The Diary of a Young Girl

strictly dominated and had more the advantages. Women had to refrain from freedom, while men could do anything. “There was something about them that made me uneasy, some longing, burning desire that they would kiss me with those red lips. The fair girl shook her head coquettishly… advanced and bent over me until I could feel the movement of her breath upon me.” (51-52) Dracula only thought that women were only good for…

Hope During Despair “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference,” said Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Winston Churchill was a phenomenal leader during World War II who recognized the importance of a positive attitude in times of despair. Therefore, as proved by Winston Churchill, the best way to respond to conflict is with a positive attitude. As shown by Anne Frank’s brutal times in hiding, maintaining a positive outlook and attitude amidst the hardest times can bring happiness…

Ever since Clyde was a young boy, he hated being poor and being judged because he was poor. When his parents would bring him and his siblings to a street corner to sing, Clyde would always think that he “should not be like this. Other boys did not have to do as he did” (p. 7)…

A rough childhood would be an understatement when talking about a minority child’s. Sherman Alexie’s “Indian Education” illustrates the life of a young Native American boy from early 1st grade, to the final moments he walked down to get his diploma. Along the way we are confronted by challenging suspects who test his patience and character. Being bullied in first grade, Victor tries to gain respect by having a physical confrontation with his teasers. Little does this do, because for the next two…

For example, when Cassie Logan, an African American girl, went to a town called Strawberry to buy items from the grocery store run by Mr. Barnett, a white man, she was ignored in favor of some white customers. After politely reminding the cashier, only to be ignored, Cassie, “...went to the other side of…

Poetry comes to people in many different ways and times of their lives, as for me, you can say we are perfect strangers. But never the less that fact will not get me out of this essay. So with my expectations low, I started browsing through some poems. Just when I was about to give up on finding an interesting poem that I liked and could understand, I came across Sylvia Plath’s “Lady Lazarus” (pages 549-551). This is a dark poem about a woman and the things she experienced while in a…

Women have been degraded and undermined by men in the United States since the birth of the nation, especially given the fact that they were not given the opportunity to be properly educated. For years, females have been described and perceived as inferiors to men; belittled by their male superiors, although they have proved themselves to be equal in everyway. By examining articles from new sources such as The Lady’ Magazine and The Massachusetts, as well as political documents, one is able to…

which led many people at the edge of their seats at every turn of the page in the book. The author set the book in New York City, a seemingly ordinary teenager, Clary Fray, discovers she is the descendant of a line of Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of young half-angel warriors locked in an ancient battle to protect our world from demons. After the disappearance of her mother, Clary must join forces with a group of Shadowhunters, who introduces her to a dangerous alternate New York called…

Winston, and those that he meets along the way. Many themes such as the dangers of totalitarianism, reality control, and blind obedience versus rebellion were present throughout 1984; several examples from modern articles and books like The Diary of a Young Girl reinforce these themes. The dangers of totalitarianism is one of the most important themes in Orwell’s…

describes his pursuit to win over and marry a young lady from the city, named Gwendolen. Algernon Moncrieff is the girl 's cousin and an absolute nuisance to the main character. Algernon exploits Jack 's double life, and creates a situation where it is profitable to himself as well as it is to Jack. Algernon lives in the city, but has his own double life in the country. He calls this double life bunburrying. During his time in the country, he meets Jack’s young and beautiful ward. They fall in…