Ugly sisters

The night was chilly, laying in bed I coughed and looked in the corner of my eye to see my sister, Ana get a wet, cold towel to put on my forehead. My father had left to go to a church conference that night, leaving me alone at our house to rest. But before he left he told me he would make trips to see how I was doing. I begged him not to leave me, because he follows me. He visits me in the evenings, and touches me, and he stares at me, and plays with my long hair. But my father left, he told me…

fever, skin falling off, and your insides dissolving inside you. I manage to survive, but only 2% of the population is still alive, at least for right now. 2 Months earlier: “Mom, look! There is an outbreak in Africa!” Charlotte, my 13 year old sister said. She is always worried about things like that, I wish I was. “Charlotte, sweetheart, it’s nothing. Just probably another outbreak of Ebola…

or Cindy’s. “Life in Motion” is certainly comparable to the Williams sisters—Venus and Serena—as well as Tiger Woods. But what stands out about Misty’s story is the ability for her to recognize that her story is bigger than her. Rather, her story stands out as an empowering autobiography that proves one past does not define one’s future. Misty Copeland’s story is valuable because the reader gets the good, the bad, and the ugly of Misty. There is nothing but her truth and her story and that is…

how the society views a widow from different angles. In the story, there is a conversation between the widow’s brother and his wife. Where the former tells to the later that the colony is telling ill about their sister and the former gives a reply that there was nothing wrong in their sister and tells him that seeing and hearing is different things. The author tries to show how a widow is seen by various people in the society of Manipur. If the widow starts earning and takes good care of their…

In Connie’s case her mother is always comparing her to her sister, Jane, and her mother says things, such as ‘“ Why don’t you keep your room clean like your sister’” or ‘“ Hair spray? You don’t see your sister using that junk’”(Oates 1872). Connie also has to deal with the fact that her mother is always harassing her to do different things. Oates describes this situation by saying “…

protagonist's father, remains human exteriorly, throughout the novella as a result of Gregor’s, the protagonist, transformation, his personality metamorphosizes into that of an animal. Comparably, Greta, Gregor’s sister, shifts from a her caring persona to an insensitive and selfish sister. In contrast, Gregor who literally transform in exterior, manages to maintain his natural tendency to provide for his family, ultimately remaining the most humane in his family. Although Gregor undergoes a…

infant try to be the best that they can. Unfortunately, Enrique has an irresponsible man as the father. p. 197 “Why did she send Belky so much money, to cover tuition at a private school her aunt sent her to?” 2 treated him differently from his sister.…

nursery room she was staying at, seeing things move within the wallpaper and even seeing women trapped within it as well. The narrator’s illness progressively got worse as she had to be strong and fight her illness by herself since her husband and his sister, Jennie, were no good for help and she would get judged harshly for being weak as a woman.…

The paper deals with the comparison and contrast between the two novels; Beloved by written Toni Morrison and I know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. Both the writers were black females and very aptly describe the lives of the blacks in their respective novels. Introduction: Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison were two influential women in the literary world, especially in the black community. These ladies discussed about the miseries of black community in their own unique style. Both of…

What would you do if someone you knew brother/sister or child was being held hostage and the person that captured them won’t tell you where they are unless you give them $5,000,000? Well for one, I doubt if many people have that much money just sitting around. And secondly don’t think the criminal will tell you he/she is keeping your loved one if you just say please. According to Michael Levin’s “The Case for Torture” torturing the individual might be the best option to get information out of…