Rachel

In 2004, the movie “Mean Girls” was released and caught the interest of many people across the world. Teenage Cady Heron who is played by actress Lindsay Lohan, was homeschooled in Africa by her parents. When she has to move, she gets to experience public school and how it can be so cruel and divide students into their own cliques. Cady quickly finds out how her soon to be new group of friends earned the nickname “The Plastics”. “Mean Girls” is a great example of the Hero’s Journey because it…

Linnea Saukko, author of “How to Poison the Earth,” made a big impact on the way people thought of the environment with her essay. Saukko got a degree in geology and worked for the Environmental Protection Agency to try to help the present issues. Her goal is to inform people about the harmful things happening to the earth. However, she takes a different approach than most would. She exaggerates her point with the use of satire and irony. By looking at this essay through the different methods…

The Hunger Games is an entertaining and a bit of sadness movie for the people who enjoys sad and action movies. The Hunger Games that took place in Panem that is in North America was about two major characters that people would know that were Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen and Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark these two actors are well known around the world. One day Katniss Everdeen was walking outside when her little sister Primrose or short for Prim Everdeen was being chosen to compete…

Traditionally, femininity is associated with a particular set of personality traits and behaviours, which are deemed acceptable for women to perform by the most influential institutions of the dominant culture. The teen makeover movie is a visual medium that reinforces these expectations through the types of female characters they present. Gender stereotypes reveal a distinct correlation between performances of idealized femininity and the distribution of female power in their high school…

In 1995, Clueless, a new-aged teen “chick flick” was released that shone a new light on feminine teen culture. The film follows the adolsent life of beautiful, popular, and rich Cher Horowitz. Through the ups and downs of classic high school tropes (driving, boys, etc), Cher learns how to see past material objects and open her heart to love. Alive Leppert (2014) states, “Marking a shift away from the mainstreaming of [80s] grunge fashion and music, Clueless’s engagement with teen magazines and…

dreams and you've fought really hard to follow it. In this case someone did and her name was Rachel Carson. Rachel Carson was a marine biologist. Rachel Carson suffered from cancer but that did not stop her from doing what she loved. Rachel Carson was against believing that DDT was the answer to their mosquitos. Rachel Carson was going to be sued for trying to spread the news that DDT is harming all of us. Rachel Carson knows she is going to stop this First what is DDT? Back in the days fellow…

Rachel Dunard grew up being the youngest of four kids until 2000, when her younger siblings were born. Born April 13th, 1982, Rachel has two older brothers, Joe and Michael, an older sister, Jenny, and two younger siblings. When Rachel was an infant she learned that she had an infection in her left hip, that destroyed her left ball joint. Rachel was a patient of Shriner’s for the years to come. After all of her surgeries from being a toddler to age thirty-six, Rachel is not only able to walk,…

in London, England. Rachel Watson takes the train to and from work every day. When Rachel rides to work, she looks out of her window and makes up scenarios about the people in the homes she passes. She names two of the people Jess and Jason, who are really named Scott and Megan Hipwell, and they live a few houses down from Rachel’s ex-husband. One day on the way to work, Rachel witnesses Megan with another man that is not her husband. The next day, Megan is missing, and Rachel believes she has…

Rachel Saint had many choices throughout her life. God led her in every single choice of her life. When she was not sure what path to take he showed her the way. The leading of God started way before she was born. Rachel’s father was a poor artist from a poor home. He wanted to become a famous artist someday. Eventually he moved to Philadelphia and started to volunteer in a mission school. It was while he was here at the mission that he met a well-to-do girl who was also volunteering her…

Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring is an environmental science handbook whose concern is the environment and life on earth. The author uses her book to turn in to the harmful effects of pesticides on the environment. Rachel mainly handles DDT and pesticides administered to American environment through aerial spraying in attempts to control insect populations over large areas. This paper seeks to summarize Carson’s Silent Spring and capture its informative nature in a global perspective. The essay…