The Girl Who Played with Fire

To parent means more than to guide a child through her adolescent years. It also means to nurture and protect, to love and encourage. The relationship a father and daughter share plays a crucial role in the early stages of her development. For adoptees and foster children, especially ones too young to have known their own biological parents or to have formed a strong bond to some sort of parental figure, their development risks becoming malformed if the right state of mind surrounding their…

impressive none the less. I learned of this when I was younger and the question brought a thousand memories back into my head, this let me know that the animal is not as disposable or useless as people sometimes conclude. Chimps are smart creatures who rise to the occasion when given the opportunity. I for one was impressed by all of the artifacts left behind by the…

her. However, it is important to note that both characters started the novels as pure and healthy, and only began to change as a result of the stressors they were confronted with. One stressor in Marji’s childhood is when her school begins forcing girls to wear veils. As a result, her mom starts protesting in disagreement with the veil. In fact, Marji’s mom was even photographed while she was…

in another love. His passion takes him all the way to Juliet’s house around midnight to talk to her. He says, “[…] For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night” (I. v. 43-52). Romeo says this after seeing Juliet for the first time and forgets that a girl named Rosaline ever existed. Chiefly, the most passionate deed by Romeo is when he kills Tybalt for Mercutio’s blood and gets banished from Verona. The scene takes place right before he leaves to Mantua. As per the orders, he would be sentenced…

After his brother left Nava walked down the street and seen a girl named Abby Williams. She had Long chestnut brown Hair and had the most charming Blue eyes That the world had ever seen. She had on a yellow dress with white shoes. Nava walked by her just smiling to himself thinking "she's the most attractive woman…

magic island surrounded by water. Morgan is one of the three queens that takes King Arthur’s body to Avalon to heal. As a witch and healer, she is said to know the power of both healing and poisonous herbs. In Avalon, She presided over nine priestess’s who were prophetesses and healers. Avalon is known to have been an oracular center. Some believe that Avalon was a Druidic college for priestesses of women’s mysteries. Certain healing wells are also sacred to Her in Britain - known as Morgan’s…

Because of my association with the Artemis Film Festival, I not only have an appreciation for stunt women; I actually seek them out and do my utmost to promote their work whenever I can. I will always claim that festival opened my eyes, and Maja Aro was my instructor for "Stuntwomen 101." Therefore, I am pleased to share with you my interview with Lisa Chandler, stuntwoman and actress extrodinaire! I was thrilled that she took the time to inform me about how she got started in the business, her…

This idea is either explicitly or implicitly presented to people, either through books, movies or in TV shows. The plot of the book, The Hunger Games showcases an example of what people think of as heroism with the character, Katniss Everdeen—a girl who sacrifices her own safety in order to keep her younger sister from harm. Heroism and sacrifice are often associated together, which explains why the military and government handled Pat Tillman’s death the way they did. People are constantly…

in khaki shorts, a blue shirt, and tennis shoes – so that at first glance she was like a very young boy.” (McCullers 18). This statement that he makes introduces Mick as a character, and brings to light her way of dressing like a boy rather than a girl. As the novel continues, Mick dresses in such way, and only dresses feminine for a short time for her prom party and to get a job. Even so, Mick had nothing feminine enough from her wardrobe that she had to borrow a dress from one of her…

mainstay in the series. However, The Walking Dead takes violence and gore to unimaginable levels. It is not uncommon to see use of various firearms, bodies being ripped apart, heads being bashed in by clubs or other handheld weapons, bodies being set on fire, etc. The show has faced its fair share of criticism, as it started out with a rating of TV-14, but after pressure from the Parents Television Council, it was eventually changed to a rating of TV-MA. President of the PTC Tim Winter made a…