This One's for the Girls

Lucky enough was I, at the age of 12 to receive my first glimpse outside the “box” (box is usually a term of seclusion that society or one’s self creates for a person or group of people). The box is a symbol for me that represents my hood, my projects, my barrio or my current life existences and everything that comes with that standard or expectation of life. My family valued consistent work ethic, realism and had no means of providing more than food on the table. When, I was at the young age of…

Society has always wanted to make people “normal.” From the first moment I stepped into Athens Academy, I sought to both stand out and fit in, but these are contradictions and cannot really exist together. At first I thought I was succeeding at this game, but as time progressed, I realized that I was just slowly assimilating to what I thought people wanted me to be because I thought I would be admired by my peers if I just went with the flow. I was not wrong. When I realized I was losing…

alleviate his sexual anxieties. “I began ‘counseling’ with people. I was encouraged to call ‘doctors’ who would prescribe ‘exercises’ with my ‘surrogates’ - women who were not exactly prostitutes but who were also not exactly anything else” (Solomon 380). This demonstrates the extent to which individuals went to cure their “illness” of being gay; ultimately, ridding themselves of their horizontal identity in order to be accepted by society. Nevertheless, Solomon exhibits that despite society’s…

that part executed brilliantly, the girl changes in seconds! That is the most versatile costume in the history of Broadway.…

The Crucible which was directed by Nicholas Hytner does a good job demonstrating how it was like during 1692 in Salem when the witch trails were a popular topic. Giving us a better understanding of how serious the concept of witchcraft was during this time and how it was seen as practicing the devils work. It was a concept that was not messed around with and was took very seriously. Even if it seemed that someone was practicing witchcraft they were brought to the court to be hung. The actors…

with a young girl making her fall completely in love with him. She and her friends dance in the woods, which was forbidden and are caught. The girls later claim witchcraft and that Salem had been overrun by the devil and his follower’s witches. The main girl Abigail accuses the wife of the man she loves John Procter however John is the one who was hanged for witchcraft. Miller’s play is universal and enduring because he examines the motif of one’s name throughout this play, and this is still…

The First Day by Edward P. Jones is a story about a young girl that is about to go to her first day of kindergarten. The story goes into detail about how the mother perfected her daughter’s clothes and hair, along with going to extreme lengths to get her to school. It is evident after reading that the family lives a poverty stricken life and the reason why the character’s mother was so determined to get her daughter to school is to give her a better life than the one she had as a child. The…

“Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi, the author’s grandmother advises her to, “keep your dignity and be true to yourself”. The author then departs Iran and spend four years in Vienna trying to find her true self while keeping her roots from back home. This becomes a challenge since she faces discriminatory acts alone, without her parents. While Marjane was alone in the Catholic boarding house, during the winter she decided to join the nuns watching “Inspector Derrick” while she ate a whole pot of…

energy. This is important because your nutrient needs during adolescence is higher than any of the subsequent stages or the previous stage. Getting the right amount of nutrients and eating healthy play a big part in your growth as well as your development which can have varying effects on your later stages in life. Throughout early adolescence teens require a lot of calories to be more precise about 2,800 daily for boys and around 2,200 daily for girls. But there is a problem with this if they…

This paper will investigate the uses of economical language in Ernest Hemingway’s stories. Firstly, I will focus on his minimalistic style and explain his famous “Theory of Omission”. Next, I am going to talk about the language’s simplicity and directness and (it’s structure how it looks like). Finally, I will try to present the one of his well-known short stories “Hills look like White Elephants” and discuss its structure. To begin with, Ernest Hemingway is well-known for his…