The Diary of a Young Girl

cartoons instead. And not having developed manners, the youngest child has a tendency to take the remote control, causing the older sibling to become irritated. However, young kids only play around sometimes. It might not be their intentions to cause their siblings to become aggravated. They simply just want what they want. And at a young age, they may not yet be familiar with the concept of consequences, which they will later learn during adulthood. In conclusion, siblings will have fights and…

The life and development of a young girl. The freedom and rights of people taken away through an unjust use of power. The fight to win it back. These are all crucial components of the novel “Before we Were Free” by Julia Alvarez. The story shows the growth of the young girl, Anita as she slowly comes out of her chrysalis to become a butterfly who struggles to gain back her freedom and to grow the strength to soar high out in the open sky of her home country, the Dominican Republic. This novel…

the main character of this chapter. The leader, or at least the face, of the ruling party in society, simply called the Party, is “Big Brother”. There is a dark-haired girl mentioned, who is a part of the so-called Junior Anti-Sex League, and a part of the Outer Party. Winston feels hatred towards her, because she is beautiful and young, and he knows he will never have any kind of relationship with her. Another party member, who works for the Inner Party, is O’Brien, a man Winston sometimes…

looks like, and I think I’m beginning to understand why those ancient women had to hide in cave,” (Bray 207). Parents during the Victorian then wanted their children to behave properly and predictably. Instead of being a young Victorian lady, Gemma seems like a twenty first century girl dropped into 1895 with her desire for independence and ironic commentaries. The powers of choices is what the adults feared most of their children. We, as a society, want to know that we are making the right…

slaves, female or male. The book also does not include the economic or political side of this. With women out of the picture men did not really have to worry about neither them nor their feelings. Also since the book comes from primary sources like diary entries and journals we do not know if the women were exaggerating when they wrote about what was going on in their life. Another thought of conspiracy could be that since this book was also written by a white woman she could also be making…

Honor Diaries is a documentary film produced by Paula Kweskin in 2013. The film focuses on Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Dr. Qanta Ahmed, Nazie Eftekhari, Manda Zand Ervin, Fahima Hashim, Zainab Khan, Raheel Raza, Jasvinder Sanghera, Raquel Saraswati, and Juliana Taimoorazy. The nine women are all women’s rights activists who have witness cruelty within the Muslim world. The women in the documentary each tell a story about what happened to them and what made them be an activist. The…

remember what I am called. I tried names once before, but they all too quickly evaporated like smoke with each decade that blew by. I 'm not quite sure of my exact age, but I do know that I am centuries old, impossibly old, yet I have the face of one so young. How, may you…

times like America in the 1930’s, on the Indian reservations, and in Europe between Jews and Christians. This common theme can be traced throughout all the literature read in this english class; through To Kill a Mockingbird, The Absolutely True Diary of a…

The Diary of Mattie Spenser by Sandra Dallas tells a story of a young girl who moving West. While in the West Mattie goes through many trying times, however the human spirit always pushes her forward. Mattie Spenser looses three out of the four of her children while shes in the west. During her second pregnacy Mattie looses the baby due to premature birth on Christmas (123). This death wasnt hard on Mattie, but it did cause some sorrow in the house. Mattie loosesher third child, Sallie, because…

was no change of attitude after the break up. Adnan and Hae dated when they were Juniors. Adnan asked Hae to junior prom and according to her diary, fell in love with her after Adnan decided to dance with Hae instead of Stephanie. The two both kept it a secret from their parents. Many argued Adnan was a controlling boyfriend like Aisha. However, Hae’s diary…