Pretty in Pink

Deanna, leggy, beautiful, and daring, came a long way from a rugged childhood and the time of liquor bottles aimed at her mother’s head. So said a Washington Post reporter in 2008, “Councilwoman Deanna Flin is a fresh face and a breath of fresh air in D.C. politics.” In the eyes of her colleagues (boozing old school boys with potty mouths and potbellies), she personified Hillary Clinton, the little engine that would, if she could, overturn the political status quo. “Too big for her britches,”…

The girl is being laid to rest, dressed as girlish as possible, in pink of course, and adorned with thick mortician’s makeup. “Doesn’t she look pretty?” even after everyone berated the girl for her unpopular looks, in death all they can appreciate is her new-found beauty. The crows finally got what they desired, pleased with the affect they had on the girl.…

A society is composed of people who share a common culture. This culture is composed of a set of common beliefs, conventions and ideological values and acts as the binding force within the society. To be accepted by society one must conform and follow the set culture. A culture is shared by people within a large defined territory and encompasses various subcultures within it. A subculture typically holds values and beliefs at variance with that of the parent culture. One such subculture within…

once he “[eliminates] the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how mad it might seem, must be the truth.” (Holmes). On the contrary, Odysseus is witty when he is in a difficult situation. He thinks fast and has clever ideas. Heroes can also be pretty selfish and lack empathy. Sherlock has no empathy for…

showed that. Today, she still holds the title of the most popular doll in the world. Barbie is a fashion muse and a pop culture icon for girls of all ages around the world. She seems to be very satisfied with her life as a doll, with her expensive pink car, expensive clothes, luxurious house and of course her ideal figure. She embodies what our society is asking for a women to be like. “Little girls wanted to grow up to be beautiful and have lovely clothes, just like Barbie”(Barbie-An American…

suggesting that people are so obsessed with their expensive material that they don’t even care if it is hurting them, which in this case is getting compression sickness from driving super fast and expensive cars. The narrator portrays an image of pretty boys are dancing with “She” in the courtyard, “sweet summer sweat”(19). This represents that their sweat is from all the fun they are having in the summer, but he adds that “some dance to remember, some dance to forget” (20). This line tries to…

We have been focusing on the topic of gender and sexuality which has been a pretty interesting topic to learn about. From my service site and working with elementary students I have noticed that many students hold a barrier between girls and boys. Most of the children who are in the program are between the ages of 7 all the way…

with his mother and his problems. This can be seen when the kid takes care of his hungover mother, he says, “This morning I knock on my mother’s door, three times, but she’s out cold. She’s already late for work, so I go into her bedroom and lay her pink waitress uniform on a chair. I whisper good-bye and then leave for school” (Tenorio 108). The Kid’s troublesome life make him independent, something Holden would like to be. Holden and the Kid were raised in different environments, making their…

Do you have a boyfriend? Are you a good girlfriend? Do you what to check how much he loves you? Then, you will need to become a bad girlfriend for him. Are you ready!? Well, let’s start then! There are three main things that you should keep in mind all the time. That you should make him spend more time with you, spend more money on you, and you deserve somebody better than him. Becoming a bad girlfriend takes a long time of taking care of yourself, a lot of training to become “that bitch”, and…

“No problem Hun. I’ll see the two of you later. I think Shannon wants to invite you both to dinner soon, but as for now I need to work. There was a pretty bad accident on one of the roads and we’re still doin’ work on it.” “Okay, just give me a call if you hear anything,” and with that I hung up the phone. He must just be on a drive around town. He’s done it before. I thought to myself with a heavy sigh. The cold air flooded down my throat noticeably making the muscles contract. A seemingly…