to fit in because I was just different than everyone else. Maybe I wasn 't so different, but everyone made it seem like I was. One of the first memories I have are of someone whom I seen like a father pushing me away because I wasn 't his daughter. Right in that second I realize that…

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    Lena St. Clair- The “Rice Husband” gives us an understanding of what is going on in Lena St. Clair one-sided marriage. Lena is a compliant wife who doesn’t speak up for herself. The couple goes “dutch” on everything. For instance, Lena has to pay for exterminators to get rid of the fleas since the cat belongs to her. We see how inconsiderate Harold is when he tells her “they’re your fleas”. This is bizarre since he bought the cat as a gift for her. In addition, she has to pay for her own…

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    fever, I was ever so glad to step off that plane into a country I have yet to see. Although, being an airport, the sight was marvelous; unlike the many sounds I heard. Like many small children, I saw two young German boys misbehaving around their mother. Nothing serious to infuriate the parent, but she had a look of annoyance on her face. Her carefree voice calmly spoke to the boys, “they’re going to call our flight soon, quit acting like a couple of cunts and take a seat.” I could…

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    family members and classmates Ugly, abused, crazy Cholly Breedlove Peccola’s father He takes out his early life humiliations on the women in his life including Pauline and Pecola Impulsive, violent, frustrated, free Pauline (Polly) Breedlove Peccola’s mother She is in a terrible marriage and finds meaning in romantic movies and her work rather than her family Ugly, lonely, cold Sammy Breedlove Peccola’s older brother He deals with the Breedlove’s family problems by running away from home…

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    In A Monster Calls, a thirteen-year-old boy named Conor O' Malley has a mother who is dying of cancer. Conor tries believing it is getting better but deep down, he knows it isn't. Conor starts to have dreams and wakes up exactly seven minutes after midnight. One time Conor wakes up one night and there is an actual monster outside of his bedroom window. We make the assumption that Conor would be terrified however, it is not the monster Conor has been expecting which results in him being…

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