Spy Girl

We use slang in English to communicate effectively in an informal manner, and with some degree of humor. In Slang Origins by Woody Allen, the author explains how a variety of phrases became known as slang. Allen included stories of slang derived from marital customs and how the woman accepted or rejected the proposal, misunderstandings because of not being able to hear what someone else said properly, and ones that started because of something a single person did that was amusing. These origins…

These traits are seen in Ricky, with the way he is around girls. This is shown in the lines “Fat and preoccupied, her mother would emerge from a hallway to pass through the sala, scarcely glancing at their corner of the spacious room where they exchanged, behind a newspaper they held up as a screen, brief nibbling…

little girl are trying to get out and play or go to school, but they aren’t able to. In contrast, they both experience different things like in the article Elizabeth just wants to go to school like everyone else but she gets bullied and abused by other students. But in the poem, the little girl just wants to play and march but her mother worries her and that something will happen to her. In the article, “When School was Scary”, the author shows the reader that Elizabeth is just a teenage girl…

When analyzing The Little Mermaid, Giroux holds Ariel under scrutiny with her relationship with the men in her life and how her perfect body might lead little girls to idealize unhealthy body standards for themselves. Giroux describes Ariel as “modeled after a slightly anorexic Barbie Doll,” due to her slim figure, large breasts, and wide eyes, all which seems like too much for a sixteen year old. The two main male relationships that Ariel has are between her father, King Triton, and her love…

Barbie is My Favorite Doll When I was a little girl, I thought nothing in the world could delight me more than a Barbie doll. She has often stayed with me in spirit and acted like a model for me to follow, when I have grown in my childhood. Indeed, Barbie doll is like a life-like figure, who stimulated my imagination, encouraged me to move on when I felt sad, enlightened me when I was in the dark. Interesting, Barbie doll was also my faithful friend, always lending its ear to listening to my…

Pygmalion is a play written by George Bernard Shaw, based on the Greek mythology of the same name. It features a poor, uneducated girl, Eliza Doolittle, who is taken on a journey to become a duchess, to open up a flower shop. She is mentored by a professor, named Henry Higgins. By the end of the play, it is unknown if Liza ever marries Higgins, or a young man named Freddy Eynsford-Hill. As mentioned, as the story comes to a close, it leaves the reader something to think about. Does Eliza…

Title Joyce Carol Oates ‘Where are you going, Where have you been?’ tells the story of a young girl searching for her identity among her mother and society. The protagonist Connie amist being at conflict with her family's view, spends her time flirting with boys and exploring her newfound independence. Connie is put in a difficult position when a boy, Arnold Friend, shows up at her doorstep. Throughout the story, Oates uses setting, point of view, and symbolism to convey the theme of the story.…

If you do not stand up for yourself you will never be free. Freedom is essential for a happy life, but basic rights are so often taken from people. Amel Benaboura illustrates this issue in her short story ‘Only a Woman’ which depicts a young woman facing oppression in a patriarchal society. Benaboura uses metaphors, anecdotes and word choice to emphasise her key idea about fighting for your rights. Yamina is a young woman who has grown up in Algeria, a patriarchal society, where violence…

A theme is the central topic a text treats like the authors message to the reader , ¨Themes can be divided into two categories.´´ there can be many themes in a story. In the Book that i read ´´The girl on the milk carton´´ the theme is that Not everything is as it seems Also the theme of fantasy and versus reality. I think these are the two themes because in the story Janie had always thought that the family that she had been with was her family the whole time when it wasn´t and she had been…

walks these three girls in nothing but bathing suits" (Updike 430). The first sentence in John Updike's "A&P" introduces the three girls that will affect the main character, Sammy. The three girls play a big part in Sammy's final decision at the end of the story. Updike puts the three girls in bathing suits instead of regular attire to draw everyone's attention towards the girls, especially in a sexual way for Sammy. Sammy wouldn't have made the final decision to quit if the girls were in…